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“Trance”
Doug Wimbish
2000 — Trippy Notes for Bass
A BASS ODYSSEY (ENTER)
WOOD BRASS & STEEL
Original Sugar Hill Rhythm Section
“Unity” w/Afrika Bambaataa and James Brown
“No Sell Out” (Malcolm X w/ Keith Leblanc)
“Vice” (Miami Vice Soundtrack w/Jan Hammer)
“Sun City” (Artists United Against Apartheid w/…)
LIVING COLOUR
TACK>>HEAD
LITTLE AXE
ON-U SOUND
Adrian Sherwood
Rolling Stones
Paul McCartney
Mick Jagger
Jeff Beck
Annie Lennox
Seal
Depeche Mode
Carly Simon
Madonna
Bruce Springsteen
Billy Idol Cyberpunk [1993]
Michael Hutchence
Joe Satriani The Extremist [1992]
Joe Satriani Time Machine [1993]
David Sancious
Herb Alpert
George Clinton
Bernie Worrell
Mos Def
Black Jack Johnson
Lauryn Hill
Tarja Turunen
Grandmaster Flash (Melle Mel) and the Furious Five
1979 — Original Sugar Hill Rhythm Section
Skip McDonald (guitar)
Keith LeBlanc (drums)
Original Sugar Hill Rhythm Section H. Although they did not play on the Sugarhill Gang‘s famous song “Rapper’s Delight” (the rhythm tracks for this song were played by the group Positive Force), they did play on many other popular song tracks, including “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, “White Lines” by Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel, “New York City” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and “Apache” by the Sugarhill Gang.
Together with McDonald and LeBlanc, Wimbish headed to London in 1984 and started working with producer Adrian Sherwood and formed the group Tackhead. Together with Tackhead and as a session bassist, Wimbish found himself in demand as a bass player for many artists and was considered as a permanent sideman for the Rolling Stones after the departure of bassist Bill Wyman in 1993, but lost the position to Darryl Jones. In the late 1980s Wimbish began crossing paths with vocalist Bernard Fowler, who collaborated with Tackhead and Little Axe. Both sang on records by the Rolling Stones, and Wimbish later played on the Stones’ 1997 album Bridges to Babylon. Wimbish joined Living Colour in 1992 (he replaced Muzz Skillings, who left the band) to tour and record the album, Stain.
Living Colour disbanded in 1995, and Wimbish joined his old Sugarhill Gang partners to play in Little Axe, an ambient-dub project initiated by Skip ‘Little Axe’ MacDonald.
After Living Colour disbanded, Wimbish went back to London to continue his career as a studio bassist. In 1999 he formed the drum and bass group Jungle Funk together with drummer Will Calhoun and percussionist/vocalist Vinx. Also in 1999, Wimbish solo album Trippy Notes for Bass was released. In 2000, Living Colour was re-formed and toured in the United States, South America and Europe. In 2001 and 2002 Wimbish recorded and played with rapper Mos Def in a band called BlackJack Johnson, which also featured members of P-Funk and Bad Brains in the lineup.
Wimbish also formed Head Fake, a drum and bass project with drummer Will Calhoun. They released a CD, In The Area. In 2005 they started recording new songs. The recording took place in Brussels, Belgium and was followed by an extensive European tour. The CD has never been released. A Head>>Fake DVD was released in 2008. It features a recording of a Head>>Fake concert in Prague.
In 2008 Wimbish, signed with Enja Records, and released his second solo album, CinemaSonics.
In 2009, Living Colour released and toured for the album “The Chair in the Doorway”.
Wimbish was also featured on six Little Axe albums with Alan Glen on harmonica.
Wimbish has endorsed Ibanez and Spector bass guitars.
Solo albums
Trippy Notes for Bass (1999)
CinemaSonics (2008)
Candi Staton Nightlitles [1982] Sugar Hill Records
Nona Hendryx The Heat [1985] RCA Records
Carly Simon Spoiled Girl [1985] Epic Records
Mick Jagger Primitive Cool [1987] Columbia Records
Michael Bolton The Hunger [1987] Columbia Records
Steven Van Zandt. Freedom – No Compromise [1987]
Sheena Easton No Sound But a Heart [1987] EMI
Ronnie Wood Slide on This [1992] Continuum Records
Madonna Erotica [1992] Warner Bros. Records
Annie Lennox Diva [1992] Arista Records
Al Green Don’t Look Back [1993] BMG
Mick Jagger Wandering Spirit [1993] Atlantic Records
Carly Simon Letters Never Sent [1994] Arista Records
Annie Lennox. Medusa [1995] Arista Records
Gary Go Gary Go (Decca Records, 2009)
Naomi Campbell Baby Woman [1994] Epic Records