John Giblin

John Giblin is a British bassist, and internationally renowned session musician.

Giblin is noted for his versatility, playing fretted and fretless bass guitars in a variety of styles. He also plays double bass.

While best known as a session player, Giblin has also been closely associated with specific bands and artists. He originally came to wider notice as the second bass guitarist for the jazz-rock group Brand X, playing on their 1979 album Product and 1980 album Do They Hurt? (in parallel to Percy Jones). He has also been a noted collaborator with John Martyn, Simple Minds, Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel (and was a member of the latter's live band circa 1980).

Musical work and collaborations

• Brand X (Product and Do They Hurt?)
• Eric Clapton, Sting, Mark Knopfler, Phil Collins (Concert for Montserrat)
• Peter Gabriel (Birdy and Peter Gabriel III)
• David Sylvian
• Masami Tsuchiya (Mod' Fish, Forest People)
• Kate Bush (50 Words for Snow, Aerial, Babooshka, Never For Ever, The Sensual World, The Red Shoes,)
• Phil Collins songs inc "In The Air Tonite" and "Can't Hurry Love" (Face Value, Hello, I Must Be Going! (album))
• Alan Parsons (On Air)
• Scott Walker (Tilt)
• Al Green
• Duncan Browne
• Joan Armatrading
• John Lennon (Grow Old with Me)
• Annie Lennox (Contrabass on MTV Unplugged, including "Why")
• Roberta Flack
• Paul McCartney (live at the Royal Albert Hall, London)
• The Everly Brothers
• George Martin
• Gerry Rafferty
• Mavis Staples
• Simple Minds (Once Upon a Time; Live in the City of Light; Street Fighting Years)

• Jon Anderson (Animation and Song of Seven)
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• John Martyn including (Grace and Danger:On the Cobbles)
• Elkie Brooks (Pearls and Shangri-La)
• Richard Ashcroft
• Chris de Burgh
• Franco Battiato
• Eros Ramazzotti
• Claudio Baglioni
• Manolo García
• Fish (Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors)
• Jakko Jakszyk: (The Bruised Romantic Glee Club)

External links

• John Giblin's official site