Brass In Pocket Bass Cover
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A Happy Posthumous Birthday to
A Happy Posthumous Birthday to Pete Farndon who was born on this date in 1952.
“Brass in Pocket” by The Pretenders off of their self-titled debut album which came out in late 1979, early 1980 in the US and the UK respectively and featured Pete Farndon on bass.
I always thought The Pretenders were a solid band and I really liked some of the bass-lines that Pete came up with. This one has a nice "chug" during the verses that contrasts with a tighter, more staccato feel during the pre-chorus and chorus.
Pete passed away from a drug overdose at the age of 30 on April 14th, 1983. Less than a year prior, on June 14th 1982, he had been fired from The Pretenders, mostly at the behest of guitarist, James Honeyman-Scott who essentially gave the band an, “Either he goes, or I go” ultimatum. Ironically, James Honeyman-Scott died of an overdose himself just two days following Farndon’s firing.
Speaking of The Pretenders, Lynn and I had tickets to see them opening for Journey at Bethel Woods later this summer. Neither of us have seen The Pretenders before and we were both really looking forward to the show. Unfortunately, all of the concerts for this season have been rescheduled or cancelled. This particular show was cancelled. The tickets were pretty pricey, much more than we'd ever pay just to see Journey. While Journey puts on a good show, I didn't feel they were worth the amount that these tickets cost. We were primarily going to see The Pretenders. I felt a little better about the cancellation after learning that Ross Valory and Steve Smith had been fired from the band and hope to see The Pretenders sometime in the future.
I’m playing the Ibanez Talman TMB100 bass (which has the E string tuned down to D for this song) through a SansAmp Para-Driver.
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