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Matt Abts
(July 2005 Issue)
Bass Resurrection Jack Bruce, Larry
Graham, John Entwistle, Chris Squire, Bootsy Collins, Les Claypool,
Phil Lesh-is there a
drummer among us who hasn't fantasized about
playing with these and other giants of the bass guitar? Matt Abts
of
Gov't Mule recently got the chance to do just that, albeit under the
saddest of circumstances.
Last
August, the hard-rocking trio's bassist, Alan Woody, was found
dead at the age of forty-four in a New York hotel room, the
victim of a
heart attack. After several months of mourning and indecision, Abts and
guitarist Warren Haynes decided to
continue as a band, and they
conceived a unique tribute featuring Woody's idols in his stead.
"We started
making a list and getting in touch with bassists he
admired," Abts explains, "and nobody said no. It did turn into a
scheduling
nightmare, but once we got past that, it was just an amazing
event."
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