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Jeff Pilson On This Month’s Groove – The No Treble Podcast

Jeff Pilson is this month’s conversation on Groove – The No Treble Podcast.

You can listen the new episode right here: Groove – The No Treble Podcast – Episode #55 – Jeff Pilson.

Who is Jeff Pilson?

I’m a child of the late seventies and the early eighties. This comes out in the type of jazz that I like (thanks, Jaco, Chick Corea, etc…) and the type of rock that I like (thanks, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, etc…). The eighties hard rock scene really captured my attention. The look (the hair!), the sound (the riffs!), the shows (oh, the lights and lasers!) and everything that came with it. A rock star didn’t look or sound like anyone else in the eighties. They were a breed unto themselves. One of those bands was Dokken, and their bass player – Jeff Pilson. Jeff is currently the bassist for Foreigner (we met up when the band came though Montreal). He joined the band in 2004, and has also taken on both musical direction for the live show and production duties. Pilson is – without a doubt – one of the hardest working rock bassists (songwriters and producers) on the circuit. He was also a member of Dio and MSG. He formed his own progressive metal band, War and Peace, and continues to work with Dokken (and its members) – in one way shape or form to this day. Pilson also appeared in the 2001 movie Rock Star as bassist Jorgen from the fictional band, Steel Dragon. The film also featured performances by musicians like Zakk Wylde, Jason Bonham, Myles Kennedy, Blas Elias and more. He also played on the film’s soundtrack and served as Musical Director for the film. These days, he’s busier than ever on the road with Foreigner, producing the last Warrant album, and most recently, as a member of the band The End Machine, which features George Lynch (guitars) and Mick Brown (drums) from Dokken along with Lynch Mob/Warrant singer, Robert Mason. There’s a lot of bass and rock talk to cover. Enjoy the conversation….

Listen in: Groove – The No Treble Podcast – Episode #55 – Jeff Pilson.

What is Groove – The No Treble Podcast?

This is an ambitious effort. This will be a fascinating conversation. Our goal at Groove is to build the largest oral history of bass players. Why Groove? Most of the content about the bass revolves around gear, playing techniques, and more technical chatter. For us, bassists are creative artists with stories to tell. They are a force to be reckon with. These are the stories and conversation that we will capture. To create this oral history of why these artists chose the bass, what their creative lives are like, and where inspiration can be found.

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.