Carmine Rojas's guest appearances

Carmine Rojas

Everyone Loves Guitar

Game Changers With Vicki Abelson

David Uosikkinen's In the Pocket

Notes From An Artist

Rudy Sarzo

John Waite

Kenny Aaronson

Zane Carney

Bonnie Raitt

Kenny Aronoff

Ron Carter

Terry Wollman

Eric Bazilian

Leland Sklar

Sara Niemietz

David Byrne

Eddie Martinez

Michael Manring

Ozzy Osbourne

OwlTail

Vicki Abelson

He's all about the bass. And, keys, who knew? Carmine Rojas has dug the groove on so much iconic music of our time. Not sure I've ever seen more gold and platinum records in one room. I’ve been circling Carmine’s orbit since the streets of Bleecker and the Club of China. There were jams, loads of mutual friends, attempts to get him on this show, A Bowie Celebration show at his invitation, some Facebook messages, but this is the first time we’ve had an extended conversation in all these years. Now that we’ve chatted, it seems there were more than a few concerts we both attended a gazillion years ago growing up in NY, too. A long time coming, Carmine was worth the wait. What a glorious and gracious human. We had a most animated conversation about his rock through his ages.  He’s cross-genre’d all over the place, and we touched on much of it. Touched on, because, with a playlist like Carmine’s, long and deep (that’s what she said), it could take days. We started with the kid from Brooklyn Heights, who picked up a bass at 13, self-taught to play and read, went from his teenage band to opening for The Who with LaBelle at 19. Not bad. We talked those early days, touring with Nona Hendrix, and then Europe with Nektar. Keyboards with Sam Moore, hello, to the wonder of stadium touring with Bowie. Does it get any better than that for a bassist from Brooklyn? Well, it sure stayed great. Amidst his years with the icon, there was a year touring with our friend, John Waite, at the height of it all, with Missing You, and Julian Lennon’s debut albums and tours, as bassist and Musical Director, landing for about 15 years doing the same double duty for Rod Stewart. How many rock icons does it take to screw in a lightbulb? I don’t know but I bet Carmine’s playing bass for them. Years with Joe Bonamassa on his rise to fame was next, to A Bowie Celebration which was so rudely interrupted by the pandemic. Sprinkled throughout we got stories about playing with Keith, and Mick, separately. Dear Charlie, which did not include playing, but very cool nonetheless. Brushes with McCartney and Beck (first brush that is), also separately, which took our heroes’ breath away. Tina Turner, Ron Wood, Stevie Wonder, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Billy Joel, Carly Simon, Herbie Hancock, lots of Nile Rogers, Peter Frampton, Steve Winwood, Carole King, Billy Gibbons, Peter Gabriel, Phil Ramone, Ian Hunter… damn! That’s just we what covered… there’s so much more. Hmmm… Part 2? I had such a relaxed, fun, good time in Carmine’s most excellent company. He introduced us to his four best girls, gave us a look around, opening his studio, his mind, and his heart. I have great admiration and adoration. COVID cautious (he’s one of us!) I can’t wait for this to blow over and catch ABC’s next tour. Days like today remind me how lucky I am to do what I do… almost as lucky as when I got to do it in person.  Soonish again, for all of us, I hope. Carmine Rojas Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson Wed, 8/25/21, 5 pm PT, 8 pm ETStreamed Live on my FacebookReplay here: https://bit.ly/3mvpCa1All BROADcasts, as podcasts, also available oniTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1flatunein bit.ly/2gGeItjAlso on iHeartRadio, SoundCloud, Voox, OwlTail, Backtracks, PlayerFM, Himalaya, Podchaser, and Listen NotesThanks to Rick Smolke of Quik Impressions, the best printers, printing, the best people people-ing. quikimpressions.comNicole Venables of Ruby Begonia Hair Studio   Beauty and Products, for tresses like the stars she coifs, and regular people, like me. I love my hair, and I love Nicole. http://www.rubybegoniahairstudio.com/Blue Microphones and Kevin Walt

He's all about the bass. And, keys, who knew? Carmine Rojas has dug the groove on so much iconic music of our time. Not sure I've ever seen more gold and platinum records in one room. I’ve been circling Carmine’s orbit since the streets of Bleecker and the Club of China. There were jams, loads of mutual friends, attempts to get him on this show, A Bowie Celebration show at his invitation, some Facebook messages, but this is the first time we’ve had an extended conversation in all these years. Now that we’ve chatted, it seems there were more than a few concerts we both attended a gazillion years ago growing up in NY, too. A long time coming, Carmine was worth the wait. What a glorious and gracious human. We had a most animated conversation about his rock through his ages. He’s cross-genre’d all over the place, and we touched on much of it. Touched on, because, with a playlist like Carmine’s, long and deep (that’s what she said), it could take days. We started with the kid from Brooklyn Heights, who picked up a bass at 13, self-taught to play and read, went from his teenage band to opening for The Who with LaBelle at 19. Not bad. We talked those early days, touring with Nona Hendrix, and then Europe with Nektar. Keyboards with Sam Moore, hello, to the wonder of stadium touring with Bowie. Does it get any better than that for a bassist from Brooklyn? Well, it sure stayed great. Amidst his years with the icon, there was a year touring with our friend, John Waite, at the height of it all, with Missing You, and Julian Lennon’s debut albums and tours, as bassist and Musical Director, landing for about 15 years doing the same double duty for Rod Stewart. How many rock icons does it take to screw in a lightbulb? I don’t know but I bet Carmine’s playing bass for them. Years with Joe Bonamassa on his rise to fame was next, to A Bowie Celebration which was so rudely interrupted by the pandemic. Sprinkled throughout we got stories about playing with Keith, and Mick, separately. Dear Charlie, which did not include playing, but very cool nonetheless. Brushes with McCartney and Beck (first brush that is), also separately, which took our heroes’ breath away. Tina Turner, Ron Wood, Stevie Wonder, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Billy Joel, Carly Simon, Herbie Hancock, lots of Nile Rogers, Peter Frampton, Steve Winwood, Carole King, Billy Gibbons, Peter Gabriel, Phil Ramone, Ian Hunter… damn! That’s just we what covered… there’s so much more. Hmmm… Part 2? I had such a relaxed, fun, good time in Carmine’s most excellent company. He introduced us to his four best girls, gave us a look around, opening his studio, his mind, and his heart. I have great admiration and adoration. COVID cautious (he’s one of us!) I can’t wait for this to blow over and catch ABC’s next tour. Days like today remind me how lucky I am to do what I do… almost as lucky as when I got to do it in person. Soonish again, for all of us, I hope. Carmine Rojas Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson Wed, 8/25/21, 5 pm PT, 8 pm ET Streamed Live on my Facebook Replay here: <a href="https://bit.ly/3mvpCa1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3mvpCa1</a> All BROADcasts, as podcasts, also available on iTunes <a href="http://apple.co/2dj8ld3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/2dj8ld3</a> Stitcher <a href="http://bit.ly/2h3R1fla" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/2h3R1fla</a> tunein <a href="http://bit.ly/2gGeItj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/2gGeItj</a> Also on iHeartRadio, SoundCloud, Voox, OwlTail, Backtracks, PlayerFM, Himalaya, Podchaser, and Listen Notes Thanks to Rick Smolke of Quik Impressions, the best printers, printing, the best people people-ing. <a href="http://quikimpressions.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quikimpressions.com</a> Nicole Venables of Ruby Begonia Hair Studio Beauty and Products, for tresses like the stars she coifs, and regular people, like me. I love my hair, and I love Nicole. <a href="http://www.rubybegoniahairstudio.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.rubybegoniahairstudio.com/</a> Blue Microphones and Kevin Walt

Carmine Rojas Live On Game Changers With Vicki Abelson

Joe Bonamassa

Rod Stewart

Julian Lennon

Among the most in-demand, versatile session cats since the late 1970’s, Carmine Rojas’ credits on stage and on record span David Bowie, Tina Turner, Joe Bonamassa, Carlos Santana, Nona Hendryx, Ian Neville, Allen Toussaint, Paul Rogers, Rod Stewart, John Waite, Carly Simon, and Herbie Hancock to cite a very, very select few. A composer, producer, musical director (Rod Stewart, Julian Lennon), master of fretless, traditional four, and extended range bass, Carmine’s canon traverses rock, funk, rhythm &amp; blues, jazz, soul, and hip-hop and permutations thereof. With host David C. Gross and Know Your Bass Player “honcho” Tom Semioli.Here is our playlist of tunes we played during the radio show Carmine Rojas Playlist

Among the most in-demand, versatile session cats since the late 1970’s, Carmine Rojas’ credits on stage and on record span David Bowie, Tina Turner, Joe Bonamassa, Carlos Santana, Nona Hendryx, Ian Neville, Allen Toussaint, Paul Rogers, Rod Stewart, John Waite, Carly Simon, and Herbie Hancock to cite a very, very select few. A composer, producer, musical director (Rod Stewart, Julian Lennon), master of fretless, traditional four, and extended range bass, Carmine’s canon traverses rock, funk, rhythm &amp; blues, jazz, soul, and hip-hop and permutations thereof. With host David C. Gross and Know Your Bass Player “honcho” Tom Semioli. Here is our playlist of tunes we played during the radio show <a href="https://tidal.com/playlist/e8c06a45-6198-45a2-b2aa-56013bbe6e1a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carmine Rojas Playlist</a>

A Conversation with Bassist Carmine Rojas (David Bowie, Joe Bonamassa, Rod Stewart, LaBelle, Julian Lennon, John Waite)

Veteran bassist Carmine Rojas talks about backing up such legends as David Bowie, Rod Stewart and Tina Turner, his iconic bass line on Bowie's "China Girl," and why he still gets starstruck when meeting his musical heroes.

Episode 73 - Carmine Rojas