Many know the lore of prog bass lord Tony Levin, legendary for his active fretwork with King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, and other artsy UK acts. Lately I’ve been paying more attention to his diverse but less famous early session work, which includes spots on key LPs by Carly Simon, Judy Collins, Lou Reed (he’s on the dark, minimal Berlin), and doomed singer-songwriter Tim Hardin—all of which required a very different tone than the high-tech Chapman Stick bass that’s most associated with Levin.…
Many know the lore of prog bass lord Tony Levin, legendary for his active fretwork with King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, and other artsy UK acts. Lately I’ve been paying more attention to his diverse but less famous early session work, which includes spots on key LPs by Carly Simon, Judy Collins, Lou Reed (he’s on the dark, minimal Berlin), and doomed singer-songwriter Tim Hardin—all of which required a very different tone than the high-tech Chapman Stick bass that’s most associated with Levin.…