Hints and tips:
...Otis, a New American restaurant with natural wines in Bushwick, by the same owners....
...Co-producer Jon Tiven plays instruments ranging from sax to bass. Nioshi Jackson is the drummer....
...In front of the barmaid are beer bottles bearing the red triangle of English beer brand Bass Pale Ale, the UK’s oldest registered trade mark....
...In support, bassist Peter Slavov was a pitch-perfect foundation for Otis Brown III’s cymbal-driven swing and snare-drum chatter....
...She opened this show at the Scala with “Werkin’ Girls”, a tense, bass-heavy number in which Haze belied her slight frame by rapping aggressively at great pace....
...LA indie act Ariel Pink has also been known to use his armpit instead of bass or drum parts. 4. Whistling Legend has it that Otis Redding didn’t know how to finish “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”....
...The melody opens, violin, bass, keyboards, then a voice, deep and calm, sharing words of imminent loss....
...Jeremy Curtis on bass guitar was low-toned and crunchy, Vernon “Ice” Black provided neat fills and Gray’s backbeat was exactly right....
...Darren Parris lurked to one side, playing limber electric bass; John Raham flicked a light beat on his drums; Ford’s fellow-Tanya, Trish Klein, played banjo and reverb-drenched electric guitar....
...Well-timed riffs and moments of virtuosity take shape – fiery bass solos, Sheppard’s circular breathing – and emotion gradually intensifies....
...For this concert on Monday night, the American bluesman Otis Taylor lined up more banjo players than appeared in Deliverance....
...In a week’s time, Kouyaté will be back in the UK, as part of Otis Taylor’s project, “Recapturing The Banjo”....
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