Jimmie Vaughn's Bass Player?

[lucas vigor]

Well you know, if you say it on talkbass...that means it's true!

So what have we learned today?

1. Jimmy has no talent and rode to success on his brother Stevie's coat tails.

2. He is a horrible person.


Of course, I disagree strongly with both statements. But I am sure 1500 TB talk warriors will all tell me how wrong I am.

from wikipedia:

In the late 1960s, Jimmie Vaughan and Paul Ray were playing at an East Austin club when future blues legend[citation needed] and Austin, Texas, native W. C. Clark sat in on bass guitar with the younger Austin locals. Clark was on tour as a member of the R&B Joe Tex Band at the time. After playing the session with Vaughan and Ray, Clark changed his mind about Austin blues having died, and two weeks later he left Joe Tex and moved back to Austin, where he then went on to develop his reputation as the "Godfather of Austin Blues."[2]

In 1969 in Ft. Worth, Vaughan's band opened for The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Vaughan lent Jimi Hendrix his Vox Wah pedal. Hendrix broke it, and gave Vaughan his touring Wah pedal. In the 1970s Clark formed several Austin bands with various names, which included as members Jimmie Vaughan, Vaughan's brother, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lou Ann Barton, Billy Gibbons and Angela Strehli.

Jimmie Vaughan developed his own easily recognized personal style. He formed the band The Fabulous Thunderbirds with singer and harpist Kim Wilson, bassist Keith Ferguson, and drummer Mike Buck. (The original Fabulous Thunderbirds were all protégés of Austin, Texas, blues club owner Clifford Antone). The band's first four albums, released between 1979 and 1983, are ranked among the most important 'white blues' recordings. These early albums did not sell well, so the band was left without a recording contract for a couple of years (during the time when Vaughan's younger brother achieved commercial success).

The Fabulous Thunderbirds got a new contract in 1986, and made several albums with a more commercially popular sound and production style. Vaughan left the band in 1989, and made his first — and last — "duo album," Family Style, with his younger brother, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Before the album's release, Stevie Ray died in a helicopter crash in East Troy, Wisconsin, on August 27, 1990. The album was released a few days after the tragic accident. The artist listed on the album was "The Vaughan Brothers." The album was light, blues-influenced rock, with Jimmie Vaughan singing on several tracks.

Vaughan released his first solo album Strange Pleasure in 1994. The album contained a song "Six Strings Down" that was dedicated to the memory of his brother. He has continued his solo career since then. Vaughan's solo albums contain mostly blues-rock material that he writes himself. He made a special guest appearance on Bo Diddley's 1996 album A Man Amongst Men, playing guitar on the tracks "He's Got A Key" and "Coatimundi." In 2001, Vaughan paid an installment on his (and the Fabulous Thunderbirds') debt to harmonica swamp blues when he contributed guitar to the Lazy Lester album Blues Stop Knockin.'

[PaulieBe]

This was my favorite reply to some of the more unfortunate opinions in this thread.

Originally Posted by jerry

What's next around here, a what was so great about Hubert Sumlin thread?

Kind of says it all. Jimmie is a direct descendent of the blues tradition, as much as Stevie Ray is and will be remembered as such. It's not really up for debate. He is a pared down master. Comparing him and SRV is as juvenile as comparing Wayne Shorter and John Coltrane.

Listen to Jimmie Vaughn's Strange Pleasure (pretty much a paean to Frankie Lee Simms) and learn. Also, the production choices are subtle and great too... and fresh: male BG team and organ bass. I mean, come on.

And just like listening to Miles will direct you backwards without fail to Pops, the Vaughns point the way back to all the blues giants whose shoulders we all ride on... with a ridiculous amount of personal style. Stevie hollers at you, Jimmy does it with a whisper. They both wisely love and respect their elders and praise them musically. Go Stevie, go Jimmie!

“I play probably 80 percent of what I can play. Jimmie plays 10 percent of what he knows. He can play anything,” -SRV

[JdoubleH]

Never mind the bass player, what's with all these people defending front-men with weak voices and minimal guitar chops? Where do guys like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dillon, Neil Young, B.B. King, etc get the nerve to try to sell themselves as real musicians?

[/sarcasm]



It's show business, folks. Plenty of people know who Jimmy is (and not just as the older brother of Stevie). Do they know who you are? Not so much? Get over it.

[lustersilk]

Originally Posted by JdoubleH

Do they know who you are? Not so much? Get over it.

Amen DH - well said

[4dog]

Played in a little itty bitty club in the late 80's called Dr. G'S in college station texas,, loved watching The T' birds they were awesome,, was 17 or 18 at the time ,, keith ferguson looked soooo ,, uh ,, well,, bass player like ,, way too cool for school ,, he passed shortly after that,, more tats than a parlor,,, i know he is missed

[mcm]

Ronnie wood got his gigs cause he's a good hang and he's cool. Doesn't that count for anything???? Too many dorks in music now.

[mcm]

And I dig jv. He's a totally different player than Stevie.