Bass Guitar - Upright Bass - Vocals
About
Chas Maguire has worked as a freelance bass guitarist for many years and has performed the length of Britain as well as Monaco, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Spain and the Czech Republic. Chas has been playing bass ever since
Current bands
Chas Maguire regularly plays with the following bands Original Music: Space Elevator Powered by the awesome vocals of the cat-suited Duchess, and the amazing guitar work of David Young, Space Elevator are a contemporary take on the classic rock sound. With
Music
A few recordings from bands Chas Maguire is working with. Space Elevator I wasn’t involved with the first Space Elevator album (the legendary Neil Murray was on bass for them originally) but I’ve been part of the band for
Introducing Chas Maguire, bass guitarist from Oxford.
Chas started off “playing” his dad’s acoustic guitar when he was about four (when his dad hadn’t hidden it out of reach of his tiny chocolate-covered fingers), but an instant love of the bass ensured that once he started playing bass guitar Chas has never looked back. Based in Oxford, Chas Maguire is a bass guitarist with 20 years professional experience.
Chas Maguire says:
“I certainly enjoy working in music. I love listening to and playing music of all styles and this has led to me working with many fine and varied musicians, mostly in and around Oxford and in London, but also as far afield as the Czech Republic, The Netherlands and Monte Carlo. A broad taste in music is essential when you can be playing smooth jazz one night and grungy doom metal the next! A mixture of functions band work (playing weddings, parties and corporate events) various session work (both playing and producing) and writing and recording my own original material means I’m usually pretty busy, although I’ll always find the time to try something new!“
You can hear some of the recordings Chas has been involved with (click here to go to the Music page)
Latest News From the Blog
Blake’s Heaven Big Band Theory “Evolution”
Blake’s Heaven are putting on a show in the Wallingford Corn Exchange – a lovely, volunteer-run theatre, cinema and live music venue in the market town of Wallingford. The show will feature music throughout the years, from the early 1800s
2018, the story so far…
This year has been quite a busy one for me, with three albums released to which I’ve contributed. Space Elevator II, and Blake Shake’s Funk Biscuit are out now and Toneheadz’s Taboo Guitar coming very soon. Playing live has always
UK Tour with Space Elevator
We’ve been spending the last couple of weeks touring the new Space Elevator album (Space Elevator II) and the new material has been going down very well. Spending long hours in a van together has reminded me how much I