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Dee Murray

#43
Hamrhed said:
Thanks for reminding me of Dee... there isnt an EJ tune that Dee played that doesnt have a killer bass line- I will check out '11/17/70'!
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Kinda funny this thread popped up--I've been listening to 11-17-70 a lot over the last few days. Seriously funky stuff. When you consider Dee was only 24 at the time, it's an amazing piece of work. IMO, it's one of the best live rock bass recordings ever made. I get something new out of it every time I listen to it.

Tell us what you think after you check it out. :cool:
 
#44
mccartneyman said:
I recall reading an interview with the engineer on the YBR sessions in which he said Dee asked him to replicate a Chris Squire sound on "Love Lies Bleeding."(or maybe it was "Grey Seal"). The engineer said he couldn't understand why any bass player would want to sound like that, but did it anyway. I don't think he went into details on how they got the sound, but it wasn't with a Ric.
Ronn "Iamthe bassman" of The Eggmen is a Dee Murray expert and should know a good deal about him.
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Dee did own a Ric, but FFF/LLB was a Fender Jazz.
A Dee biography is in the works, I'm the "bass consultant".
If anyone has ANY recollections/thoughts for Dee, or Dee was an inspiration, send me your email address and I will forward it to the author so she can contact you.
[email protected]

Did I mention I own one of Dee's basses? A Steinberger used on the album "Too Low For Zero". If you've heard "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues", you've heard this bass.
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