Lance Romance of the Hillbilly Hellcats Lance started with the banjo playing bluegrass. He met Chuck Hughes of the Hillbilly Hellcats in the early eighties for guitar lessons. It wasn't long until he was playing rockabilly bass with Chuck 4 nights a week.
Lance has recorded a cassette and two CDs with the Hillbilly Hellcats.
He used a underwood pickup, a mic at the f-hole and a mic at the amp.
Lance plays with gut strings and prefers the sound of gut over steel. "Gut strings just have that authentic tic."
October 2000
by Shawn
Lance owns 4 upright basses, including a 200 year old Czech bass. A few months ago he acquired a 5 string 1953 Kay bass. tuned E, A, D, G, C.
The Hillbilly Hellcat's have had Taz Bentley, formerly of The Reverend Horton Heat, record on their last 2 CDs. They now have a new drummer, Chris Carlin, and are working on new material.
Some of the more famous bassists that have made slap style more popular are: Bill Black, slap bassist for Elvis Dorsey Burnett with the Rock-n-Roll trio, Lee Rocker from the Stray Cats.
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