Tim Landers
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Timothy Gerard Landers (born November 1, 1956 in Taunton, Massachusetts) is an American bass guitarist, composer and record producer.
He graduated from Brockton High School in 1975 and attended the Berklee College of Music from 1976 to 1977, studying under Neil Stubenhaus and Whit Browne. He later moved to Los Angeles, California and works as a studio musician.
Landers has worked with many artists over the years, including:
- Steve Smith and Vital Information
- Horacee Arnold
- Tiger Okoshi and Baku
- Stanton Davis and the Ghetto Mysticism
- Mick Goodrick
- Mike Stern
- Dean Brown
- Bill Frisell
- Randy Roos
- Eef Albers
- Al Di Meola
- Gil Evans
- Michael Brecker
- Billy Cobham
- The Crusaders
- Robert Tepper
- Ferron
- Tom Scott
- Lee Ritenour
- Eric Gale
- Al Stewart
- Go West
- Marc Jordan
- Tori Amos
- Tracy Chapman
- Vince Neil
- Stevie Nicks
- Ferron
- Loreena McKennitt
- Brian Hughes
- Pat Kelley
- Jesse Cook
- Jethro Tull
- Bill Medley
- Gladys Knight
- Graham Nash
- Sandra Bernhard
- Steve Wynn
- Stan Ridgway
- David & David
- Lou Rawls
- Djavan
- Dori Caymmi
- John Tesh
- Eric Marienthal
- Taylor Hawkins
- Vinnie Colaiuta
- Frank Gambale
- Tom Coster
- Lauren Christy
- Mark Williamson
- Point of Grace
- Natalie Grant
- Nicole Miller
- Lorenza Ponce
- B.B. King
- Kid Creole and the Coconuts
- Solar System
- Dave Grusin
- Malta
- Ian Wallace
- Crimson Jazz Trio
- Little Axe
- Gannin Arnold
Landers has also recorded for numerous film, television and advertising scores. Including:
- Friends
- Just Shoot Me
- Cheers
- The Tortellis
- The Pat Sajak Show
- The Carol Burnett Show (1991)
- The Tracey Ullman Show
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1986)
- Greg the Bunny
- Bobby's World
- John and Lisa
- One on One
- NBA on NBC (theme)
- Barcelona Olympics (theme)
- CBS Sports (theme)
- Entertainment Tonight (theme)
- HBO NFL This Week.
Featured on countless television commercials including
- McDonald's
- Dodge Trucks
- Coca Cola
- Sprint
- Intel
- Nike
- Ford Motor Company
- Callaway
- Budweiser
- Toyota
- Sony
- Coors
Landers has also done bass guitar design for both Peavey Electronics Corporation (with his TL5 and TL6 models, one of the very first production line versions of neck-through 5 and 6 string basses) and along with Mark Egan helped Mike Pedulla with his early fretless 'Buzz' bass guitars.
