#47 "Bass" 20x16 oil

Back in the 1970s on the Strand in Manhattan Beach. CA
playing my bass with CW Mundy on the banjo.

Still jammin' in Manhattan Beach!
2010 ( That's CWs head in the foreground
still pickin his banjo...

Finally got back to the studio after what seemed forever. Just couldn't seem to find anything that I wanted to paint. I tried a still life and it really bombed. Then I got to thinking, I've been paying a lot of attention to my 1941 Epiphone B5 stand up bass that I've had since the mid 1970s. I researched it's origins and found that in fact, Epiphone has a very interesting past. Here's a link in case you're interested. Epiphone Bass History My bass and I have had some great times together and we're still making  noise! Thought it would be fun to pay a tribute to something that has brought me so much pleasure over the past 35 years by capturing an image of it on canvas....

If you scroll down to #45, "Road to Bean Blossom" there is a video slideshow of a recent jam session and of me playing that bass. The song is "Nashville Skyline Blues." Great song written by Bob Dylan and performed by our "Southland Band" a number of years ago.

 So here's to the stand up bass!!!!

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