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04-26-2011, 11:35 AM
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Been checking out Bowie's basslines for a potential new cover project. Found the isolated drum and bass tracks for this as part of the 40th anniversary EP.
Hearing the bassline in full on clarity is a revelation, Herbie Flower's use of space and melody here is a mini-lesson in putting your stamp on a part that was mixed pretty low in the original recording. Now if I can just find that bass player magazine transcription!
I would make this an essential download for a pretty classic bass part. |
04-26-2011, 12:23 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Even just that sample sounds great. I love this stuff. |
04-26-2011, 12:24 PM
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I like this : YouTube - Running with the Devil (vocals only)
If this doesn't make you laugh, you aren't paying attention
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04-26-2011, 12:31 PM
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Definitely an ear-opening recording every talkbasser should check out. Herbie Flowers is one of the true unsung heroes of our instrument. |
04-26-2011, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by RCCollins  Listen before you buy.
Definitely an ear-opening recording every talkbasser should check out. Herbie Flowers is one of the true unsung heroes of our instrument. | Very interesting...
Makes it much more clear that he was playing a fretless when you hear it alone...
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04-26-2011, 01:55 PM
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04-28-2011, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by BigOldHarry | I did not expect to laugh that hard.
Thank you Harry! |
04-28-2011, 07:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles | | | I play Herbie's EPOCH line in a Bowie trib thing in LA, called Space Oddity. Never worked so hard on a line. Only issue is getting me to sit in the mix just right. Too loud and the audience can't believe why I'm soloing for 5 minutes, through this lovely song. Next gig I'm gonna re-EQ myself way dark. Maybe use a volume pedal. One of my all-time favorite basslines. Cheers Herbie! |
04-28-2011, 08:19 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Herbie Flowers came up with some great lines, I think Trevor Bolder is well underrated, he played some excellent lines during his time with Bowie. |
04-28-2011, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by BigOldHarry | It took awhile...but, now I can't eat my cereal. Lol.
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04-28-2011, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by RichardFeynman I did not expect to laugh that hard.
Thank you Harry! | +1 !! |
05-10-2011, 10:22 AM
| | | | That is the bassline which made me want to play bass.Herbie has a style all of his own,nobody sounds like him. |
05-13-2011, 01:46 AM
|  | Evil Alien | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA | | What a great track.... This reminds me, speaking of Herbie Flowers, does anyone know if he played on this tune? YouTube - Gilbert O' Sullivan Nothing Rhymed 1971
It was recorded around the same time, and it sounds VERY much like a Herbie Flowers bassline.
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05-13-2011, 12:50 PM
| | | | Herbie Flowers is an incredible player. He turns up frequently on the early Elton John albums, and was also responsible for the memorable bass parts on Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" and Nilsson's "Jump Into the Fire" IIRC. Killer musicianship on every level.
He was a first call London session player forever. Sort of the English Joe Osborn.
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05-13-2011, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by RCCollins Listen before you buy.
Definitely an ear-opening recording every talkbasser should check out. Herbie Flowers is one of the true unsung heroes of our instrument. | Wow, great to hear the bass isolated. Pretty much sums up my ideal tone/style.
It sounds really natural but thoughtful too. Anybody know if it was scored or if Herbie wrote his own part? |
05-18-2011, 01:02 PM
| | | | [quote=onestring;10892333]Wow, great to hear the bass isolated. Pretty much sums up my ideal tone/style.
I think Herbie would have wrote that himself after been given a chord chart,sounds classic herbie style[/QUOTE
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05-18-2011, 01:14 PM
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05-18-2011, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Hifiguy Herbie Flowers is an incredible player. He turns up frequently on the early Elton John albums, and was also responsible for the memorable bass parts on Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" and Nilsson's "Jump Into the Fire" IIRC. Killer musicianship on every level.
He was a first call London session player forever. Sort of the English Joe Osborn. | Wow I never knew that, probably three of the most influential bass songs of my childhood, along with Sugar Loaf Green Eyed Lady. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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