Brad Smith of Blind Melon

phaneo · #1 07-12-2005, 10:09 PM

Any of you out there remember how great Brad Smith of Blind Melon was? If you don't think so pick up any Blind Melon or Unified Theory CD. I have just been listening to some and it's been a while. Man this guy is amazing. Any others????

MuzikMan · #2 07-12-2005, 10:23 PM

I used to own their "Soup" album and I agree he is a very talented, tasteful bass player. I was in a band that did "2x4" and that cemented it for me.

JPJ · #3 07-12-2005, 10:27 PM

I LOVED Blind Melon...still do, in fact. I thought that they were an outstanding band that really could have developed into something big...even bigger than they were. The whole band was outstanding and I was really disappointed/saddened when Shannon died. Unfortunatley, I never got to see them live.

phaneo · #4 07-13-2005, 03:23 PM

I did get to see them live right before Shannon died, it was amazing. Brad Smith and one of the guitarists formed a band called Unified Theory afterwards. I saw them at a small club in Dallas, having heard none of the music.......BLOWN AWAY!! Pick up their self titled debut it'll be a good buy. JPJ...Brad plays all fender jazz basses, and his tone is killer. Think that set of nords you pm'ed me about will help mine cut through like that?

JPJ · #5 07-13-2005, 03:42 PM

Don't see why not!

I thought it was interesting how his tone changed from the first album to the second...almost like how Tim Cummorford's tone changed. While it might have just been the recording process/room/engineer/producer/etc., Brad's tone was really trebly on the first album, but he seemed to really phatten things up in later recordings. Personally, I thought that his tone improved greatly, but his bass lines were always killer. I still get inspired by his lines and approach to playing. On top of that, his lines are just so fun to play!

Halftooth · #6 07-13-2005, 09:24 PM

Big Blind Melon fan here...I really dug their albums, and recently, I was just uploading the CD onto my iPod and it certainly brought back some memories.

Planet Boulder · #7 07-15-2005, 02:20 PM

Big fan of Melon and Smith here as well. They never released anything that wasn't excellent, IMHO. Even the overplayed hit song was a good one.

I have Brad's Abandon Jalopy CD ("No Mercy"), though I don't recommend it, frankly. In my opinion, it isn't very good.