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The Beatles were perceived as a threat to Frank just as Elvis was seen as a threat before them. Famously he said "Something" was his "favorite Lennon/McCartney song" but that was likely a joke to the audience and not Frank's ignorance as it has been portrayed whenever this chestnut rolls around...Frank hated them initially, but came around later, declaring “Something” one of the greatest love songs ever written…
While I wouldn’t call him an influence or hero, before I heard Cream, Canned Heat, Vanilla Fudge, or The Who, he demonstrated(to me)what more could be done with bass than the usual lines(as I was figuring out what it was all about)on those ‘67 singles. Especially on “Monterey”, where he was almost soloing against the sitar on the break, plus all that other riffing. And…the first fuzz bass I think ever heard, on this ode to lysergic enlightenment…View attachment 7418565
Danny McCulloch, who was the bassist and guitarist for The Animals in the late 1960s.
the real deal
Jack Bruce's?