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Bassists: Let's Stick Together

James Medd, The Word, February 2012

They are "the glue" that cements the music, the mysterious put-upon souls plying their crucial trade in a cloud of dry ice by the drum-riser. But their shadowy world has its own heroes and hierarchy. james medd celebrates the overlooked art of the bass players.

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