New York, NY, October 16, 2024 — The latest episode of Gear Club Podcast, a conversation with acclaimed bassist Doug Wimbish, is now live online at https://www.gear-club.net/episodes/96-doug-wimbish. Titled “Forget the Notes, It's Your Frequency: Doug Wimbish on Jaco Pastorius, Sugar Hill Records, and the Birth of Hip-Hop,” the episode is a nearly 40-minute deep-dive into the career of this legendary musician.
Doug Wimbish is one of the most renowned bass players of all time, known for his work with a wide range of artists, including Living Colour, Tackhead, Sugarhill Gang, Mick Jagger, Annie Lennox, and many more. He is also the founder of WimBash, a series of community-based charity events supporting music education.
In this episode, hosts Stewart Lerman and John Agnello talk with Doug about his extraordinary journey through the music industry. They discuss topics such as his start at All Platinum Records, the birth of Sugar Hill Records, recording “Rapper’s Delight,” his life-changing encounter with Jaco Pastorius, and his experiences touring with music icons. Doug also shares his thoughts on mentoring young musicians, the evolution of bass playing, and the importance of giving back to the music community.
Gear Club Podcast Episode 96: “Forget the Notes, It's Your Frequency: Doug Wimbish on Jaco Pastorius, Sugar Hill Records, and the Birth of Hip-Hop” is available via most podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Google, Spotify and SoundCloud, and at gearclubpodcast.com.
Gear Club Podcast provides an in-depth, and sometimes irreverent, look into the world of audio recording with stories told by leading practitioners of the art. The podcast is sponsored by Eventide.
Hosting Gear Club are Stewart Lerman and John Agnello. Lerman is a two-time GRAMMY®-winning music producer and recording engineer based in New York City. His music credits include Elvis Costello, Shawn Colvin, Neko Case, Sharon Van Etten, Patti Smith, The Roches, St. Vincent, Antony and the Johnsons, and David Byrne. His TV and film credits include The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Aviator, Vinyl, Cafe Society, Grey Gardens and Boardwalk Empire. Agnello’s career started at the Record Plant in New York City, where he was able to work on some legendary 80s albums by Cyndi Lauper, Aerosmith and John Mellencamp. Since then, he has worked with alt rock legends Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Son Volt and Patti Smith, and up-and-comers such as Phosphorescent, Kurt Vile and Twin Peaks.
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