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Doug Wimbish
Trance
Doug Wimbish
2000 — Trippy Notes For Bass
New Music For A New Millennium
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French TV (9-11)
(WildStyle)
2001 A BASS ODYSSEY — Doug Wimbish, Sugar Hill, James Brown, Afrika Bambaataa, Mick Jagger, Jeff Beck, INXS, Depeche Mode, Bruce Springsteen, Seal, Carly Simon, Madonna, Tarja Turunen, Lauryn Hill, Little Axe … Doug has always been a bass player in demand, and he’s traveled the world providing his virtuosic service, even when committed to his own bands:
Tack>>Head
Little Axe
Jungle>>Funk
Head>>Fake
Doug Wimbish ( 1.)
Doug Wimbish ( 2.)
Doug Wimbish ( 3.)
[FROM THE TOP]
HOLY SHIT! — The moment of 9-11-2001 as witnessed by a French television crew that was in Lower Manhattan, near Wall Street, doing an any-other-day story on New York City’s water system.
SPIDERMAN (COMING SOON) — The first (2002) Spiderman trailer had been running in theaters for two months before 9-11. The Twin Towers played such a lead (visual) role in the promotion, that Universal Artists pulled it immediately, never to be seen again, except in the social shitstorm where ALL DATA LIVES FOREVER.
“Release The Pressure” — Living Colour (December 27, 2001) @ Disney’s House Of Blues (Doug Wimbish solo), in a performace making up for its being cancelled after 9-11.
WILDSTYLE — The history and artistic significance of Graffiti Writing in New York City’s five buroughs, and the subway system that serves them.
When Mos Def asked Will Calhoun if he could put a Rock N Roll band together for his new record (Black on Both Sides), he recruited Living Colour bandmate, Doug Wimbish, P-Funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell, and Bad Brains guitarist Dr. Know to what Mos called Black Jack Johnson. In 2000, Mos Def, a leader in the Hip-Hop movement, wanted to enter the New Millennium giving his rap a harder, Rock N Roll edge. “Black Jack Johnson” (a tribute to Miles Davis) produced and released two studio albums, Black On Both Sides (1999) and The New Danger (2005).
LiIvViInNgG coOlLoOuUrR
Vernon Reid (G.UITAR)
Corey Glover (V.OCALS)
Will Calhoun (D.RUMS)
Muzz Skillings (1985-1992)
Doug Wimbish (B.ASS)
Doug Wimbish ( 1.)
Doug Wimbish ( 2.)
Doug Wimbish ( 3.)
Original Sugar Hill Rhythm Section
Skip “Little Axe” McDonald (guitar)
Doug Wimbish (bass)
Keith LeBlanc (drums)
Sugar Hill Medley
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Style Wars
Tom Silver’s documentary movie (Style Wars) focused on New York City’s first graffiti artists, the “writers” who created the B-Boy culture aesthetic. Along with the “MCs” and the “Breakdancers,” the “writers” first defined the movement that started in New York’s five Boroughs, and grew into the musical phenomenon of the New Millennium.
1976 — Wood Brass & Steel
Hartford, Connecticut
T’s Lounge
Voyager
1977 — Cosmic Message In A Bottle.
The Gold Record
Contact
“Johnny B. Goode“
Chuck Berry
Jimi Hendrix (1968) In The West
Living Colour (1989)
Carl Sagan
Jean-Luc Ponty
Imaginary Voyage (1976)
Enigmatic Ocean (1977)
Cosmic Messenger (1978)
HOLY TRINITY OF ROCK
HOLY TRINITY OF JAZZ
1977 — Saturday Night Fever
1978 — “Funkanova”
Studio 54
Chic
Nile Rodgers
Bee Gees
Rick James v Ron Carter
The Last Poets
Gil Scott-Heron (“Black Wax”)
Musique
Rose Royce
Hip-Hop Happens
1979 —
THE ORIGINAL SUGAR HILL RHYTHM SECTION
Skip “Little Axe” McDonald (guitar)
Doug Wimbish (bass)
Keith LeBlanc (drums)
Living Colour
Tack>>Head
Little Axe (Skip McDonald)
Bernard Fowler (vocals)
1980s — Just Say No
THE YEAR 1980
THE YEAR 1981
THE YEAR 1982
1980 (INNOVATION, DISASTER, AND MURDER)
1981 (JUST SAY GO TO MTV, AND NASA’S RETURN TO SPACE)
1982 (SHELTER FROM THE NUCLEAR STORM)
1980 — SUMMER IN THE CITY (HIP-HOP, FUNK, AND FUSION)
1981 — LIVING COLOUR (SPACE SHUTTLE) FLA
1982 — SATURDAY IN THE PARK (NO NUKES)
Central Park June 12, 1982
THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT
1980 — The Year The Music Died (Was Murdered)
1981 — Shuttle
1982 — No Nukes
1983 —
Unity
James Brown
w/ Afrika Bambaataa
1984 — Unity (The Third Coming)
((( funky b-boys )))
*Beat Street
Hollywood’s depiction of the B-Boy Culture that had surfaced in the parks and abandoned buildings in and around New York City’s Five Burroughs.
FREE TO THE PUBLIC — After being created under cover of the night, New York City Graffiti shows itself on the subway trains as they emerge, and run across all five New York City Boroughs. Depending upon how you saw it, Graffiti was either an act of vandalism, or a rolling exhibit of fine art.
No Sell Out
Keith LeBlanc
1984 — Keith LeBlanc
w/ Betty Shabazz (Malcolm X’ widow) vs. Sugar Hill Records (Joe Robinson)
((( the original hip-hop beat )))
Corey Glover
[FROM THE TOP]
Challenger (Malcolm Denmark)
Miami Vice (w/Melle Mel)
Artists United Against Apartheid
Spike Lee
She’s Gotta Have It
1985 — Mick Jagger
She’s The Boss
Jeff Beck
Flash
w/ Rod Stewart
Doug Wimbish
Jan Hammer
Jimmy Hall
Rod Stewart
Carmine Appice
1985 — Live Aid
Bob Geldof
Queen
David Bowie
Mick Jagger & Tina Turner
We Are The World
Michael Jackson
Quincy Jones
Lionel Richie
Artists United Against Apartheid
Steven Van Zandt
Arthur Baker
Original Sugar Hill Rhythm Section
Keith LeBlanc
Miles Davis
Herbie Hancock
Contact
Carl Sagan’s Cosmic Message In A Bottle
Spike Lee
She’s Gotta Have It (1986)
School Daze (1988)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Mo’ Better Blues (1990)
Jungle Fever (1991)
Malcolm X (1992)
1986 — Keith LeBlanc
Major Malfunction
Joe Satriani Not Of This Earth
Cause We Ended As Lovers
Jeff Beck
1986 — Live In Japan
((( Atlantic Crossing )))
Jeff Beck (Live at Ronnie Scott’s)
Japanese Television
After seeing a Tack>>Head show in London, Jeff Beck invited Doug to his country home to jam over a weekend. After, Beck asked Doug to join his band (Jan Hammer, Simon Philips, and Steve Lukather) on his upcoming Japanese tour, that included Carlos Santana.
In a move to London that Doug and Skip describes as “running for their lives” from Sugar Hill Records owner Joe Robinson, who demanded a cut of the money they made working on the “Miami Vice” soundtrack, and “Sun City,” and the rest of the Artists United Against Apartheid album. Upon arrival, Doug and Skip joined Keith and ON-U Sound’s Adrian Sherwood, and immediately came to the attention of many of England’s musical elite.
In the interview section of JEFF BECK LIVE AT RONNIE SCOTT’S (DVD), Beck mentions Doug in a recollection of how his current drummer VINNIE COLAIUTA came to join his band.
Chuck Berry
Keith Richards
Eric Clapton
1987 — James Blood Ulmer
America – Do You Remember the Love?
STETSASONIC “A.F.R.I.C.A.”
Cause We Ended As Lovers
Jeff Beck
w/ Doug Wimbish (Bass)
1986 — Live In Japan
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yt.
Brothers of Sodom
Young Americans (Taking Mick for a Ride)
taking Mick Jagger for a ride
Mick Jagger (Lead Vocals)
Joe Satriani (Lead Guitar)
Doug Wimbish (Electric Bass Guitar)
Simon Philips (Drums)
Susie Davis (Keyboards)
Phil Ashley (Keyboards)
Jimmy Rip (Guitar)
Bernard Fowler (Backing Vocals) Carol Kenyon, Jenny Douglas, Linda Moran, Valerie Scott.
w/ Joe Satriani (The Extremist)
Doug Wimbish
Simon Phillips
Jimmy Rip
Susie Davis
Tina Turner (TOKYO/ AUSTRALIA).
They called it Mick’s “solo” career, but the three years after Keith and Mick announced the end of The Rolling Stones in 1985, represented a short was more a wild ride but we know now, that it was actually just a little longer than usual argument between Mick and Keith. At the time, the Rolling Stones were preparing for their Steel Wheels (reunion) Tour, and most media was saying Mick’s “solo” career had been unsuccessful, and that was made the reunion possible. Of course they weren’t listening. For those who were looking, they saw Mick pushed back in his seat, as a group of Young Americans took him on the most Wild, E-Ticket Rides.
w/ Doug Wimbish
Jan Hammer
Simon Phillips
Jan Hammer
Simon Phillips
Steve Lukather
Joe Satriani* Not Of This Earth
1987 — Hail! Hail! Rock N Roll
Chuck Berry
Keith Richards
Eric Clapton
1987 — James Blood Ulmer
America — Do You Remember the Love?
STETSASONIC “A.F.R.I.C.A.”
What’s Bootsy Doin’?
1989 — Friendly as a Hand Grenade
“Break Out The Bubbly”
Bernard brings Rhythm & Blues to Tack>>Head, and makes it clear that the band was Always American.
1989 — Steel Wheels
“Change”
Tack>>Head
1990 —Strange Things
((( ! )))
1989 — Bill Hicks
Truth Be Told
What’s So Funny?
True Believer
The Resurrection
Mick Jagger (Lead Vocals)
Joe Satriani (Lead Guitar)
Doug Wimbish (Electric Bass Guitar)
Simon Philips (Drums)
Susie Davis (Keyboards)
Phil Ashley (Keyboards)
Bernard Fowler (Backing Vocals) Carol Kenyon, Jenny Douglas, Linda Moran, Valerie Scott.
w/ Joe Satriani (The Extremist),
1987 — Living Colour Vivid, Guns N Roses Appetite for Destruction, Joe Satriani Surfing With The Alien
Rocket Queen1988 — Vivid
Living Colour “Cult Of Personality”
Joe Satriani Surfing With The Alien
Guns N’ Roses Appetite For Destruction
Colors (movie)
Tack>>Head FRIENDLY AS A HAND GRENADE
“Airborne Ranger” / “Free South Africa”
Steel Wheels Rolling Stones
Living Colour — “Elvis Is Dead”
“Best Newcomer”
International Rock Music Award 1989
“JOHNNY B. GOODE”
Tiny Elvis Statues (Why Not A Little Jimi? or Chuck?)
“Tiny E” (Rob Schneider/SNL)
Eric Clapton E.C. Was Here (There)
Saturday Night Live
Grammy Awards
JETHRO TULL vs. METALLICA
“Break Out The Bubbly” (Bernard brings Rhythm & Blues to Tack>>Head, and makes it clear that the band was Always American.
Queen Latifa (Troop/Levert)
((( Crack The Sky )))
—yZ.
1991 — Boyz In The Hood
Lollapalooza
Jane’s Addiction / Living Colour
New Jack City (movie)
1992 — “Tiny Elvis” Nicholas Cage (SNL)
1993 — Stone Free: Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
“Crosstown Traffic” b/ Living Colour
All Noisy On The Eastern Front
The Notorius B.I.G. (1993)
“The Shooting of Biggie” (Rolling Stone Illustration)
Tupac Shakur (1993)
1993 — Bill Hicks
Arizona Bay
N.W.A. — The Story Of South Central Los Angeles.
Bill Hicks — Rodney King, L.A. Justice, English Hooligans, and “Did I Leave A Cigarette Lit?”
PORNOGRAPHIC TRUTH VS. THE CHRISTIAN LIE.
How The West Was Won
The RAP On LA
((( Crack The Sky )))
dave.
what’s so funny about Jesus?
BILL HICKS (Truth Be Told)
SAM KINISON (What’s So Funny?)
BILL HICKS (True Believer)
BILL HICKS (Masked Resurrection)
Tom Ryan (Back To Zero)
CoLors*…
This is a Voyage into Sound.
inst. of change THE ELECTRIC GUITAR
the players
INSTRUMENTS OF NOISE.
take it to the bridge
The Original Color of Sin [BLUE]
“Big Bad Moon”
Joe Satriani
Time Machine
1993 —
((( song)))
N.W.A. — The Story Of South Central Los Angeles.
Bill Hicks — Rodney King, L.A. Justice, English Hooligans, and “Did I Leave A Cigarette Lit?”
“Big Bad Moon”
Joe Satriani
Time Machine
1993 —
((( song)))
1987 — Mick Jagger Primitive Cool (Columbia)
w/ Bernard Fowler, Doug Wimbish, Simon Phillips
Australia and Japan, as the Brothers of Sodom, w/ Joe Satriani, Jimmy Rip
1987 — Prince / Miles Davis (New Year’s Eve) Paisley Park
1988 — Mick Jagger and The Brothers of Sodom: Joe Satriani (guitar) Doug Wimbish (bass guitar) Simon Phillips (drums) Bernard Fowler (vocals) Jimmy Rip (guitar) Phil Ashley (keys) Richard Cottle (saxophones/keys) Susie Davis (keyboards) Australia and Tokyo Tina Turner.
1988 — Tackhead Tape Time
1989 —The Rolling Stones (Steel Wheels) Tour and Studio Album, Chuck Leavell, Tack>>Head Friendly As A Hand Grenade
Keep This Frequency Clear
Tack>>Head
Doug Wimbish
Keith LeBlanc
1991 — Amsterdam @ Paradiso
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1992 — Annie Lennox Diva Madonna Erotica
1993 — Mick Jagger Waandering Spirit (Atlantic)
1994 — Little Axe The Wolf that House Built (Okeh/Wired)
1990 —
1991 —
1992 — Annie Lennox (Diva)
1993 — Billy Idol (Cyberpunk)
1994 —
1995 — Annie Lennox (Medusa)
1996 — Vernon Reid Mistaken Identity
1997 —
1998 —
1999 — Prince
2000 — “Planet Earth, do we have a problem?”
International Year for the Culture of Peace , World Mathematical Year, Y2K
Mos Def (Black Jack Johnson) Black On Both Sides
2001 — (9-11)
2002 — Change Is In The Air
2003 — Living Colour CollideOscope “Flying,” Head>>Fake “In The Area Of Prague”
2004 — Tack>>Head Reunion
at Sully’s Pub (Hartford, Connecticut)
2005 — Mos Def
2006 —
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2019 —
2020 —
2021 —
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2025 —
2026 —
“Trance”
Doug Wimbish
Trippy Notes For Bass
2000 —
((( ambient noise )))
photograph by Kari Helenius (kari@rockunited.com)
videos b/ dave.
1999 — Prince
It’s his party and he’ll shred if he wants to.
2000 — y2k
2001 — Living Colour (Resurrection)
2002 —
“Flying”
Living Colour
2003 — CollideOscope
((( out of the clear blue )))
2002 —
2003 — CollideOscope
2004 —Tack>>Head Family Reunion
Back In The U.S.A.
Bernard Fowler (vocals)
Doug Wimbish (bass guitar)
Skip McDonald (guitar)
Keith Leblanc (drums)
Adrian Sherwood (mix)
Asylum Street Rehearsals
@ Sully’s Pub & Tiki Bar (Hartford, Connecticut)
2005 — A Bigger Bang
2005 — Rarities 1971–2003
2006 —
2006 — Doug with Will Calhoun and Bernie Worrell, playing a Katrina (hurricane) benefit at the Howlin’ Wolf in New Orleans.
2007 — WIMBASH (Living Colour)
2008 — WIBASH (Little Axe Adam Falcon)
Shine a Light (On a Finnish fjord, touring with Tara Turunen. “Hold on, I gotta take this.” Charlie Watts inviting Doug to the New York City premier of the Rolling Stones movie, directed by Martin Scorsese.
2009 — “New York Time”
Doug Wimbish
CinemaSonics
Doug Wimbish w/ Bernard Fowler
((( “danger” )))
dave.
“Dangerous” / “All Mixed Up” b/ Linda Zachs
“Stealing”
In the Name of The Lord
Bernard Fowler
Tack>>Head at the Highline Ballroom (NYC).
2009 — Living Colour at the Highline Ballroom, playing the last show of their “Chair In The Doorway” tour.
Bernard’s Bad Dog band (TACK>>HEAD, Keith Fluitt?, Bernard’s Brother?, Argentinian guitarist?) Played shows in Austria and Germany in the Fall and Winter of 2008. The next year Bernard released
“New York Time” (song/video)
and did a one off show at the Highline Ballroom in New York City, Bernard’s hometown.
2009 — Living Colour Chair In The Doorway
2010 A Bass Odyssey
Doug Wimbish CinemaSonics
2010 —
Little AxeBought for a Dollar, Sold for a Dime
2011 — Tack>>Head The Black Album
2012 —
2013 — Little Axe
“Take A Walk On The Wild Side”
Bernard Fowler
Little Axe
For The Love Of Money
2014 —
((( times square patriots )))
Working Girl of Another Color
On the sidewalk in Times Square, a body-painted, “American” model counts the money she earned standing in the thick of the Square, paid to stand for her picture to be taken with, by, and for any willing tourist passing by.
2012 —
2013 — Little Axe
2014 — Tack>>HeadFor The Love of Money
2015 —The Bura, (Havana, Cuba) w/The Rolling Stones
2016 —Havana Moon RS
2017 — Little Axe
2018 —voodoo lounge RS
2019 — Inside Out
2020— On-U Sound (40th) Anniversary
POST-COVID RESURRECTION (2020)
2021 —A Bigger Bang: Live on Copacabana Beach RS
2022 — Steel Wheels Live RS
2023 — George Lynch and Jeff Pilson Heavy Hitters II, And
All the While, a Rolling Stone.
w/Karl Denson (Tiny Universe) Music of David Bowie
2024 — “Storm Is Rising”
“Mother Earth”
The Chess Project (Keith LeBlanc)
New Moves
2024 —
((( remixing the blues )))
dave hogerty
Chess Records revived … An album of classics, reinterpreted by a supergroup.”
— The New Yorker
FOR YOUR GRAMMY CONSIDERATION (Best Contemporary Blues Album) Marshall Chess and Jamar Chess team with producer Keith LeBlanc to reimagine their family’s hallowed Chess Records vault — including favorites by Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Memphis Slim, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, and more …
The Original Sugar Hill Rhythm Section
Skip “Little Axe” McDonald (guitar)
Doug Wimbish (bass)
Keith LeBlanc (drums)
Bernard Fowler (discography)
Tack>>Head (discography)
Living Colour (discography)
Little Axe (discography)
2024 — For Adrian Sherwood’s party at The Jazz Cafe, celebrating ON-U SOUND’S 40TH YEAR, all the original Tack>>Head bandmembers took time away from their individual projects (Living Colour, Rolling Stones, Chess Records) to play their English mate’s show.
Setting Sail
1976 — Bahamian Side Man (Not Tito)
T’s Lounge
Wood Brass & Steel
Hartford, Connecticut
Dance Funk
“Funkanova”
Studio 54 (popular playlist)
1979 — Bacon & Eggs for Breakfast
Bernard Fowler
Paradise Garage
w/ Larry Levan
NYCiti Peech Boys
Beat Street
The Roxy
The Loft
David Mancuso
Max’s Kansas City
Chelsea Hotel
2024 — “Storm Is Rising”
— Skip Little Axe McDonald
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Artists United Against Apartheid
Steven Van Zandt
Arthur Baker
Miami Vice
Live Aid
1985 — Mick Jagger & Tina Turner
Queen
Farm Aid
We Are The World
Michael Jackson
Lionel Richie
Quincy Jones
1985 — Mick Jagger
She’s The Boss
Jeff Beck
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BERNARD FOWLER [PT2]
No Sell Out
Keith LeBlanc
1984 — Malcolm X ( 12″)
(((the original hip-hop beat )))
Colors …
This is a Voyage into Sound
inst. of change
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Doug Wimbish ( 1.)
Doug Wimbish ( 2.)
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Burning The Midnight Lamp”
Living Colour
1991 — Biscuits
((( Jimi Hendrix )))
Tomorrow Never Knows”
Living Colour
2003 — CollideOscope
((( Beatles )))
I Am The Walrus”
Bernard Fowler
1996 — Mas Feedback
((( Beatles )))
I Am The Walrus”
Corey Glover (w/ Galactic)
2012 — New Year’s Eve @ Tipitina’s
((( Beatles )))
The Ocean
Living Colour (WILL CALHOUN)
1991 — Biscuits
((( Zeppelin )))
1989 — Bill Hicks
Viciously Honest (“Patriot”/”American Scream”)
“The Gospel According To Bill Hicks” (GQ)
“The Story Of Willie”
King Missile (downtown nyc)
((( the dark side )))
Bill Hicks “Patriot” b/ dave.
“It’s Just A Ride”
The first documentary produced after Bill Hick’s death in 1994, Hicks being attracted both Jay Leno and David Letterman to participate in the making of It’s Just A Ride, both sitting down for extensive interviews, in which they discussed the reverent , respectful, and friendly relationship they had with Bill, one of the most honest and viciously funny social commentators of his generation. When discussing the history of stand up comedy, Bill is often mentioned with Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, and Richard Pryor.