Alan Gorrie,bassist for AWB...

[JWHALL]

Nice recording here: http://youtu.be/DvWvzRHDYg8

 

[Ewo]

That's sort of how it feels, but it's straight 4/4. Count it out next time you hear it. You can count straight 4 through the whole song.

Edit: just noticed JimK said this, earlier...


Yep. We recently added Pick Up the Pieces to our song list.

That big ol' V chord hits on the fourth beat, so it's five quarternotes duration. Better, you could think of it as a wholenote with a quarternote anticipation. As JimmyM says, just count straight fours all the way through and you'll see. The drum groove tells you it ain't a bar of three and a bar of five.

(Yeah, my bandmates couldn't feel it, until the bassist schooled 'em. Heh.)

 

[JimmyM]

Exactly. In my HS garage daze (before I learned [or was forced to learn] how to count), that "big hold on "C" was hit or miss for me.

The big hold on "C"...the last beat is on Beat 4...which is then tied as a whole note for the next bar (a 4-count). Maybe that's where Ezbass is thinking "5"?

Ya, no doubt. A lot of people think the big C note is on the one, though. We tried it with our band once, and no matter how many times I told them it was on 4, they played it like it was on the 1. We soon dropped it

 

[Bassorama57]

Oh that's outstanding - thanks. Just saw him (AWB) Saturday night at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA.

...and met him on the Capitol Jazz SuperCruise in November in the Caribbean. Very easygoing nice guy to chat with.

 

[hands5]

Just got finished listning to AWB's "Soul Seaching" and MAN...you can tell who inspired Alan, "Jamerson" all the way! Any of you guys "hip" to Alan Gorrie of "AWB"??

Queen of my soul also has some great playing by Alan

 

[hands5]

Special props have to go to Robbie McIntosh and the great Steve Ferrone for making those grooves just pop. You can hear why Arif Mardin started bringing Ferrone over to his other projects like Chaka Khan.

+1 just listen to If I ever lose this Heaven studio and the live version. That is some of the greatest pocket playing that you'll ever hear.