Gezzer Butler info

[Garret Graves]

It has been years- but I think I recall a bass solo that has a huge dive bomb in it- really it was a very cool extended 'wailing banshee' type of glissando that went on and on seemingly forever. Such a cool effect and solo. Someone who reads this will know what song and recording I'm talking about- I thought it was Black Sabbath, but searches haven't brought up anything- help!
Thanks!

 

[rolleharris]

I think its "Give it away" from the "Mob rules" album

 

[Duckwater]

That doesn't sound like something Geezer would do, I'd like to hear it though.

 

[loendmaestro]

Not sure what you're talking about exactly, but maybe the effect he uses in between the verses of "Sign Of The Southern Cross" off Mob Rules?

 

[Kink Rimson]

I think its "Give it away" from the "Mob rules" album

It's 'Slipping Away'...



Bit of a Led Zep style for Sabbath, but it is an excellent bass solo! A huge, thick grinding sound. Not sure if what the OP is thinking of though.

 

[Garret Graves]

Thanks all for your input, I bought 'Sign of the Southern Cross' and 'Slipping Away', and I appreciate the effort, but it wasn't what I was looking for. I'm sure that it was Geezer, might have been a live performance, a friend gave it to me on a tape, probably 1989, 1990. In the part I'm talking about, everything dropped out except for the bass, and he did this huge, fat dive bomb, and came back up on it, held a note and bent it, and dove back down. It lasted about 30 seconds, and sounded like a wailing ghost. It was awesome, and with the right stereo it was mind blowing. I smoked bud in those days and let me tell ya, he took you on a ride with that thing, gave me the chills every time!
Thanks all keep em coming!

 

[TheAnalogKid]

Sounds like the instrumental "E5150", which is between "Sign of the Southern Cross" and "The Mob Rules".

Mob Rules (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[catcauphonic]

It may help if you can recall in your stoney haze who the singer was at the time ... Ozzy? Dio? Glen Hughes? Tony Martin is listed as singing around 89 or 90, though I couldn't place his voice either if I had to :/