Pino Palladino
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Palladino performing with The Who, 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Giuseppe Henry Palladino |
| Born |
17 October 1957 Cardiff, Wales |
| Genres | Rock, soul, blues rock, funk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, record producer |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, Electric Guitar |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Labels | Verve, Atlantic |
| Associated acts | Paul Young, The Law, The Who, John Mayer Trio, The RH Factor, Gary Numan, Q-Tips, Jools Holland, Elton John, Richard Wright, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Peter Cetera, Chaka Khan, Don Henley, Pete Townshend, D'Angelo and the Vanguard, Roger Daltrey, The RH Factor, Eric Clapton |
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Pino Palladino Signature Fender Precision Bass Fender Jaguar Bass Music Man StingRay Fretless Bass |
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Giuseppe Henry "Pino" Palladino (born 17 October 1957) is a Welsh bassist. He gained fame for playing primarily rock and roll, blues rock, and rhythm and blues music, although he has been lauded for his ability to play most genres of popular music, including jazz, neo soul, and funk.
His career has spanned several ensembles, including the John Mayer Trio and The RH Factor, which he formed with jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove. He was also Pete Townshend's and Roger Daltrey's first choice to fill the position left by John Entwistle as the bassist for The Who. More recently he has recorded and toured with D'Angelo and The Vanguard.
He has played on a large number of recordings. He is known for playing a late 1970s fretless Music Man StingRay bass guitar and, later in his career, fretted Fender Precision and Jaguar basses. His playing has earned him custom instruments bearing his name.
Born in Cardiff to an Italian father from Campobasso, Umberto Palladino, and a Welsh mother, the former Ann Hazard, Palladino began playing the electric guitar at age 14. By 17 he decided to play the bass guitar, and bought his first fretless bass one year later, playing mostly R&B, funk, and reggae with a rock and roll backbeat. His first professional gig, at age 20, was at a local television station in Cardiff, in 1978. In the same year, he joined Jools Holland's band, and is credited on the album Jools Holland and His Millionaires.
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