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Bob Babbitt RIP
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Sad sad news, he was one of the kindest people and my favorite bass players to ever live. The first time I was in Nashville recording, hassled enough people and somehow got his number, and thank you Bob, not many people would have even stayed on the phone getting a call out of the blue from some random you've never met, but the next day he actually came by to hand deliver a copy of his book and hang with my band, Unreal. He'll never be forgotten.
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TheOldFlatwound
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This is a sad day.
Bob is a hero of mine--pretty much from the beginning of being interested in playing music. A wonderful musician with an amazing body of work, and a very nice man.
I wrote a little about him here:
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Bob is a hero of mine--pretty much from the beginning of being interested in playing music. A wonderful musician with an amazing body of work, and a very nice man.
I wrote a little about him here:
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Very sad news about Bob's passing. My sincere sympathies to his family and loved ones.
And I am eternally grateful to the filmmakers who shed the light on the story of the Funk Brothers. Standing in the shadows of Motown was a wonderful testament to the work and talent of all of the Funk Brothers. I was so glad to see Bob get his due in the film.
And I am eternally grateful to the filmmakers who shed the light on the story of the Funk Brothers. Standing in the shadows of Motown was a wonderful testament to the work and talent of all of the Funk Brothers. I was so glad to see Bob get his due in the film.
From the Nashville Tennessean.
http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2012/07/16/bob-babbitt-famed-popular-music-bassist-dies-at-age-74/
http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2012/07/16/bob-babbitt-famed-popular-music-bassist-dies-at-age-74/
So sad! I had the privilege of personally thanking him for his contributions and for his inspiration to me when I was an aspiring bassist. My wife and I happened to be at the SoHo Film Festival the day that SITSOM premiered. Mr. Babbitt was sitting about six seats away from us. I went over, introduced myself as a bassist who had been influenced by him, and thanked him. He was very gracious to a complete and total stranger. We then watched the movie...wow! He will be missed.
His "Signed Sealed Delivered" was simply perfect. Always loved hearing, and occasionally seeing, that he was still playing. I never met him but still feel a loss at his passing.
I've been listening to Scorpio today, and it has to be one of the grooviest finger style solos ever! It built like a composition, but it never lost the groove. Most of all, it was truly a bass solo, not a wanna be guitar or sax solo. It was so groovy that no one realized it was revolutionary.
