I was driving home from The New Earth Group's Rotterdam release party last saturday and heard Level 42's 'Lessons in Love' on the radio.
Level 42 is / was a British band that had a couple of hits in the late '80's and early '90's and besides having a Screech-look-a-like keyboard player, Level 42 featured "the best slapping and plucking bass player in the world" Mark King.
Now this Mark King entered my life as a little boy whilst watching "Wedden Dat", a Dutch TV show from the 80's hosted by the late and great Jos Brink with his assistant Sandra "Little Shrimp Cracker" Reemer (Little Shrimp Cracker, or "Kroepoekje" in Dutch was a nickname Jos gave her referring to her Indonesian heritage. This might seem racist now, but back then and coming from a gay TV host, this was considered politically correct).
Mark King was on the show to help out with a bet that entailed a guy that could tell, just by listening, what kind of bass guitar mister King was playing. I was very impressed then, I'm very impressed now.
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