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Stanley Sheldon is a bass guitar player best known for his work with Peter Frampton.〔(Allmusic performance credits page )〕 He is notable as an early adopter of the fretless bass for rock music. Sheldon was born in 1950 in Ottawa, Kansas where he joined his first band, ''The Lost Souls''.〔(Stanley Sheldon interview on Tommy Bolin Archives )〕 His first recorded work with Frampton was the wildly successful live album ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' in 1976. He played on subsequent Frampton albums, ''I'm in You'' (1977) and ''Where I Should Be'' (1979). In 2007, he contributed as co-writer and bass player on Frampton's 2007 Grammy winning instrumental album ''Fingerprints'' and currently tours as a permanent member of Frampton’s band. Sheldon also recorded with his late friend Tommy Bolin on Teaser and performs on various Bolin archival releases. Other recorded works include Lou Gramm ''Ready or Not'', and Ronin (1980), a co-assembled group of session musicians, Sheldon, Waddy Wachtel, Rick Marotta, and Dan Dugmore.〔() - Interview with Waddy Wachtel and Rick Marotta on FleetwoodMac.net〕 Sheldon toured with Warren Zevon on Zevon's 1978 ''Excitable Boy'' tour and did recording work for the Christian music songwriter David Ruis. He co-produced and played on the Mayhew Family album ''Songs from the Third Floor'' (2004) and EP ''Watch Out'' (2009). In 2008, he toured as the bassist for the Delbert McClinton band. Sheldon has also performed on Hollywood movie soundtracks, most notably the Cheech and Chong comedy Up in Smoke. Sheldon devoted most of the 90's to Latin American Studies at the University of Kansas, earning a Master's Degree. During this period, he travelled widely throughout Latin America with his studies focused on slave society of the nineteenth century in Latin American countries and how its influence on past music continues to affect the transformation and hybridization of world music today. During this time, Sheldon played with various versions of a band that played "son" and "salsa", often to sizable dance crowds. Sheldon has a passion for teaching and, when not touring, he is offering bass lessons for students of all ages at Blues to Bach Music Center in Shawnee, Kansas. '' == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stanley Sheldon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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