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“Take Jeff Beck, David Gilmour and Allan Holdsworth – Alan should be seen as being in that company”: Remembering the late Alan Murphy, the player Fender trusted as a tone consultant, who played with Kate Bush, Go West, and more

By Richard Barrett published

As November 2023 would have marked Alan Murphy’s 70th birthday, we look back at the man and his music, with personal recollections from the collaborators who knew him best

Del Palmer (left) with Kate Bush in 1985

Del Palmer, Kate Bush’s bassist, engineer and former partner, dies aged 71

By Matt Parker published

The songwriter’s studio linchpin played and engineered everything from Hounds of Love to sessions with Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton

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”

John Giblin performing on stage at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert

Kate Bush on John Giblin: “We’ve all lost a great man and an unmatchable musician”

By Nick Wells published

Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Guy Pratt and many more pay tribute to bassist John Giblin

Alan Parsons Project (Ian Bairnson) performs at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California on October 11, 1996.

Ian Bairnson, guitarist for the Alan Parsons Project and Kate Bush, dies aged 69

By Michael Astley-Brown published

The Scottish session player performed the solo on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights, and collaborated with the likes of Paul McCartney, Sting and Mick Fleetwood

Tony Franklin, Kate Bush and David Gilmour

Bass legend Tony Franklin recalls teaming up with David Gilmour and Kate Bush to perform Running Up That Hill in 1987

By Matt Owen last updated

The one-off performance at the London Palladium featured the Pink Floyd guitarist on a headless Steinberger, with fretless flair from the former Firm bassist Franklin, and it ruled

Mastodon, Kate Bush, First Aid Kit

7 guitar-led covers of Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill

By Jonathan Horsley published

Kate Bush’s irresistible 1985 hit is driven by synth but as these covers from Placebo, First Aid Kit, Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher and more prove, the song can be just as dramatic on guitar

Mastodon's Bill Kelliher, Emma Ruth Rundle and more give Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill a moody metal makeover

By Richard Bienstock published

Its another epic jam courtesy of heavy metal-themed talk show Two Minutes to Late Night