Having honed his skills, he has taken the step to release under his own name. The chap in question was Freddie Stone, founder of Sly & the Family Stone and it was through his contacts that his career began to gain traction, spending much of the 1980s working in Dorothy Morrison’s band. Having rejected playing the trombone (good move, we reckon), he moved onto bass guitar, not just taking to its charms but studying the styles of the best, one of whom spotted his talent and inspired him yet further. Fortunately, it’s a rule artists like Lawrence Preston are happy to break. There are exceptions but this is very much the rule. Routinely at the back of the stage with their microphone turned down, they might get the odd co-writing credit at a push.
Even more than the drummer of the band, bassists really get a bad rap.
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