Jan 9, 2012 “Interview with Living Colour Bassist Doug Wimbish” by Jon Liebman • For Bass Players Only
Doug chats with FBPO’s Jon Liebman about Doug’s NAMM & Miami Beach Art Deco WimBash events, his solo career and what he hopes to pass on to the next generation of musicians. Read interview here →
Apr 16, 2009 “Doug Wimbish ‘Under Your Skin’ Interview” by Corey Brown • No Treble
Doug Wimbish sits down for an interview with Alexander McLean as part of Alexander’s “Under Your Skin” book project, focusing on the cultural diversity of music. Doug talks about his early days growing up in Connecticut, his musical influences and the mandolin that led him to the bass guitar. Watch Part 1 and Part 2 interviews here →
Oct 10, 2006 “Hip Hop Happens” by Steven Daly • Vanity Fair
Sugar Hill Records, Joe & Sylvia Robinson, Rapper’s Delight, Hip Hop History - Doug Wimbish talks about “Vice”, a track he composed with Melle Mel, featured on the soundtrack of “Miami Vice”, that Doug was not credited for. Read article here →
Oct 3, 2004 “Behind the Beat” by Dan Leroy • The New York Times
Tackhead’s rhythm section - Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald & Keith LeBlanc, collectively having played on albums & tours heard by millions across the world - a look into ‘behind the beat’. Read article here →
Oct 22, 2001 “Hear and Now” [Mos Def] by Ethan Brown • New York Magazine
Mos Def, in a NYC rehearsal space with his new band, Black Jack Johnson, consisting of virtuosos Doug Wimbish, Will Calhoun & Bernie Worrell. Read article here →
Nov 10, 1999 “Doug Wimbish: The Boss of Bass” by Roger Catlin • The Hartford Courant
Doug Wimbish discusses his solo “Trippy Notes For Bass”, an ambient, instrumental project - the album featuring appearances from Will Calhoun, Bernie Worrell and Talvin Singh. Read article here →
May 25, 1993 “Growling, Gnashing and Much Moshing. As Usual.” by Jon Pareles • The New York Times
Review of Living Colour and Bad Brains at a sold-out Roseland. Doug Wimbish, who joined the band for its third album, “Stain”, bringing a “deeper bottom” to the band. Read review here →
Feb 24, 1988 “Tackhead at The Ritz” by Peter Watrous • The New York Times
Review of Tackhead at The Ritz - the first three songs emphasizing “its status as one of the finest rhythm sections of the 1980's” - Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald, Keith LeBlanc together with Adrian Sherwood. Read review here →
Jan 19, 1988 “HipHop Nation: What It Is” by John Leland and Steve Stein • The Village Voice
“DOUG WIMBISH: The reason you hear tunes [on Sugar Hill raps] and say, “Damn, I heard that tune before” is that you did hear it before…” Read interview here →
Sep 14, 1987 “As a Solo, Mick Jagger Gets Close to Home” by Robert Palmer, New York Times News Service • The Chicago Tribune
Mick Jagger’s band on his solo LP “Primitive Cool” includes the rhythm team of bassist Doug Wimbish and drummer Simon Phillips along with lead guitar of Jeff Beck. Read review here →
Aug 30, 1987 “Pop View; Rock for the Record: Unsung Studio Bands” by Robert Palmer • The New York Times
“One of today’s most extraordinary rhythm sections” that records as Fats Comet, consisting of the former Sugar Hill Records Rhythm Section members Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald & Keith LeBlanc together with British recording engineer Adrian Sherwood. Read article here →
Jun 7, 1987 “Fats Comet in a Night of Rap” by Robert Palmer • The New York Times
Review of Fats Comet, consisting of former Sugar Hill Records Rhythm Section members Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald & Keith LeBlanc, together with On-U Sound’s Adrian Sherwood, at NYC’s Cat Club. Read article here →
Jun 3, 1987 “The Pop Life • Out of the Studios and Into The Cat Club” by Robert Palmer • The New York Times
Mark Stewart & Gary Clail - fronting the former Sugar Hill Rhythm Section consisting of Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald & Keith LeBlanc - as Mark Stewart & The Maffia and Gary Clail & Tackhead, along with On-U Sound’s Adrian Sherwood, to make a rare live appearance at the Cat Club. Read article here →
Sep 22, 1985 “George Clinton: Pop Music’s Precious Natural Resource” by Robert Palmer • The New York Times
George Clinton’s album “Some Of My Best Jokes Are Friends” includes “contemporary rap and hip hop’s definitive rhythm section” Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald & Dennis Chambers. Read article here →
Jul 4, 1984 “The Pop Life • Funk Band Members Off in New Directions” by Robert Palmer • The New York Times
Duke Bootee (The Message), describes the night he met Wood, Brass & Steel’s Doug Wimbish & Skip McDonald, to a few years later at Joe & Sylvia Robinson’s Sugar Hill Studios in Englewood, NJ with he, Doug, Skip, Jiggs Chase, Keith LeBlanc, Chops Horns and others . Read article here →.
Dec 30, 1982 “Urban Anthems of Rap Music” by Geoffrey Himes • The Washington Post
The Sugar Hill Records funk rhythm section of Doug Wimbish, Keith LeBlanc & Skip McDonald is the band behind the groundbreaking rap song ‘The Message’, the title track of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s first album. Read article here →
Nov 21, 1982 “Funk Takes a Provocative Turn” by Robert Palmer • The New York Times
Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald & Keith LeBlanc, as New Jersey’s Sugar Hill Record Label house band, may well be described as the “modern funk rhythm section”. Read article here →.