blues songs\albums with good bassplaying?

[draginon]

old or new. I am trying to develop a more soulful style and figured blues might be a good idea to listen to

[The_Ryst]

Pride and Joy - SRV

[Indi86]

Pino Palladino on the John Mayer Trio's "Try!"

[Wademeister63]

Tightrope- Stevie Ray Vaughan

Couldn't Stand the Weather- Stevie Ray Vaughan

Scar Tissue- Red Hot Chili Peppers

Smooth- Santana and Rob Thomas

Ex Girlfriend- No Doubt

Santaria- Sublime

the Lemon Song- Led Zeppelin

Something- Beatles



All different, all great bass with lots of feeling. Dunno if that's what you meant by soulful, but these are all well worth a good listen.

[Aaron Saunders]

Anything with Willie Weeks, Ray Brown, or Jerry Jemmott.

[heath_the_great]

BB King - Blues On The Bayou
SRV - Couldnt Stand The Weather
Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow (if you take any advice GET THIS NOW)

but if you wanna get more soulful...soul is a good place to start

seriously,
Erykah Badu - Baduism Live
The Roots - The Roots Come Alive
Any Live James Brown
Bootsy Collins, Anything By Bootsy
Jill Scott - 826+
Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow

[paintandsk8]

It looks like people have the Stevie Ray Vaughn stuff covered. The Essential SRV and Double Trouble isn't a bad place to start though.

And as another TB thread brought up today, don't overlook the Blues Brothers soundtrack. That's some good stuff.

[middlebit]

Lets stick to the blues...try out 'American Union' by John Mayall.Larry Taylor lays down some weird but great stuff on that, interesting constellation too!

[bannedwit]

Anything with Tommy Shannon and Double Trouble.

Stevie Ray Vaughn used them and Johnny Winter did too for some time.

They are the best at what they do.
Donald "Duck" Dunn is also a sweet blues bassist

[JimK]

A 'modern' Blues band worth checking out-

Robben Ford & The Blue Line- Robben Ford & The Blue Line &/or A Handful Of Blues.


Derek Trucks' band, too.

[burk48237]

Originally Posted by JimK

A 'modern' Blues band worth checking out-

Robben Ford & The Blue Line- Robben Ford & The Blue Line &/or A Handful Of Blues.


Derek Trucks' band, too.

Jim, I'm with you, I think Roscoe Beck is by far the standard bearer for blues bass. He is way ahead of most blues players harmonically as is Ford and yet he still maintains a sense of "blues tradition".

[RHFusillo]

I love Tommy Shannon's bass playing on Johnny Winter's Progressive Blues Experiment. Also Jerry Jemmott on B.B. King's Completely Well. Also Duck Dunn on Muddy Waters' Fathers and Sons.

(I'm also a fan of Louis Satterfield's bass playing on Muddy Waters' Electric Mud, but that album is so controversial that I hesitate to mention it.)

[Lokire]

Definatly check out Derek Trucks' band stuff. I recently got Soul Serenade and it's awesome. "Born to Rock" is the coolest song, with a great bassline/tone as well.

And Joe Bonamassa is one of my current faves. GREAT bassplaying there. My favorite albums are Blues Deluxe (check out the title track and "You Upset Me Baby" if you get a chance - killer tracks) and A New Day Yesterday (awesome cover of a Jethro Tull song ).

I've also been enjoying some Kenny Wayne Shepherd albums. Especially Ledbetter heights. Some great sounding bass work on there too

[Wolf]

BB's got some cool stuff. I really enjoyed the louis jordan
tribute album he did. Jerry Jemmott's really got all his bases
covered on that one;
be it the fast walking lines, the heavy thumping
cabaret style lines, or the mexican 'pattern playing'
on "Early In The Morning". Great music, fantastic playing!

I also really enjoy Jeff Ganz's basswork with Johnny Winter.
"Hey Where's Your Brother" and "Serious Business" are both
great. There's a third one I liked, but I can't quite remember
the name... Come to think about it - this breed of blues
typically falls under 'Electric', but it's soulful nonetheless...

[draginon]

I checked a lot of these out. I was referring to blues bass playing that stood out, not complete background stuff.


I suggest john mayer trio's bassplayer. he has REAL SOUL in his playing, not the stuff some of you recommended. "John mayer - don't need no doctor" is GREAT bassplaying. please check it out. it is awesome

[Turock]

Get some Cream.

[Loel]

Originally Posted by middlebit

Lets stick to the blues...try out 'American Union' by John Mayall.Larry Taylor lays down some weird but great stuff on that, interesting constellation too!

Larry Taylor yeah a big influence

If you can find it check out
Darrell Nulisch, business as usual, with Steve Gomes on bass(tasty)

[joninjapan]

and pick up a copy of and BB King with Michael Doster on bass. I just finish watching The Jazz Channel Presents B.B. King. Mike Doster is da bomb!!! As one of BB's bassists the guy is just on every note, never gets tired... so cool.

Score one for the dumpy white guy

[heath_the_great]

as i said...live james brown...thats all you need, goes from blues, to soul and to funk...you dont need nuffin else

[Matt Till]

Originally Posted by Turock

Get some Cream.

Thank god! If I was going to have to say that, I was going to flip out! All this talk of SRV... non traditional blues. Cream!!! I mean.... god.... Trios don't get a whole lot better than this in a blues/rock setting!