I always love hearing Tony Levin's playing. He seems like a wonderfully thoughtful player who can complement the musicians he supports while ensuring his own signature is also part of the result.
Tony is one of those truly rare players who has zero barriers between his virtuosity and technique and his imagination, all of which are the best in the business.
Tony Levin’s riffs on King Crimson’s Waiting Man will always be some of the most mind-blowing and original work I’ve heard, and that’s saying a lot for a song that has Adrian Belew and Robert Fripp on it; Tony an Bill Bruford steal the spotlight on that one.
He makes it all look so easy. Same with both the funky fingers and upright 5 string bass. I have the vast majority of all that he has played on, and his playing is always outstanding.
My 6 string bass cover of Elephant Talk has the most views of any of my vids on youtube. Love that song. Apparently Les Claypool did, too. It seems he slightly modified it for "Jerry Was A Race Car Driver".
I love chapman sticks! Met and heard Emment after he had invented this musical instrument and introduced it at the music fair in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. It was unbelievable!!
Apparently some of you naysayers haven't heard of or listened to Liquid Tension Experiment...Tony IS a virtuoso! Do yourselves a favor and look up their live in LA video.
Ryan most of these youtubers can't even wipe their own Asses correctly..Tony played Bass for the Great Edward Van Halen back in 1988 Les paul and friends..the video of that live jam is on RU-vid..
Incredible that he can get such a complete sound just from the bass section of the stick. Of all things, the latter half of this video reminded me of a composition by Jean-Michel Jarre, “Les Chants Magnetiques 2”.
Tony is beyond imagination man...monster bass God...n his rare basses ...he's wicked...words can't Express his bass lines...I admire n adore him...great inspiration to music on the whole as well...leave alone bass..🤝👌👍🙏😎
Saw this genious with peter gabriel in the 80's blew me away...Im a guitar player and he inspired me to learn the bass.. As well...Awesome player is Mr.Levin....
Tony is so much more than a stickman. Those of us that were lucky to follow his long and magnificent career know this. Just a very cool talented player. Btw. Probably no one bassist has brought the stick to the forefront like TL.
once many many years ago, after listening to Jimi's work in BoG, i told my uncle i would never be as good so was going to give up playing guitar.. my uncle told me that it made him want to try harder.. i recently bought a bajo sexto, play 5'string fretless and alt'tuned guitars.. watching TL work his magick convinces me that one is never too old to learn! the modern day composer refuses to die! 🤘
I discovered this instrument from a kickass Boston-based band called GEPH! They make progressive music, probably got inspired by Tony. This is so beautiful to listen to and fascinating to watch.
Doc Loco +1 what they don't understand is the bass portion is only the first 6 strings in fifths and Mr. Levin is only playing the bass strings. The other 6 strings is a regular guitar in fourths. The Chapman stick is called so by the inventor, "Emmett Chapman", who invented it in 1970 - so it's been around. As for price tag of this baby, it ranges from just over $2K US to over 6K US depending on the model, finishes and strings.
I saw him play live a number of times , he plays all the strings. He has another player lean on the up range , but they both play the entire set of strings.
Awesome fifth tuned bass chapman string song. There should also be a tuning that's a fifth lower than that, with a low G string. Once again, awesome tuning.
The correct name is Black Light Syndrome, album by the supergroup Bozzio Levin Stevens. But i discovered the Black Light Orchestra (disco/funk group) and enjoyed a lot. Double thanks, man!
who played on Why Worry Dire straits - Tony Levin if Neil Jason ? . In an interview, Mark Knopfler says Neil Jason ,whereas John Illsley in the book - "Dire Straits In My Life" claims that Tony Levin
OMG you got my hopes up, AMS... I don't see Chapman Sticks offered on your site... Get 'em, and I'll buy from you rather than Zzounds next time. They've made thousands off of me, you can too, just make sure it qualifies for the payment plan.
