Doug Wimbish speaks with Roadie Free Radio Host Larry Milburn discussing his career and “finding success by listening to mentors”. Listen to podcast here →

Sugar Hill Records House Band bassist Doug Wimbish iconic bassline on Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel’s hit ‘White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) ranks in Bass Player’s 40 best basslines of all time. Read article here →

Sugar Hill Records House Band bassist Doug Wimbish recalls his history with Sylvia Robinson, Sugar Hill artists and the label in an in-depth Billboard feature on Sylvia. Read article here →

Doug Wimbish describes how he created the iconic bass line to The Sequence’s ‘Funk You Up’ on the spot. Summoned by Sugar Hill Record’s Sylvia Robinson while on a Sugar Hill Gang tour stop at Township Auditorium in South Carolina, Doug listened to the trio and wrote the bass line in “about five seconds”. Read article here →

An in depth article with Doug Wimbish reflecting on Doug’s musical journey from All Platinum & Sugar Hill Records, to the UK & Tackhead era, to Living Colour and beyond. Doug talks about sound, the ‘shape of the note’ and ‘sonic territories’. Read article here →

Living Colour appeared at NYC’s Irving Plaza for a concert celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band’s debut album, ‘Vivid’. Doug Wimbish, bassist for the Sugar Hill Records House Band, brought out his friends Melle Mel, Master Gee, Wonder Mike & Keith LeBlanc to join the band on stage. See photo gallery and watch video here →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

“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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →.

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 →