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06-11-2009, 04:09 AM
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[/quote]Check out this, truly amazing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2bXl5AwX8Q[/quote]
He's definitely got chops, but maybe Billy should've picked up a guitar..... 
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06-11-2009, 07:12 AM
| | | | I am not sure why anyone would say anything negative about Sheehan. Sure, his music is not for everyone and he has a unique syle but the guy is extremely talented and a pioneer in many ways. I have seen him perform 3 times. While Billy may not be in the spotlight as much today this guy WAS the bass 20 years ago. Some of you guys my be younger and not realize how big a deal this guy was in 1988. I remember hearing Eat'm and Smile and Skyscraper for the first time and realizing I had a new bass hero after having my head up Geddys ass (who seemed average) after I heard Sheehan. I remember buying my first Bass Player Mag which had Sheehan on the cover. He inspired me to take my playing to another level. |
06-11-2009, 07:22 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | I started listening to music and playing in the early 70s - but Billy Sheehan never appeared on the radar over here ...  Complete non-entity - same with Rush - I heard one track on Old Grey Whistle Test (TV show), but they were never popular over here...?
Whereas, Jaco,Stanley,Marcus were big in bass players's sights... 
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06-11-2009, 10:08 AM
| | | | Yeah, I guess different parts of the country, world, as well as eras are going to explain when and where people were exposed to whom and why they are or not so impressed with someone. |
06-11-2009, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield  I started listening to music and playing in the early 70s - but Billy Sheehan never appeared on the radar over here ... Complete non-entity - same with Rush - I heard one track on Old Grey Whistle Test (TV show), but they were never popular over here...?
Whereas, Jaco,Stanley,Marcus were big in bass players's sights... | I think this may have more to do with genre than location, though.
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06-11-2009, 10:50 AM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | I really enjoyed that and don't have any desire to sit around and critique who did and didn't impress me. I dig it for what it was, a group of world renowned bass players jamming and having fun for an audience no doubt wholly composed of bass players.
As for Flea, I love his playing, always have. As he's evolved as a player his abilities have grown measurably but his restraint has as well. I think his solo shows the difference between a talented bassist in a pop band context and a jazz/solo/session bass player. Not better or worse, just different. I really dug Bunny's solo as well and of course Stanley but they were all interesting in their own way. |
06-11-2009, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by blackreverend I have to say though; Jimmy Johnson's solo was pretty bad ass! | I thought so too |
06-11-2009, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by KaizerWilhelm Flea was amazing. I love the Chili Peppers, but this truly shows how great Flea is that he can play just about anything. I love him even more now. | I've always respected Flea's playing, even if it's not my cup of tea. But yeah, that's a standout solo by any measure. Big ups.  |
06-11-2009, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by addito I really think Flea is a very underrated player. Blood Sugar Sex Magic has become one of my favorite albums of all time and includes some of the most awesome basslines I have ever heard. | +1 on BSSM, that's a sick album.
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06-11-2009, 11:22 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York | | | Brunel, awesome. Flea, great, but sound sucked. Bromberg, ugh, buy a guitar. Best part for me was the Marcus/Stanley duet in Part II. |
06-11-2009, 08:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: FL-Central | | | For me flea was very good---- But that Bunny cat has the stuff...That cat can play.
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06-11-2009, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield I started listening to music and playing in the early 70s - but Billy Sheehan never appeared on the radar over here ... Complete non-entity - same with Rush - I heard one track on Old Grey Whistle Test (TV show), but they were never popular over here...?
Whereas, Jaco,Stanley,Marcus were big in bass players's sights... | Ya, and we never heard of Smokie or The Rubettes over in America so we consider it even 
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06-11-2009, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBigO I think his solo shows the difference between a talented bassist in a pop band context and a jazz/solo/session bass player. Not better or worse, just different. | I think their are plenty of Jazz/solo/session players that play more tastefully then most of the bassist up on stage. To me there seemed to be a lot of wanking going on. Just because someone has chops doesn't mean that they cannot play tastefully and melodically. This situation just seemed to be a big "lets show everyone what we can do" situation, it doesn't seem like a real world situation. Look at players like Mark Egan(great soloist, plays tasteful on Joan Osborns first album) Steve Swallow(more melodic than plenty of sax players) John Patitucci(plays the hell out of both basses but can still play melodically when called for and can play simple when called for) the list goes on and on with players that are talented in either context. And by the way I actually really like fleas solo, I found it quite tasteful.
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06-12-2009, 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by GregC I think this may have more to do with genre than location, though. | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM Ya, and we never heard of Smokie or The Rubettes over in America so we consider it even |
You have come to the same answer via different routes!! 
But seriously, I was talking about the fact that I was actively looking for great bass players - reading every magazine, watching every TV music show and listening and talking to as many bass players as I could...etc etc.
So Stanley Clarke and Jaco came up a lot in the 80s as well a Marcus Miller - plus "Blood Sugar Sex Magic" influenced many UK players - but I suppose the "rock" bass players never made it over here, as UK music went all "Indie" after Punk/New Wave and "rock and roll" was seen as outdated and unfashionable...? 
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