I was a wanna-be musician at 15 when I saw the Anderson-Squire, Howe, Wakeman, Bruford YES when "Roundabout" was just making its mark.
They played a taped "Firebird Suite" into the chime at the beginning of Roundabout and 3 minutes later, I was in tears in the presence of something greater than my wildest dreams. I figured I'd better study harder in school and leave the bass playing to those greater than I could conceive. The next day, my bass playing friends gave up their P-basses and LaBella flat wounds and started looking for Rick 4001s with Rotosounds.
Thanks for the memories, Chris. I still played bass for another 30 years, but never gave up listening to CS when I needed to hear a bassist get front and center.
And yes, I worshipped Entwhistle too. Both sadly gone now.
They played a taped "Firebird Suite" into the chime at the beginning of Roundabout and 3 minutes later, I was in tears in the presence of something greater than my wildest dreams. I figured I'd better study harder in school and leave the bass playing to those greater than I could conceive. The next day, my bass playing friends gave up their P-basses and LaBella flat wounds and started looking for Rick 4001s with Rotosounds.
Thanks for the memories, Chris. I still played bass for another 30 years, but never gave up listening to CS when I needed to hear a bassist get front and center.
And yes, I worshipped Entwhistle too. Both sadly gone now.