Blues Bass Players Club

[gfaulkner]

Dude...Have you woken up from your nap?

[JT_Copy9]

Can I get a number? Here is a link to our music:
Daytona & The BlueSide Rockers | Temecula, CA | Blues / BluesRock | Music, Lyrics, Songs, and Videos | ReverbNation

[capnsandwich]

I wanna be in this club! I'm a bassist from Columbus, Ohio currently play with Jason and the Burners. We've got a gig up in Marion Ohio this Saturday at a bar called the Towne House Tavern. Never been there but they have a good reputation. We'll be on from 9pm-1am.

[MrRubi04]

Count me in too! I don't play out, yet, as many of the other posts in here indicate, but I'm a dedicated blues bassist, even if I'm the only one who knows it!

[1bassplayin]

Here's some stuff you might like. Enjoy.

CC Rider - YouTube

Electromatics, "Telephone Blues" (w/ Sean Costello 06-13-2006 (02) @ Blind Willie's--Atlanta) - YouTube

Electromatics, "Cross My Heart" (w/ Sean Costello 06-13-2006 (01) @ Blind Willie's--Atlanta) - YouTube

[capnsandwich]

The Towne House Tavern gig was a funny one. It was more of a biker bar but a lot of the people got into it. We played some BB King, some SRV, and even some Johnny Lang. We had to play more upbeat rocking blues as opposed to playing more mellow, laid back blues. We tried the laid back stuff and they weren't liking it. The band leader sent me a 27 song list and we only ended up playing 5 or 6 of those songs. The rest were just thrown at me in between the songs so I had to learn them while I was playing them. We did good though. They want us back next week and another bar up there wants us the following week.

[MrRubi04]

Count me in too! I'm a blues nut from back in the 'day as they say!

[Stumbo]

Originally Posted by 1bassplayin

Here's some stuff you might like. Enjoy.

CC Rider - YouTube

Electromatics, "Telephone Blues" (w/ Sean Costello 06-13-2006 (02) @ Blind Willie's--Atlanta) - YouTube

Electromatics, "Cross My Heart" (w/ Sean Costello 06-13-2006 (01) @ Blind Willie's--Atlanta) - YouTube

Thanks for posting the links. Great vibe that Sean had. R.I.P.

[1bassplayin]

Originally Posted by Stumbo

Thanks for posting the links. Great vibe that Sean had. R.I.P.

I met Sean when he was 14. That first video was made 4 days before he left us. That was the last time I saw him. It was an honor to play with that guy.

[FrednBass]

Count me in

[slick_tu]

I'd like a number, please. Thanks.

[Blues 95]

Soul Connection does some Chris Duarte,Hendrix,and a bunch of other random blues,including our originals.

Just a small clip of us playing:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktEl8VWNCfE

[WoodyG3]

I'm posting this in the misc. category as well, but I figure most of you know Michael Burks. I was shocked and sad to hear that he passed away yesterday. Here is the press release from Alligator records:

Guitarist, vocalist, songwriter Michael "Iron Man" Burks died in Atlanta on Sunday, May 6, 2012. He was 54 years old. He was returning from a tour of Europe and collapsed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. He was rushed to South Fulton Medical Center where he could not be revived. The preliminary diagnosis for cause of death was a heart attack.



Michael "Iron Man" Burks earned his moniker by his hours-long, intensely physical performances, fearsome guitar attack, and tough, smoky vocals. He also earned it by the thousands of miles he personally logged behind the wheel of his touring van. Burks was a true modern blues hero whose music was driven by an intense, blue collar work ethic that had won him well-deserved national and international recognition. His instantly identifiable guitar sound and his live charisma earned him four Blues Music Award nominations. He won the 2004 Living Blues magazine Critics' Award for Best Guitarist. Burks received a nomination for the 2012 Blues Music Award for Best Guitarist.



Born in Milwaukee in 1957, Burks grew up immersed in the blues, and learned to play guitar at an early age. His family moved to Camden, Arkansas in the early 1970s. There, Burks and his siblings helped their father build the Bradley Ferry Country Club -- a 300-seat juke joint. By this time Michael was fronting his own band as well as backing several of the blues and R&B greats that passed through town. Burks left music to raise a family and returned to performing blues in the 1990s.



After self-releasing his first CD in 1997, Burks signed with Chicago's Alligator Records in 2001 and released three critically acclaimed albums. GuitarOne named his debut album, Make It Rain, one of the Top 200 greatest guitar recordings of all time. He has toured the world, headlining blues festivals, concert halls and clubs. His status as an Arkansas musical hero was confirmed by his receipt of the prestigious Sonny Payne Award for Blues Excellence in 2006, presented by the Delta Cultural Center, and by his multiple headlining appearances at The Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival. Burks had just finished recording his fourth Alligator CD, which is due for release at the end of July 2012.



"Burks has learned to burn his own signature onto almost everything he touches. The aching passion of Burks' voice and the probing intensity of his guitar lines come together in a searing evocation of desire and desperation. Burks has the ability and the imagination to fuse the best of the old and the new."

--Living Blues

[ssabass]

I love playing the blues- can I get a number please!

[TomB]

RIP, the amazing Mr. B. He will be missed.

[blues_bassist]

Ok, here is the updated list. If I missed anybody, please let me know!

#1 blues_bassist
#2 62Jazzbass
#3 JohnFrancis
#4 nickn
#5 Dogbone
#6 specter6A
#7 Sleeq
#8 derrenleepoole
#9 mongo2
#10 Freelancer
#11 Santraginus
#12 billoetjen
#13 Stumbo
#14 deepbluesuk
#15 awall
#16 Fenderjazz6823
#17 bassflyer19
#18 mlafrancis
#19 reno88
#20 lonote
#21 main_sale
#22 jbassbob
#23 tlr1293
#24 Saliboat339
#25 dlb1001
#26 smakbass
#27 watspan
#28 scottbass
#29 thumpbass1
#30 woodsideh
#31 R Upsumgrub
#32 EBodious
#33 lug
#34 bassist4dalord
#35 babaseen
#36 Walter Ego
#37 gmanbass
#38 ffeJ83
#39 Honk'n down-low
#40 dronnba
#41 Kenny Allyn
#42 Fajah
#43 topcat
#44 mightypog
#45 mike phillips
#46 seanm
#47 bhubb3rd
#48 butchblack
#49 RobJ
#50 Slim Louis
#51 Crunktacular
#52 willyrep
#53 doktorfeelgood
#54 CaptainWampum
#55 Yamahammer
#56 mdsmith
#57 John Wentzien
#58 mightypog
#59 NickBass81
#60 Li Youwei
#61 phatbass
#62 Stevens1212
#63 BigBeatNut
#64 5StringBlues
#65 grooveway
#66NorCalDog
#67 basslinejam
#68 BluesyCat
#69 Quarternote
#70 anthowl
#71 franchelB
#72 DavidCertain
#73 Abluesbassist
#74 Count Bassie
#75 MF1018
#76 standupright
#77 Bobbo 77"
#78 Kirk Bryant
#79 basspro
#80 Blueszilla
#81 basskopf
#82 racket
#83 Bubumaster
#84 blowinblue
#85 pearcey
#86 Billnc
#87 BluesyRocker
#88 lowendfriend
#89 lowdown3
#90 Steve
#91 mcrracer
#92 oceanstrat
#93 Bassman18
#94 autofile
#95 david_meissner
#96 blues.bass
#97 Turock
#98 EricF
#99 jhay
#100 tehuti
#101 thebassguy63
#102 ericw
#103 LARUMBLE
#104 sleepytime
#105 jazz3625tonic
#106 Sayclean
#107 60's Bluesman
#108 COBRARI
#109 yehongxiang
#110 TheRockinRoadie
#111 Oraflora
#113 jphilauren
#114 Mojo-Man
#115 C.Linton
#116 perkidan
#117 chicago_mike
#118 Mr.Tannerdal
#119 Low Commotion
#120 rolorockbass
#121 Acousticdude
#122 BluesMan1
#123 lowstrung
#124 PappaK
#125 Rthm
#126 mizzou541
#127 bassnat
#128 Marginal Tom
#129 PTB
#130 JmJ
#131 Mr. Sound
#132 Basstardo
#133 DocGeorge
#134 sonofshel
#135 nortonrider
#136 Frankjohnson
#137 rhino333
#138 Voodoochild1970
#139 Shakin-Slim
#140 QuantumP7
#141 strappa
#142 Deathblade_Eric
#143 zenozaro
#145 Easy8
#146 soulman969
#147 gfaulkner
#148 77_StingRayBass
#149 noeinstein
#150 JT_Copy9
#151 BluesBear
#152 capnsandwich
#153 MrRubi04
#154 FrednBass
#155 slick_tu
#156 ssabass
#222 MrMeacham
#227 Imfreeman9
#360 tifftunes
#420 GlennW
#451 mid_life_crisis
#540 doc540
#556 DHowardAir
#1451 WoodyG3
#2120 blues.bass