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11-11-2004, 08:37 AM
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11-11-2004, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by MingusFingus 
or not......... | Nice! 
I wonder if they got free distortion (overdrive) pedals as well!! ??
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11-11-2004, 09:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Brooklyn | | | I seem to recall that Mingus did the ad in the period when he stopped performing and to quote Sue Mingus, "generally went crazy", from 1967 or so.
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11-11-2004, 09:40 AM
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11-11-2004, 09:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Brooklyn | | | I think Mingus DID use it for only one show in 1969, but he was on a lot of medication at the time.......
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11-11-2004, 09:48 AM
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WOW, I fingered he would never touch an electric bass |
11-11-2004, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by ssab67 WOW, I fingered he would never touch an electric bass | Well, there's some really amusing quotes of him denouncing the EB that I've read.....and amplifiers, and Eddie Gomez......
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11-11-2004, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by MingusFingus Well, there's some really amusing quotes of him denouncing the EB that I've read.....and amplifiers, and Eddie Gomez...... |
genius, but still a nut. Just have to read "Beneath the Underdog" for that. |
11-11-2004, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by MingusFingus Well, there's some really amusing quotes of him denouncing the EB that I've read.....and amplifiers, and Eddie Gomez...... | Really? I thought he chose Eddie to pinch hit for him in the later stuff, when he got too sick to play. |
11-11-2004, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson Really? I thought he chose Eddie to pinch hit for him in the later stuff, when he got too sick to play. | Marcus you are right.
Mingusfingus what is the quote? |
11-11-2004, 02:18 PM
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11-11-2004, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ssab67 WOW, I fingered he would never touch an electric bass |
I heard Chuck Rainey tell a story of Mingus coming in one night and sitting in with King Curtis. Chuck said that Charles put the end of his(chuck's) P-Bass on a bar stool to stand it "upright" and played a few songs. Not 100% sure, but if I correctly recall, Rainey said Mingus he liked the music, but did not like the instrument.......
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11-12-2004, 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by brianrost Hey, I've seen pictures of Richard Davis playing a P-bass so don't go thinking he's a purist. | Purist no, but the image of Richard or Mingus with a Slab strapped on just isn't right.
Can't imagine Mingus, he was suckh a huge guy, with a little instrument.
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11-12-2004, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by ssab67 Marcus you are right.
Mingusfingus what is the quote? |
I don't have it in front of me, but it was when he was talking about Gomez and Mraz on the last sessions (when they filled in for him) - he was saying that they don't pluck the strings right (enough OOMPH) and they play in thumb position all the time, that they don't use the full range of the bass. I read this in "tonight at Noon" by Sue Mingus.
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11-12-2004, 10:08 AM
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How did you like "Tonight at Noon" |
11-12-2004, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by ssab67 that is mingus.
How did you like "Tonight at Noon" | Fantastic, as it gives a unique perspective into his character. Most of the book is about him as a dying man, and man, his death was like his music - art. It's a must read if you are a Mingus freak like me.
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11-12-2004, 10:34 AM
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11-12-2004, 10:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Manchester UK | | | Agreed!! - very well written too - you tend not to expect it - especially if you've read 'Myself When I Am Real' where the author seems too in awe of his subject to make sensible judgements - and especially editorial ones. (Oh and BTU is a blast!)
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11-12-2004, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike Crumpton Agreed!! - very well written too - you tend not to expect it - especially if you've read 'Myself When I Am Real' where the author seems too in awe of his subject to make sensible judgements - and especially editorial ones. (Oh and BTU is a blast!) | I agree - I was not crazy about "Myself", and a lot of the facts were wrong.
"Mingus/Mingus" is a must-read, written by two of Mingus' friends.
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11-12-2004, 10:48 AM
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