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Bryan Bassett
Biography
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Summary
Bryan Bassett has over 30 years experience
as a professional musician and recording artist
and 18 years experience as a recording engineer
and producer.
Bryan Bassett Biography
Musical
1999 - Present
* Guitarist for international recording artist
"Foghat". I have contributed as a songwriter on
their last 2 albums "Return of the Boogie Men"
and "Road Cases" and on their last studio album
"Family Joules" which was released in 2003. He
also engineered and produced 'Family Joules',
their last DVD "The Official Bootleg DVD, Volume
1", and their latest Double Live CD 'Foghat -
LIVE II'.
1993 - 1999
* Guitarist for international recording artist
"Molly Hatchet". In 1996 we recorded a CD in
Germany titled "Devil's Canyon" for "CBH/SPV
Records" in Europe, "Mayhem Records" in the US
and "Avex Records in Japan". In January of '98
we returned to Germany to record the CD "Silent
Reign of Heroes" released July '98 on CMC
International in the US and CBH/SPV in Europe.
1989 - 1993
* Touring guitarist for the "Lonesome Dave's
Foghat". As a member of this band I performed
over 150 shows a year worldwide.
1983 - 1989
* Session guitarist for King Snake Studio and a
member of two bands, "The Midnight Creeper's"
(King Snake's house band) and "Blue House" (a
Central Florida blues band). During this period
my playing was featured on more than 25 blues
albums worldwide for artist's such as "Rufus
Thomas", "Kenny Neal", "Lucky Peterson", "Alex
Taylor"(featuring James Taylor) and the "JB's"(James
Brown's famous horn section).
1980 - 1983
* Band leader and session guitarist in and
around the Pittsburgh PA area. The Pittsburgh
bands I played with were "Airborne, "T-Dice" and
former CBS artists "The Silencer's". Reknowned
producer Felix Pappilardi (Mountain, Cream) was
producing "Airborne's" first release in Criteria
Studio(Miami) at the time of his tragic death.
1974 - 1979
* I was a founding member of the CBS/Epic
recording act "Wild Cherry". In 1976 we recorded
the #1 hit song "Play That Funky Music" and
charted 4 more singles over the next few years.
As a member of this band I had the pleasure of
touring with some of the biggest R&B acts in the
world.
Technical
1983 to 1999
* As first engineer and studio manager at King
Snake Studio I have recorded and mixed over 75
Albums/CD's for international release. My
responsibilities include supervising and
organizing recording sessions, the hiring of
studio musicians and overseeing all aspects of
the master recording, which is then presented to
the record company/buyer for release and
distribution.
* I have extensive experience in 24 track analog
recording, computer based sequencing and digital
format recording. I've recorded on a variety of
consoles (Sound Workshop, Trident, MCI, NEVE and
SSL) both analog and automated and I'm well
versed in the use of all major sound processors.
* My musical abilities add a dimension to my
engineering which, I feel, sets me apart from
many others in my field. That is the ability to
communicate with the artist I'm recording on a
musical level and to smoothly integrate the
musical and technical aspects of the project at
hand.
Honors
TV Performances
Performed in
Concert With:
Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Average White
Band, The Commodores, Earth, Wind and Fire, The
Isley Brothers, George Benson, Chuck Mangione,
Herbie Mann, Santana, Journey, Brother's
Johnson, Chaka Kahn and Rufus, Natalie Cole, Lou
Rawls, Graham Central Station, The Ohio Players,
Tower of Power, The New York Dolls, ABBA, George
Clinton and the Funkadelics, Bootsy Collins, The
O'Jay's, Peter Tosh, KC and the Sunshine Band,
John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Thackery, The Fabulous
Thunderbirds, James Cotton, Bo Diddley, Rufus
Thomas, JJ Cale, Koko Taylor, Delbert McClinton,
Taj Mahal, Kansas, REO Speedwagon, Lynyrd
Skynyrd, 38 Special, Blackfoot, The Outlaws, The
Band, Blue Oyster Cult, Nazareth, Humble Pie,
Steve Morse Band, Ten Years After, Ritchie
Blackmore, Electric Light Orchestra, Uriah Heep,
Wishbone Ash, Steppenwolf, Saxon, Mick Taylor,
Marshall Tucker Band, Survivor, Loverboy,
Triumph, Vixen, Firehouse, Paul Rodgers, Night
Ranger, April Wine, Foreigner, Pat Travers,
Atlanta Rhythym Section, America, Johnny Winter,
Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, The Georgia
Satellites, Hank Williams Jr., Leon Russell,
Mountain, Cheap Trick, Pat Benatar, Savoy Brown,
Peter Framton, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Little
River Band, Benjamin Orr, Starship, Three Dog
Night, Greg Allman, Head East, UFO, Iron
Butterfly, The Toler Brothers, Jimmy Hall, Black
Oak Arkansas, David Allen Coe, Donnie Iris,
Great White, Gary Hooey, Kenny Wayne Shepperd,
Derek St. Holmes, Root Boy Slim, Kenny Neal,
Lucky Peterson, Warrant, Slaughter, Grand Funk
Railroad, Huey Lewis and the News, The Charlie
Daniels Band (and more as memory allows...!)
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