Bass legend Stu Hamm will be embarking on his
“Solo Bass Songs and Stories Tour 2016” first of June! Having stunned audiences
across the world with his innovative playing, Stu Hamm - the only bassist to
win Guitar Player magazine's readers award for both best rock bassist AND best
jazz bassist in the same year! - has made a name as the go to bass player for
the world’s great musicians. His time spent playing with Steve Vai and Joe
Satriani cemented his place among the greats and gave Stu the platform to
display his pioneering bass techniques to adoring crowds worldwide.
Now promoting the release of his newest solo album “The Book
Of Lies,” Hamm takes to the road with new music, including his petite suite for
solo bass, and a host of stories and anecdotes for musicians and non-musicians
alike. A gut rumbling mix of new and old hits mixed with Stu’s trademark humor
and story-telling make for a unique show like no other.
Says Stu, “I promise an entertaining evening of music and
stories from my 43 years of playing bass with some of our generation's'
greatest musicians!”
Songs & Stories Tour 2016
June 2, 2016 – US – New Hope, PA – Havana
June 3, 2016 – US – Schenectady, NY – The Van Dyck
June 4, 2016 – US – New York, NY – Spectrum (Masterclass at
2pm)
June 5, 2016 – US – New York, NY – Spectrum (Shows at 6PM
& 8PM)
June 6, 2016 – US – Asbury Park, NH – The Saint
June 7, 2016 – US – Dunellen, NJ – Roxy & Dukes
(Presented by NJ ProgHouse)
June 8, 2016 – US – Buffalo, NY – Sportsmens Tavern
June 9, 2016 – CA – Ottawa, ON – Brass Monkey
June 10, 2016 – CA – London, ON – London Music Club
June 12, 2016 – US – Detroit, MI – The Token Lounge
June 13, 2016 – US – Newport, KY – The Southgate House
Revival
June 14, 2016 – US – Cleveland, OH – Nighttown
June 16, 2016 – US – Charleston, WV – The Empty Glass
June 17, 2016 – US – Pittsburgh, PA – PGH Winery
Born in New Orleans, Hamm spent his childhood and youth in
Champaign, Illinois, where he studied bass and piano, played in the stage band
at Champaign Central High School, and was selected to the Illinois All-State
Band. Hamm graduated from Hanover High in Hanover, New Hampshire in 1978 while
living in Norwich, Vermont. Following high school, he attended the Berklee
College of Music in Boston, where he met guitarist Steve Vai and, through him,
met Joe Satriani. Hamm played bass on Vai's debut solo album, Flex-Able, which
was released in 1984. In 1990 Hamm was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Degree
from his Alma Mater.
Hamm has performed and recorded with Steve Vai, Joe
Satriani, Eric Johnson, Michael Shenker, Frank Gambale, and many other
well-respected guitarists. It was playing live on tour with Satriani that
brought Hamm's skills to national attention. Subsequent recordings with
Satriani and other rock/fusion artists, along with the release of his own solo
recordings (featuring keyboard player Tommy Mars, guitarists Alan Holdsworth
and Robert Fripp, drummers Steve Smith and Tommy Lee), solidified his
reputation as a bassist and performer.
Hamm has traveled the world from Berklee to Belfast to
Budapest to Bali to Berlin. He's performed in a 19th century circus tent with
Joan Baez, and recorded a duet of “Do Right Woman” with her. He's performed
with Mick Jagger, played sold out shows at Royal Albert Hall and in front of
120,000 people in Mexico City with a Mexican Rock Band...he's also played
cruise ships, weddings and put on a tux and played Christmas Songs at
department stores and in between the airport transfers, hotel suite check-outs,
backstage room dinners, and concert hall performances, has collected countless
stories and anecdotes from his travels across the globe.
“Chaos and calm were the order of the day at Yoshi’s on this
fine Martin Luther King Jr. holiday evening in Oakland, courtesy of the Stu
Hamm Band. Hamm the extraordinary bass player who has performed and recorded
with some of the most fabled guitarists in the world (Joe Satriani, Michael
Schenker, Steve Vai) brought his band to Yoshi’s to support his latest solo
offering “The Book Of Lies” (his seventh solo record). Stu Hamm Hamm, who has
played some of the largest festivals in the world, showed he is very
comfortable in an intimate club setting, as he easily bantered with the
audience telling stories and cracking jokes between fits of musical wizardry.”
- SF Sonic
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