Tetsu Yamauchi

Tetsu Yamauchi
山内哲夫
Born (1946-10-21) October 21, 1946 (age 78)
Fukuoka, Japan
GenresBlues rock, free jazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentBass
Years active1967–1997
Formerly of

Tetsu Yamauchi (山内 テツ, Yamauchi Tetsu, born 21 October 1946) is a retired Japanese musician. In the 1970s, he was a member of several popular rock bands, including Free, where he replaced original bassist Andy Fraser before the band's final album Heartbreaker, and Faces, where he replaced Ronnie Lane and appears on the band's final single, "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything", as well as touring with them and playing on the live album Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners. He also recorded various solo albums and did extensive work as a session musician before retiring from the music sometime in the late 1990s.