Lee Dorman

[JimmyM]

Originally Posted by Bassgrinder77

Heck yeah, Inna Gadda Da Vida SMOKES anything Zeppelin did. That's a confirmed fact.
Zeppelin just didn't have the intricacy and subtlety of Iron Butterfly.
Bonham could only DREAM of pulling off Bushy's bass drum work in the Gadda Da Vida solo.

You can't possibly believe that last sentence. It's a classic solo but it's certainly not anything difficult.

[jerry]

One of the reasons Bill Graham started putting artist like Buddy Rich on his triple bills was because of "rock" drum solos.

[Bassgrinder77]

Straight eighth notes - brilliant!
Bonham couldn't fo that!
He and Jones just couldn't pull off the rhythmic intricacy of the Butterfly.

Originally Posted by JimmyM

You can't possibly believe that last sentence. It's a classic solo but it's certainly not anything difficult.

[dog1]

Originally Posted by jerry

I was a big Captain Beyond fan when they came out and still revisit the first album from time to time.

I also enjoy their first album and play it frequently. Music from those days where the entire album had one theme is just my cup of tea. And, every kid in a band back then had to take a stab at IN-A-GODDA-DA-VIDA. Great stuff.

[dog1]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

Know what's funny? When I saw IB in 80, Ron Bushy wasn't there, and they had this dude that absolutely smoked a drum solo...great chops, great feel...took maybe the first few seconds of the original drum solo and went off it completely, and killed.

Or so I thought...I bumped into a few buddies after the show and they hated him. I asked them why, and they said, "Because he didn't do the solo that's on the record." I told them, "That's being an artist and not trying to copy someone else's thing." One of them says, "I don't give a **** about that. I wanted to hear THAT SOLO!"

I learned a lot about the difference between playing music and the music business that night

Back in the 70's, and still today, Wishbone Ash was one of my favorite bands. Wore their albums out one after another. So when I saw them live a couple times I was pleased that they played their songs almost exactly the same as they had recorded them. Vocals, bass lines, guitar duets, everything. I considered this an accomplishment since it is not easy to duplicate everything you have done in the studio.

[So Low Bass]

Originally Posted by The Golden Boy

What kind of bass is he playing on the "Inna Gadda Da Vida" album cover? Looks kind of like a Mosrite...

Please clue me in....what's a Mosrite? You can see from the album photo how a then 17 yr old kid (me) thought it was a Ric. ( I KNOW he had a Dan Armstrong the secong time I hear him.)

When were these basses made, were they well regarded?

[So Low Bass]

check this out:

I can't remember what kind of bass this is

[Allmanfan456]

Originally Posted by Bassgrinder77

Straight eighth notes - brilliant!
Bonham couldn't fo that!
He and Jones just couldn't pull off the rhythmic intricacy of the Butterfly.

I know what you mean! I mean JPJ and Bonham were tight but not as tight as Bushy and Dorman. And Dormans basslines in my opinion is better then JPJs.

[P. Aaron]

Originally Posted by So Low Bass

Please clue me in....what's a Mosrite? You can see from the album photo how a then 17 yr old kid (me) thought it was a Ric. ( I KNOW he had a Dan Armstrong the secong time I hear him.)

When were these basses made, were they well regarded?

Dave Alexander...original bassist in The Stooges lineup played Mosrite basses too.

[Number27]

i wanna bring this thread back.

i went out and bought the cd of inn-a-gadda-da-vida because i wanted the whole 17 minute orgy instead of the 4 minute edited version that can be found on i-tunes. i've never heard anything else by iron butterfly except inna gadda da vida (i mean who has?), but i thought some of there stuff most be decent. wow, they had there **** together huh? lee dorman also blew me away, his basslines are really good.

also the drum solo is really quiet good. usually i can't stand drum solos, especially bonhams (which were crap really), but this one is tasteful and worth listening to.

[loendmaestro]

Captain Beyond = AWESOME!

Love, love, love that first LP!!!!!!!!!