Bill Leigh

Articles by: Bill Leigh

The Doobie Brothers posed in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1975

“When Michael McDonald first played it for me, I had him slow down and just show me his left hand”: Tiran Porter on The Doobie Brothers’ Minute By Minute

By Bill Leigh published

Tiran Porter played the “cowboy-movie-theme-meets shuffle-feel” on a B.C. Rich Mockingbird with twin DiMarzio P-style pickups

Tina Weymouth of Tom Tom Club performs on stage at Eden Sessions 2013 at The Eden Project on June 29, 2013 in St Austell, England.

“I dig playing that bassline, and I love the beats”: Tina Weymouth on the Tom Tom Club’s The Good The Bad And The Funky

By Bill Leigh published

Tina Weymouth talks through the ins and outs of Tom Tom Club’s rhythmically intense fifth album… track by track

Tony Levin performs on stage with English musician Peter Gabriel (unseen) during a concert at the Accor Arena in Paris, on May 23, 2023.

“I grabbed a diaper and shoved it under the strings near the bridge”: How Tony Levin came up with his muted bass tone on Peter Gabriel's Don't Give Up

By Nick Wells published

Peter Gabriel called it the “super wonder nappy sound”

PRS SE basses

PRS SE Kestrel & Kingfisher Basses review

By Bill Leigh published

Paul Reed Smith turns his hand to mid-priced bass guitars