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02-06-2007, 11:20 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | |  Funk lovers, show some love for Leon Sylvers!
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02-06-2007, 12:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: S.W.Side of Chicago-U.P. Mich. | | | Oh yea DW, that's the stuff!!!
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02-06-2007, 12:52 PM
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Nice,
Jaco, Rocco, tone.
I dig it. |
02-06-2007, 01:13 PM
| | The Funkfather
Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | Man, I used to play that song back in the day and haven't played it since so I got inspired to record my playing of the main line. Second Time Around, DWBass version
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02-06-2007, 01:57 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Grand Blanc, Michigan | | | The Whispers "And The Beat Goes On" has that same Leon Sylvers drive, too.
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02-08-2007, 12:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: bedford, england | | | cant stand the 'cheesy' music but the playing is incredible |
02-08-2007, 01:12 PM
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Endorsing artist:see profile/Current Setup | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: CHICAGO,IL. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DWBass  Man, I used to play that song back in the day and haven't played it since so I got inspired to record my playing of the main line. Second Time Around, DWBass version
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You sound very nice and your tone and playing is even and consistent overall. |
02-08-2007, 03:47 PM
| | The Funkfather
Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X You sound very nice and your tone and playing is even and consistent overall. | Thanks JAUQO! As for Leon Sylvers playing, how can anyone not dig it? He (and Foster) had some of the most creative and funky basslines ever recorded IMO! |
02-08-2007, 03:56 PM
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Endorsing artist:see profile/Current Setup | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: CHICAGO,IL. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DWBass Thanks JAUQO! As for Leon Sylvers playing, how can anyone not dig it? He (and Foster) had some of the most creative and funky basslines ever recorded IMO! | You're more than welcome and yes Leon and Foster are two very often over looked creative spirits indeed. |
02-08-2007, 08:01 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | | Some more Leon Sylvers mastery.........
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02-08-2007, 08:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | DW, I see you and I are both Leon Sylvers fans. I remember that for a while i lost my callouses on my thumb because I was so deep into Leon Sylvers and Bernard Edwards that I pretty much stopped slapping. I even set up my Rickenbacker like Leon Sylvers, I put on flatwounds, and I turned up my mutes all the way. I got the sound, but I am really used to the feel of roundwounds, I can play faltwounds, but they just feel funny to me. 
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02-08-2007, 08:48 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | | Man, I haven't played a set of flatwounds since the 70's! My thing is, I love funk! Not just the 'slap' aspect but all of it and the work Leon Sylvers put in is not only classic but unique and innovative. I've not heard another bassist play like that! I put Mark Adams in that category as well! His use of slides, trills, double stops and a chorus/flanger effect blew my mind back in the day! |
02-08-2007, 08:57 PM
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Endorsing artist:see profile/Current Setup | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: CHICAGO,IL. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DWBass the work Leon Sylvers put in is not only classic but unique and innovative. I've not heard another bassist play like that! I put Mark Adams in that category as well! His use of slides, trills, double stops and a chorus/flanger effect blew my mind back in the day! | Oh yes |
02-09-2007, 02:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Racine,Wi | | | Foster is a great slapper, he's the one half of the brothers who embraced that technique. He put out some solo albums with a group called Hi-Tech in the 80's
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02-10-2007, 04:15 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | | Anyone have any info on what these 2 funky Sylvers brothers are up to these days? Last I heard Leon was hanging with Teddy Riley when he was in Virginia (he's since left). I thought I read Foster was into religion or something to that effect. |
02-12-2007, 03:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Racine,Wi | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DWBass Anyone have any info on what these 2 funky Sylvers brothers are up to these days? Last I heard Leon was hanging with Teddy Riley when he was in Virginia (he's since left). I thought I read Foster was into religion or something to that effect. | Foster is actually running an art gallery out in L A, he's quite a painter and his son is an accomplished actor, he first acted in the second "Chucky" thriller as the kid in the military school. From what I hear Foster still works with artists out there, he does have a website, you may have to google it.
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03-03-2007, 11:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | I was watching The Best of Soul Train this morning and they showed an old clip of the Sylvers lipsynching to "Freestyle," one of their old hits. Leon had what I think is the same black and white Rickenbacker 4001 that he had when I saw Dynasty live around 1978 or 1979.
An added treat to that show was that it showed Billy Preston and the great Keni Burke was on bass with a 1970's Jazz that was already seriously mojoed about thirty years ago! 
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03-03-2007, 12:40 PM
|  | prefers electric miles davis | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Dr. Cheese thanks for bringing this thread back. I checked out that Shalamar jam, man that is some FONKY playing. I gotta get me some of that. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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