John Giblin

John Giblin is a British bassist, and internationally renowned session musician.

Giblin is noted for his versatility, playing fretted and fretless bass guitars in a variety of styles. He also plays double bass.

While best known as a session player, Giblin has also been closely associated with specific bands and artists. He originally came to wider notice as the second bass guitarist for the jazz-rock group Brand X, playing on their 1979 album Product and 1980 album Do They Hurt? (in parallel to Percy Jones). He has also been a noted collaborator with John Martyn, Simple Minds, Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel (and was a member of the latter's live band circa 1980).

Musical work and collaborations

 * Brand X (Product and Do They Hurt?)
 * Eric Clapton, Sting, Mark Knopfler, Phil Collins (Concert for Montserrat)
 * Peter Gabriel (Birdy and Peter Gabriel III)
 * David Sylvian
 * Masami Tsuchiya (Mod' Fish, Forest People)
 * Kate Bush (50 Words for Snow, Aerial, Babooshka, Never For Ever, The Sensual World, The Red Shoes,)
 * Phil Collins songs inc "In The Air Tonite" and "Can't Hurry Love" (Face Value, Hello, I Must Be Going! (album))
 * Alan Parsons (On Air)
 * Scott Walker (Tilt)
 * Al Green
 * Duncan Browne
 * Joan Armatrading
 * John Lennon (Grow Old with Me)
 * Annie Lennox (Contrabass on MTV Unplugged, including "Why")
 * Roberta Flack
 * Paul McCartney (live at the Royal Albert Hall, London)
 * The Everly Brothers
 * George Martin
 * Gerry Rafferty
 * Mavis Staples
 * Simple Minds (Once Upon a Time; Live in the City of Light; Street Fighting Years)


 * Jon Anderson (Animation and Song of Seven)
 * Manfred Mann's Earth Band
 * John Martyn including (Grace and Danger:On the Cobbles)
 * Elkie Brooks (Pearls and Shangri-La)
 * Richard Ashcroft
 * Chris de Burgh
 * Franco Battiato
 * Eros Ramazzotti
 * Claudio Baglioni
 * Manolo García
 * Fish (Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors)
 * Jakko Jakszyk: (The Bruised Romantic Glee Club)