Jerry Barnes: Funk bass instructional video

[A.K.]

This guy blows my mind. I have a DVD of Chic live at Montreux, and Jerry is on FIRE throughout it. A worthy successor to Bernard Edwards, which is no small feat.

He shows some very cool funky licks in this video.

 

[MarkoYYZ]

I had the pleasure of meeting Jerry on Monday night in Montreal. Smoking hot player with a fantastic solo bit during an 8min or so version of Good Times.

He plays a super light Atelier Z Jazz right now (ash body, maple neck), and is a super friendly dude.

 

[mrufino1]

Yes, he's amazing. Different than Bernard for sure but a great player. His sister does a ton of work as a singer as well, musical family.

 

[DWBass]

Jerry's a monster for sure. He took over for Barry Johnson who filled in after BE passed away.

 

[SpankBazz]

The opening tune on this video kills me.
Sweet riff. So funky.
It was this video that put me on to Pensa $uhr basses.

RIP to his sister Katreese, who shows up here. Extremely talented in her own right.
She was the music directror for SNL for a while.
She won an Emmy for the song D**k In A Box by Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg.

Back in the 80's, she and Jerry were in band, then a duo called Juicy.
They had one major hit

 

[Dr. Cheese]

The opening tune on this video kills me.
Sweet riff. So funky.
It was this video that put me on to Pensa $uhr basses.

RIP to his sister Katreese, who shows up here. Extremely talented in her own right.
She was the music directror for SNL for a while.
She won an Emmy for the song D**k In A Box by Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg.

Back in the 80's, she and Jerry were in band, then a duo called Juicy.
They had one major hit

I remember Sugar Free! It was definitely influenced by Mtume's Juicy Fruit. May she rest in peace.

 

[winston]

I watched this vid a few months ago and then sent some $$ to Jerry on his site. Fantastic player!

 

[VoodooRanger]

I substituted for Jerry with Nile Rogers@CHIC at DisneyWorld..Fantastic person and the ultimate bass player

 

[SpankBazz]

I substituted for Jerry with Nile Rogers@CHIC at DisneyWorld..Fantastic person and the ultimate bass player

Wow! That's always cool to hear.

 

[Bass Motifs]

Nice one VoodooRanger, that makes you some player then!

Sorry for reposting this pic again, but I'm still on high from a couple of weeks ago. Amazing concert. Got a fist bump from Nile and a hand slap from Jerry! Really awesome watching him play, and seeing the difference between live performance style and recorded tracks.

 

[ErikP.Bass]

This is such a great video/thread. I love this guys playing but am really struggling to emulate much of the nuance and rhythmic complexity. He makes it look so effortless, such a relaxed left hand and magic right. I'm thinking of purchasing the DVD just to get the booklet to see if that would help as these types of lines are exactly what I want to incorporate into my playing. Any other tips anyone might have would be greatly appreciated!

I wish the tracks were longer and with less variation so I might stand a better chance of getting them down. I'll definitely be looking into the recordings of many of the players he mentions as I wasn't familiar with a lot of them. Great stuff!