Did Richie Cunningham's band have a bassist?

Stinsok · #1 06-30-2011, 06:11 PM

I don't remember them having one.

hover · #2 06-30-2011, 06:14 PM

Yes. Potsie. Check the old Weezer video for Buddy Holly, you'll see it. Played a tele bass.

Stinsok · #3 06-30-2011, 06:14 PM

Who played bass when Potsie sang "All shook up?"

**dmonroe** · #4 06-30-2011, 06:24 PM

Didn't Richie play it when Potsie sang?

hover · #5 06-30-2011, 06:25 PM

Got me there. Maybe Pinkie Tuscadero?

hover · #6 06-30-2011, 06:29 PM

YouTube - ‪Im All Shook Up.‬&rlm;

apparently nobody.

Jeff K · #7 06-30-2011, 10:45 PM

Ralph Malph's left hand...

steamthief · #8 06-30-2011, 11:33 PM

That Happy Days gang were some talented musicians, they switched instruments all the time.

Demon_Hunter · #9 07-01-2011, 02:15 AM

Don't forget Opie's band
YouTube - ‪The Sound Committee (Opie's Garage Band) on "Andy Griffith"‬&rlm;

bassteban · #10 07-01-2011, 08:37 AM

There was a thread the other day discussing the plausibility of a 70s(?)Jazz Bass in an episode of Happy Days- Richie was the one *playing*(holding)it in the posted still. Which means nothing.

Edit: Here- Richie Cunningham and Bass Anachronisms

5StringBlues · #11 07-01-2011, 10:01 AM

Potsie only needed 4 strings.

Stinsok · #12 07-01-2011, 03:17 PM

Maybe a Potsie signature model from Fender?

hover · #13 07-01-2011, 03:38 PM

I hear he was a speaker endorsement with Weber.

5StringBlues · #14 07-01-2011, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by hover

I hear he was a speaker endorsement with Weber.

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Bob Lee (QSC) · #15 07-01-2011, 05:11 PM

I don't think I'd want any of them to be known as a bassist.

JimK · #16 07-02-2011, 04:25 AM

I definitely recall seeing Ritchie & Posty playing a Fender bass.
I used to think, "...some techinical advisor, that bass is from the '70s!"

Then there was Suzi Quatro (AKA "Leather" Tuscadero).
Didn't the boyz back her up?

JimK · #17 07-02-2011, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Demon_Hunter

Don't forget Opie's band
YouTube - ‪The Sound Committee (Opie's Garage Band) on "Andy Griffith"‬&rlm;

That's hilarious! The Sound Commitee...
Go Aunt Bea!
C'mon, Op...hit that thing!
...and they smoke the Happy Daze yahoos!
Clara sitting in...but, still, where's the bassist?

How about The Mosquitos-
YouTube - ‪Gilligan's Island , The Mosquitoes‬&rlm;

Nice white Fender Jazz being wielded by Irving...or is that Bongo?

**nutdog** · #18 07-02-2011, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by JimK

How about The Mosquitos-
YouTube - ‪Gilligan's Island , The Mosquitoes‬&rlm;

Nice white Fender Jazz being wielded by Irving...or is that Bongo?

And they're all sporting the latest in wireless, powerless and invisible amplification.

JimK · #19 07-02-2011, 03:50 PM

Yeah, man!

weemac · #20 07-02-2011, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Stinsok

I don't remember them having one.

It was probably Joe Osborne...

emac.