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Just been going through deleting some old e-mails, and came across one from Richard about Ruth Cochrane's bass playing, posted in response to my news at the time (way back in August - yes, I am that disorganised!) that Ruth was playing a gig with Hazel.

I met Ruth the other night at a party. She is still playing bass, with a band called the Forest Giants. Not sure if they are planning any live outings, but I'll let you know if they are. They've issued a 7 inch (aaah, real vinyl!) single called Postcards on Invisible Hands Music. Managed to blag a copy with a view to playing it on the radio next week. The bass playing is great and quite high up in the mix. The overall sound reminds me a bit of The House Of Love, maybe a bit of the Bunnymen too. Rather good.

PV1

From: "Paula & Richard"

Reply-To: blueplanes@st...net

To:

Subject: [Blueplanes] Ruth treads the boards

Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:58:28 +1000

thank you Paul for news about Ruth joining Hazel for the gig in September.

Ruth was and hopefully remains a beautifully original bass player. She was

classically trained on the cello, and just applied a cello vibe to playing

the

bass guitar, ie a bit like a lead instrument. She absolutely never bothered

with

the bass guitar cliches that you're supposed to follow. Check What do You

Mean (what i said)

from Miracles, or Arriving or Soul from Tolerance for best examples.

Regretfully by todays

standards there is not enough bassiness in the mixes. But cool to hear she

is still making music.

Richard

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