Gregory Isola

Staff Writer

Articles by: Gregory Isola

Paul Simon (L) performs with bass guitarist Bakithi Kumalo on the Auditorum Stravinski stage during the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival on July 9, 2008 in Montreux.

Paul Simon: “People have tried to cop that bass solo, but it’s physically impossible” – how engineer Roy Halee created the iconic bass break on Call Me Al

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Bakithi Kumalo: “Listening back, I didn’t know what happened – I thought it was from God, you know?”

Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison (behind) from Talking Heads perform live on stage in New York in 1977

Tina Weymouth: “I know Bono used me to taunt Adam Clayton when U2 were starting out”

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One of the bass world’s most influential female figures talks gender stereotypes and why her small stature was “almost like a dare to boys”