Uriah Duffy is da man

[spiker]

Hi,

Credit is long overdue for this ripper...
I just want to tell everyone that i think Uriah Duffy is one of those rare freaks of nature who can do it all with 4 or 5 strings in his hand, and there isn't much said about him here at Talkbass. He can lay down old school grooves in the pocket without going overboard, shred when required like a motha with such a unique and at times classical influenced style without sounding like one of those virtuostic shredders that non-one listens to, and thump that double thumb like it's on fire and it needs to be put out. His playing is a perfect mixture of beauty, style, groove and originality that i can get out of my mind right now. Check these out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aImxqgMzbg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ac12kZQzps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGnk3nCd6Bw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4NPPhxsP2o
www.uriahduffy.com/

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[James Hart]

Great player, cool guy.

[NorCal Dog]

have run into him numerous times here in San Rafael & surrounding small clubs in the area

even tho he has a high profile gig with Whitesnake, he still sits in on gigs with locals here in the area when he's not off touring the world

MONSTER player

[Udawwgy]

Wow- just found this thread... Thanks guys!
I'm not the best, but I can play a bit and try to show peeps that you can have a ton of fun doing it. I've since posted a couple new ones on the YouTube box this week.

5 String Solo on Superstitious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUw6HLUxs10

Michael Jacksons Human Nature
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or8M3C6GuCs

5 String "Is This Love" from the stage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8VL-zhkU-8

ps- NorCal Dog- That picture is the ****!

[BassXgirl]

I never knew who he was until I saw him hanging out at BPL last year. I saw him again last year at the NAMM show. I really love his feel. He is a great player with a heavy heavy groove no matter what style he's playing.

Thanks for posting! He deserves the attention

[eyecandy]

a very versatile player... he can rock it out or go funky

[Kwesi]

If I had top choose to meet only one bass player it would probably this guy. I totally agree that he's an insanely versatile musician and amazing bassist. From his videos it seems like he'd be a real fun dude to hang with too. He pretty much inspired me to pick up both a Sandberg and a Jazz bass, both in the past month-ish (when I just found out who he was) and they're the only two basses I have .

...Just saw that he posted in this thread! How does it feel to have a thread pretty much dedicated to how cool you are, lol ?

[DWBass]

What a versatile cat. We could all take notes from this guy. No need to wrap ourselves up in one genre and call it a wrap! He is the Nathan East of the new generation! Plays it all and sings too!

[Matt Dean]

Yup... Northern Cali's own. I'm with DW on taking notes from Uriah Duffy... it's good to be versatile!

[bottomzone]

OH YEAH-DUDE IS BAD!!!! That clip of Uriah playing a Sandberg at the PJB spot is sweet!!!


A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste!

[the low one]

I'm enjoying Uriah's pedal demo's on Youtube, but I can't find a picture of his current pedalboard anywhere. Anyone know where I can find one?

[Lorenzini]

Uriah is one of my favorite bass players. He plays the right thing with tons of taste and major groove.

He also has technique to do pretty much everything.

I'd like to see him play modern gospel

[dannoman]

He's one of those players that i could listen to for days... Wish he'd do some sort of DVD. The few times I've emailed him he was always super cool in responding. Cant wait to actually see him play live and possibly meet him one day...

Awesome player!!!!

[martinmichael]

BANG ON Spiker! Uriah is the Bruce Lee of the bass guitar world....endless tech and soul all in one tight pkg.

[jerry]

I dig his playing very much.....chops + grease= perfect!