Klaus Voorman w/ John Lennon

[BargeOn]

"Whatever Gets You Through the Night"
I never paid much attention to that song, never liked it much really.
But it was on the radio the other day and the bass line really jumped out. I believe it was Voorman. Don't know much about him, but he's all over this song. A lot of notes, fast and punchy. Almost like he's filling in for a missing guitar player. Anyone ever had a go at playing this one?

 

[The Golden Boy]

Klaus did most of the Lennon stuff in the 70's as the bass player for the Plastic Ono Band. He also designed the Revolver album cover!

 

[iloveloosey]

glad someone mentioned this!

always one of my fav bass lines.

and i like jamerson, jaco, and all that.

i think voorman runs (or ran) a hotel in germany now.

 

[JimK]

He also designed the Revolver album cover!

Plus the Anthology covers.

IIRC, Voorman also played on Harrison's All Things Must Pass.

Very bouncy/busy line on that Lennon tune to be sure. Nice work.

 

[The Mock Turtle Regulator]

he's on some of Lou Reed's Transformer album (Herbie Flowers plays on the rest)- I think on "Satellite of love", "perfect day" and "vicious"?

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[iloveloosey]

nice link there!

 

[cowsgomoo]

a good example of ultra-economic playing is Klaus' work on Lennon's 'Plastic Ono Band' album...

absolutely minimalist bass playing, which works perfectly for the mood of the album

 

[Jimothy60]

Klaus is also on the George Harrison Tribute DVD. This is a great DVD (with Clapton of course).

 

[boogiebass]

Klaus is also on the George Harrison Tribute DVD. This is a great DVD (with Clapton of course).

Second that!

 

[The Golden Boy]

IIRC, Voorman also played on Harrison's All Things Must Pass.

I had thought that, but I was too lazy to look it up, and I remembered seeing Carl Radle's name on the album.