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Bassists of the '60's Club.
- Thread starter SoulReflection
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For the record, there was no judginess in that post. If it came off that way, please accept my apologies. Everyone has their own reactions and reasons for things. There are certainly thing I hate change in.
Particularly TBird Club. Go to the kitchen, come back and yer three pages behind.
I didn't/don't like some of the changes, but I found ways to navigate the site that may not be the intended method, but it works-usually-for me. And since I have almost no life other than TB...
I can't help but think that most of us in/on this thread are in agreement that the 60's bassists laid the groundwork-and the groove(s)-for some of the best music ever made. So often they were uncredited by being members of the house bands of various labels. It's only been due to research by a few folks that we've learned, often long after they retired/died/whatever, the names of 'our heroes'. Some, if they were a part of a band, were known; but many of the studio players weren't. This thread has answered a lotta questions about who played behind artists who got all the credit, but who-without those basslines-would've never achieved the fame they got.
IMNSHO.
IMNSHO.
Well said, Mike...I can't help but think that most of us in/on this thread are in agreement that the 60's bassists laid the groundwork-and the groove(s)-for some of the best music ever made. So often they were uncredited by being members of the house bands of various labels. It's only been due to research by a few folks that we've learned, often long after they retired/died/whatever, the names of 'our heroes'. Some, if they were a part of a band, were known; but many of the studio players weren't. This thread has answered a lotta questions about who played behind artists who got all the credit, but who-without those basslines-would've never achieved the fame they got.
IMNSHO.
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The end result from it is that it is somewhat less fun than before in most of the threads I frequent - some key member / friends either post less or have dropped completely off the site, it's less intuitive to find things, the Classifieds is a tragedy, and for those and other reasons people, myself included, has resulted in a natural slow disconnect.
It just feels like a 1990s suburban mall that used to be always crowded that now has a lot of shops closed and less foot traffic.
I do continue to monitor most of my top 20-something threads, but finding new things just doesn't come as naturally as before, despite efforts to acclimate to the changes. Odd as other websites don't seem to have this issue.
It's also driven me and I'm sure others to other sites, so forum time is more split than before.
Hope the site doesn't go away as a result, that would be awful. Threads can come and go, but sites don't usually.
I'll still be around, but like the mall analogy, am doing more shopping online.
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Ray Brown for sure
The Motown sound
The Stax sound
The wreaking crew
LeRoy Vinegar
The Philly crew
They were all gifted, I cannot even begin to list them all. It was a magical time.
Hats off the studio engineers who figured it all out too!
The Motown sound
The Stax sound
The wreaking crew
LeRoy Vinegar
The Philly crew
They were all gifted, I cannot even begin to list them all. It was a magical time.
Hats off the studio engineers who figured it all out too!
'Zackly. I try to keep up with ~9 threads-to varying degrees of success. Sometimes the lack of 'notifications' causes me to forget 1 or 2. Then I have to click "Watched Threads"* to see what I've missed. On some of them, it'll be 'quiet' for a while followed by a flurry then back to quiet.
And recent happenings may have created distractions.
*For those not familiar: Go to "Your Account" at the top of the page. Under "Your Account", click "Alerts"(latest posts); "Watched Threads(whatever you 'watch'); or "Your Conversations".
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1966 Yardbirds on The Milton Berle Show
Not really playing, poor quality video ect… but it does give a glimpse of times.
Not really playing, poor quality video ect… but it does give a glimpse of times.
Ah, but who’s the bass player(on the actual recording)? It’s not who I’m going to guess you think it is.
That one particular tune, as a single for the pop charts, is a tipping point.
Rumors have it that John Paul Jones played it in the studio.
Chris Dreja , was a pretty solid player on their last tours.
Chris Dreja , was a pretty solid player on their last tours.
Beats me...
Yes, JPJ was brought in as a session player. Page had been invited to fill in on bass due to Paul Samwell-Smith abruptly quitting after a trainwreck gig with a drunk Keith Relf. Quickly it was determined that the band would be better served if he and Dreja (rhythm guitar and occasional piano)would swap roles, but in the hurry-up, get-it-out world they inhabited, they were briefly in between tours, and needed a single. I don’t know why Dreja was not involved at all in the recording, but on the next album, Little Games(after Beck split and Page was the sole guitarist), he acquitted himself nicely, avoiding all of the “guitarist slumming on bass” problems.
That was a disappointingly brief moment in the band’s history with the dual lead concept; the two had been childhood rivals, and with Beck having some personal problems, they were only able to make three recordings before he split, including the “heavy” reimagining of “Train Kept A Rolling” into this…
The staging of that scene was so silly and unrealistic, but it was the director’s thing. The Who(unknown in the US at the time)were originally tapped to do it, but bailed after some disagreements.
Don't know it might have been Skip Mesquite (sp?) But I can tell you it wasn't me on bass in '73 I was in another horn band from the Bay Area, Shadowfax at that time. We also did Winterland in '73 & '75 (Youtube) but interestingly after my 10+ yr gig with Elvin I was asked to join Lydia & CB and have been with the band for 21 yrs, 3 studio &1 live album. Thanks for asking1 Evan Palmerston
Greetings from the "Crypt" 
...Yes, I can still see blue sky above .
...Yes, I can still see blue sky above .
That's a good thing, Soul!! Keep on , Keeping on....Greetings from the "Crypt"
Thanks, Beans...I hope you are doing well, yourself!Greetings from the "Crypt"
