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Facing mounting debts, Nick Beggs sold off his Kajagoogoo bass – 40 years later his fans helped him buy it back
A family intervention and the generosity of Beggs' fans reunited him with his much-loved bass – and he found a musical way of rewarding them
Bassist Simone Marie Butler announces her departure from Primal Scream
Butler followed in the footsteps of previous bassists Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield and My Bloody Valentine's Debbie Googe
“You gave him the world, and he gave you his music in return”: Former Scorpions bassist Francis Buchholz dies, aged 71
Buchholz played on all the classic Scorpions records and later joined forces with his old bandmate Michael Schenker in his Temple of Rock project
Kool & The Gang’s Robert Bell on how he laid down three top 10s in a single session – and became one of the most sampled artists in history
The funk masters’ only surviving original member explains the humble beginnings of most of their hits, how they put them together and why he isn’t going back to big rigs even if everyone else is
Eric Clapton was Cream’s biggest star, but Jack Bruce sang most of the band’s classic tracks
In later years, Bruce jokingly referred to Cream as Da Creams, in a nod to the band’s supergroup status
How Charlie Jones became the ‘other bassist’ to work with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
He may have started in music by buying the wrong instrument, and thrown his Grammy certificate in the garbage without realizing it, but his eclectic attitude has made him a session star – and landed his dream gig with The Cult
She put a video of herself playing bass on YouTube. Then Prince called
Having caught the attention of Prince and Bootsy Collins, Alissia is riding a new wave of recognition with her debut single featuring Nile Rodgers and EarthGang
What it takes to get to the top of the bass world, according to Victor Wooten
Having overwhelmed countless bassists with his rapid-fire slap technique, Victor Wooten still has plenty of bass philosophy to share
How Leland Sklar went from being banned from the studio to a session legend
Sklar reflects on his first encounter with the legendary collective of session musicians widely known as “Wrecking Crew”
The making of Don Was, the über-producer trusted by the Stones, Bob Dylan and John Mayer (and who’s a pretty good bassist too)
The bassist, producer and label boss on what Iggy Pop and Ringo Starr have in common, why Keith Richards is not sloppy, and that one time he pushed to play on an album he was producing
