Jon Brant
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Jon Brant (b. February 20, 1954), was the bass player for the band Cheap Trick from the years 1981 to 1987.
When Tom Petersson, the original bassist for the band, left in 1980, Cheap Trick made a much-publicized replacement with Pete Comita. Comita was fired before the end of the year after having only played on Cheap Trick's contributions to the "Heavy Metal" soundtrack. With a new album due out in 1981, Cheap Trick went into the studio sans bassist, and Rick Nielsen played all the bass and guitar parts himself, while auditioning replacement musicians for the tour. They chose L.A. based ( Chicago born) bassist Jon Brant ( Chris Spedding, Micki Free, Robert Gordon, Lou Reed, Diana Ross) , who joined the band and is credited with playing bass on their 1982 album One on One, on which he overdubbed the bass parts on three songs that Nielsen had originally played bass on.
He played on all of the tracks of their next three studio albums and co-wrote the hit "Tonight It's You" from 1985's Standing on the Edge. In 1987, when Tom Petersson decided to rejoin the band, Brant was summarily dumped. He remains good friends with drummer Bun E. Carlos to this day, and the two of them occasionally play together in "The Bun E. Carlos Experience", a side-project blues band. He rejoined Cheap Trick briefly on stage to play bass during "If you want my Love" and "She's Tight" during the band's 25th anniversary concert. In 2004, when Tom Petersson was unable to tour briefly after the birth of his child, Jon re-joined the band for a month of shows as opening act for Aerosmith. Jon started the tour with Cheap Trick a few days after returning from a month long tour of bases in the Middle East. He performed in Baghdad, Djibouti, Africa and UAE.
Jon performed with legendary blues artist Lynne Jordan for several years in Chicago, then on to perform for a few years with New Age artist Nicholas Gunn. Jon also competes in the equestrian sport of eventing.
When he isn't running the company or competing, he performs currently with artist Mark Willer, primarily in the midwest. Jon plays upright, electric upright and fretless bass. They perform as a duo. Jon resides with his wife on his horse farm in the Rockford area.
[edit] External links
- http://www.chrisspedding.com/session/rg/rg3.htm
- http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Terrace/4475/CheapTrick/cheaptrick.html
| Cheap Trick |
| Robin Zander | Rick Nielsen | Tom Petersson | Bun E. Carlos |
| Randy "Xeno" Hogan | Pete Comita | Jon Brant |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Cheap Trick | In Color | Heaven Tonight | Dream Police | All Shook Up | Found All The Parts | One on One | Next Position Please | Standing on the Edge | The Doctor | Lap of Luxury | Busted | Woke Up With A Monster | Cheap Trick (1997) | Special One | Rockford |
| Live albums: At Budokan | Music for Hangovers | Silver |
| Compilations/Box Sets: The Greatest Hits | Sex, America, Cheap Trick | Authorized Greatest Hits | The Essential Cheap Trick |
