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The Upful LIFE Podcast 098: MIKE RIVARD [bass/sintir: Club d’Elf] + LONNIE MARSHALL [bass/vox: Weapon of Choice, daKAH, Joe Strummer]

May 26, 2026May 26, 2026 B.Getz adam deitch, Arik Marshall, bass, bassist, Bootsy Collins, Boston, Brahim Fribgane, club d'elf, daKAH, daKAH hip-hop orchestra, drum and bass, Fishbone, Grateful dead, Grateful Dead tour, jerry garcia, Joe Maneri, Joe Strummer, Joe Strummer The Clash, JOhn Medeski, lonnie marshall, lonnie marshall weapon of choice, los angeles, Mat Maneri, microvard, mike rivard, mister rourke, Moroccan sintir, Morocco, music podcast, musician interview, Norwood Fisher, P-Funk, parliament funkadelic, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ryan Zoidis, sintir, trance, turntablist, weapon of choice, William "Bootsy" Collins

Episode 098 brings a double dose of low end theory, welcoming a pioneering pair of underground bass legends percolating on opposite coasts, both cats boasting decades in the game and deep in the streets, with the catalogues and collaborators to prove it.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast 095 : OTIS McDONALD, DERRICK ‘Smoker’ FREEMAN [SOUL Brass Band, Shadow People Pod], PIET DALMOLEN

January 19, 2026January 19, 2026 B.Getz aloe blacc, atta kid, bassist, Bay Area, bob weir, derrick freeman, derrick smoker, drummer, eric krasno, eric krasno always, eric krasno and the assembly, eric krasno otis mcdonald, Hyde Street Studio, jazz mafia, joe cohen, king canyon, mickey hart band, music podcast, musician interview, New Orleans, nicholas payton, otis mcdonald, Piet Dalmolen, producer, san francisco, soul brass band, wil blades

Prolific San Francisco composer, producer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist OTIS McDONALD is finally here. BG also checks back in with Derrick ‘Smoker’ Freeman [SOUL Brass Band, Shadow People Podcast]; and introduces rising NorCal guitarist/solo artist Piet Dalmolen.

The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.058: NATE EDGAR [bass- The Nth Power, ex-John Brown’s Body]

July 14, 2022 B.Getz bass guitar, bassist, funk, john brown's body, kofi burbridge, music podcast, musician interview, nate edgar, nick cassarino, Nigel hall, Nikki Glaspie, reggae, resonance, soul, spirituality, The Nth Power, Wally's, weedie braimah

Welcome virtuosic bassist NATE EDGAR of THE NTH POWER to Ep.058! Nate is a helluva player, and he takes us inside his process, influences, mindset, and intentions as a bassist, band member, brother, and low-end medicine man.

DOWN BY LAW: In Memoriam – Rest In Beats, Leonardo Del Hubrio. Longtime Bassist of The Roots [Leonard ‘Hub’ Hubbard 1959-2021]

December 16, 2021December 18, 2021 B.Getz ahmir "questlove" thompson, bassist, Black Thought, hip hop, hub, Hub The Roots, Illadelph, legendary roots crew, leonard "hub" hubbard, leonard hubbard, live hip-hop, okayplayer, Questlove, RIP Hub The ROots, tarik trotter, the roots

Just wanted to take a few minutes to pay tribute to Leonard “Hub” Hubbard, of the Legendary Roots Crew, who passed away yesterday at 62 years young;