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09-17-2011, 09:12 PM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | Chic - what a fantastic rhythm section
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Nothing new here, just posting to point out yet again what a freaking genius Bernard Edwards was. The man had the funk, no doubt about it. This playing is so tight it ain't even funny. Chic - Everybody Dance - YouTube
And just listen to that hi-hat. Oh my God.
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09-17-2011, 09:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Quebec | | | You forgot to tell about his awesome tone, too. |
09-17-2011, 11:28 PM
|  | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | Your thread reminded me of this video, Bill.  |
09-17-2011, 11:37 PM
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09-17-2011, 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Marton You forgot to tell about his awesome tone, too. | Yeah, both his tone and feel were great! Never was a fan of disco, but I recently got into Edwards' playing because of Guy Pratt's autobiography (the bass player for Pink Floyd). Good stuff, and I'm glad to be turned onto it! Incidentally, Pratt mentions Edwards several times in the book, and the book itself is quite entertaining. Bass players are interesting cats indeed! |
09-23-2011, 04:00 PM
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09-23-2011, 04:42 PM
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09-23-2011, 04:48 PM
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09-23-2011, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by mixtapelove Hard to go past "Freak Out". | What do you mean? Anyway, Chic is one of my all-time favourite rhythm sections. Bernard, Nile and Tony were a huge influence on me. When I discovered the C'est Chic and Risqué albums my life was changed and my bass playing was all the better for it. Honestly, I love Nile's playing as much as I love Bernard's (and I love the fact that Bernard so much influenced the way Nile played guitar). GREAT band and production team. |
09-23-2011, 05:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Coeur d'Alene | | | I dig Chic's rhythm section and music a lot, then the singing starts....
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09-23-2011, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by CapnSev I dig Chic's rhythm section and music a lot, then the singing starts.... | +1 |
09-24-2011, 01:48 AM
|  | prefers electric miles davis | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | bernard edwards is one bad man, but that drummer is killer too. he plays the same beat every song for like 10 minutes without fills, that's devotion! |
09-24-2011, 04:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Italy | | | Gotta love 70's dance music... awesome stuff! |
09-24-2011, 06:28 PM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | Apart from the Chic, Sister Sledge and Diana Ross stuff, I'm pretty sure this little gem was played on by Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards and maybe Tony Thompson - the production credit goes to Chic anyways. I really dig this longer version of it. Sheila & B Devotion - Spacer (extended mix) - YouTube
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09-24-2011, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by markjazzbassist bernard edwards is one bad man, but that drummer is killer too. he plays the same beat every song for like 10 minutes without fills, that's devotion! | and really hard to find! 
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09-26-2011, 08:30 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | | It's easy to find that pocket when you have a drummer who knows how to groove and play solid time! Lord knows it just drives me crazy why all the cats I know can't play a simple 4 on the floor drum groove for 6 minutes! I've played with 3 drummers in my lifetime who I consider excellent! The rest just baffle me! |
09-26-2011, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by DWBass It's easy to find that pocket when you have a drummer who knows how to groove and play solid time! Lord knows it just drives me crazy why all the cats I know can't play a simple 4 on the floor drum groove for 6 minutes! I've played with 3 drummers in my lifetime who I consider excellent! The rest just baffle me! | Amen.
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09-27-2011, 10:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | I absolutely love Bernard Edwards, glad to see a thread about him! I saw that YouTube video discussing his technique and am now hooked on learning to play that way myself...sooo tight! <3 |
01-30-2012, 05:25 PM
| | | | old thread I know but as I was figuring out Edwards bassline on 'Everybody Dance' I recognized how much of his personal style was in his playing. Check out his clothes and his manner, he was a sharp dude. The only other player I've heard do that is Bootsy. You can hear Bootsy's sense of humor in his lines. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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