![]() After a short while my mother decided we were going to lose the drummer and just be a duo, piano and bass. As it turned out the organ could not be repaired so I was stuck on the bass. George bass temporarily until the organ could be repaired. We didn’t have that bottom we’d started to get used to, so I went to Music Unlimited (music store) over in San Leandro and I rented a St. We got used to that, then the organ broke down now it sounded empty. We worked at this club that had an organ that had bass pedals at the bottom, and I learned to play the bass pedals along with the guitar and singing. So, my mother decided to start a trio, the Del Graham trio: me on guitar and vocals, her on piano and vocals, and my drummer who was also on vocals. ![]() My mother, Dell Graham, was a pianist and vocalist and when I was 15 I was playing other instruments including guitar, which I considered my main instrument. Larry Graham: Well, it actually started in the Bay Area. You have totally changed the way bass is played once you picked it up and started doing your thing with it. G1: Anybody who knows the history of Funk knows the name Larry Graham. I was fortunate enough to share a moment of time and conversation with Larry and it went a little something like this… From his success as a member of the groundbreaking group SLY & the FAMILY STONE, to leading his pioneering Funk group GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION, to his successful solo career Larry Graham has continued to amaze audiences around the world. His innovative style of bass playing impacted not only his contemporaries, but has had major effect on every electric bassist to follow. Since his introduction in 1966 with Sly & the Family Stone, bassist Larry Graham has become one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. ![]()
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