I was in a past life a musician hence pbassjo.
Played with recorded or backed up the following, (this is a partial list)John Sebastian, Eric Andersen, Cab Calloway, various members of The Band, Dolly,Stella and Freida Parton,Paul Butterfield, Lionel Hampton, Robbie DuPree, Alice Cooper, Roland Kirk but there were many more. I sang, played various basses and was hired as a singer, arranger, composed or played on hundreds of jingles and studied with Eddie Gomez ( a jazz bassist) and did hundreds of plays, shows mostly as a sub. Was never a good classical musician but like to dabble and was self taught except for correspondence courses on arranging and theory. Never went to college except to play concerts or be a guest in a
workshop.
I did name rock tours in many parts of the world.
I now only play my radio and do computer recorded commercials for my business which is collision repair.
I still have a decent size bass collection which I rarley touch unless something falls behind them or I hear something that bugs me til' I play it which is not very often.
I use to practice 6 hrs a day when I was at home not working and 2-4 when on the road. I'd skip on studio days with just a 30 min warmup.
Hard work that left me with many great feelings, memories , insight, funny stories and discipline.
Sorry for the ramble, I see you wanted classical.
