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Ramble On (Zeppelin cover) - funky home sesh

#41
biobass said:
I really enjoyed that. Kudos all around! I have long held the view that almost any song can be played in almost any style. As long as you give the audience (and yourselves) enough of the melody to let people know what song you are playing, you can take them (and yourselves) along on the musical journey. You guys did that in spades. Nice!
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Agree! And let's be honest, Ramble On is pretty funky to start with, so we didn't have to stretch too far with this one. It was a lot of fun!
 
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KCLRbass said:
My band is starting to build some momentum again after being derailed by covid (like everyone else). New record in a couple of months, more regular gigs, and some more excuses to get together and jam. We piled into my living room a few weeks ago and did a quick home recording of a few things, including this funky cover of Ramble On. And yeah, I'm still using my old Squier - it always slays. Thanks for listening!

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I wouldn't ordinarily look forward to a band doing their cover of Zep (with exceptions of course - Ann Wilson with Heart springs to mind), but this has the groove to move it along. Ramble on!
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DirtDog said:
Diggin it. Love the way your drummer effortlessly plays sparsely yet authoritatively on a minimalistic kit. Well done.

I never did catch you guys when you gigged in Ottawa.
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Ya Austin is a bottomless pit of talent and taste. Same goes for those other MFers in the room. For anyone interested, the roster is:

KC Roberts - guitar/vox/arrangement
Austin Gembora - drums
Rob Christian - sax/synth
Me - bass
 
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TyBo said:
I wouldn't ordinarily look forward to a band doing their cover of Zep (with exceptions of course - Ann Wilson with Heart springs to mind), but this has the groove to move it along. Ramble on!
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This is high praise, indeed, TyBo! That Kennedy Center Stairway thing was legendary. At the risk of pushing the limits of your Zeppelin cover tolerance, here's a cover of Rock and Roll from a few years back. It's a bit more...out there.

 
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Nice work! I was just listening to the awe-inspiring isolated bass track from the original last week, so it's fresh in my mind and you gave this a good groove.

Zeppelin covers are tough since you're never going to play it like them, as much as we all try, and the songwriting/lyrics don't always hold up as well as the performances, so I think you guys made a nice move with this arrangement. Nice strat work too.
 
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KCLRbass said:
Thanks 31HZ! And to the rest of you commenting on tone, too. It was a pretty simple but tasty chain: Squier Precision Special w/Bartolinis into REDDI into 6176. Just jamming in as many transformers and tubes as possible lol.
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Oh yeah, I get it. I like to run bass > Solo/610 > dbx 160SL, but I should try stuffing a REDDI into that signal path as well.

I'd be super happy to walk out of a session with your tone on the tracks. Really sounds great. Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:
 
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