I thought I was the only one that did that! Mel is the man without a doubt! On Time is still one of my favorite albums.Nice to see Mels name mentioned again.
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Mel Schacher
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I thought I was the only one that did that! Mel is the man without a doubt! On Time is still one of my favorite albums.Nice to see Mels name mentioned again.
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It's scary how much "Mel" I hear in my own playing, to this day. I stole a lot of my early ideas from that guy
Same here. I recently pulled out an old GFR record and noticed the same thing. I ripped Mel off for a few licks for sure.
I remember that I HATED his recorded tone. I saw them live and Mel's bass was earth shaking to say the least. Can you say "HIGH" (in more ways than one) power trio?
It would be nice to see the original GFR tour again but with Mark and Don hating each other now ......
I don't think that will happen.
Keep Low
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It's scary how much "Mel" I hear in my own playing, to this day. I stole a lot of my early ideas from that guy
I second the above. His style was used when forming my own back in the early seventies. He was an absolute monster on bass. I personally dig that kind of bass playing much more than the slap monsters of today.
Thanks Mel!
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Yeah, me too!
His style and tone are both awesome. I wish I could get my cover bands to play more than "We're an American Band" or "Some Kind of Wonderful".
Count me in as another low-life heavily influenced by Mel! Love his playing, love his tone. Check out E plurbis Funk for raging studio bass mayhem.
We've been know to open with Foot Stompin Music from time to time. And, get this, it wasn't even my idea, we'd just jam on it from time to time.
We've been know to open with Foot Stompin Music from time to time. And, get this, it wasn't even my idea, we'd just jam on it from time to time.
Just wanted to add that there's some nice vids on you tube of both Don and Mel's version of GFR and Mark's version too. Although Mark can't use the Grand Funk name when he tours.
IMO it's just not GFR without Mark Farner's vocal and guitar work.
IMO it's just not GFR without Mark Farner's vocal and guitar work.
Greetings,
I don't think Mel got the recognition that he so deserved because of the powers that be in the musical press at the time. There was alot of bias towards GFR stemming from Terry Knight's early involvement with them, if I recall correctly. But I think most of us did indeed borrow a lick or two to add to our arsenals from Mel. I know I did and still use them now and again to this day. I think he'd enjoy this thread if he knew about it.
Rezdog
I don't think Mel got the recognition that he so deserved because of the powers that be in the musical press at the time. There was alot of bias towards GFR stemming from Terry Knight's early involvement with them, if I recall correctly. But I think most of us did indeed borrow a lick or two to add to our arsenals from Mel. I know I did and still use them now and again to this day. I think he'd enjoy this thread if he knew about it.
Rezdog
The Red Album kills!! Drove my folks nuts listening and learning Paranoid!
He sure had the "blues" licks and riffs down! Plays lines exactly as a rocker bassist should - big and phat with bluesy chromaticisms thrown in!
I learned a lot learning his lines!
One thing I admired about GFR was when they started incorporating keyboard parts into their songs, they went out and hired a keyboard player as a permanent band member. I wish The Who and The Stones would have done likewise, instead of hiding a "support member" behind the curtain (or worse yet - played to tapes!!)!
Great player! Cool band! Have his autograph even! Short dude.
He sure had the "blues" licks and riffs down! Plays lines exactly as a rocker bassist should - big and phat with bluesy chromaticisms thrown in!
I learned a lot learning his lines!
One thing I admired about GFR was when they started incorporating keyboard parts into their songs, they went out and hired a keyboard player as a permanent band member. I wish The Who and The Stones would have done likewise, instead of hiding a "support member" behind the curtain (or worse yet - played to tapes!!)!
Great player! Cool band! Have his autograph even! Short dude.
Maybe I'm not as old school as much of the people on this thread but I also admire to Mels sound and lines
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That's the song. And that's The Sound ... Then some other devil-worshippin' band put PARANOID on their album, but somehow everything was different.
And wrong.
; }
Nice - what kind of animal is that sitting on the singer's head?
Bah, ha, ha! I just spit a mouth full of tea all over my laptop.
At least it wasn't anything aimed at the bass player . . .
One of my favorite albums to listen to at full volume while driving down the road is Caught in the Act.
