Doug Wimbish

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Doug Wimbish
Wimbish performing in New York City, 2016
Wimbish performing in New York City, 2016
Background information
Birth nameDouglas Arthur Wimbish
Born (1956-09-22) September 22, 1956 (age 67)
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • bass
  • guitar
Labels
  • Sugarhill
  • Enja
  • On-U Sound
Websitedougwimbish.com

Douglas Arthur Wimbish (born September 22, 1956) is an American bassist, primarily known for being a member of rock band

On-U Sound
).

Biography and career

Born in

Sugarhill Records. 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.

Wimbish with Living Colour, Vienna 1993
Wimbish with Little Axe (2009)

Together with McDonald and LeBlanc, Wimbish headed to London in 1984 and started working with producer

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

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.

Gear

Wimbish has endorsed

Spector bass guitars.[3]

Discography

Solo albums

With Michael Bolton

With Naomi Campbell

With Chris Catena

With Depeche Mode

With Sheena Easton

With Bernard Fowler

  • Friends With Privileges (Sony, 2006)
  • The Bura (MRI, 2016)

With Gary Go

With Al Green

With Nona Hendryx

  • The Heat (RCA Records, 1985)

With Mick Jagger

With Billy Idol

With Annie Lennox

  • Diva (Arista Records, 1992)
  • Medusa (Arista Records, 1995)

With

Madonna

  • Erotica (Warner Bros. Records, 1992)

With Melba Moore

With Nicole Renée

With Joe Satriani

With Carly Simon

With Brenda K. Starr

With Candi Staton

  • Nightlites (Sugar Hill Records, 1982)

With Steven Van Zandt

With Ronnie Wood

References

  1. ^ "Bass! The Story Of Doug Wimbish".
  2. ^ "Doug Wimbish the Journeyman Bassist". Dougwimbish.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  3. ^ Leslie, Jimmie (September 1, 2009). "Doug Wimbish - Living Colour's Touch And Feel". Bass Player. Retrieved January 27, 2015.[permanent dead link]

External links

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