 Stu Brotman
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Last Activity: 02-14-2008 04:13 PM
About Me
- About Stu Brotman
- Musical Background
- grew up playing jazz, classical. believe to have been first marching Fender bass player- 1957. First Canned Heat bass player, second Kaleidoscope bass player. Studied Greek/Balkan music in college. Played variety of instruments in folkdance companies and ethnic nightclubs, LA area; Blues, Rock, Armenian, Greek, Persian, Russian, Romanian, Hungarian, Irish, Israeli, South African, etc. bands.
- Location
- Berkeley, CA
- Additional Information
- Played gadulka in first American band to play Bulgarian music on traditional instruments. Influential klezmer bass player/teacher since mid-70s. Tour with Brave Old World and Verstski Pass, important klezmer bands.
- Your Gear
- 3/4 bass, attributed to Deracote, steel strings.
1822 Johann G. Meiss 1/2, three-string, gut.
1963 Fender Precision, old flatwound.
folk-made cello, strung as Polish mountain basy, gut.
Modern Chinese-made cornerless cello, strung a fourth low, in fifths, GDAE, steel. etc. - Why you joined Ken's Corner
- I finally decided to join instead of just look for information. I'm especially hoping that your memb
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Signature
- Stu Brotman