I just mentioned this tune elsewhere but Rivers Dancing by Gordian Knot has one of my favorite fretless sections ever. The little solo is deceptively easy to play and sounds unbelievably emotive.
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Fretless players
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I just mentioned this tune elsewhere but Rivers Dancing by Gordian Knot has one of my favorite fretless sections ever. The little solo is deceptively easy to play and sounds unbelievably emotive.
The last time I saw Tribal Tech I played Gary's (new at the time) singature Ibanez. That really showed me how much a monster player he is. The action was so low I could barely produce any clean notes from it, yet he could tear it up on that bass.
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I am guessing the Ampeg AUB-1 was the first production Fretless bass guitar back in 1966.
I am guessing the Ampeg AUB-1 was the first production Fretless bass guitar back in 1966.
Caught on pretty quick though! His playing with Bad Company wasn't flashy, but I always liked it.
Yes, it should be "Boz".I had not heard that Boz Burrell underwent a gender transition.
It must have occurred after he played with Rad Company.
He (Gilmour, thanks autocorrect) played a bit on some Kate Bush…maybe? He certainly championed it. Here’s another thing.
I love ES’ fretless playing. I guess the number one argument against her is that double bass is definitely her first love and I don’t think she plays much electric now that she is no longer aiming to have Pop appeal. In her heart, I think she is a real intellectual and not someone who ever be happy in a commercial box.
Exactly !!. I kind of group her with 2 of my other favorite female artist with the same mindset….Joni Mitchell and Meshell Ndegeocello .
One thing I admire about Esperanza…..
She came out the corner swinging with her debut album, won the Grammy and said “ See Ya!!! Now I’m going to keep doing whatever I want . “ Ultimate mic drop!!
You are right! I had not thought of it like that.
All fearless! I saw Esperanza when she did the Emily tour and she just played electric, up there with one of the best shows I've ever witnessed, if she is not playing electric now I'm sure it will show up again. Like Christian McBride and John Patittucci she just kills on both.
Funny you should say that... Although I liked the Firm as a youngster, most of Franklin's earlier projects are a bit too in the sorta glammy 'rawk' vein for me, but it was the video of 'Radioactive', there was that part where he slid the harmonic and then it had me focusing how different his tone was. That got me into fretless. Then Jaco ruined it all, as I probably spend the first 8 years trying to not do the Jaco thing because I got so into what he was doing.
Although I lived through the eighties and was not a fan of most of the things from that decade (King Crimson excepted) - unfortunately my high school days were peak hair band and all other kinds of stupid, so it was kind of lame in that regard. As an older person now, I have been going back and occasionally listening to a lot of the 80's pop/new wave kinda stuff with a more discerning ear and it's really amazing how much great playing was lurking under the hairspray, gated drums and early digital synths. The guy from the Fixx is really cool, plays a Wal, too, so that's bonus points for me. I now realize a lot of the great playing wasn't as obvious due to a lot of the production techniques at the time.
That is one of my favorite albums from that decade, fo' sure.
Oh, I know. I just tend to like players that go beyond the basics. Nothing wrong with either.
