Paul Jacksons work with the Headhunters really opened my ears as what could be done with the funk genre. Some mighty slinky grooves goin on in that stuff, especially in HUYH's
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Paul Jackson Bad Pocket???
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Oh, my God..... Bravo, bravo Mr. Jackson. I'm ashamed to say, as long as I've been playing, I've never listened to the man. This guy's playing makes me realize that my "tool box" doesn't have all the tools when it comes to playing bass, after all. I need to learn what this guy does.
@ Randy Hahahaha I didnt mean to be so hard on the young whipper snapper, but Im pretty young myself, 17, so with my youth I hope I dont say such uninformed things
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Agreed on all counts.
I consider the Mike Clark/Paul Jackson thing essential study for the evolving electric bassist. If I were to write a Funk Bass Curriculum (which I have been considering) these guys would definitely be a chapter unto themselves. Bootsy would also be included in the course. Young Bootsy, when he was with James Brown is one of the reasons I play bass. The song give it up or turn it loose (Jungle remix) does it for me. and is a great exercise for many reasons for all interested in really studying and playing funk bass.
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You guys seem to know alot about pocket play, here's a problem I thought maybe you could solve: I just played with something of similarity to a sausage in my pocket and my hands and pants are now all covered in goo. What do I do?
This thread demonstrates why I didn't start my 'Jamerson was like....just OK at the bass man' thread.
SO glad to have found so many fellow-Paul Jackson accolytes. His playing gives me heart palpatations. The good kind. If only I could stop spraying lysol all over my computer speakers to get that stank smell out of it.
SO glad to have found so many fellow-Paul Jackson accolytes. His playing gives me heart palpatations. The good kind. If only I could stop spraying lysol all over my computer speakers to get that stank smell out of it.
laughed that hard in a long time!
I'm a geezer, played all this stuff when it was fresh - please OP don't take it too hard
I've been trying to cop these grooves for 35 yrs now lmao
PJ has the badest feel on the planet - laughing again
the way it was explained to me by older players back in the
'70s - the beat is not a dot or a period in time - it can be as big as a basketball - you can play on the front edge, just behind the front edge, in the middle, a bit behind or, as we called this back then;
FATBACK - way laid back EXCEPT for the ONE
OP, you need bigger ears
I'm a geezer, played all this stuff when it was fresh - please OP don't take it too hard
I've been trying to cop these grooves for 35 yrs now lmao
PJ has the badest feel on the planet - laughing again
the way it was explained to me by older players back in the
'70s - the beat is not a dot or a period in time - it can be as big as a basketball - you can play on the front edge, just behind the front edge, in the middle, a bit behind or, as we called this back then;
FATBACK - way laid back EXCEPT for the ONE
OP, you need bigger ears
