This week’s episode of Thinkin’ & Drinkin’ features Jason Scheff, an incredible bass player, singer, and songwriter. You don’t want to miss this enlightening conversation where you will hear about Jason’s musical journey through the years, people he met along the way, a surprise personalized letter, and many other stories and what he’s been up to lately.
Meet Jason Scheff: Jason Scheff is an American bassist, singer, and songwriter. From 1985 to 2016, he was the bassist and singer for the veteran pop-rock band Chicago. Following his years with Chicago, in 2016, Scheff participated as a judge for American Super Group and has worked with new artists trying to break into the music business by conducting songwriting workshops and music lessons.
Scheff has participated in a number of fundraisers for charities and has been a featured bassist and vocalist with a number of other artists.
Scheff toured in late 2019 with Todd Rundgren, Micky Dolenz, Christopher Cross, and Joey Molland of Badfinger in celebration of the Beatles' White Album on the It Was Fifty Years Ago Today – A Tribute to the Beatles’ White Album. Scheff performed the Chicago songs "25 or 6 to 4" and "Hard to Say I'm Sorry".
Scheff also appeared in a workout video for P90X2 with Tony Horton.
In this episode, you’ll hear
Even though his dad played bass for Elvis Presley, Elvis Costello, The Doors, and more, it did not automatically open doors for him. In fact, his first professional gig was playing for his mom at age 14.
Bart and Jason talked about how he joined the band Chicago at age 23, taking over for Peter Cetera. He continued with the band for 30 years.
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