Greg Humphrey .. bass player..great article

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 23 Jan 2015 10:07 pm

greg was a well known bass player in sacramento, L.A. and nashville. here is a sad but great article i just received.

http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville ... id=4889217

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 24 Jan 2015 3:24 am

Quite an article about an amazing man, inspiring.
The Palomino Riders indeed; I would like to have heard The Shutouts. Incredible.
And he liked 'It's A Wonderful Life.' A man I'd like to have known.

Jack Harper · Post by **Jack Harper** » 24 Jan 2015 6:22 am

who's gonna fill his shoes?

country jack....

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 24 Jan 2015 8:23 am

So sorry to hear about Greg's passing. We all knew him out here, and always enjoyed the time we got to spend together, both working and hanging.
He's already been missed around these parts for a long time.
Vaya con Dios, Greg...

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 24 Jan 2015 10:10 am

He played on "Speechless" by Albert Lee.

Michael Johnstone · Post by **Michael Johnstone** » 24 Jan 2015 5:58 pm

There's video - good live video of the Shutouts. I know because I was a camera operator for that shoot which was on some sound stage in Hollywood. It was in the early 80s as I recall. I was out on the end of a big crane and I got to shoot Sneaky from like 20 feet overhead and I had some nice swooping crane shots of his solos. Gregg called me in for that because of my video experience at Leon Russell's Paradise sound stage in Burbank and because I knew everybody involved. Gregg somehow charmed his way into Leon's inner circle and often used Leon's studio C over on Magnolia Blvd for his recording projects and I was around for a lot of those. On the Shutout thing we shot multiple takes of several songs with maybe 4 cameras and it seemed very well organized. I never did see the edited video though. It must be out there somewhere.
I played steel on a lotta gigs with Gregg in Dale Watson's band when Dale lived here in L.A. and before that in the Jim Leslie band in the Palomino days and I have a few bizarre stories I can't really share here.... But he was a hoot. Frequently stoned,frequently late,frequently needed to borrow an amp but he could always easily talk his way back into the offended party's good graces and somehow always pulled a rabbit out of his hat when he had to. A truly funny man,good musician,agent provocateur,sometime knucklehead and all round American original. Always drove a big white Cadillac. Like Skip said he's been living in Nashville for decades now but all the pickers here in L.A. will never forget Gregg Humphrey. I really hate to hear this news.

LJ Eiffert · Post by **LJ Eiffert** » 26 Jan 2015 10:27 am

Gregg brother RIP from your old friends Uncle Leo J Eiffert Jr & Jimmy Lester your old band leader from the Nashville West in El Monte,California. More memories adding on in Heaven. God bless his (Gregg) family in healing this sad times.

David Wren · Post by **David Wren** » 27 Jan 2015 5:10 pm

Sad to hear this. I grew up with Greg, and after we graduated high school we played together in country-rock bands, until 1974 when Greg and I worked for Lloyd Hickey in Sacramento. When the band was offered the gig at the Palomino Club in LA, I decided not to move to southern CA, and started my career with the US Forest Service.

I didn't see much of Greg after he left Sacramento.. just a few trips he made back to Placerville.

I've got some great memories of the early bands we were in.. sad to know he is gone.

Jay Dee Maness · Post by **Jay Dee Maness** » 28 Jan 2015 11:49 am

So sorry to hear of this.

Randy Tatman · Post by **Randy Tatman** » 30 Jan 2015 5:01 am

Greg helped to mentor 4 of my kids(friends)that went to Nashville. He'd make them play open mic at Tootsies so that they would expand their knowledge and now they are all excellent at what they do. Every time I saw him he would ask "who are you sending me next" He took care of those kids and I mean all of them. He'll be missed.

Shari Boyd · Post by **Shari Boyd** » 23 Feb 2015 3:38 pm

Someone posted a great photo from the Palomino to Facebook and I saved it but have no idea how to upload it here. Greg was the bass player during most of my tenure on the lights.. He was a wonderful man and his family has created a page on facebook

https://www.facebook.com/pages/In-Lovin ... 1837769369

For any of you who are members and would like to leave your thoughts. The picture I mentioned is there as well... Greg had the heart of a giant and will surely be missed on Broadway

Apparently all the help Greg gave others in his lifetime the one thing he never did was set anything aside for his family. They have started a GOFundme account to try and help with the necessities ~ Just offering the information and the link...

http://www.gofundme.com/l0h18c

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 23 Feb 2015 4:58 pm

Wow... great pic of the Shutouts, circa '82, or thereabouts.
Top L-R... Dave Frazer, Bob Regan, Greg Humphrey, Garth Hudson, Thumbs Carllile.
Bottom... Dallas Taylor, Rosalee North, Sneaky Pete Kleinow.

Saw 'em a few times... truly an amazing group.
Dallas, Thumbs, Sneaky, and Greg...now gone and missed.

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 24 Feb 2015 5:10 am

Thanks for the link Chris. What an interesting life!

I did a quick search on The Shutouts and didn't find much. Did they ever have any recordings. Sounds like an interesting band.

RIP Greg.