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Carl Radle
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Yes, but not much. There was a transcription of his "Layla" bass line in the June 2013 issue. And if I recall there was a 1-2 page article that accompanied it.
Other than that, there has been a little blurb here and there about him, and that's about it.
The bass line from "Let it Rain" might have been the first one that I fully appreciated, in high school, as a piece of composition--the way he alternates stepwise and chordal motion, on- and off-beat rhythms, is just brilliant. Some of Macca's lines (and, though I didn't yet know their names, some of Jamerson's, Babbitt's, Kaye's and Osborn's) had caught my notice as cool and interesting, but I don't think I stopped to pay really close attention to the way they were constructed the way I did with LiR.
Yeah, his bass line from "Let It Rain" is great! That is one of the first ones I transcribed. I'll put it up on the blog soon.
LeeNunn pretty much transcribed the entire Layla album...
Submission - Layla by Derek & The Dominos
Submission - Tell The Truth
Submission - Keep on Growing
Submission - Anyday
Submission - I Am Yours
Submission - Key To The Highway
...more in the Tab & Notation Forum.
Submission - Layla by Derek & The Dominos
Submission - Tell The Truth
Submission - Keep on Growing
Submission - Anyday
Submission - I Am Yours
Submission - Key To The Highway
...more in the Tab & Notation Forum.
I can't like this enough. I was a HEAVY Clapton fan in my teens and twenties and It was a constant battle between Nathan East and Carl Radle for top spot of "bassists I want to be". Lee Sklar was in there too, but he should be in everyones...and not just for the beard. Thank you for putting a spotlight on this bassist who I feel never got enough credit for his amazing contributions to music.
My pleasure! I feel the same way about him. He played on so many classic albums, but his playing is too often overlooked. I hope to make the blog a good resource for players who want to study his lines.
Well put.
Thanks, the rocket, for acknowledging Radle, who held down the fort on some of the most enjoyable sounding recordings ever.
"Delaney & Bonnie & Friends on Tour With Eric Clapton" has some wonderful playing by Carl, and the mix is good.
I often think, "What would Carl Radle have done here?" when composing a bass part. One of my favorites!
I often think, "What would Carl Radle have done here?" when composing a bass part. One of my favorites!
The "Delaney & Bonnie - On Tour" album is so great, as are their first 2 studio albums, "Home" and "Accept No Substitute." They're a little harder to find, but still out there. Carl Radle plays on all of "Accept No Substitute." He only plays on 4 tracks on "Home"--Duck Dunn plays on the rest. And they both sound awesome, of course.
Both available ("free") if you have Amazon Music Unlimited...
True! Some of those D&B albums are hard to find on vinyl and were out of print on CD for a long time. I still prefer having a physical copy of albums, but I forget that I'm in the minority, haha. Almost everything is available now via Amazon Prime, Spotify, Youtube, etc.
Stumbled upon this today. Now that's entertainment, 1970 for you-
I think I read somewhere that Clapton said Radle was his favorite bass player. His feel is superb kinda in there with JJ and Babbitt. I agree with the above statements on Let It Rain incredible playing.
Guitar Player Mag had a nice interview with him around 1976 (Clapton is the cover artist). He told of his Precision with the Jazz neck, his Alembic, and new bass coming out that combined features of the Alembic and Precision That Leo Fender was starting to make...
Carl Radle was one of those rare bassists who can create really interesting bass lines and and not get in the way of anyone else.
Carl was one of the bassists when I was learning to play in the 70's that inspired me to play "real" bass for lack of a better term. I was a hardcore progger - Yes, Crimson, etc etc. But once I started playing in cover bands I quickly realized that emulating someone like Carl was gonna get me farther than trying to shoehorn my prog tendencies into whatever music we were playing.
Going to rain on everyone's parade, and I'm young so I don't have nostalgia glasses.
Clapton was great.
George was great.
Radle was mediocrity defined. Grant you he had to follow up Bruce and McCartney bit imo he was simply there. And one might even add the Harrison liked him Becuase he wasn't McCartney and just did a simple thing.
Radle did well for the live band jam recording but then again, his lines are repetitive and simple. Aka he did the job competently and that's all One can say really.
I would say Eastman is far more boring though. Robotic.
Clapton was great.
George was great.
Radle was mediocrity defined. Grant you he had to follow up Bruce and McCartney bit imo he was simply there. And one might even add the Harrison liked him Becuase he wasn't McCartney and just did a simple thing.
Radle did well for the live band jam recording but then again, his lines are repetitive and simple. Aka he did the job competently and that's all One can say really.
I would say Eastman is far more boring though. Robotic.
