Amy LaVere on John

[Brian Cady]

>From Bass Player:
http://tinyurl.com/g49tf

Do you also play electric?

I tried to play the electric. I was playing a regular
gig on upright here in Memphis and [late Who bassist]
John Entwistle was there. He came up and told me that
my slap technique was brilliant, but that I was
wasting all my energy on "that giant piece of shit."
He said I needed to get myself a Fender Precision and
then I'd have something. Three or four days later I
borrowed a P-Bass. I practiced the hell out of the
P-Bass, and then I started playing shows with it.
Nobody was thrilled to see me play the electric,
though, and really, it wasn’t half as fun as dancing
with an upright. So I decided I was just going to keep
the part where Entwistle said my slap technique was
brilliant, and maybe just forget the rest.


-Brian in Atlanta
The Who This Month!
http://www.thewhothismonth.com

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