Tony Levin (born June 6 1946, Boston, Massachusetts) is an influential American bass player. He has played with Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Yes (and splinter group Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe), Liquid Tension Experiment, Pink Floyd, John Lennon, Dire Straits, Joan Armatrading, Alice Cooper, Seal, David Torn, David Bowie, Deodato, Pandora's Box, Carly Simon, California Guitar Trio, Lawrence Gowan, Sarah McLachlan, Kevin Max, The Roches, Todd Rundgren, Paul Simon and Lou Reed among many others. Tony Levin is partly responsible for popularizing the Chapman Stick and the NS upright bass. He has also created funk fingers, a device for mimicking the sound of hitting the strings with drumsticks (which sounds very similar to slap style bass). In addition to his work as a sideman and in collaborative projects, he has various solo albums (Waters of Eden, Pieces of the Sun), and a live Tony Levin Band album. In April, 2006 he releas

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