DUCK DUNN!!!!

OPBASSMAN1994 · #1 01-29-2011, 08:39 PM

I finally got my hands on some blues brothers stuff for the first time in years, and I've just kind of noticed.....DUCK DUNN IS A BEAST! He's playing some sick lines on stuff like "Going Back to Miami" and "Soul Man". The guy's awesome. I think I'm going to get some more Blues Bros.......

Roy Vogt · #2 01-29-2011, 09:16 PM

Go back to the source-grab some Booker T and the MGs and a Stax anthology with Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett. Duck's a National Treasure!

Hutzbordello · #3 01-29-2011, 09:16 PM

matt "guitar" murphy also kills

the whole band was great

+111111 on Booker T, Green Onion is amazing

OPBASSMAN1994 · #4 01-29-2011, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Hutzbordello

matt "guitar" murphy also kills

the whole band was great

I agree....and of course we can't forget "Mr. John Crapper on guitar!"

Jim Campbell · #5 01-29-2011, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Roy Vogt

Go back to the source-grab some Booker T and the MGs and a Stax anthology with Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett. Duck's a National Treasure!

beat me to it....belushi and ackroyd pale in comparison to sam and dave,otis,wilson et al,tho' i will give them credit for introducing a younger generation to some great stuff....

incident · #6 01-29-2011, 09:39 PM

There is a book called "What Duck Dunn" that is filled with great songs that he played bass on.

Stingray89 · #7 01-29-2011, 10:05 PM

Hell yea bro. Duck Dunn is amazing. Soul man totally kills. His work with Booker T and the Mg's is topnotch.

perkidan · #8 01-30-2011, 01:57 AM

Green Onions was not Duck playing. That was Lewis Steinberger

Sam N · #9 01-30-2011, 02:05 AM

duck and cropper . . . check please!

bassdude51 · #10 01-30-2011, 02:11 AM

Duck is/was a Fender Bass pioneer. The white version of Jamerson. An all-time great electric bassist! A REAL electric bassist and not the soloist crap type bass players like we have today. (We all know their names!)

BluesMan1 · #11 01-30-2011, 02:55 AM

If I'm not mistaken he also played on the live cuts on "Fathers and Sons" with Muddy, Bloomfield, Butterfield, et al.

I know he's played on a lot of singles by assorted artists, but a short list of full length albums he's played on would be appreciated.

Guitarodeo · #12 01-30-2011, 03:21 AM

http://www.duckdunn.com/discography.html

I'd like to have a discography like his someday...

cripula · #13 01-30-2011, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Roy Vogt

Go back to the source-grab some Booker T and the MGs and a Stax anthology with Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett. Duck's a National Treasure!

YES!
Go to the source indeed. If you can swing it, start with the Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol 1 collection.

http://www.amazon.com/Stax-Volt-Comp...ref=pd_sim_m_2

Some of the finest music ever recorded. The MGs just rule.

Pet Sounds · #14 01-30-2011, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by cripula

YES!
Go to the source indeed. If you can swing it, start with the Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol 1 collection.

http://www.amazon.com/Stax-Volt-Comp...ref=pd_sim_m_2

Some of the finest music ever recorded. The MGs just rule.

That's an excellent recommendation. Nine discs of sheer bliss.

Mike Dimin · #15 01-30-2011, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Roy Vogt

Go back to the source-grab some Booker T and the MGs and a Stax anthology with Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett. Duck's a National Treasure!

+1

BassPsyche · #16 01-30-2011, 07:17 PM

ok, what was the name of the song in Blue Brothers used for an introduction by Cab Calloway, where they come is slide to a stop, and it is quite. Cool bass line there IIRC.

Can any one tell me the name? Want to learn it.

Mike Dimin · #17 01-30-2011, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by incident

There is a book called "What Duck Dunn" that is filled with great songs that he played bass on.

This book, written by my friend Tim Tindall, is a must have. Tim is a great guy and a great player. The transcriptions are a real insight to creating GREAT bass lines

Mike

C.Linton · #18 01-30-2011, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BassPsyche

ok, what was the name of the song in Blue Brothers used for an introduction by Cab Calloway, where they come is slide to a stop, and it is quite. Cool bass line there IIRC.

Can any one tell me the name? Want to learn it.

IIRC, I believe that's "I Can't Turn You Loose." by Otis Redding.

GregC · #19 01-30-2011, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Roy Vogt

Go back to the source-grab some Booker T and the MGs and a Stax anthology with Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett. Duck's a National Treasure!

This.

However, I have to say that the Blues Brothers band Belushi and Ackroyd put together is just ridiculously good. The live one, Briefcase Full of Blues, shows how crazy-tight they were.

Mugwump · #20 01-31-2011, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by GregC

However, I have to say that the Blues Brothers band Belushi and Ackroyd put together is just ridiculously good. The live one, Briefcase Full of Blues, shows how crazy-tight they were.

The TWO live ones, don't forget Made in America. It's just as good.