UPDATE (Nov. 16, 2022): ZZ Top's Elwood Francis has now explained why he used the 17-string bass and shared who inspired him to do so. ZZ Top were playing the Mark C. Smith Concert Hall at the Von ...

One song that Bass pinpointed is track 5 from the band’s ‘No Strings Attached’ album from 2000, while the other is a holiday tune Brian Anthony Hernandez joined PEOPLE in 2023. He began working as a ...

We often give glory to the soaring guitar solos or the powerhouse vocals, but the true heartbeat of any great track lives in the low end. The bass line bridges rhythm and melody, grounding the song ...

The bass is the backbone of most songs. It may not be as flashy as an electric guitar solo or command the same attention attention as a big vocal run, but it's always there, plugging away in the ...