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Prescott Niles (born May 2, 1954) is an American rock bassist. He is best known as bassist with the Knack, who had a No. 1 US / No. 6 UK hit with "My Sharona". Since 2013 he has played bass with Mike Pinera's Classic Rock All-Stars and Missing Persons.
The Band | Prescott Niles | The Official Website of The Knack. Prescott Niles had the privilege to have been born in New York City. His childhood dreams revolved around the world of baseball. His goal was to play shortstop for The New York Yankees. Prescott had a natural gift for the game.
- Velvert Turner Group – Velvert Turner Group
- The Knack – Get The Knack
- The Knack – Round Trip
- Josie Cotton – from The Hip
- The Knack – Zoom
“I’m from Brooklyn; Velvert auditioned as a singer for a blues group I was playing in there, which was the first time I met him. I told him that he kind of looked a little similar to Jimi Hendrix, maybe a taller version. Velvert said, ‘Oh, I know him.’ Sure you do! A year later I was with him at Jimi Hendrix’s 25th birthday party! “I got into a lot...
“By this point, I’d added a Gibson Thunderbird with a single pickup and a Rickenbacker to my collection, then I subbed for a bassist to a gig in LA. The club owner said, ‘Hey, you’re a good bass player, I got this bass here – and if you want it, it’s $100.’ It was a Guild M-85, and that’s what I used on My Sharona. There’s a Hofner on That’s What T...
“This album was produced by Jack Douglas of Cheap Trick. Mike Chapman had produced our first two albums, but he wasn’t on his game: I think he was going through some personal issues. Capitol also didn’t want us to release a new album, for some reason. “The band actually split up after the second album [...But The Little Girls Understand]. Then John...
“I heard Josie playing in LA. She was cool, I liked her music, and I was lucky enough to get involved. We did a lot of TV, which we hadn’t done with The Knack – one of our cardinal sins. I was playing with a great drummer, Dony Wynn, who had worked with Robert Palmer. I realized how great he was – playing mainly eighth notes between the kick and sn...
“I’m used a few different basses on this album. I had a Warwick, which I used on Mister Magazine, a song that had another McCartney kind of line. The opening’s got this high hook, a suspended fourth or sixth, going back to the low E. I was given some basses by VJ, who were just coming into prominence. “Terry Bozzio was our drummer by then, and I ca...
Prescott Niles: Bass Guitar, Six String Bass Guitar. Drums: David Henderson as Holmes Jones, Pat Torpey. Accordion on “Les Girls”: Art Fein. Saxophones on “Les Girls”: John Amato. Guitar Solo on “A World Of My Own”: John Jorgenson. Percussion on “The Man On The Beach”: Justin Rocherolle. Normal as the Next Guy.
Doug Fieger, Berton Averre, Prescott Niles and Bruce Gary were The Knack. Their hit single “My Sharona” went Gold in thirteen days and was the #1 song of 1979. Their debut album Get the Knack sold over six million copies worldwide.
12. Mai 2022 · Prescott Niles: Yes, it’s always exciting to be reintroduced to material from the vaults. This show is sourced from a concert we played to celebrate the release of the sixth Knack studio album, ‘Normal as the Next Guy’. It was great for Doug, Berton and I to play in front of a hometown crowd again after several years. Our ...
5. Apr. 2022 · Prescott Niles, the bassist who played the iconic opening riff on The Knack’s 1979 megahit “My Sharona,” was already a part of the New York music scene long before then. In the late 1960s, he was playing bass in various groups, such as MD and the Interns and The Boys Next Door.
