Joseph "Lucky" Scott

[xlows]

not to hijack, but i'm too lazy to do a search and i'm curious as to who played on "freddie's dead"

 

[Sneckumhaw]

not to hijack, but i'm too lazy to do a search and i'm curious as to who played on "freddie's dead"

Same guy as on the rest of Superfly...

 

[bassist15]

Ive not really come across to much information or talk of Joseph Scott. He was the bassist with Curtis MAyfield and he could really groove on the bass. I only have a best of Curtis but Im still impressed by his grooves . I think his main bass was a Fender Jazz.

 

[markjazzbassist]

yeah man he used a fender jazz. GREAT player. I've been digging on his work on Superfly for a long time. He was Curtis' Band Director too.

Great cat, doesn't get enough mention or props around here.

 

[pyrohr]

Ive not really come across to much information or talk of Joseph Scott. He was the bassist with Curtis MAyfield and he could really groove on the bass. I only have a best of Curtis but Im still impressed by his grooves . I think his main bass was a Fender Jazz.

Go here and scroll down http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Where Are They.html

 

[markjazzbassist]

Go here and scroll down http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Where Are They.html

God rest his soul. what a great player.

 

[James Hart]

I merged a couple threads up for one of the unsung greats of our instrument. More people need to get familiar with his name and his playing!!!

 

[bassist15]

I remember about a year ago when I first started trying to learn song off of cds and the first one I tried was Freddies Dead. Im gonna haev to revisit that here soon.

 

[bassist15]

I was just watching some video clips and saw that Scott had a Gibson-style humbucker added to his bass right next to the neck. The only other person Ive seen do this is Doug Rauch (Santana , Lenny White , Bill Cobham).

 

[PhR]

I was just watching some video clips and saw that Scott had a Gibson-style humbucker added to his bass right next to the neck. The only other person Ive seen do this is Doug Rauch (Santana , Lenny White , Bill Cobham).

If this clip has Scott playing it's not a humbucker but just a shiny sticker:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9nwcpGZE6A

 

[Sorefinger]

If this clip has Scott playing it's not a humbucker but just a shiny sticker:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9nwcpGZE6A

Great find! Thanks for sending me on a Mayfield trip ´round Youtube.

I´m pretty sure that´s Scott in that vid.

 

[bassist15]

Yea that is only a Sticker in the clip of Freddie's Dead but there is a pic inside THE best of Curtis Mayfield cd and it shows Curtis and the band on the Midnight Special and I'm sure Lucky Scott has a humbucker in the neck position.

 

[bkbirge]

Necro-threading bump for Lucky Scott 'cause he's the undisputed master of finger funk. Listening to Superfly for the billionth time right now.

 

[markjazzbassist]

lucky is one of my favorites. check out his stuff on the album "roots". he's using a big muff to get those great fuzz tones.

love it.

 

[scottgedwards]

Before "Lucky" joined Curtis Mayfield, he played with a band, I think from Alabama named the "Soul Chargers". The soul chargers were a "live" bunch of dudes off of the stage but when they were on the stage, they would kill every other group around. I read somewhere Lucky was playing with a gospel group on a gig, got sick and passed away. When I joined Stevie Wonder on my first gig, in 1970 in Birmingham, Alabama, the "Soul Chargers" were the opening group for the gig. Lucky was "baddd". Later
Scott

I picked up a Curtis Mayfield Anthology disc today, they were playing it at a used record store. Anyway, I should know this but who played on his stuff, like "Pusherman", So in Love" and "Only You Man"? Classic textbook Funk lines, Great stuff. Also, who played on the Impressions stuff?

 

[ElMon]

Before "Lucky" joined Curtis Mayfield, he played with a band, I think from Alabama named the "Soul Chargers". The soul chargers were a "live" bunch of dudes off of the stage but when they were on the stage, they would kill every other group around. I read somewhere Lucky was playing with a gospel group on a gig, got sick and passed away. When I joined Stevie Wonder on my first gig, in 1970 in Birmingham, Alabama, the "Soul Chargers" were the opening group for the gig. Lucky was "baddd". Later
Scott

+1 for Joseph Scott, a great player, and ANOTHER +1 to YOU sir!!! Killer bass lines/tone on the recordings you've cut. I"m guessing you were rocking a Pbass with flats?

 

[funkytoe]

Funny to run across this post. I just came from rehearsal and we did a medley with Pusherman/Freddie's Dead/Superfly. My drummer actually commented how funky the bass lines were and I told him "that's Lucky Scott."

You don't hear about him much, but he was a great player.

Now, if you like this genre, go check out Duke Jobe from Rose Royce ("Carwash" soundtrack, etc.). Another underrated funkster!

 

[invisaman75]

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I remember a good friend from Chicago (bass player) who work with a few artist on Curtom in the mid to late '70. He knew Lucky Scott. I asked him about Lucky Scott's sound. I remembered Curtis' "Hell Below" and how the bass had a growled fuzz kind of sound. It was slightly distorted but not totally in rock kind a way. He said he was sure Lucky did not use pedals but thought was his amp (Fender). He was't sure if it was modified or just broken but it sounded good!

 

[scottgedwards]

In 1970 before I joined Stevie Wonder, I was playing in Atlanta and Lucky Scott was in a band that played in the South called "The Soul Chargers" and he was making a name for himself back then. They would come through Atlanta and we would have "sit-in" battles in clubs around Atlanta. lucky was a "bad" cat. Later.

 

[BigBeatNut]

I remember a good friend from Chicago (bass player) who work with a few artist on Curtom in the mid to late '70. He knew Lucky Scott. I asked him about Lucky Scott's sound. I remembered Curtis' "Hell Below" and how the bass had a growled fuzz kind of sound. It was slightly distorted but not totally in rock kind a way. He said he was sure Lucky did not use pedals but thought was his amp (Fender). He was't sure if it was modified or just broken but it sounded good!

That's what I needed to know. I've ssen comments elsewhere about it being fuzz, but this sounds more likely to me. (Really thinking about that break in Freddie's Dead, BTW)

Off to find some more of Lucky's recordings ...