The BASS thread

[DuranDuran]

Nathan East interview {November 2016}

 

[Word Smith Sr]

 

[Word Smith Sr]

 

[DuranDuran]

Wooten Brothers

 

[zinniabooklover]

Oh, this is interesting. A thread for the bass guitar, huh? Think I'll nominate my 3 faves:

Geezer Butler
Jean Jacques Burnel
Billy Gould

 

[zinniabooklover]

Marvin Gaye / What's Goin' On

James Jamerson on bass

 

[zinniabooklover]

The Jam / A Town Called Malice

 

[Agonum]

Louis Johnson / Instructional DVD for bass

48m 21s

 

[zinniabooklover]

Free / All Right Now

5m 30s

 

[zinniabooklover]

Pink Floyd / Money

 

[zinniabooklover]

The Stranglers / Something Better Change

 

[zinniabooklover]

Deep Purple / Smoke On The Water

 

[zinniabooklover]

The Stranglers / No More Heroes

 

[zinniabooklover]

Marvin Gaye / What's Goin' On

3m 52s

Posting this bc it's such a treat to be able to see James Jamerson doing his thing. Little fragments only but better than nothing.

 

[zinniabooklover]

Jean-Jacques Burnel in 1977.

 

[Agonum]

Deep Purple / Smoke On The Water

This is one of the rare tracks from this period of Deep Purple that I’m not too crazy about! 😑

Deep Purple / Highway Star

Whereas this…

 

[Agonum]

Francis Rocco Prestia / Fingerstyle Funk (bass lesson)

1m 37s

 

[Agonum]

Tower of Power / Soul with a Capital “S”

5m 2s

 

[zinniabooklover]

This is one of the rare tracks from this period of Deep Purple that I’m not too crazy about! 😑

oh, don't get me started! I really dislike this song. I think it's awful. Boring song, dreadful, DREADFUL vocal performance, useless lyrics, the whole thing is just ... gah!

BUT ... the rhythm section ... aahhhh! I do love the drums and especially the bass line. I listen to the song maybe once every three or four years. The only other DP song I like is Child In Time - especially the live version. But the bass line here - omg! Divine!

Deep Purple / Highway Star

yeah, see, this is a No from me. I don't like DP, never did. They are not a rubbish band, far from it, but they never connected with me. It was all a bit - meh!

I'll defend my decision to include SOTW on the thread but I can't argue that DP are one of the greats. That would be a job for someone else, lol.

 

[zinniabooklover]

Francis Rocco Prestia / Fingerstyle Funk (bass lesson)

1m 37s

Wasn't gonna look at this. Ngl, I'm not the muso / techie type. Don't understand, don't wanna understand. But it was only 1m 37s which is my kind of video clip. So I watched it.

First of all, I did enjoy the playing. Awesome! Really interesting. Lovely tone. So I enjoyed that.

But, my god, the man's voice! Um, how can I put this - very 🥵 🥵 🥵 🥵

Dead on the floor!

 

[zinniabooklover]

Dennis Coffey interview - Tribute to James Jamerson Pt.1

Not much interview but there is a live recording of James playing with Dennis Coffey's band in 1969.

5m 22s

 

[Agonum]

But, my god, the man's voice! Um, how can I put this - very 🥵 🥵 🥵 🥵

Dead on the floor!

Good thing he wasn’t a singer, then! 🤣

 

[zinniabooklover]

Francis Rocco Prestia / Fingerstyle Funk (bass lesson)

1m 37s

callling @MacMandy90 and @staywild23

Urgent call-out to the girls!

sw23 prob won't even get this tag so this is really a call-out to MM90, lol.

Can someone - anyone - listen to the first 15 seconds of this vid and tell me where in America this guy's accent is from? I'm having a 🥵 moment over his voice.

So grateful. No hurries, anytime is fine. I'm dead on the floor, anyway, lol.

 

[zinniabooklover]

Bad Seed Rising / 'Bad Seed Rising'

 

[zinniabooklover]

Michel Lumana / Kimpa Vita

4m

 

[zinniabooklover]

Charles Mingus / II B.S.

4m 48s

 

[zinniabooklover]

Faith No More / Blood - 1987

3m 42s

 

[Agonum]

callling @MacMandy90 and @staywild23

Urgent call-out to the girls!

sw23 prob won't even get this tag so this is really a call-out to MM90, lol.

Can someone - anyone - listen to the first 15 seconds of this vid and tell me where in America this guy's accent is from? I'm having a 🥵 moment over his voice.

So grateful. No hurries, anytime is fine. I'm dead on the floor, anyway, lol.

Poor Francis 😅

 

[MacMandy90]

callling @MacMandy90 and @staywild23

Urgent call-out to the girls!

sw23 prob won't even get this tag so this is really a call-out to MM90, lol.

Can someone - anyone - listen to the first 15 seconds of this vid and tell me where in America this guy's accent is from? I'm having a 🥵 moment over his voice.

So grateful. No hurries, anytime is fine. I'm dead on the floor, anyway, lol.

Awe dear, you're so thoughtful!

He was from Sonora, California, so the west coast of the states lol

 

[Agonum]

The Temptations / Power

6m 7s