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08-03-2008, 07:16 PM
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IMO, the three best were:
1. Everything is Everything (Willie Weeks on Donnie Hathaway Live)
2. Scorpio ( Bob Babbitt - Dennis Coffey)
3. My Generation (John Entwistle - The Who)
4. Every Jamie Jamerson bassline 
NOTE: I picked 1974 as the cutoff because that was the year Stanley Clarke released his first mainly electric solo album.
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08-03-2008, 07:34 PM
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08-03-2008, 08:41 PM
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08-03-2008, 08:46 PM
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King Curtis (Jerry Jemmott on bass): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Loy55z4GpA
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08-03-2008, 09:04 PM
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08-04-2008, 03:12 PM
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08-04-2008, 03:26 PM
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"I Want You Back"-Jackson 5...Wilton Felder on bass.
...another bass thing that got some attention-
Joe Osborn's outro on "The Age Of Aquarius" by The Fifth Dimension.
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08-04-2008, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese  1. Everything is Everything (Willie Weeks on Donnie Hathaway Live) | MarloweDK has a video of this solo... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGvSEq4RbNQ
besides the playing...(he's got it spot on, as usual)
check out his face at about 18 seconds in
Hilarious!!! You can just tell he's spent a lot of time playing along with that one... |
08-04-2008, 03:56 PM
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08-04-2008, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Georynn MarloweDK has a video of this solo... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGvSEq4RbNQ
besides the playing...(he's got it spot on, as usual)
check out his face at about 18 seconds in
Hilarious!!! You can just tell he's spent a lot of time playing along with that one... | That's not a bass solo, there is no lightening fast slap solo.
It's just groovy, subtle, melodic and never in your face.
NOT A BASS SOLO!!!
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08-04-2008, 04:59 PM
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08-04-2008, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by julo That's not a bass solo, there is no lightening fast slap solo.
It's just groovy, subtle, melodic and never in your face.
NOT A BASS SOLO!!! | I hope your joking
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08-04-2008, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve I kinda dig the solo on Canned Heat - Refried Boogie | +1
Larry Taylor pulls out some pretty cool stuff there (although it is a bit too long).
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08-04-2008, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by julo That's not a bass solo, there is no lightening fast slap solo.
It's just groovy, subtle, melodic and never in your face.
NOT A BASS SOLO!!! |
Yeah... really hope you're joking.
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08-05-2008, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by julo That's not a bass solo, there is no lightening fast slap solo.
It's just groovy, subtle, melodic and never in your face.
NOT A BASS SOLO!!! | I get it...!...  |
08-05-2008, 09:15 AM
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08-05-2008, 09:17 AM
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Jack Bruce was practically soloing all the time on the live Cream material.
David Hood's little solo on the Staple Singers 'I'll Take You There'
Larry Taylor soloed a lot on John Mayall's USA Union and Jazz Blues Fusion albums.
And legend has it it was Colin Hodgkinson's solos with Back Door that open Stanley Clarke's eyes to playing chords on electric bass.
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08-05-2008, 10:02 AM
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NOTE: I picked 1974 as the cutoff because that was the year Stanley Clarke released his first mainly electric solo album.
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Also the year of Frank Zappa's song Apostrophe, which is so overlooked nowadays. Jack Bruce's solo was monstrous. |
08-05-2008, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese IMO, the three best were:
1. Everything is Everything (Willie Weeks on Donnie Hathaway Live)
2. Scorpio ( Bob Babbitt - Dennis Coffey)
3. My Generation (John Entwistle - The Who)
4. Every Jamie Jamerson bassline
NOTE: I picked 1974 as the cutoff because that was the year Stanley Clarke released his first mainly electric solo album. |
Doc, You've covered all of my favorites. A BIG +1 to all the above. Especially Scorpio.
Later R.
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