A Bassline That Never Fails You

[Gianni "Orlandez" Orlati]

I thought he referred to bass lines we always came back to listen to...
How can a bass line be useful in many songs? Maybe the style of a particular player?!?

 

[Kukulkan61]

COOL THREAD!!
But to many for me to list but here a couple..
Young-Holt Unlimited-SOULFUL STRUT
Tyrone Davis-CAN I CHANGE MY MIND

 

[themarshall]

PFunk, Funkentelechy:
Can't feel bad listening to it. RIP Bernie.

 

[Gianni "Orlandez" Orlati]

Marcus Miller in Lee Ritenour's Rio Funk..

 

[Gianni "Orlandez" Orlati]

Alex Malheiros of Azymuth in Jazz Carnival...

 

[jamersonburton]

Rocket queen gnr

 

[Remyd]

I am the number one over-user of this lick. Have put it in jams or performances of blues, jazz, americana, and country in the last year. Hardly anyone ever says anything.

 

[Watchootognbout]

Alain Caron - Slam The Clown.
Kevin Veccione with Greg Howe - Dusty Maid.
Jaco Pastorius with Weather Report - Havona.
Tom Kennedy with Bill Connors - Subtracks.
Andy West with the Dixie Dregs - I'm Freaking Out!

 

[Dogbertday]

King Kunta! Kendrick Lammar

 

[Fat Freddy]

Dum bum de dum.....bum bum bum dum bum

 

[BigDanT]

This is no slam on Geddy Lee and Rush--great bass player/singer and great band--but can you tell me with a straight face that they were not at least a partial inspiration for This Is Spinal Tap?

And Led Zeppelin and Queen and David Bowie and Yes and just about every other 60s, 70s 80s band. But I have to admit that for at least part of the movie David St. Hubbin's hair matched Lifeson's in that video.

 

[punchdrunk]

Oops...the title of this thread misled me. I'm thinking of bass lines that can be adapted to other songs that one may not be familiar with, etc., in (most likely) some sort of slightly altered form. For example, Steely Dan used a Horace Silver bass line (which is actually a generic Bossa pattern) for Rikki Don't Lose That Number. Or when a funk line can be instantly made by starting with some sort of root to b7 jump. I'd love to hear about some of these type of "starting point" lines that people have used in other tunes for their own benefit.

I thought along the same lines, and lately I've been using the super funky dom7 centered figure that Jaco played in the b section to Come On Come Over as my go to dance obstinato, it keeps the dance floor poppin, is super over the top funky, fits nearly anywhere, is a blast to play, and makes you look like a total bada&$.

 

[Blueinred]

Mother's Finest, Jerry Seay in Baby Love...
Fantastic (for me) live act but listen to the original for a better understanding of the power-funk behind this song ... Never understood which bass Wizzard (this was the nickname of Seay) was playing...

Totally agree, great live. Wore this album out! Wizard played some sort of custom basses, if I recall. "Thank You For the Love" kills, too.

 

[Blueinred]

Ron Endicott with Cold Blood. Not a ton of recognition but a classic groovemeister.

 

[beatlebass64]

The Four Tops "Still Water". One of my all time favorite songs.

 

[garp]

Kenny Gradney has laid down some very memorable stuff over the years, but this one always grabs me.

 

[Watchootognbout]

I thought along the same lines, and lately I've been using the super funky dom7 centered figure that Jaco played in the b section to Come On Come Over as my go to dance obstinato, it keeps the dance floor poppin, is super over the top funky, fits nearly anywhere, is a blast to play, and makes you look like a total bada&$.

I call that "The Jaco/Rocco Sixteenth Note Chugga-Boogie thing"
It's the same pattern Jaco used in Al DiMeola's "Golden Dawn Suite"
At 3:08.

 

[bmax]

One of the more modern bassists that got me into the instrument 10+ years ago.

 

[Plectrum72]

 

[ASQTec]

This one never fails to bring a smile to my face. Fun to play with a pick or fingers, too.