Touring in 2008, the Robin Trower Band took on yet another reformation. This time, and again a former Trower ( from the early 90's touring line up) alumni, Glenn Letsch has returned to replace bassist Dave Bronze who had decided to pursue other opportunities. 
  Recording and touring pro bassist, Glenn, has worked with the likes of  Gregg Allman, Eric Martin (Mr. Big), Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon from Journey, Ronnie Montrose (Gamma)and many others.

 

Steve .......  at what age did you first get the playing bug? 
Glenn.......I grew up playing sax starting in 4th grade (1958) as my dad's hero was the virtuoso saxophonist with the John Phillip Sousa Band, Fred Bayers. 
Later on when The Beatles went on Ed Sullivan in Feb 1964, my brother bought and shared a guitar.  It was a 31 dollar Kay from a pawn shop. The action was so high, it was nearly impossible to fret a single chord.  But we could work out single note surf melodies, and toughen our fingers up for the Strat and Jazz bass that we bought six months later.  My mom drove us into Manhattan NY City where we got the great  40% off deal.  $240 for each axe. I was to be the guitarist and my brother (who was already a great trumpeter) would play the bass and we would start a band with a drummer from a drum and bugle corp.

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 Steve: What was it that got you interested in the bass in  particular?

Glenn :  My pals told me if I borrowed my brother's bass they would teach me  some songs and I could be in this cooler hipper band with the top  players.  My brother was two years ahead of me so he had his clique and I had mine.

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Steve :  When you started playing what bands were you listening too? 
 Glenn:   The Beatles, Stones, Everly Brothers, Little Richard, James Brown , 
   Jerry  Lee Lewis

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Steve:  What sort of formal training do you have? 
 Glenn :   I have formal training  on sax as I said earlier...........7 years.  I am self taught on 
 guitar and bass.

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 Steve :  When and how did you hook up with Ronnie Montrose?. 
 Glenn:  I drove  cross country to move to LA in 1979. 
  Joined producer Mitchell  Froom's band after an cattle call audtion. 
Mitchell had just come  off the Open Fire Ronnie Montrose tour.  Ronnie offered to produce  our demo, where I first worked with him. 
 The night after tracking the basics, Ronnie called me (with Mitchell's permission) and asked me to join Gamma and be part of the rhythm section with original Montrose drummer Denny Carmassi (who is to this day one of my very best friends) 
 

Steve :  When and where did you meet Davey Pattison?   
Glenn: I met Davey the First time Gamma played the John Anson Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood. 
I was not in the band yet, but it was the ONLY band I wanted to join.  Davey and I have been best friends ever since.  Davey Pattison is one of the finest soul singers on the planet.  It is an honor to 
be in a band with him again. 
 

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His published works include:

                              "Bass Lessons With The Greats" (Warner Brothers Publishing) 
                              "Glenn Letsch's Bass Master Class" (Hal Leonard Publishing) 
                              and, the critically acclaimed instructional video: 
                              "Bass Guitar: The Lowdown with Glenn Letsch" (Hot Licks Videos) 
  
  
 

Glenn is the #1 rated bass instructor in the San Francisco Bay Area He has written Woodshed columns for Bass Player Magazine for almost 5 years based on his unique teaching method. He has published acclaimed bass textbooks and videos with the largest music publishers in the world. His latest book R&B Bass (Hal Leonard Publishing), is available to order starting Christmas 2005

As a professional bassist, Glenn Letsch has carved out a diverse niche for himself. He has recorded and performed in concert with the likes of Robin Trower, Ronnie Montrose, Gamma, Gregg Allman, Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain of Journey, Eric Martin (Mr. Big), and many others. As a studio bassist, Glenn can be heard playing on anything from an Orville Redenbacher popcorn commerical, to The Sims computer game. In fact, The Sims is the #1 selling computer game of all time.