Pino Palladino

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Pino Palladino

Pino Palladino is a noted rock and rhythm and blues electric bass player. Palladino was born in Cardiff, Wales, UK on October 17, 1957. He began playing bass in 1973, having played the electric guitar for some time before that. His first professional gig was at a local television station, where he began playing in 1978. In 1980, he joined the band of Jools Holland and appeared on the album Jools Holland and the Millionaires.

In the 1980s, Palladino became famous playing the fretless bass with many artists including Gary Numan, Paul Young, Richard Ashcroft, David Gilmour, Tears for Fears, and Don Henley. In the 1990s, he favoured fretted basses with Melissa Etheridge, Richard Wright, D'Angelo, Elton John, and Eric Clapton. Also in 1991 he joined Paul Rodgers of Bad Company fame, to form the band The Law.

Recently he became a touring member of The Who, after the death of John Entwistle. He, along with Phil Collins, was a member of the house band for the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II, which played with Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Cliff Richard, and Tony Bennett, among others. As of the spring of 2006, Palladino was touring with Jeff Beck.

In 2003, he played with Simon and Garfunkel on their "Old Friends" reunion tour and appears and on the CD and DVD from the tour. He also plays on Paul Simon's 2006 release, Surprise.

He also has been in the John Mayer Trio with John Mayer and Steve Jordan.

Currently, Pino is the fulltime touring bass guitarist for The Who and has recorded the bass parts for The Who's first album in twenty four years: an EP, titled 'Wire and Glass', will be released on July 27, 2006.

External links

• [Personal website]

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