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TLW Deathpool 2024

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razor Grand Master

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13 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Bass legend Herbie Flowers has died at 86.

 

He played bass on countless classics, including Walk On the Wild Side (where he later claimed - in his native Del Boy accent - that he only suggested double-tracking electric and upright bass as a way to double his session fees).


I have a great story of Herbie Flowers grabbing me by the scruff of the neck up against the wall.

 

Then of him drawing out a stave and the bassline to Walk on the Wildside for me as he felt bad about what he’d done earlier.

 

Great memories. Sad loss.

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I have a great story of Herbie Flowers grabbing me by the scruff of the neck up against the wall.

 

Then of him drawing out a stave and the bassline to Walk on the Wildside for me as he felt bad about what he’d done earlier.

 

Great memories. Sad loss.

If you've kept that drawing it may become quite sought after by fans.

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On 08/09/2024 at 11:56, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Bass legend Herbie Flowers has died at 86.

 

He played bass on countless classics, including Walk On the Wild Side (where he later claimed - in his native Del Boy accent - that he only suggested double-tracking electric and upright bass as a way to double his session fees).


His bass line for Scott Walker’s “The Old Man’s Back Again (Dedicated To The Neo-Stalinist Regime)” is his best for me. 

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On 10/09/2024 at 01:19, Mook said:

I only found out yesterday Flowers played bass on this, an absolute beast of a bass part...

 

 

 

See, this is why I referred to him as "legendary" in the publicity material I created for a gig he was playing.  

 

This is what resulted in the aforementioned "up against the wall" grip I mentioned earlier...

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