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So, close counts with horseshoes, hand grenades AND bassists. Cool!1970 is still within the "Goal Posts". Thanks for the info...
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Bassists of the '60's Club.
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Their big hits were The Boys are back in Town and Jail Break. He was a great Bass player and Thin Lizzy was (surprisingly) Irish.
Here’s a pretty good live video…
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Here are a couple of bass tabs by Jason to give you an idea of the kinds of bass lines he played.
Not exactly of “the 60’s”, but whatever
He was one of, if not the, iconic Irish rock musicians(and bassists)ever, moreso than Van Morrison, because after Them, Van didn’t exactly rock, at least not by my definition. However, before Phil, there was Taste, from Cork, the starting point for guitarist Rory Gallagher, with Richard Charlie McCracken on bass(who went on to play with Spencer Davis, Kevin Ayers, and Fastway). Taste started in ‘66(with a different bass player), but worked their way up to where they opened for Cream during the UK farewell concerts in ‘68(fitting, as they were a Cream style trio with blues roots), next with Blind Faith, and then a hot set at the 1970 Isle of Wight festival, but fell apart not long after.
But back to Phil…ironically born in the UK to an Irish mother and a father from British Guiana/Guyana, he was raised in Ireland. A true bass hero, his larger than life personality and frontman status overshadowed any guitarist in the band, a considerable lot that utilized a unique dual-lead harmony style. Phil was beloved by the hard rock and punk fans of the 70’s, much like Lemmy, but unfortunately succumbed to the effects of drug indulgence.
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This popped up on my youtube memory.
Soundhole demos w/ John Cipollina on KSAN Radio 1967-1971.
Pretty rare recordings....wish I could find the entire demos.
It is amazing that youtube can remember stuff, that I clicked on and listened to 15 years ago.
Always liked it, not sure who played the bass....might be David Freiberg.
Ksan Demos - 1967-1971 - Featuring John Cipollina, Ron Nagle, Bruce Stevens, Terry Dolan, Soundhole
Soundhole demos w/ John Cipollina on KSAN Radio 1967-1971.
Pretty rare recordings....wish I could find the entire demos.
It is amazing that youtube can remember stuff, that I clicked on and listened to 15 years ago.
Always liked it, not sure who played the bass....might be David Freiberg.
Ksan Demos - 1967-1971 - Featuring John Cipollina, Ron Nagle, Bruce Stevens, Terry Dolan, Soundhole
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Might be Pete Sears on that Soundhole demo above. All those guys were in the same musicians union.
while better known in the 70s and 80s, Phil was in bands at least from 1967 and was one of the main forces forming Thin Lizzy in 1969. Their fame was more 60s-adjacent for sure.
While they technically may have come together at the tail end of the 60’s, the original trio was of the early 70’s, trying to shake off the stale remnants of the dying blues rock scene and struggled to forge a new identity for the time they were in.
That happened finally with the quartet, in the mid-70’s, and that’s the band everyone remembers. That Lynott, unknown, started playing bass in the 60’s, is irrelevant.
No love for Felix Papalardi? I did a search but didn't find anything. Aside from Mountain, he also worked with Cream, producing "Disraeli Gears" and co-writing some songs. Mountain's original lineup was active from 69 to 71, to set his 60's bass bonifides. Here's a live clip where he gets some actual screen time.
Given the loose thread description in post #1 and general approach to the subject material by many, I think it works. If we disagree, oh well.
Felix has definitely come up in this thread. Lots of love for that cat.
Must've been a new camera man-didn't know the rule about never showing the bass player.
Klaus Otto Wilhelm Voormann (born 29 April 1938) is a German artist, musician, and record producer.
Voormann was the bassist for Manfred Mann from 1966 to 1969 and was on their big hit The Mighty Quinn.
He performed as a session musician on a host of recordings, including "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon, Lou Reed's Transformer album, and on many recordings of the former members of the Beatles. As a producer, Voormann worked with the band Trio on their worldwide hit "Da Da Da".
Voormann's association with the Beatles dates back to their time in Hamburg in the early 1960s. He lived in the band's London flat with George Harrison and Ringo Starr after John Lennon and Paul McCartney moved out to live with their respective partners. He designed the cover of their 1966 album Revolver, for which he won a Grammy Award. Following the band's split, rumors circulated of the formation of a group named the Ladders, consisting of Lennon, Harrison, Starr and Voormann. This failed to materialize; however, all four would-be Ladders (plus Billy Preston) performed on the Starr track "I'm the Greatest", and Voormann did play on solo albums by Lennon, Harrison and Starr, as well as briefly being a member of the Plastic Ono Band. In the 1990s, he designed the artwork for The Beatles Anthology albums.
"I'm the Greatest" is a song written by John Lennon that was released as the opening track of the 1973 album Ringo by Ringo Starr.
John Lennon on piano and backing vocal...George Harrison on guitar...Ringo Starr on drums and lead vocal...Billy Preston on organ...Klaus Voormann on bass....March 13, 1973 in L.A.
Voormann was the bassist for Manfred Mann from 1966 to 1969 and was on their big hit The Mighty Quinn.
He performed as a session musician on a host of recordings, including "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon, Lou Reed's Transformer album, and on many recordings of the former members of the Beatles. As a producer, Voormann worked with the band Trio on their worldwide hit "Da Da Da".
Voormann's association with the Beatles dates back to their time in Hamburg in the early 1960s. He lived in the band's London flat with George Harrison and Ringo Starr after John Lennon and Paul McCartney moved out to live with their respective partners. He designed the cover of their 1966 album Revolver, for which he won a Grammy Award. Following the band's split, rumors circulated of the formation of a group named the Ladders, consisting of Lennon, Harrison, Starr and Voormann. This failed to materialize; however, all four would-be Ladders (plus Billy Preston) performed on the Starr track "I'm the Greatest", and Voormann did play on solo albums by Lennon, Harrison and Starr, as well as briefly being a member of the Plastic Ono Band. In the 1990s, he designed the artwork for The Beatles Anthology albums.
"I'm the Greatest" is a song written by John Lennon that was released as the opening track of the 1973 album Ringo by Ringo Starr.
John Lennon on piano and backing vocal...George Harrison on guitar...Ringo Starr on drums and lead vocal...Billy Preston on organ...Klaus Voormann on bass....March 13, 1973 in L.A.
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The Untouchable all-girl band from Princeton, NJ. Molly York on bass ('65-'67) and Jeanette Huber on bass ('67-'69). They had a major influence on, get ready for this, Iggy Pop and the Stooges.
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