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Article on Tommy Cogbill

Bass Players to Know: Tommy Cogbill

For those of you keeping tabs, it’s safe to say that I’m a soul music junkie. Motown, Philly Soul, R&B from Memphis and Muscle Shoals, you name it — I can’t get enough. I’m a sucker for listening to old records, reading books about the development of record labels such as Stax and Atlantic, and se

www.notreble.com

 

[Agonum]

Article on Tommy Cogbill

Bass Players to Know: Tommy Cogbill

For those of you keeping tabs, it’s safe to say that I’m a soul music junkie. Motown, Philly Soul, R&B from Memphis and Muscle Shoals, you name it — I can’t get enough. I’m a sucker for listening to old records, reading books about the development of record labels such as Stax and Atlantic, and se

www.notreble.com

Well deserved spotlight.

 

[zinniabooklover]

@Agonum I grew up with this song, didn't know who the bass player was. So glad that's changed.

Wilson Pickett / Funky Broadway

2m 40s

Found this info online:

"Personnel for the track were Wilson Pickett (vocal); Spooner Oldham (keyboards); Chips Moman and Jimmy Johnson (guitar); Tommy Cogbill (bass); Roger Hawkins (drums); Bowlegs Miller (trumpet); Charlie Chalmers and Jimmy Mitchell (tenor sax); and Flody Newman (baritone sax)."

 

[Agonum]

@Agonum I grew up with this song, didn't know who the bass player was. So glad that's changed.

Wilson Pickett / Funky Broadway

2m 40s

Found this info online:

"Personnel for the track were Wilson Pickett (vocal); Spooner Oldham (keyboards); Chips Moman and Jimmy Johnson (guitar); Tommy Cogbill (bass); Roger Hawkins (drums); Bowlegs Miller (trumpet); Charlie Chalmers and Jimmy Mitchell (tenor sax); and Flody Newman (baritone sax)."

What a gang!

And they’ve all been called home except Spooner, Chalmers, and Flody, the latter still going strong at 91!

 

[zinniabooklover]

Aretha Franklin / Rock Steady

3m 14s

@Agonum
Dunno what to make of this. Notes in the description tell me the bassist is Tommy Cogbill but Bass Player magazine tells me it's Chuck Rainey. It's a 2021 remaster but that's not gonna change the musician line-up! Or it shouldn't, lol. Awesome bass line, whoever is playing it.

 

[Agonum]

Aretha Franklin / Rock Steady

3m 14s

@Agonum
Dunno what to make of this. Notes in the description tell me the bassist is Tommy Cogbill but Bass Player magazine tells me it's Chuck Rainey. It's a 2021 remaster but that's not gonna change the musician line-up! Or it shouldn't, lol. Awesome bass line, whoever is playing it.

It’s Rainey. Weird to put Cogbill in there!

Edit: Cornell Dupree on guitar deserves a mention, too! What a groove indeed.

 

[zinniabooklover]

It’s Rainey. Weird to put Cogbill in there!

Thank you so much. It was doing my head in. I didn't think Bass Player mag would get that wrong. I wouldn't be able to spot someone's playing style. Geezer Butler, obvs, and probably Billy Gould and Jean-Jacques Burnel but not anyone from back in the day. But it didn't exactly sound like Tommy.

 

[zinniabooklover]

It’s Rainey. Weird to put Cogbill in there!

Edit: Cornell Dupree on guitar deserves a mention, too! What a groove indeed.

Totally!

 

[zinniabooklover]

The Who / The Real Me

3m 28s

 

[zinniabooklover]

Free / All Right Now - Andy Fraser on bass

Short version - 3m 39s

 

[zinniabooklover]

Bill Lee, Jazz Bassist and Father of Spike Lee, Dead at 94

Bill Lee, the jazz bassist who recorded with the likes of Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin and is the father of Spike Lee, has died at the age of 94.

www.rollingstone.com

WBSS Media-Bill Lee

wbssmedia.com

"On the original release of Dylan's classic song "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," Lee, on bass guitar, is the only musician performing other than Dylan himself. He is the father of Spike Lee."

 

[zinniabooklover]

Bill Lee, bass player

Bill Lee, Bassist and Composer of Spike Lee's Films, Has Died

He scored his son's early films and collaborated with high-profile names like Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin.

www.ultimate-guitar.com

"A notable element of Bill's sound, the acoustic bass never left his side, even when its electric alternative started to become popular in the '70s. The musician said about his resistance to adopting the new instrument:"

"Some things you just can’t live with. Just thinking about doing it, my gut reaction hit me so hard in the stomach. I knew I could never live with myself."

 

[zinniabooklover]

Algy Ward (The Damned, The Saints) – RIP

Bassist, who contributed to the sound of two of the greatest punk outfits The Saints and The Damned passed away.

louderthanwar.com

 

[zinniabooklover]

RIP Cynthia Weil.

She co-wrote this song with Barry Mann.

The Animals / We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - 1965

3m 31s

 

[Agonum]

Bass players you should know: Marcus Miller

 

[zinniabooklover]

The Clash / Should I Stay Or Should I Go
(1982)
3m 9s

 

[zinniabooklover]

Karen Carpenter / Lovelines

5m 2s

song notes from - https://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/SN_Lovelines_Carpenters.htm
Music and lyrics by Rod Temperton
Rhythm and Vocal Arrangement - Rod Temperton
Orchestration - Bob James
Keyboards - Greg Phillinganes
Bass - Louis Johnson
Drums - John Robinson
Guitars - Eric Johns-Rasmussen and David Williams
Percussion - Ralph McDonald
Backing Vocals - Karen Carpenter

 

[zinniabooklover]

Remembering Richey Manic. No particular reason. Richey, we miss you.

Manic Street Preachers / Slash n' Burn

4m 2s

 

[zinniabooklover]

Este from Haim

 

[zinniabooklover]

@wendijane - FYI

 

[zinniabooklover]

Sly & The Family Stone / Family Affair

3m 7s

 

[zinniabooklover]

Ron Carter, jazz’s most prolific bassist: ‘Our band was a laboratory – and Miles Davis was head chemist’

He overcame prejudice to play on more than 2,000 albums, and is still going strong at 86. Carter recalls laughter with Aretha Franklin, composing with Roberta Flack, and what Miles taught him in their classic quintet

www.theguardian.com

 

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Time Bomb - Rancid

 

[zinniabooklover]

Herbie Hancock & Ron Carter / Blue Monk - 1986

'A Tribute to Thelonious Monk'

6m 20s

@Agonum

The cat's out of the bag! I need to find out more about Mr Monk!

 

[Agonum]

Karen Carpenter / Lovelines

5m 2s

song notes from - https://www.richardandkarencarpenter.com/SN_Lovelines_Carpenters.htm
Music and lyrics by Rod Temperton
Rhythm and Vocal Arrangement - Rod Temperton
Orchestration - Bob James
Keyboards - Greg Phillinganes
Bass - Louis Johnson
Drums - John Robinson
Guitars - Eric Johns-Rasmussen and David Williams
Percussion - Ralph McDonald
Backing Vocals - Karen Carpenter

God d*mn what a line-up! One would expect Quincy as the producer. Who was it?

 

[zinniabooklover]

God d*mn what a line-up! One would expect Quincy as the producer. Who was it?

Phil Ramone and Richard Carpenter

https://www.discogs.com/release/2422358-Carpenters-Lovelines

This guy always confuses me bc I always think 'The Ramones!' (who I never liked, lol) but it's a different Phil Ramone. This one was a recording engineer.

 

[Agonum]

Phil Ramone and Richard Carpenter

https://www.discogs.com/release/2422358-Carpenters-Lovelines

This guy always confuses me bc I always think 'The Ramones!' (who I never liked, lol) but it's a different Phil Ramone. This one was a recording engineer.

Interesting. I wonder how that line-up came to be. Singularly, in and of itself, it isn’t anything to raise your eyesbrows over, since these were highly sought after studio musicians. But the combination of all of these names, on the other hand – it could just as well be the credits for a Thriller track!

I don’t know what to make of it. Perhaps it could be that Rod somehow pulled the strings? But then he rightfully should’ve been credited as executive producer…

 

[zinniabooklover]

God d*mn what a line-up! One would expect Quincy as the producer. Who was it?

P.S. Was just checking those Discogs notes and noticed, on one of the songs, backing vocals are by The OK Chorale. LOL.