I WAS THERE!
Bass Player|Holiday 2021
A historic moment in bass world – recalled by those who were there to see it
I WAS THERE!

Guitarist Todd Rundgren switched to bass in 1995 – and told BP all about it

When I was with Utopia, I had some ideas for bass—but my bass player Kasim Sulton was certainly competent and creative enough to come up with his own lines. It wasn’t until I was out on my own that I had to truly focus on the bass,” says the singer-songwriter Todd Rundgren, best known as a guitarist, but who also stepped into bass territory for his 1995 album The Individualist.

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