Pino Palladino
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| Birth name | Pino Palladino | |
| Born | October 17, 1957 Cardiff, Wales |
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| Genre(s) | Rock | |
| Occupation(s) | session musician | |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar | |
| Years active | 1973 — present | |
| Associated acts |
The Who John Mayer Trio |
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| Website | Pino Palladino's BASSment | |
Pino Palladino (born on October 17, 1957 in Cardiff, Wales, UK) is a noted rock and rhythm and blues electric bass player of Italian ancestry.
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[edit] Background
Palladino began playing bass in 1973, having played the electric guitar for some time before that. His first professional gig was at a local television station, where he began playing in 1978. In 1980, he joined the band of Jools Holland and appeared on the album Jools Holland and the Millionaires.
In the 1980s, Palladino became famous playing the fretless bass with many artists including Gary Numan, Paul Young, Richard Ashcroft, David Gilmour, Tears for Fears, and Don Henley. In the 1990s, he favoured fretted basses with Melissa Etheridge, Richard Wright, D'Angelo, Elton John, and Eric Clapton. Also in 1991 he joined Paul Rodgers of Bad Company fame, to form the band The Law.
Recently he became a touring member of The Who, after the death of John Entwistle. He, along with Phil Collins, was a member of the house band for the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II, which played with Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Cliff Richard, and Tony Bennett, among others. As of the spring of 2006, Palladino was touring with Jeff Beck.
In 2003, he played with Simon and Garfunkel on their "Old Friends" reunion tour and appears and on the Old Friends: Live on Stage CD and DVD from the tour. He also plays on Paul Simon's 2006 release, Surprise.
He also has been in the John Mayer Trio with John Mayer and Steve Jordan.
Currently, Palladino is the fulltime touring bass guitarist for The Who Tour 2006-2007 and has recorded some of the bass parts for The Who's first album in twenty four years, which was released in October 2006, called Endless Wire.
He also played on J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton's new album The Road to Escondido, which was released November 7, 2006.
[edit] Technique
Although Palladino is best known for his fretless playing, the signature model bass guitar made by Fender to his specifications is a fretted variant [1].
Pino Palladino plays Fender basses, he has a signature Fender bass, the Fender Signature Pino Palladino Precision Bass, it was modelled after a 1962 Precision bass he uses. He also uses Fender Jaguar basses, and Status-Graphite B-2 basses.
