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Pat Blythe – The greatest bass player in the world…..and (his) music

Posted in life, music, Opinion, Review with tags bass harmonics, Bass of Doom, Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, electric bass, Fender Jazz bass, harmonics, Ian Hunter, Jaco Pastorius, Joni Mitchell, luthier, luvthemusic, Lyle Mays, Pat Blythe, Pat Metheny, Podbean, podcast, stand-up bass, upright bass, Weather Report on March 24, 2021 by segarini

I never seem to know what I’m going to write about from one week to the next. Sometimes I plan things out, gather the photos, etc. and then BAM! Something else falls in my lap and I’m heading down a totally different path. I love these journeys. This is one such trip.

I have been introduced, quite accidently, into the world of bassist Jaco Pastorius after discovering a video of Joni Mitchell with Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays performing with her. I forwarded it to a friend who loves all three of the artists I mentioned. The name my friend “picks out of the crowd” however, is the bassist Jaco Pastorius. Me, wouldn’t know him if I tripped over him. That changed pretty fast! Next thing I know I’m getting schooled in all things Jaco and we’re watching the 2014 documentary about his life.

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Pat Blythe – Toronto’s Mixed Grill – A Scrapbook

Posted in Opinion with tags 120Diner, adult contemporary, All Sides Facing Out, alternative, artists, Asphalt Sex & Rock 'N' Roll, Austin Clarke, Barbershop, Bemelmans, Bemmy's, Birthday, Bloor, Bubble Pop, Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Club120, Comedy, Cumberland, David Bowie, David Marsden, dawgs, DBAWIS, deelish, Deep Buddha, devo, Dirty Loops, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Driving Away, Dundas Square, Dylan, eargasm, Facebook, FB, Flight Deck, Forward Gaze, Gerald Belanger, Ghosts, Goodbye, Half, Hard Rock Café, Here We Are, indie, Issacs Gallery, Jake Koffman, Jazz, Jonathan Barrie, Julie Christie, K-Pop, karaoke, KPop, Lascivious, Latin Live!, Latin music, Lightfoot, Living More, London Baby, Marcus Kihn, Mental, Middle, Miss the Morning, Musicians, My Fair Lady, Niagara Falls, Peter Gabriel, Pop, RCAF, Rivoli, Robbie Robertson, Rock, Running to the Light, Sang Thip, Sax, segarini, Sexy Girls, shaking hips at my fingertips, She Came Back, Sinners of Saint Avenue, Slave, Slave to the Squarewave, Spadina Eleven, sparkling lips, St. Germain, stand-up bass, sticky buds, streetcar, Tablita Suah, Talking Heads, tapas, techno, Thailand, The Album, The Hawks, The Pilot, The Pilot Grill, The Way She Moves Me, thumpa, todo hecho, Together, Toronto, VJ Gee, voy a volver, whiskey, WOMAD '95, World War II, writers, Xprime, yonge street on March 18, 2015 by segarini

It’s 4am on Sunday morning, March 8, and I’ve just arrived home from a long day and night of music hopping….and the damn Queen streetcar short-turned again….and the clocks went forward one hour (OMG it’s really 5am!!)….and I’ve decided to change my tune (so to speak)….and tell you about my “day in the life of….” rather than have our esteemed editor post the article I’ve already filed.

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