THE CURRENT MUSIC SCENE
Used to be you could lean back, get high, let the lines roll up your legs like nylons. Hey, don't get me wrong, we're talking metaphor here. There's a difference you know. Anyway, maybe we should stick to the facts. Listen, the fiddler in the middle knows three maybe four chords. Can't keep time; good hair, that's it. You want to listen, listen. It's like wearing Birkenstocks on your ears. You want to talk tunes, let's talk bassmen. Take this guy Wilfred Blankenship used to play Bridgeport, at Sclari's, down by the oil tanks. Laid down a bass line so low it made you have babies. Right there. No Lamaze, no spinal, just SHUT UP AND SQUAT UNDER THE TABLE AND DO IT, she said, and everybody did.