Joe Osborn?

[ELG60]

I'm lazing about on a non-work Saturday and getting the gumption up to hit the gym, and whilst doing so, I'm going down the rabbit hole that is YouTube, working on my ear training by playing to the Midnight Special.

It looks to me like Episode 2, hosted by Johnny Rivers has the great Joe Osborn on bass. The view is unclear, but I know he toured with Johnny Rivers in the early 60s, and played in a majority of his hits. Looks like a well-worn '60 Jazz bass too. Thoughts?

 

[A.K.]

I'm lazing about on a non-work Saturday and getting the gumption up to hit the gym, and whilst doing so, I'm going down the rabbit hole that is YouTube, working on my ear training by playing to the Midnight Special.

It looks to me like Episode 2, hosted by Johnny Rivers has the great Joe Osborn on bass. The view is unclear, but I know he toured with Johnny Rivers in the early 60s, and played in a majority of his hits. Looks like a well-worn '60 Jazz bass too. Thoughts?

Yep, looks like Joe to me. And that's Larry Carlton playing the guitar solo.

 

[ELG60]

Yep, looks like Joe to me. And that's Larry Carlton playing the guitar solo.

Cool! I see that. Speaking of whom, (sorta) there's the original Steely Dan line-up with Denny Diaz and Jeff Skunk Baxter on the show as well. They play "Do It Again," and "Reelin In The Years."

 

[Michedelic]

Joe's son is on here, I wonder if he has any info. I'm curious on the amp…in the studio he used an open back Fender Concert combo, a 4x10 for guitar, and it looks like some kind of small amp like that way in the back.