Sal Maida

Biography

Salvatore Maida (July 29, 1948 – February 1, 2025) was an American bass guitarist. Raised in Little Italy, New York City, he moved to London after completing college, where he played with Roxy Music, Milk 'N' Cookies, Sparks, Cherie Currie, Cracker, the Brandos, and a Lovin' Spoonful tribute band. He also authored the 2014 memoir Four Strings, Phony Proof, and 300 45s and co-authored the 2023 book The White Label Promo Preservation Society Vol 2: More Flop Albums You Ought to Know.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Viva! Roxy Music (The Live Roxy Music Album)

  1976

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  Big Beat

  1976

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  Beat On The Brat

  2021

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  Squeeze Box: The Complete Works Of "Weird Al" Yankovic

  2017

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  Beauty's Only Skin Deep

  1978

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  Milk 'N' Cookies

  1976

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  Lucky Leif And The Longships

  1975

Credited work

189 releases · 26 albums · active 1975–2025

• Performance · 211
• Production · 12
• Other credits · 4

Studios: Apollo Theatre, Glasgow · Newcastle City Hall · Empire Pool, Wembley · Air Studios

Frequent collaborators

• Velveteen (2)
• Cracker
• Roxy Music
• """Weird Al"" Yankovic"
• Sparks
• Milk 'N' Cookies
• Van Duren
• Robert Calvert

Around the web

• Wikipedia