Blues Songs With Great Walking Bass?

[Leroy La Qua]

I am looking to compile a list of Blues songs with great walking bass lines - particularly in the Jump Blues style.

This is the kind of thing I am after...

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Can anyone recommend any other blues songs with great walking bass that I should check out?

 

[late_boomer]

that would be pretty much the entire Louis Jordan catalog. As in Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens, Barnyard Boogie, You're Much Too Fat, etc etc etc

 

[Mesa]

+1 to Louis Jordan. Add please the James Harman Band and especially Hollywood Fats Band. Larry Taylor is your friend.

 

[Munjibunga]

Across the Line - Robert Cray

My last band did this one, and we're adding it in my new band.

 

[Leroy La Qua]

+1 to Louis Jordan. Add please the James Harman Band and especially Hollywood Fats Band. Larry Taylor is your friend.

Can you please point me in the direction of some songs that are applicable? : )

 

[Leroy La Qua]

Across the Line - Robert Cray

My last band did this one, and we're adding it in my new band.

Very nice. Transcribing it now.

 

[Marty Forrer]

Anything by Rod Piazza and the Mighty Fliers, also Lynwood Slim.

 

[SBassman]

Across the Line - Robert Cray

My last band did this one, and we're adding it in my new band.

Excellent.

 

[Mesa]

Can you please point me in the direction of some songs that are applicable? : )

Sure. For Fats, try Okie Dokie Stomp, their version of Caledonia, Shake Your Boogie, Boogie Woogie Blues, Jumpin' with Duncan, etc. etc.

Larry Taylor also does nice work on Kim Wilson's Smokin' Joint, particularly with Ain't Gonna Do It. Actually, Larry Taylor does nice work on everything he does. My favorite player in this style of blues, by far.

James Harman: Mo' Na'kins Please, Icepick Boogie, The Falcon's Nest, etc, etc.

That whole jump/West Coast thing is a fantastic wormhole to jump down.

 

[Mesa]

I should also add Stan Poplin's work on the Charles Ford Band's Gibson Creek Shuffle. Well worth the time to transcribe it.

 

[Leroy La Qua]

I should also add Stan Poplin's work on the Charles Ford Band's Gibson Creek Shuffle. Well worth the time to transcribe it.

Good call! Transcribing it now.

 

[bassbully]

Gosh I alway liked SRV.. Cold shot..Pride and Joy.

 

[schmig]

Just posted another thread asking about the bassist here.

Sick.

CLARENCE "Gatemouth" BROWN - YouTube

 

[Deathblade Eric]

Duke Robillard - Cookin' There's a better recording of this on his 2006 album 'Guitar Groove-a-Rama'.

These guys are a bit more old school though...

Big Joe Turner: Shake Rattle & Roll, & of course Flip, Flop & Fly
Amos Milburn: Chicken Shack Boogie
Jimmy Preston: Rock The Joint
Wynonie Harris: Lovin' Machine
ZuZu Bollin: Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night?

Mind you, if you want to have fun with a transcription, try what Willie Dixon gets up to on Invalid Link Removed. Everyone thinks they know it & that it's really simple, but...

Pete.

PS... Forgot this one: Fats Domino - Jambalaya

 

[Music_for_life]

Jaco pastorius Fannie Mae is a Jump Blues song he sings and plays great walking bass as usual

 

[Wooly John]

Here's one of my favorites, B.B. King's cover of Louis Jordan's "Let the Good Times Roll" - I believe it's Michael Doster on bass:

 

[LeeNunn]

"I am looking to compile a list of Blues songs with great walking bass lines - particularly in the Jump Blues style."

I love jump blues. The lyrics just crack me up. My favorite artists are Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Louis Prima, and Cab Calloway. The challenge is that these recordings were mostly in the 1940s and early 50s. The sound quality on the recordings is not what it is today, and the upright bass can be difficult to hear. You can just play along and make up your own lines, but there are some interesting bass lines on those original recordings. If you want to figure out what they're playing, you probably have to use software that raises the playback an octave and allows you to adjust the eq to bring out the bass. Check out Louis Jordan's "Beware" for relationship advice as well as a great bass line.[/QUOTE]