Fill-in for Will Lee

[Eggman]

Anyone see Letterman tonight? Someone was filling in for Will Lee. Anyone know who is was?

No offense to Will - but I thought this guy's playing was great and funky and his tone was awesome. More in the mix than Will usually is. My opinion only.....

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Anyone see Letterman tonight? Someone was filling in for Will Lee. Anyone know who is was?

No offense to Will - but I thought this guy's playing was great and funky and his tone was awesome. More in the mix than Will usually is. My opinion only.....

What bass did he use?

 

[Dave Siff]

I only saw one clear shot of the guy, when they showed the band right after the Top 10 list. He was an older guy with glasses and gray hair. The bass looked like a Fender Jazz, red with a matching headstock.

 

[20db pad]

I missed the show, but an older guy with gray hair playing a vintage red Jazz describes Neil Jason very well. He's been Will's first sub for many years.

 

[Eggman]

Found Neil's picture online - looks like he could have been the sub. I really liked his playing.

 

[VJP]

I LOVE Neil Jason

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73053&highlight=

 

[AltGrendel]

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Go to 5:28, his solo starts.

 

[JimK]

...and, back in the day, they both played for the Brecker Brothers Band (you can A/B their takes on "Some Skunk Funk").
And both are known for bass/vocals & jingle work.

Jason pretty much has the 'standard' for the Jazz Bass tone.

 

[wwittman]

Neil is great.
And he IS Will's usual Letterman sub.

Yes, his playing is amazing and certainly that's a huge part of his sound... but he ALSO owns an exceptional early 60's Jazz bass that is just one of those special basses EVERYONE wants to buy from him as soon as they hear it.
It's a killer.

 

[acubass]

Neil is great.
And he IS Will's usual Letterman sub.

Yes, his playing is amazing and certainly that's a huge part of his sound... but he ALSO owns an exceptional early 60's Jazz bass that is just one of those special basses EVERYONE wants to buy from him as soon as they hear it.
It's a killer.

This may be off the wall but why does Will have a "usual Letterman Sub"?

 

[Hoover]

This may be off the wall but why does Will have a "usual Letterman Sub"?

Same reason everyone has a sub: for when you're off doing something else.

 

[LilRay]

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Go to 5:28, his solo starts.

Neil looks like one of the Super Mario Brothers(take your pick) in that clip.

God Bless, Ray

 

[Joshyswing]

I saw that there was someone else sitting in his "chair" but I couldn't figure out who it was. I'll try to hit Will up on twitter to see who it was. To be continued...

 

[LilRay]

I saw that there was someone else sitting in his "chair" but I couldn't figure out who it was. I'll try to hit Will up on twitter to see who it was. To be continued...

Did you read the rest of the thread?

I'm sure these guys know who it was. IMO

God Bless, Ray

 

[J. Crawford]

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Go to 5:28, his solo starts.

Holy $%#$!^!

I have seen that video, but I always got side tracked before the solo.. obviously my mistake!

 

[jerry]

I'm a longtime fan!

 

[Carlo Tanori]

Back in the day I remember once seeing Marcus Miller subbing for Will.

Carlo

 

[Thor]

This may be off the wall but why does Will have a "usual Letterman Sub"?

Guess Will should never have any vacation or any days
off from work. The show must go on.

 

[20db pad]

As I'm approaching old-fogeydom myself, I feel I should mention that Neil was subbing for Will on Letterman around 2 decades ago when he had dark hair and appeared a little more youthful. He still played the same old J-Bass, though !

Neil's a part of one of the biggest jingle houses in the country. If you have a TV or a radio, you've heard their stuff. He's listed on this page:

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[dex]

I watched the show last night and he was truly amazing, what a nice tone...
Will should definitely turn it up a notch, IMO Neil’s volume was just right.