How awesome is the bass playing on Jeff Becks "Blow by Blow"?

Sorry, not sure about blow by blow, but his first two feature ron wood on bass, and the playing is sweet!

 

Blow by Blow features Phil Chen on Bass- and yes he is the Bruce Lee of Bass

 

Groin-grabblingly awesome!

 

'Wired' has been a big fave of mine... Wilbur Bascomb created some great grooves for JB.

 

Rather awesome.

 

Had to hop over the YT and take a listen...very nice. I hadn't listened to any of that in...yikes...30 years or so...

Very tasty Precision work by Phil Chen.

 

Yeah, great stuff. Phil Chen's a bass player, while Ron Wood always sounds like a guitarist who doesn't quite "get" bass.

jte

 

Phil Chen was featured in a recent BP article. I found it interesting that he doesn't read a lick of music and plays by ear....Not promoting this BTW. It's just that some have it and some don't

 

Great album that 'blew' me away the 1st time I heard it (the week it was released...in 1975).
Take the 1st tune, "You Know What I Mean"...you mean the bass doesn't have to play on Beat 1?!?
Every tune is a Classic. The Beatles' "She's A Woman"...I didn't even recognize it!

Check out the recent Live At Ronnie Scott's album/DVD for an uptempo version of "Scatterbrain".

 

...sounds like he's still playing the same set of strings that he used for Blow By Blow!

 

love jeff beck. love blow by blow. great stuff.

 

+1, I was already a huge Beck fan when the album came out and I was not disappointed. There were rumors that its was going to be a instrumental album, but by that time in my listening tastes, it was perfect timing.

 

Actually,he is playing the same set.He said in the BP article that he has had those strings on that bass for 45 years,IIRC.

 

Same here! I liked Rock instrumentals/jam sections (as bands of that time were expected to be capable of)...
...& in '75, my uncle started turning me onto Jazz...Blow By Blow was a perfect fit.
Possibly a desert island disc for me.

 

Yes, you're correct.
Amazing...no string endorsement for Phil, huh?

 

I remember buying Blow By Blow on vinyl back in '75 with funds from my summer job. A great album then and a great album now. I think I prefer Jeff's playing then before he discovered the whammy bar.

 

+1

 

This album in '75 was ear training ground toward Jazz...

Sequence went Blow by Blow > One of a Kind > Land of the Midnight Sun > Heavy Weather...

Chen played perfect for the music.

Anyone know what kind of bass was actually used on the album? I would be interested to know...

 

I saw Phil Chen play with the 21st Century Doors a few years back. Solid bass playing. BTW, Robby Krieger was the best part of that show.a