Green eyed Lady - ouch...

[Ron Berenato]

I saw Pat Travers cover this a few years back. David Pastorius knocked it out of the park - as well he should with that last name.

For a real workout try STEPPING OUT by Joe Jackson. That one cramps my fingers every time!

 

[red_rhino]

And as always, I wouldn't waste two minutes of my life with tabs. Learn standard notation, it's just not that hard. No professional work is EVER tab. Not to mention if all else fails, pick it out by ear: Ear training (which helps you learn the fingerboard finding the notes) is NEVER a waste of time.

Quoted for truth.

Green Eyed Lady is a fun bass line to play. I was noodling around at a rehearsal one day and that bass line kind’ve emerged. Once I realized what I was playing, I started to dial it in, but my guitar player already knew the line, so he showed me the rest of it and the band jammed it out. So much fun! (Singer already knew the part too!)

The thing that always bothered me a little about the original recording is that the tempo drags during the instrumental section. The drummer switches to a busier pattern that he can’t maintain, and by the time the section ends the tempo is 2/3 of what it started out at.

 

[J Wilson]

Quoted for truth.

Green Eyed Lady is a fun bass line to play. I was noodling around at a rehearsal one day and that bass line kind’ve emerged. Once I realized what I was playing, I started to dial it in, but my guitar player already knew the line, so he showed me the rest of it and the band jammed it out. So much fun! (Singer already knew the part too!)

The thing that always bothered me a little about the original recording is that the tempo drags during the instrumental section. The drummer switches to a busier pattern that he can’t maintain, and by the time the section ends the tempo is 2/3 of what it started out at.

YES.

But for me, that's the charm of older records. They wander a lot under the solos, but I love hearing that, warts and all.

 

[ELG60]

Yes, us sixty somethings all remember this playing on the AM radio stations... maybe a few FM stations. I remembered there being a pretty defined baseline when our BL (keyboards) brought this up as a song he'd like to add to the set. Then I watched these YouTubes and it all came back, got a bit of homework ahead but should b cool once it's worked out. I'm thinking it will probably be best to take it in sections... I think the version with tabs is simplified a bit, which I'm good with
Open to suggestions to tackle this... luckily it's not a rush.



with Tabs

I learned it without the benefit of YT back in the day. The vid is mostly correct although timing is a bit rough. Our own Troy has a version which I believe to be more accurate and as always, his timing and dynamics are excellent.

 

[Low Main]

This one brings back memories.

I'm surprised I haven't heard a pep band play this tune. The bands that live and die with Land of 1000 Dances and Hawaii Five-O.

Which means that there are probably marching bands out there that do play it; I just don't watch enough parades or sporting events.

It's got a little Munsters and Argent going on, which makes it all the more fun.

1970 was a good year, but it was also sort of the set up for 1971, which I'm still processing.

 

[tothemax]

Yep, I remember this coming on the radio station that they played at our community pool. I looked it up, it was released in August of 1970, being 14 the "crew" I hung out with were focused on trying to be cool and hit on the female lifeguards at the pool (who were probably 16) I was just starting to look at guitar a little more seriously, learning a few riff's and basic rhythms for CCR songs. So when the BL mentioned it, it did bring some cool memories. In 1970 cassettes were fairly new and competing with 8-tracks, I think my first cassette player was mono, albums were the thing.

I haven't really had time to do much more than download the YouTubes and look it over, I'll get it just might take a little time. Our BL has got a great Hammond / B3 touch, we do Gimmie Some Lovin', Born to be wild, Green Onions, and a bunch of ABB covers with the full sound. One of our guitar players told me about the Joe Bonamassa version of Lazy (Deep Purple) and that's in the queue now - super fun. If you haven't heard it give it a listen. Always glad to share good old classic RnR tunes... of course when he brought up Green eyed lady, we all thought of Argent and Hold your head up.

Cheers, and thanks for the great feedback...

​

 

[Bander]

Its so compelling, you'll get it. Once I started learning it, I couldn't put my bass down. Then, I learned the keys part, which was pretty rough, but again its so rewarding, I couldn't stop till I had it. Great tune along with Don't Call Us.

 

[Michedelic]

Apologies in advance for the belabored, pedantic post.

Regarding the "bubble gum" observation, looking back at a list of the year, 1970 was a really interesting year, strains of music branching down into heavier proto-metal and at the same time sugar coated, lightweight stuff that was popular and agonizing.

-Examples, sorry it's necessary to do this:
"My Baby Loves Lovin"- White Plains , "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" - Edison Lighthouse. Big Ouch.

In retrospect, a time still dominated by AM radio, when a wide range of songs would be heard on the same popular stations.

A big year for one hit wonders, lots of popular songs that followed in the footsteps of "Something in the Air" from the year before.
A contemporary rock equivalent of something like Tin Pan Alley - popular songs - just played by bands with longer hair.
Short-lived. Lots of organ.
e.g. "In the Summer Time" - Mungo Jerry. "Venus" - Shocking Blue, "My Bell Amie" Tee-Set. "Spirit in the Sky" - Norman Greenbaum.

And at the same time, the further establishment of much of what would become the replayed to death hits "Classic Rock", ELP - Trilogy, Jethro Tull - Benefit, Van Morrison - Moondance. CCR - Cosmo's Factory, Black Sabbath, Led Zep lll, American Beauty, Deep Purple, Mountain.

And, not in the least of those that year...The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit.
Band of Gypsies, Bitches Brew.

Funny you should mention that, this article just came down my news feed…

Ranked: the 25 greatest albums of 1970, the Sixties' hard, bluesy hangover — BBC Music Magazine

From heavy metal’s birth to the Beatles’ final bow, discover 21 essential albums that defined rock’s gritty, hungover transition into 1970 January 16, 2026 The 1960s ended not with a whimper, but with a series of tectonic crashes. By 1970, the Sixties' 'Technicolor Dream' had faded into a cold...

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I was pretty much ensconced in FM programming, ignoring AM as much as I could(although with most cars, that’s all you had, but I wasn’t going to be driving just yet). That was the year of the Woodstock hangover, right before the big money really took over the music business and what had been alternative radio programming. Corporations were buying up the minor and major labels, FM playlists were starting to get more regimented.
People were just coming to grips with the Beatles being over, and it was confusing that Let It Be was released after Abbey Road.

 

[DJ Bebop]

And, not in the least of those that year...The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit.
Band of Gypsies, Bitches Brew.

This was the stuff I and my crew were into as we ran with an older “hippie” crowd. I remember after we got a copy of Bitches Brew in rotation, I pulled out my copy old of In a Silent Way to share

 

[DJ Bebop]

Funny you should mention that, this article just came down my news feed…

Ranked: the 25 greatest albums of 1970, the Sixties' hard, bluesy hangover — BBC Music Magazine

From heavy metal’s birth to the Beatles’ final bow, discover 21 essential albums that defined rock’s gritty, hungover transition into 1970 January 16, 2026 The 1960s ended not with a whimper, but with a series of tectonic crashes. By 1970, the Sixties' 'Technicolor Dream' had faded into a cold...

apple.news

I was pretty much ensconced in FM programming, ignoring AM as much as I could(although with most cars, that’s all you had, but I wasn’t going to be driving just yet). That was the year of the Woodstock hangover, right before the big money really took over the music business and what had been alternative radio programming. Corporations were buying up the minor and major labels, FM playlists were starting to get more regimented.
People were just coming to grips with the Beatles being over, and it was confusing that Let It Be was released after Abbey Road.

Yep, all of that!

 

[DownRound]

I was pretty much ensconced in FM programming, ignoring AM as much as I could. That was the year of the Woodstock hangover, right before the big money really took over the music business and what had been alternative radio programming. Corporations were buying up the minor and major labels, FM playlists were starting to get more regimented.
People were just coming to grips with the Beatles being over, and it was confusing that Let It Be was released after Abbey Road.

Yeah, you could hear and fell the tectonic shift going on, whether or not you knew what was causing it.
But everything was shaking up so much in that second half of the 60s that it on the other hand it just fit in with everything else.
Probably the year I got my own first stereo/receiver, picked up on the FM shift via a great Portland station, KINK called at the time "KINK The Underground Link". Very, very open format held on for years.

I'd pretty much agree with most of the choices in the BBC article.
I hadn't remembered the Stooges, don't think I actually caught up with them until years later.

It was that Black Sabbath album swept through the milltown high school like a cult phenomenon.
Blasting out of 8 tracks, people walking down the halls singing "Paranoid".

 

[DownRound]

In a Silent Way to share

THAT was a transformative album, my brother had bought it.
And Santana closed out the Fillmore West with a really good version of the song, the album Last Days of the Fillmore, I think it was a 2 Disc box set, got ripped off somewhere along the line.

 

[Major Seven]

IF you're playing it out of E (the record key), on a four, for the main riff of course the open E anchors it, and I used to play it with the walking down fourths of the riff on A and D strings, with the 4-4#-5 turnaround right under it along the E-string, That all lines us pretty easy.

Off a five, play the low E on the B-string with the same above, and it's all in one place and no open string to deal with.

For the part under the long solos (which are most of the same notes as the turnaround that restarts the riff every time), again open E and put the repeating figure on E and A strings on a four.

On a five, again it lines up easier playing off the E on the B string.

I was around when this was a hit originally, it was a big record, and big fun for bass players, one song where the bass really led it as a real part that didn't unsettle everything else by being 'too busy'. I've played this a LOT, could probably play it in my sleep, big hit in the bar bands back then.

And a song that REALLY illustrates how you tend to play 'across' a five instead of 'up and down' a four. This is why they are similar but very different animals.

And as always, I wouldn't waste two minutes of my life with tabs. Learn standard notation, it's just not that hard. No professional work is EVER tab. Not to mention if all else fails, pick it out by ear: Ear training (which helps you learn the fingerboard finding the notes) is NEVER a waste of time.

Anyone have the standard notation for this? I think its actually easier than tabs. Too much info is lost.

 

[DJ Bebop]

THAT was a transformative album, my brother had bought it.
And Santana closed out the Fillmore West with a really good version of the song, the album Last Days of the Fillmore, I think it was a 2 Disc box set, got ripped off somewhere along the line.

Then there was this guy I was heavy into, more than my running buddies…

I remember using the first money I earned from mowing lawns to buy the first Mothers of Invention album, Freak Out, and never looked back. I brought it to school to play during Rainy Day Recess once. The kids hated me, however the younger teachers on staff loved it. Probably adding to the hate towards me from the student body

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Funny you should mention that, this article just came down my news feed…

Ranked: the 25 greatest albums of 1970, the Sixties' hard, bluesy hangover — BBC Music Magazine

From heavy metal’s birth to the Beatles’ final bow, discover 21 essential albums that defined rock’s gritty, hungover transition into 1970 January 16, 2026 The 1960s ended not with a whimper, but with a series of tectonic crashes. By 1970, the Sixties' 'Technicolor Dream' had faded into a cold...

apple.news

I was pretty much ensconced in FM programming, ignoring AM as much as I could(although with most cars, that’s all you had, but I wasn’t going to be driving just yet). That was the year of the Woodstock hangover, right before the big money really took over the music business and what had been alternative radio programming. Corporations were buying up the minor and major labels, FM playlists were starting to get more regimented.
People were just coming to grips with the Beatles being over, and it was confusing that Let It Be was released after Abbey Road.

That’s a great list.

 

[DownRound]

Freak Out.
How did Zappa manage that, never having done drugs....
Oh yeah, he was Zappa.
A memory just came back, the year after that, 1971, when he played the Coliseum, the Flo and Eddie tour talked about on here before.

Black Sabbath, also played at the Portland Coliseum that same year.
Went with some friends from high school. One of them gave us something to eat, little ball of something browninsh green with the consistency of clay.
I fell asleep while on the floor of the Coliseum, during the third song of the opening act.
And looking up their tour schedule (to check the year), it's astonishing it itself.
How did they do it?
Oh yeah, it was 1971-1971. Little helpers.

"October 14, 1971 Coliseum, Portland, OR (supported by Edgar Winter's White Trash featuring Jerry LaCroix & Sweathog"

The best venue: "April 4, 1971 Alexandria Roller Rink, Alexandria, VA (supported by Humble Pie)"

Black Sabbath Concerts 1970s

1970: January 13, 1970 Henry's Blues House, Birmingham, ENG (supported by Climax Chicago, Duster Bennett & Graham Bond) January 24, 1970 Polesworth Memorial Hall, Tamworth, ENG (supported by The Dave Harris Disc-K-Tek Show) February 5, 1970 Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff, WAL (Cardiff Arts...

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And...a perfect sign of the times, the album cover to Weasels Ripped My Flesh.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Freak Out.
How did Zappa manage that, never having done drugs....
Oh yeah, he was Zappa.
A memory just came back, the year after that, 1971, when he played the Coliseum, the Flo and Eddie tour talked about on here before.

Black Sabbath, also at the Portland Colosseum that same year.
Went with some friends from high school. One of the gave us something to eat, little ball of something browninsh green with the consistency of clay.
I fell asleep while on the floor of the Colosseum, during the third song of the opening act.
And looking up their tour schedule (to check the year), it's astonishing it itself.
How did they do it?
Oh yeah, it was 1971-1971. Little helpers.

"October 14, 1971 Coliseum, Portland, OR (supported by Edgar Winter's White Trash featuring Jerry LaCroix & Sweathog"

The best venue: "April 4, 1971 Alexandria Roller Rink, Alexandria, VA (supported by Humble Pie)"

Black Sabbath Concerts 1970s

1970: January 13, 1970 Henry's Blues House, Birmingham, ENG (supported by Climax Chicago, Duster Bennett & Graham Bond) January 24, 1970 Polesworth Memorial Hall, Tamworth, ENG (supported by The Dave Harris Disc-K-Tek Show) February 5, 1970 Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff, WAL (Cardiff Arts...

concerts.fandom.com

I would love to have seen White Trash as well as Sabbath! Have you heard their Roadwork album? Killer.

 

[DownRound]

I would love to have seen White Trash as well as Sabbath! Have you heard their Roadwork album? Killer.

Yeah, the Winters were great.
I did see Edgar and White Trash at a different time, the line-up with Derringer.
I came across a Edgar's website last month.
Great family photos.
Those Texas boys, they got a sound down there.

FAMILY PHOTOS – Edgar Winter

edgarwinter.com

 

[Major Seven]

Yeah, the Winters were great.
I did see Edgar and White Trash at a different time, the line-up with Derringer.
I came across a Edgar's website last month.
Great family photos.
Those Texas boys, they got a sound down there.

FAMILY PHOTOS – Edgar Winter

edgarwinter.com

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Music wasn't a mega business in those days. I saw Edgar and White Trash with Derringer at a NJ community college, I think it was $2.

 

[DJ Bebop]

Freak Out.
How did Zappa manage that, never having done drugs....
Oh yeah, he was Zappa.

He had enough drug culture around him to observe. Hence the tales about drugs and their effect on the youth of America

A memory just came back, the year after that, 1971, when he played the Coliseum, the Flo and Eddie tour talked about on here before.

And...a perfect sign of the times, the album cover to Weasels Ripped My Flesh.

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“Dats der sh!t man!”

I got to see Flo and Eddie with Zappa @ Lewis and Clark College

As well as seeing Zappa during the Joe’s Garage tour. I was in a band, The Reef Aires, and one of the local bands we hung with won the Joe’s Garage contest for Portland. Zappa came by their rehearsal space to watch them play “Joe’s Garage.” The guitarist in our band, Mike Rose, had Zappa sign his guitar

Good times