The discussion in the linked thread moves on to Sweet home Alabama, and the bolded points all refer to that song...
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Anyone here (still) playing "Low Rider?"
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The discussion in the linked thread moves on to Sweet home Alabama, and the bolded points all refer to that song...
It's funny but from the 1st time I saw this car, Lowrider always goes through my head. My son is like "NO way we're are lowering this car Dad"
Then why do I see plenty of 20-somethings dancing to it when it gets played, my vato?
Go down to Whittier Blvd. and say that.
Not too far from the mark. The classic lowrider is a chopped 1960-1964 Chevy Impala or Belair. Driven very slowly down Olympic Blvd. Fuzzy dice. Bitchin paint job. Hydraulics. Zoot suit.
Seems to be a prerequisite for many guitar players.
Yeah my band is thinkin' about this song. Definitely has a groove.
And this is why our band is still thinking about it.
That's what I thought. I found it hard to imagine that Al Kooper had had two different discussions with two different bands about two iconic songs arguing about what key they were in.
Oh, we already play that one. Usually as a request only, though.
It sounds like alto to me. But is it actually harmonica?
I can't argue with the combined knowledge here that there's harmonica throughout, but I swear that sounds like alto trumpet and marimba to me. Well, I've never claimed my ears were infallible, and it's just been proven yet again.
What a GREAT statement of how to play bass!
Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
Hmm. Musta glossed over that somehow.
I wondered how Ed King entered into that convo.
Fuzz rocks.
I think he's among the most interesting and prolific of the younger current crop in music. Actually, he's not all that young anymore.
When I see people bemoan what they see as lacking in music these days--rock, pop, jazz, alt, experimental, etc.--Ty Segall is one of several that come to my mind as counterpoint examples. I mean, there are good things going on out there, people who want it just have to find it.
How to go about doing that has changed a lot in the last 15 years. I'm sure you know what I mean though.
sounds like a g note but the gtr player could be not playing at all
That's what I thought (see post #57) but it's hard to tell since a lot happens on the "1". I listened to the whole song where it's been repeated a bunch of times and on some of the parts it does sound like a G. On other parts can't hear it.
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Never heard of him. Music is so fractured these days, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, that someone that I really like might see someone who most people don't even know. Lots a acts are apparently making it enough to survive but are basically unknown by the general public. And then there are those artists who sell millions of records and sell out stadiums and are household names.
Not really but if someone is playing chords, which I don't hear on the original recording, what chords are they playing? It's kinda like "LaGrange"...is that in A, Am or A5 with no third specified?
Segall is pretty high profile, one of the new breed of guitar hero, but that concept is fairly irrelevant now, and has been for quite some time. There’s also Tosin Abasi from Animals As Leaders and those guys in Polyphia, but my jam lately has been Black Midi…they’re insane. You can hear traces of Captain Beefheart and 80’s/90’s-onward King Crimson in their stuff(although they knocked off a cover of “Schizoid Man”), but it’s just a starting point, they go off in their own direction. And they have a substantial following, but it ain’t ‘bar music’.
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I'm not sure how this question generated 7 pages of answers, but here we are.
I play it in a party rock band. My only contribution is to say that this band is an all-IEM outfit with a click in every track. The bass begins this song alone, obviously. Given that most of the notes occur on the upbeats, it's deceptively challenging to play it well against a click and keep the groove.
I play it in a party rock band. My only contribution is to say that this band is an all-IEM outfit with a click in every track. The bass begins this song alone, obviously. Given that most of the notes occur on the upbeats, it's deceptively challenging to play it well against a click and keep the groove.
That would be a G note when the bass is playing an F.
