The Evolution of Paul McCartney's bass playing

alirazz · #1 06-09-2010, 02:11 PM

I was watching Standing in the Shadows of Motown today (great DVD by the way), and I started wondering if Jamerson influenced McCartney.

I know Jamerson influenced just about every bassist of that era but I just had to know specifically! So I googled it of course

and stumbled on this amazing article. Great insight into Paul's playing, it definitely inspired me to learn a couple more beatles songs.

Anyway, I hope you find it interesting. And I'm sorry if this has been posted before.

Cheers!

http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/paulbass.htm

TheBasicBassist · #2 06-09-2010, 02:12 PM

You forgot to post the link, my friend. :-)

alirazz · #3 06-09-2010, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBasicBassist

You forgot to post the link, my friend. :-)

D'oh! Thanks for the heads up

**jmattbassplaya** · #4 06-09-2010, 08:24 PM

Didn`t read the entire article, but Paul has said he was quite heavily Jamerson influenced although he didn`t know who the player was at the time.

**Staccato** · #5 06-09-2010, 08:31 PM

Enjoyed this quote from the [link] article:
'This makes the player work harder to hit each note and therefore tends to keep the player from being too "cute" or fancy.'