1. I started playing bass in high school when a friend's band asked me to replace their bass player. I'd never picked up a bass. I'm still pretty sure they chose me because I was the first person who answered the phone.
2. I've never had a bass lesson. I've been meaning to start.
3. Guitar stores are among my least favorite places.
4. The nickname "Bailiff" came from David trying to remember my name after meeting me for the first time. Basil, Bagel, Bay Leaf, Bailiff - you get the idea. Now we live in the same building.
5. My first name rhymes with "dazzle", not "hazel". Though I have met other Basils who pronounce it the other way. Wrong.
6. I once played in a band with the daughter of Police guitarist Andy Summers. I played drums. We recorded 3 songs which were not very good.
7. If I come across as aloof onstage, I'm really just trying to stay focused. Some of our songs are pretty complicated. And I'm a little aloof.
8. Sometimes I take off my wedding ring to make it easier to play. My wife is okay with this. I think.
9. Kirk and I have known each other since high school and he's only tried to kiss me twice. He's 0 for 2 so far.
10. I believe in doing it right, making it big and giving it class. And also leadership.
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Thanks for sharing, Basil! I learned some things about you that I didn't know already.
It took me so long to say The Ballif's name correctly, that now I can't say the name of that identically spelled spice correctly without pausing first.
I have a nephew named Basil. They originally pronounced it like the herb (spice?), but they soon corrected it because someone probably said 'hey that pronunciation is wrong.' Crisis averted!
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