Hansford Rowe

American bassist Hansford began his career in the clubs of New York City. With French drummer Pierre Moerlen he reformed the jazz-rock group Gong. PM's Gong had many guests including icons like Mick Taylor & Steve Winwood & Didier Lockwood. International touring soon secured Hansford a place among the world's leading bass players and work with Mike Oldfield, Allan Holdsworth, John Martyn, Biréli Lagrène, La Monte Young, David "Fuze" Fiuczynski, Gary Husband etc. Hansford plays Warwick bass guitars and amplifiers and has worked closely with them on the development of the first Just Intonation bass. He also endorses DR Strings, Lehle pedals, Dunlop MXR pedals, Applied Acoustic Systems, Dangerous Music, Peterson tuners, Basswitch, Sommer cables and Source Audio pedals. He is a founding member of the band Gongzilla. His latest recording is an album called "Love's Appeal" by Moment with Spanish jazz guitarist Jordi Torrens. His latest project is a jazz power trio called HRIII.