New article about the origins of slap bass!
Possibly the best article ever written about early slap bass players is finally back on internet! Slap That Bass - New Orleans String Bass...
Joe Mauldin, bassist for Buddy Holly and the Crickets, dies February...
Joe B. Mauldin, the bassist for Buddy Holly's Crickets died from cancer in Nashville today. He was 74. Mauldin and fellow Crickets Allison, Sonny Curtis...
Slap Bass Notation
One of the goals for the Art of Slap Bass is to provide as much information and resources as possible for further...
Beau Sample on tour with Modern Sounds
Slap bass player Beau Sample will be on tour with his band Modern Sounds and Deke Dickerson this month! They will start a tour...
Thelma Terry, A Bass Player To Remember
Thelma Terry, double bass player and band leader; she held her bass with a firm understanding of its abilities. She stepped...
Happy Birthday Marshall Lytle (plus new interview)!
Rock'n'roll pioneer and one of the earliest slap bass stars, Marshall Lytle of Bill Haley's Comets, is 77 today (September 1st 2010)!
We would like...
Jimmy Sutton on tour in Europe!
Great slap bass player (and member of AOSB) Jimmy Sutton will be on tour in Europe with Deke Dickerson from July 4th to July...
Blast Cult t-shirts available!
The Blast Cult just made some cool new t-shirts and they are available for sale! They are very high quality, fitted shirts and not...
Interview with Bob Moore
There are not that many old timers left to pass along their knowledge and experience. Bob Moore is definitely one of them....
New interview with James Kirkland
Hey friends, we have another interview on our website. And this time it's with the legendary rockabilly and country bassist James Kirkland. Check it...