Musician
Podcast guestShane Twohy
High-energy bassist for the rock cover band Blackout who also plays with The Sellouts.
Shane Twohy started on saxophone, tried guitar at 12, and got a P bass for a 14th birthday. By the next school year Shane was playing bass in the high school concert band, and jazz band teachers steered the music toward Tower of Power, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock. Pink Floyd, Steely Dan and Paul Simon records at home shaped a taste that runs across every genre. Shane's first band was the ska band Free Ambition, and at the Perpich Center for Arts Education Shane met drummer Dylan, a bandmate now for about 25 years. Shane has since played with the Clams, the jam band Sheeped, Crude, and Deuce, whose name the group retired and now plays as The Sellouts. Today Shane plays bass in Blackout, a rock cover band with nearly 200 songs in its catalog, known for a stage show that Shane says simply comes from the music.
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Fun facts from the interview
- Played saxophone first, then guitar at 12, and got a first P bass at 14.
- Played bass in the high school concert band within a year of starting.
- Early influences: Roger Waters, Chuck Rainey with Steely Dan, Paul Simon, Tower of Power.
- First band was the ska band Free Ambition.
- Met drummer Dylan at the Perpich Center for Arts Education; they played together in Broke Down Velvet and have played together for about 25 years.
- Played with the pseudo-punk funk band the Clams, the original jam band Sheeped, and Crude.
- Plays a few shows a year with The Sellouts, the band formerly known as Deuce.
- Bass in Blackout with Jeremy Newton (guitar), Justin (vocals) and Dylan (drums); Blackout has nearly 200 songs in rotation.
- Blackout plays the Watercross National Championships in Grantsburg.
- Plays about once a month at PY's in Osceola, Wisconsin.
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