other bassist (Milkowski, 30).
             Jaco received his first jazz upright bass from Bob Bobbing, who was his biggest fan and supporter. Jaco did not like the upright bass because the band would drown out his music. When Jaco was nineteen, he received another bass, a '62 bass, which he converted into a fretless bass by pulling out the frets and filling the holes with wood putty. This gave the bass a unique singing quality (Milkowski, 26).
             In 1969, Jaco became notorious in South Florida when he joined a hot trio called The Woodchucks, which featured Billy Burke on a B-3 organ, Bob Henry on drums and Jaco on bass. They worked at the Button and the Four O' Clock club (Milkowski, 33).
             Wayne Cochran, a white soul singer from Georgia, was searching for a new bassist to join his Chitin Circuit Riders band. Two of Cochran's band directors were impressed with Jaco's attitude and stamina. They felt he was the right person for the band
             (Milkowski, 41). Jaco was immediately offered the job, but Jaco turned it down because he wanted to earn more money. Cochran finally agreed to raise the salary, and Jaco joined the C. C. Riders. He was a member of the C.C, Riders for nine months, when he left the band so that he could explore the music world (Milkowski, 42).
             Jaco rose to fame from obscurity after joining Weather Report. Jaco had
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