Baseball
Sponsored by

Paging Willie Mays - Bissonette

3,826 Views | 13 Replies | Last: 4 yr ago by Dia del DougO
Dia del DougO
How long do you want to ignore this user?


I didn't know until a couple of months ago that Josh Bissonette was the son of Matt Bissonette, a great musician that I have been quite familiar with and a hug fan of for a long time. Of course, it has been frequently mentioned during Baylor coverage. They usually say Matt is "Elton John's bass player." Well, that's true, but he's a lot more. He's one of the most sought after session and tour bassists on the planet, and has been for decades. He has also written and produced a lot of songs featured popular TV shows over the years, and he's a terrific vocalist as well as bass player. His brother Gregg is also one of the most sought after drummers ont he planet.

Matt has also had a ton of solo and side projects that probably none of you have ever heard of, and they are all great. I have a bunch of them since I started following his stuff sometime in the 90s.

One of his side projects, which, like most others get virtually no airplay or publicity, was called Jughead, with is brother Gregg, Ty Tabor, the guitarist for King's X, and former Dream Theater keyboardist Derek Sherinian. The whole album kicks ass, one of my favorite albums of the era. On that particular album, Matt wrote and sings one of the best songs ever made about baseball. I figured it was time folks who are now somewhat familiar with the Bissonette family should know this.

So here it is.





"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
Ludwig von Missi
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Thanks for posting. Talked to Matt out at the ballpark a few times. He is as nice as they come. Really good dude in addition to being a world class musician.
Dia del DougO
How long do you want to ignore this user?

I first saw Matt playing with Joe Satriani's band back when I was shooting some concert stuff. I really miss those days. Time sure flies.






"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
Dia del DougO
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Matt wrote and recorded a song called Golden Years with a band he called The Squirts, which is so obscure that none of their stuff is even on youtube or to be heard anywhere else online. But I always thought it was the perfect tune for a Baylor video thing at the height of football success. Started to put one together a few times but just didn't have enough time to get it done the way I really would like to.
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
william
How long do you want to ignore this user?

Dale?
alphaneedle
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Dia del DougO said:


I first saw Matt playing with Joe Satriani's band back when I was shooting some concert stuff. I really miss those days. Time sure flies.







Is that a picture of Josh on his guitar?
Dia del DougO
How long do you want to ignore this user?
alphaneedle said:

Dia del DougO said:


I first saw Matt playing with Joe Satriani's band back when I was shooting some concert stuff. I really miss those days. Time sure flies.







Is that a picture of Josh on his guitar?

No, but I believe it is very possible that this may be Josh on the cover of one of his indy albums.

https://img.discogs.com/yhd7N18nEQ_ZxH5KQYpl5bqyIuY=/fit-in/600x599/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7486723-1518190944-8041.jpeg.jpg




"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
Dia del DougO
How long do you want to ignore this user?
I think I had misread the previous question. Yes, I do believe that is a photo of Josh on Matt's bass. I'm not sure how many other kids he has.

I've been upgrading the photo size of some of my old website stuff to refurbish it in the future for more modern screen viewing.


"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
Dia del DougO
How long do you want to ignore this user?

Today on facebook this long interview with Matt Bissonnette was posted by Everyone Loves Guitar. He talks about Josh about 13 minutes in.

<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEveryoneLovesGuitar%2Fvideos%2F526497221255087%2F&show_text=0&width=560" width="560" height="315" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" allowFullScreen="true"></iframe>

https://www.everyonelovesguitar.com/2019/08/23/matt-bissonette-interview/

If that link doesn't work just google Everyone Loves Guitar, either facebook or the website. The website has the audio version, facebook has video.
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
william
How long do you want to ignore this user?
RIP Dee Murray...........

- GD BHJ




Dale?
BAILIPO
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Dia del DougO said:

Matt wrote and recorded a song called Golden Years with a band he called The Squirts, which is so obscure that none of their stuff is even on youtube or to be heard anywhere else online. But I always thought it was the perfect tune f Tutuapp 9Apps ShowBox r a Baylor video thing at the height of football success. Started to put one together a few times but just didn't have enough time to get it done the way I really would like to.
Thanks for posting. Talked to Matt out at the ballpark a few times. He is as nice as they come. Really good dude in addition to being a world class musician.

BAILIPO
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Crash Davis said:

Thanks for posting. Talked to Matt out at the ballpark a few times. He is as nice as they come. Really good dude in addition to being a world class musician.
Matt has also had a ton of solo and side projects that probably none of you have ever heard of, and they are all great. I have a bunch of them since I started following his stuff sometime in the 90s.
Jack richer
How long do you want to ignore this user?
BAILIPO said:

Crash Davis said:

Thanks for posting. Talked to Matt out at the ballpark a few times. He is as nice as they come. Really good dude in addition to being a world class musician. pornjk porn800 redtube
Matt has also had a ton of solo and side projects that probably none of you have ever heard of, and they are all great. I have a bunch of them since I started following his stuff sometime in the 90s.
Matt has also had a ton of solo and side projects that probably none of you have ever heard of, and they are all great. I have a bunch of them since I started following his stuff sometime in the 90s.
Richie Bear
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Know Matt pretty well from 4 years of josh's great baseball Career at Baylor. He's an incredible person. His brother Gregg is part of Ringo Starr'S band. . Matt and Gregg also have an incredible Bit they did just the two of them. Josh's Mom is also musician. Great family.
Dia del DougO
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Something weird has been going on in this thread with quotes from people being edited somehow to include spam links. This is some kind of outside spamming scheme. It doesn't appear to be done by the posters themselves.

Anyway, the Bissoettes rule.
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
Refresh
Page 1 of 1
 
×
subscribe Verify your student status
See Subscription Benefits
Trial only available to users who have never subscribed or participated in a previous trial.