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11-21-2012, 04:22 PM
| | | | What does "greasy" mean in terms of music
I tired to find the answer on the net. I've seen Grease bands, ads for rock n greasy blues and even articles discussing greasy licks. I'm not sure I understand what it means.
Does it mean playing up and down the neck?
If you know what it means and have some examples fire away. Much appreciated.
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11-21-2012, 04:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pennsylvania | | | I always took “grease” to mean embellishments: slurs, hammer-ons, pull-offs, etc.
I could be wrong though.
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11-21-2012, 04:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Napier, New Zealand. | | | The bass player for Stevie Ray Vaughn was greasy. The bass player for Bonnie Raitt is greasy. It's a feel.
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11-21-2012, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Marty Forrer  The bass player for Stevie Ray Vaughn was greasy. The bass player for Bonnie Raitt is greasy. It's a feel. | Not so sure about what "greasy" means but Tommy Shannon is an absolute legend IMHO. If that's greasy, lube me up. |
11-21-2012, 04:50 PM
|  | I wanna be...say, what day is it today, Ted? | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Location, Location | | | Kinda like the same context as funky or jazzy, kinda hard to pin down exactly, but when you hear it, you know it. To me "greasy" in this context means playing that is really down & dirty or gritty, if you will.
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11-21-2012, 04:52 PM
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11-21-2012, 05:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | My first band in high school was a "grease band" Sha Na Na knockoff called Buddy Weiser and the Hops. But, to me, a "greasy" feel is more phrasing than Brylcreme. It is more a matter of waiting for the backbeat and (for me) slurring the m-M3rd in the lines.
Here is my amateurish attempt at it. It is a feel that fits certain tunes more than others. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-MCr...sKdl6AxUP3p-k=
IMO. There are surely better examples.
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11-21-2012, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by bucephylus My first band in high school was a "grease band" Sha Na Na knockoff called Buddy Weiser and the Hops. But, to me, a "greasy" feel is more phrasing than Brylcreme. It is more a matter of waiting for the backbeat and (for me) slurring the m-M3rd in the lines.
Here is my amateurish attempt at it. It is a feel that fits certain tunes more than others. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-MCr...sKdl6AxUP3p-k=
IMO. There are surely better examples. | Good stuff. You're absolutely carrying that along.
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11-21-2012, 05:11 PM
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Search for Betty Davis' "If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up".
Repeat as necessary.
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11-21-2012, 05:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NYC | | | Ask Frank Zappa.. He'll tell you what it really means..
"keep it greasy, so it goes down easy..." |
11-21-2012, 06:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida, US | | | Greasy is slick, smooth, sweet, and sexy.
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11-21-2012, 07:40 PM
| | | | that Betty Davis stuff is awesome. Kind of funky, dirty, slippery and crispy all at the same time.
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11-21-2012, 07:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Logan,W.V.(not up some holler) | | | Trying to explain this is like trying to explain that a Tele would sound punchy-as-hell playing a bass line. |
11-21-2012, 08:01 PM
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11-21-2012, 08:05 PM
| | Awesome User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minneapolis | | | If any band were to be cited, it would have to be Joe Cocker and The Grease Band
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11-21-2012, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by MrMeacham that Betty Davis stuff is awesome. Kind of funky, dirty, slippery and crispy all at the same time. | Glad you enjoyed it and I hoped it helped answer your question.
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11-21-2012, 10:33 PM
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11-23-2012, 10:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2012 Location: Louisville KY | | | Grease=slick=smooth yet somehow is still lowdown and dirty.
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11-24-2012, 09:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Detroit area, Troy, MI | | | I always thought it was slow and funky.
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11-24-2012, 10:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Jersey | | Not so much the bass part alone, on this track, but just the whole band layin' down the grease here  Bonnie Raitt - Tangled and Dark
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