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Carol Kaye (One of the most recorded bass players in history) Charlotte Kemp Muhl (from The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger) Kerri Kenney-Silver (formerly of Cake Like) Debra Killings; Holly Knight (formerly of Device) handled the bass parts on the band's lone album 22B3
The early 1990s found LaVere in Nashville as part of the burgeoning Lower Broadway scene, where she began to play upright bass as half of the popular roots duo The Gabe & Amy Show. [3] By 1999, she had moved to Memphis where she began work at Sun Studio .
[15] By the time she randomly picked up the bass in music class and began experimenting with it, she had grown bored with her other instruments. [20] [31] Her band teacher showed her a blues line for the bass that she later used to secure her first gig. [20] After that, she went in to play the bass daily and gradually fell in love. [15]
For several years she played bass guitar and sang backing vocals for an R&B band in Manhattan. She started a trio with John Tropea and David Spinozza . [ 2 ] In 2000, she became the bassist for Les Paul in his trio's weekly performances at a club in Manhattan.
Carol Kaye (née Smith; [1] born March 24, 1935) [2] is an American musician. She is one of the most prolific recorded bass guitarists in rock and pop music, playing on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 65 years.
This list of double bassists in popular music includes double bass performers from a range of genres, including rockabilly, psychobilly, country, blues, folk, bluegrass, and other styles. In these styles, the instrument is often referred to as an upright bass or a standup bass.
[2] [6] Kae joined the school orchestra playing upright bass at 12. [3] [1] April Kae and her younger sister Nikki were both signed with a modeling agency in Austin, Texas as children. [5] She attributed her comfort in front of the camera on social media to that early experience modeling. [2] Her mother is African American and her Father is Jewish.
As one of the first female bluegrass bass players she more than rose to the occasion as a foundational member in Monroe’s bluegrass band for over a decade. She was one of the Bluegrass Boys from 1953–1964. [2] Bessie Lee Maudlin was a prolific contributor, as a member of Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys.