Bass Players and Afficianados

[frenchmon]

check Booty teaching funk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHE6hZU72A4

[frenchmon]

Man I wish I could do this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j96uq...1&feature=fvwp

[poppachubby]

Yes man. I am a huge Bootsy fan. I have all of his Rubber Band releases. I also have an enviable collection of P-Funk original vinyl.

His work was great with P-Funk but I also REALLY enjoyed what he did with the JB's. That is, the James Brown Revue. Much more groundbreaking IMO.

[frenchmon]

Yes sir...im with you bro, im with you.

frenchmon

[Hyfi]

Nobody mentioned Mark Egan.

But, here is another video you should not miss. Clarke-Wooten_miller doing School Days from the SMV tour last year.

[poppachubby]

Great post HyFi. Man they have tone to kill for. The intro bit in the first minute, those chords sound brilliant.

There's been alot of no mentions here. We can slowly add them all in, no rush. As I've already said, when the board is slow, it gives us bass types something to do.

[Hyfi]

Here is Mark Egan with the Pat Metheny Band doing their tribute to Jaco. I saw this band in 77 or 78 whenever the first white self titled album came out in a college auditorium.

[Hyfi]

And lets not forget Les

[frenchmon]

Hey HIFi...who are those guys...they are kicking man or I should say smoking man

frenchmon

[frenchmon]

Ok heres a fine lady playing the bass. I just love Esperanza.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9DwUUGCiPE

and this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8gynGy8pSg&NR=1

and one more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS0N0...eature=related

[poppachubby]

Hey HIFi...who are those guys...they are kicking man or I should say smoking man

frenchmon

That last post of HyFi's is Primus frenchy.

[hifitommy]

stanley clarke's album 'journey to love' has a GREAT bass demo cut-silly putty-first heard on stacked advents driven by a phase linear 700 at pacific stereo on topanga in canoga park california. the grill cloths were LEAPING away from the cabinets!

victor with the flecktones on 'flight of the cosmic hippo' on the cd of the same name traverses the lows like no other cd.

and marcus on the miles album-tutu-is exemplary. i wish i had seen the smv tour when it was going.

but i HAVE seen abe a lot and his videos dont do him justice. living here in LA has its benefits between earthquakes.

[Hyfi]

Ok heres a fine lady playing the bass.

Here is Tal Wilkenfeld playing from her solo release, Serendipity. Please watch a few others from the page and be dazzled.



Then of course, Julie Slick! No great vids with good sound but you can get the point here. Keep in mind, the bass line Julie is playing on her Lackland was originally written and performed on a stick and is extremely hard to pull off on a standard bass.

[Hyfi]

Hey HIFi...who are those guys...they are kicking man or I should say smoking man

frenchmon

Yeah, as Pappa pointed out, that was Les Claypool with one of his many bands, Primus. He is one whacked out bassist that leaves many others in the dust with his talent. He just gets under recognized because he is not mainstream.

He also plays with Buckethead at times in place of Lasswell.

[poppachubby]

WOW! Thanks for the post HyFi. I've never heard of Tal. So impressive. She's so tiny but check out her reach, her span is wild. Plus, she's a very natural performer, fun to watch. I'll be checking out that album for sure. Have you heard it?

[poppachubby]

One of my faves. Flea. I find his style more accessible than say, Claypool. Just love his note selection and sense of time. This vid is a great example of his "awesomeness".

I still spin Blood Sugar Sex Magic. For any of you guys who have never jammed any of those tracks, try em out. So much fun. The title track is still one of my all time fave bass songs to jam on, Blood Sugar Sex Magic. Funnest song he ever wrote. Plucking minor chords just feels and sounds so big, it's addictive.

Anyhow, enjoy!!

[Hyfi]

WOW! Thanks for the post HyFi. I've never heard of Tal. So impressive. She's so tiny but check out her reach, her span is wild. Plus, she's a very natural performer, fun to watch. I'll be checking out that album for sure. Have you heard it?

I have an eval copy i could send you if you IM your addy. It's hard to find and expensive if you do. Check out her gigs with Jeff Beck who she has been playing with for a few years.

[Hyfi]

One of my faves. Flea.

Now here is a player who I feel would be better off outside of RHCP. I just can't get into their 'stop start every song sounds the same' style. The singer irritates me also but Flea is an awesome player on his own.

[Hyfi]

I have no idea who this is but saw this video a while back.

[frenchmon]

stanley clarke's album 'journey to love' has a GREAT bass demo cut-silly putty-first heard on stacked advents driven by a phase linear 700 at pacific stereo on topanga in canoga park california. the grill cloths were LEAPING away from the cabinets!

victor with the flecktones on 'flight of the cosmic hippo' on the cd of the same name traverses the lows like no other cd.

and marcus on the miles album-tutu-is exemplary. i wish i had seen the smv tour when it was going.

but i HAVE seen abe a lot and his videos dont do him justice. living here in LA has its benefits between earthquakes.

You got that right...Abe is a total act on that bass...he can really cut a rug while playing that thing.

frenchmon

[frenchmon]

HiFi...she's great and so young...that means she can only continue to evolve in her craft...Beck is one of my favorites btw.

frenchmon

[Hyfi]

TM Stevens was mentioned, but here is a clip for those who have never seen this master.

[poppachubby]

Now here is a player who I feel would be better off outside of RHCP. I just can't get into their 'stop start every song sounds the same' style. The singer irritates me also but Flea is an awesome player on his own.

You are quite correct. I haven't enjoyed too much since BSSM.

Have you heard The Mars Volta HyFi? Their debut album featured Flea on bass. Simply put, amazing. If you would like to hear your words in action, this would be it. He never did any touring with them and frankly, the bass work has never been up to snuff following that performance.

I would describe this release as a must have for any bass player/musician. It's really a treat, also produced by Rick Rubin. frenchmon, you reading this? You would enjoy this release. I think you would find it refreshing. Imagine if Floyd/Zeppelin/Santana jumped into a time machine in 1971, and arrived in 2020.

I can provide it for you guys if you like.

The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium

[harley .guy07]

Very nice videos guy's. I did read up on the one arm bass player in Bass Player magazine but I can't remember his name but he does have a solo album out with his work on it and from what I hear its pretty cool what he can do with just his left hand. Yeah Poppa I am more of a Flea person myself, I just like his smooth playing style and like how humble he is about his playing. Did you know that Flea has come out with his own line of Bass guitars? He actually uses them himself and the funny thing is that he made sure they were priced for the starving musician to afford them. the main thing he said in the interview I read with him talking about them is that when he was starting to play it took him a long time to be able to afford a high quality bass and he wanted to give back to the musicians by making a super high quality model that is affordable. I have yet to play one but I would love to if given the chance.

[M.T.Nest]

...Gary Liebowitz