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These are various examples of my playing that includes various styles of music and (most of) my complete bass collection. I hope you enjoy them. NOTE: all music is copyright by the authors. These are the Window Media versions. These first two songs are from a self produced Cassette tape I recorded in the early ‘90s. I played all of the parts and sang all of the vocals. Aren’t I wonderful? I wrote Cancion. Sara Elizabeth Campbell wrote Waltz for You. 1) Cancion Length: 3mn 19s 4-String Fretless Bass I met Vince Bell in the early ‘90s at a Heidi Barton Xmas party and I engineered and recorded a bunch of tracks with him when he was getting his new career going (after years of physical re-hab from a bad brain injury sustained when he was hit by a drunk driver). You can check out Vince’s amazing story at his web site: www.vincebell.com 3) Last Dance Length: 4mn 6s 4-String Fretless Bass and 2nd Guitar John Carrick is an immensely charismatic performer from Texas who I met when Tom Paxton and my friend David Maloney played a gig in Marin. John and I hooked up and I played lead guitar (and Bass in these studio cuts I produced) with him when I did his California tours in the mid-90’s. He now owns Sand Mountain Music in Houston, TX. 6) Rose Tattoo Length: 4mn 10s 4-String Fretless Bass and 2nd Guitar John Dupuy’s songs just knocked me out when he asked me to produce and engineer a demo for his group. I liked them so much, I joined the group on Bass. We recorded one album together and then the group broke up thanks to the keyboard player from hell! John runs wilderness journeys in Moab, UT. 8) A Life Length: 3mn 26s 4-String Fretless Bass I engineered, produced and played on my friend Kenny Cahn’s first album. I played on subsequent recordings including this really fun session at Fantasy Records in Berkeley. It was a two day, 22 hour grind with some really great musicians. Much fun! 10) Girl It's You Length: 3mn 35s 4-String Fretted Bass I recorded these songs for Christie McCarthy in the late ‘90s. I had so much fun playing bass with her that I could barely contain myself! She’s a great songwriter and singer and my performances on these songs show how much fun I was having. 12) Burn the Ships Length: 4mn 57s 6-String Fretless Bass Chuck Steed is one of the most talented people I know. He is an amazing producer, singer, song-writer. We spent two years recording an album’s worth of material in my home studio in the late ‘90s. Every time we started a new song, he came up with such brilliant ideas for arrangements and even bass ideas that I just sat back and marveled. Of course, his dad is a big-time Dixieland bassist and his brother is one of the top Jazz bassists on the west coast so he knew something about how the instrument should sound! 14) Love Me As I Am Length: 4mn 38s 6-String Fretless Bass (Drop-C tuning!) This is a sample of the last band I played with – the Jim Passard Experiment. Don’t tell Jim that I told you but the experiment part is mainly due to the fact that we seldom play the same song the same way twice. It definitely kept us on our toes and fended off any tendency towards boredom. 16) Unchain My Heart Length: 4mn 2s 7-String Fretted Bass 17) Sweet for Bass Length: 2mn 51s 4-String Fretless Bass (3x) I have also played in recent years with Joe Louis Walker (Bass), David Maloney (bass and guitar), Tom Dundee (guitar), Dave Lippman (bass and guitar), Zack Cahn and many others. I have sat in over the years with folks as diverse as Sukay (Andean Pan-pipes), John Sebastian (I was playing lead guitar and he was playing harmonica, I gave him the lead), Pete Seeger, Dorothy Morrison (of “Oh, Happy Day” fame), It’s a Beautiful Day (in the ‘60s), Tom Paine, Banjo Jim Losee and many, many others |
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All bass work and recording production on all songs by Chet Gardiner |
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For bookings call me at (510) 407-0776 or email chetdude-at-chetgardiner.com |
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