X2 NAMM Interviews : Leland Sklar

[tall32guy]

"I'll be your friend on Facebook". Yeah right! I just tried to friend him and it says he's reached the maximum number of friends!!! LOL

[Jefgg]

I had the pleasure of meeting Leland Sklar when he was touring with Barefoot Servants. He is one of the nicest people I ever met in my life. I think that is one of the reasons he gets so many great gigs. He is an outstanding musician, of course. But who would want to spend a lot of time in the studio or on tour with a jerk? If I was a recording artist getting a band together Leland would be my first phone call.

[rienkspeelman]

who's the kid from switzerland he's talking about????

[tornmask1]

Mr. Lee Sklar is an extaordinary Bassist! cool Beard too! x0]

[NoNameAvailable875]

Gandalf is on vacation...

[MrMushu123]

i wanna grow a beard like leland sklar

[haginz]

yes, he is the man

[hendtheeternal]

This guy is the nicest dude ive ever met.

[SlitMouthWoman]

Gandalf.

[Putaspellonyou]

probably the most recorded bassist ever!!!

[Schagenaren]

Dont make him mad or you will not get any presents this christmas!

[Jefgg]

I had the pleasure of meeting Leland Sklar when he was touring with Barefoot Servants in the mid '90s. What a NICE guy. That is probably why he gets so many great gigs. He has talent, of course. But who wants to record and/or tour with a jerk?

[AusShinDig]

He's on a Phil Collins concert that I have on DVD. Before my brother and I found out his real name we just called him "Merlin".

[gofishingwithme]

Great interview, great musician and what a sweetheart he is. But "backdrop" people, "backdrop!" Never do the interview in front of the bathroom signs? Oddly I have seen this before and it is getting to be a pet peeve. Have the wonderful subject standing in front of something slightly wonderful? This is history being filmed, here!

[peelopuu]

That ZZ-Top thing was funny :)

[Stranglehold432]

Is that God?

[mattsabby]

@Stranglehold432 GOD OF BASS, yes! Lee Sklar is one of the greatest bassists alive.

[killingkarma1]

i belive in santa right now!!

[rajaboy]

Legend thats all I can say

[greenorange75]

Holy crap! It's Santa Claus!

[mkeulr]

This man's body of work is unparalleled. He grew up in Southern California and went to CSUN right down the street from where I grew up. He is a studio god and and jam session master. Not to mention he seems like one of the nicest guys you would ever want to meet, let alone jam with.

[justaguitarist333]

Dusty Hill looks like santa clause

[njbc420]

wow seems like such a nice guy.

[ufofan1980]

I liked his work on Billy Thorpe's Children of the Sun, both with the bass playing and the backing vocals. This man can sing like you wouldn't believe.

[The538560]

the dogs bollox

[HunterMann]

Leland is a genius!

[weston6141]

Lee is a bass legend. What a great career he's had.

[rajaboy]

@weston6141 he's the man

[Klipnap]

They should've asked him to play dumbledore instead of gambon

[ruderkonge1976]

My main man

[Gorgalisin]

His voice is higher than I imagined

[quad1000]

@Gorgalisin: You' re so right! But wow, that guy is MR. BASS. He's really seen it all, man...there's not a lot of people you can say that about.

[BigBoiJC]

@quad1000 I'll tell you this quickly....the reason why I (a drummer) know about Lee is through his work with one of my heroes, Carlos Vega, during the whole James Taylor resurgence that happened in the mid eighties.

[samsticka]

I'd like to see Leland do something with John Mayer.

[THCgoodness]

what a beard, he's the grooviest wizard I know

[UvayBowl]

@THCgoodness And he's got the musical wisdom going on. What a well-spoken individual!

[VuDu4000]

Holy damn. Lets give this man some spaghetti and see what happens :)

[sambo75420]

@VuDu4000 LMFAO........

[TheSanityInspector]

:24 Lee Sklar + Simon Philips  Ooh! Where can I hear that bit of ear candy?

[Mowac]

Lee Sklar has practically played with just about everybody in music.  A signature bass for this man would be an honor. A very humble gentleman.

[LosKarizma]

What a fabulous player! Barefoot Servants! Everything he does is brilliant, great feel, great tone, great groove!

[Nashvilleagain]

. . . what a great man, know him from so many of my favorites records. Outstanding person ! ! !

[Sudbury67]

I also saw him perform with Phil Collins. Besides being an incredible Bass player you can tell by his persona that he is a great person also.

[Nashvilleagain]

@Sudbury67 Yes, i saw him too with P.C. , he was the only reason I go to a P.C. show. Greetz !

[bajistayeconomista]

i think that this new technological era is harmful to next generation real musicians ... everybody is using technology to cover flaws... well its just an opinion...

[TheSanityInspector]

There will always be an audience for raw, un-corrected music, don't worry.

[snowdancer]

Great interview, Lee. Love you! <3

[0oz]

I must touch his epic beard.

[popnutty]

I first started admiring this man's work when I got a hold of C&K's(Cecilio & Kapono) first two albums. Any fan or friend of Mr. Sklar needs to hear this if you haven't already. Probably some of his memorable stuff. Definitely!! Plays on "Elua" and their self-titled debut. Both albums were recorded in the early-to-mid 70's.

[kenorian]

OMG - good to see folks still remember and appreciate Cecilio and Kapono!

[pocobasso]

As a bass player myself, I have idolized this man's work for decades. One of the true "musical" bassist of all time. A truly remarkable tasteful musician.

[jackdman]

i want that beard

[thatkid258]

GANDALF... he loves it

[Hairysteed]

YOU SHALL NOT BASS!!

[zathzath]

That was epic and totally made my evening, cheers.

[emufan23]

I must admit, that joke was made of win.

[ffischmann]

This guy is a legend. I first saw him playing with Phil Collins years ago. I liked his playing so bad that I bet he should have done much more before. And, indeed, he played with James Taylor, among othes! After years I forgot about him, until I heard something very simple but effective, Era. And the bass line was amazing. Who was it? LS! At that point I was a huge Toto fan. Toto's Mike Porcaro injured his hand and, for my pleasure, LS was the substitute. Thank you, LS! Greetings from Brazil.

[Wakinshaw]

What a great bass player, and such an adorable man!

[Sudbury67]

"Father Time" one of the best bass players of all time.

[BigBoiJC]

Sklar is a drummer's bass player.

[quad1000]

@BigBoiJC: yes and he was just so great with Carlos Vega. Carlos' story was so tragic, just heartbreaking. I'm sure everyone who worked with him was stunned beyond words.

[BigBoiJC]

@quad1000 Dad got me real interested in Lee because of Dad's friendship with Carlos....Lee (to me) is one of the bass players that (if you are able to) you would want to play with. and dang it man I miss Carlos...his touch and his proficiency are something that will never be repeated.

[patentagosse]

I have such respect for this guy. As a big Phil Collins fan, I saw him many times "live" on stage performing Collins' hits and he was awesome. 'Talked recently with Collins' guitarist Daryl Stuermer and he said Lee is a party animal and such a great human being.

Interviwed by a magazine, he admited not having seen in face shave since '69 !!!

The day he shave it, he will be stuck at Customs for not being the person pictured in his passport Lolllllllllllllllll

[phektus]

a beast in the traditional bass sense

[midblu]

I love Lee's work with James Taylor. He can make a I-IV-V progression fresh and fascinating. His expression is beyond smooth and the way he sometimes plays behnd the note is just like butter. Awesome.

[tall32guy]

Such a cool funny old man! :)

[azmanntoz]

hard to believe this guy is over 60. He's so cool!

[soeffingwhat]

Not only is he over 60 but he's also completely savvy about all of todays Net Technology. Seriosuly he's very up to date on the Net. Goes along with time and not one of those Guys who complain about 'the old days' as it were.

[Pennyvolt]

ma copine dit que sa barbe doit être vachement douce sur le corps... et moi aussi

[HiFiApartment]

great guy!

[klank67]

Lee Sklar is a class act all the way!

[QPRLAD86]

Happy Birthday Leland!

[Merninwood]

Please heed the words at 1:40 and 1:51 if anything. Let's make it right.

[Merninwood]

oh..and at 1:25 always

[Merninwood]

follow yor dreams and DON'T compromise your principles!!!!!!!!!!!

[stevntylertoy]

he looks like jerry garcia and dusty hill son

[mgzt190plus]

Oh bless, love his comments about his age and still trying! Love you Lee, you don't even need to try, you play great live bass buddy. Thanks for posting MomoZone. Music is a drug, and live music is CAT A rating!

[BrighamHB]

i half expected him to speak like Gandalf

[morbuserectus]

Awesome, Mr. Lee Sklar.

[itsgone2]

Best bass player ever..

[Ry666]

the dude is very articulate. gotta love the father time beard, too!

[bilos1993]

He sounds like John Lennon...

[doublebass456]

We need a traslation into spanish please!

[Goranohan]

@doublebass456 No

We don't

[memobasser]

he is god

lets go bass