Ready Freddie Talks

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Enjoy !!

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

What I’ve personally taken from Freddie is his light touch . Influenced my playing tremendously.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

I still take out the trash , I swim and play golf and I pick up my instrument every day . Not to practice or to learn how to play something . But maybe throw on a jazz record and see how the saxophone solo might sound played on my bass.
Just to keep the connect and fluidity . Music is a part of me. That’s just who I Am.

Nugget of wisdom .

 

[DWBass]

Great player and one everyone should take away some of his playing and wisdom. There's a ton of cats out there with chops out the wazoo but the simple and solid guys always get the gigs!! I take great pride on being a simple and solid player. I also look up to guys like Will Lee and Nathan East.

 

[Low Main]

A great doubler. I first knew of him as an upright player.
I love his approach to electric. More bass than guitar.
Rather than aspiring to shred on a 6 string electric like some other upright doublers, he takes his foundation over to the P bass or a 5 string.
I think of him as a major presence in the lineage of in-demand doublers that traces back to players like Bob Cranshaw.

 

[winston]

The one time I saw Steely Dan live about 15 years ago, I had no idea who would be playing…turned out to be Ready Freddie Washington and Keith Carlock on drums! Was at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, CA - Freddie’s from Oakland - the next town over - so it was a hometown gig for him and the crowd loved him! Fantastic twist on familiar grooves, he is truly awesome!!

 

[bucephylus]

Amazing player. IIRC he read down one of the tougher Jamerson transcriptions on SITSOM - Bernadette, first take, like it was nothing.

 

[MaxSpinrun]

Great interview! He has some nice solo work that I really enjoyed also. Great player.

 

[DWBass]

A lot of folks don't know that he played on this tune. Interviewers focus only on the R&B stuff.