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Steve Lawson has been one of the most inspiring and creative solo bassists to come out of the UK in recent years. His solo albums and collaborative projects have been the talk of the world-wide bass community and have drawn enthusiastic reviews in the press. His latest album ‘Grace And Gratitude’ finds him [...]

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Trying to pin down just what it is that Steve Lawson does can be tricky - he’s a solo bassist who spends a lot of his time making very unbasslike noises. He’s an ambient experimenter who likes pop tunes too much to go strictly soundscape, but is way too atmospheric to sit comfortably in the [...]

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people I’ve played with/for - Airstar, Alex Douglas, Alex Legg, Amy Kohn, Andre LaFosse, Andrea Hazell, Andrew Buckton, Andrew Gouche, Andrew Pask, Andy Hamill, Andy Thornton, Andy Williamson, Ben Castle, Ben Okafor, Boo Hewerdine, Calamateur, Carrie Melbourne, Charlie Moreno, Chris Bowater, Claudio Zanghieri, Cleveland Watkiss, Cole Moreton, Commonwealth, Corey Mwamba, Davey Spillane, David and Carrie [...]

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Musical Equipment Used
- Modulus Graphite Basses (6 string fretted and fretless and 4 string fretted), A Rick Turner 5 String Renaissance ‘Amplicoustic’ fretless bass, Mark Audio powered speakers,  Accugroove bass cabinets, the Looperlative LP1 for looping, Lexicon MPX-G2 for processing, an E-Bow+, Bass Centre Elites strings, East-UK preamps, Evidence Audio cables. And I carry my [...]

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The titles of the albums link to where to listen to and then buy them, or there are the iTunes buttons…
“Official” solo albums:

Behind Every Word
Grace And Gratitude
Not Dancing For Chicken
And Nothing But The Bass

Collaborations:

Numbers (Lawson/Dodds/Wood)
Live In Nebraska (Steve Lawson and Lobelia)
For The Love Of Open Spaces
Conversations

Lessons Learned From An Aged Feline: [...]

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I’ve had loads of great press for my solo albums and gigs - have a read of some of it below!
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Behind Every Word CD Reviews -

Jyoti Mishra (#23 in his 2006 albums of the year round-up).
Seth Horan (in his round up of the best of 2006)
From no Warning (in italian)
From PureMusic.com
From Sid Smith
From [...]

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I’ve just seen that all four of my ‘proper’ release solo albums are now up on Amazon.com download store - here they are -
And Nothing But The Bass - $7.92
Not Dancing For Chicken - $8.99
Grace And Gratitude - $8.99
Behind Every Word - $8.99
that’s a pretty damn cheap way to get hold of them - and [...]

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I’ve just seen that my 2004 album Grace and Gratitude is now available on Amazon.com for download - $8.99 for the whole album, which is less than a fiver if it works from the UK… is that good? ;o)
And in keeping with my current obsession with Youtube, here’s a video of the title track (not [...]

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Looping is no longer a gimmick. It’s official. If it’s your gimmick, find a new one. It’s way too mainstream to be a cover for crap music any more.
It’s all happened fairly recently - back when I started doing solo gigs (late 90s) it was a fantastic gimmick. Fortunately I never relied on it being [...]

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