Podcumentary – 5 Bassists You Should Know

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Segment 1: Greetings and chat

SEGMENT 2: Podcumentary – 5 Bassists You Should Know

• Meshell Ndegocello
  • Multi-instrumentalist: bass, guitar, keys, drums, vocals
  • Also a singer-songwriter
  • Meshell Ndegeocello Bass Solo Montreux 1997 – YouTube
• Tina Weymouth
  • Multi-instrumentalist: bass, guitar, keys, vocals
  • Bassist for Talking Heads
  • Also formed the band Tom-Tom Club with her husband, Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz
  • Talking Heads perform “Life During Wartime” at the 2002 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony – YouTube
• Tal Wilkenfeld
  • Multi-instrumentalist: bass, guitar, vocals
  • Has played for Prince, Herbie Hancock, Jeff Beck, Jackson Browne, Keith Urban, and more
  • https://youtu.be/Kn2Yvjd5kqY?t=64
• Esperanza Spalding
  • Multi-instrumentalist: bass (electric, upright), guitar, vocals
  • Won a Grammy for Best New Artist in 2010 for her album Chamber Music Society
  • Esperanza Spalding – On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Live 2016) – YouTube
• Este Haim
  • Multi-instrumentalist: bass, drums, guitar, vocals
  • Bassist for indie-rock family band Haim
  • Quote about “bass face”: “They want us to be a rock band,” adds Alana, “and then Este has these faces where she expresses herself, and it’s like, ‘But no, you’re a woman, you should be more pretty. Why aren’t you being pretty?’ At the end of the day, you can’t even ask, ‘What do you want from me?’ because I don’t give a f***, but these comments are f***ing insane.” “It’s not like I’m going to change how I perform,” says Este, “because it’s the only time that I feel good. The only time that I feel happy is when I’m onstage playing the music that I wrote.”
  • Haim Performs “Gasoline” | Press Play – YouTube

Segment 3: WW Vid – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O3jJw3fNis

SEGMENT 4: Show ‘n Tell – Ed Photo

Segment 5: Song – Manneqin

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshell_Ndegeocello

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Weymouth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal_Wilkenfeld

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Spalding

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/haim-interview-women-in-music-part-iii-new-album-summer-girl-a9587246.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haim_(band)

Cover photo credit: Andrea Mancini, licensed under CC 2.0 BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en)