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Interview with bass icon NORMAN WATT-ROY (June 2013)

Posted on July 8, 2013 by petefeenstra

After a 46 year career that has made him a bass icon, Norman Watt-Roy finally has finally recorded his first ever solo album ‘Faith & Grace’ – cockney rhyming slang for bass. With a career that started with playing American … Continue reading →

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