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Reggae Bassists Club!!!!

#121
Jluckie3 said:
mr rodgers, jbb is one of my faves. nate edgar is a monster of a player as i have said before. and we got to play a few months ago with passafire, (cool guys lame promoter absolute nightmare of a gig) and i dig how Will thinks outside the box with his lines. welcome and respect to the rest of you
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Ya man. I've just recently been getting into JBB and I'm diggin his lines a lot. Any idea what kinda gear he's using??

Heres a pretty decent quality video i found from the JBB show in Ft. Lauderdale


Just recently got word we're opening for Passafire at this club called Propaganda when they come back down to South Florida. Should be pretty cool, we are stoked.
 
#122
greenboy said:
Thermo, that's going to be a total monster dub rig!

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Anybody catching Clinton Fearon these days?
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Saw him a few years back in Lausanne.

Great touring band, with a great catalogue of Gladiator tunes and more recent stuff. I find they are one of the few roots bands nowadays that lets the music speak, taking time to develop and not rushing through, hits, etc.

He plays some wicked guitar live, too, I love his wah-inflected solos, but who plays bass with his band live? I know Fearon is a great bass player, too.

I just found these clips on youtube, what an incredible line-up, and man, are they laying down some heavy riddims and meditations.

Great mix of older masters and hot young players, the Inna De Yard All-Stars:

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#123
Yo,
Here is an awesome site I stumbled on. Its a riddim directory. You can search out specific riddims and it lists all the artists that used them and what year they did so. Its cool tool to use to find out who the originators are of all these standards.

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#124
Badbear79 said:
Yo,
Here is an awesome site I stumbled on. Its a riddim directory. You can search out specific riddims and it lists all the artists that used them and what year they did so. Its cool tool to use to find out who the originators are of all these standards.

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I like that sited, it's got a lot of info, crazy riddim loops.

It's nowhere near complete, which gives you an idea of the sheer number of versions out there.
 
#125
I attended the Tarrus Riley Show here in Raleigh last night. Dean Fraser on sax, and the one and only Glen Browne on bass. Mr. Browne is IMHO, one THE BEST bassists outta yawd. He's played for so many artists including Monty Alexander,plus he writes, produces...Talked to him after the show. He plays a Guild 5-string with a detuner on the BString!! He hardly uses it, but it's there. Very nice guy.
The concert was amazing. TIGHT, well rehearsed, awesome sound and energy. If Tarrus is coming to your town, I most definitely recommend you check it out.
 
#126
Sounbwoy said:
I attended the Tarrus Riley Show here in Raleigh last night. Dean Fraser on sax, and the one and only Glen Browne on bass. Mr. Browne is IMHO, one THE BEST bassists outta yawd. He's played for so many artists including Monty Alexander,plus he writes, produces...Talked to him after the show. He plays a Guild 5-string with a detuner on the BString!! He hardly uses it, but it's there. Very nice guy.
The concert was amazing. TIGHT, well rehearsed, awesome sound and energy. If Tarrus is coming to your town, I most definitely recommend you check it out.
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I will, definitely. I was just checking some clips on youtube after reading an article about him in the NY Times, nice production and solid songs. Does Glen Browne play on the singles?

I'm a BIG fan of Riley's father, Winston, from the Techniques and Uniques, etc.
 
#127
One Drop said:
I will, definitely. I was just checking some clips on youtube after reading an article about him in the NY Times, nice production and solid songs. Does Glen Browne play on the singles?

I'm a BIG fan of Riley's father, Winston, from the Techniques and Uniques, etc.
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I do believe Glen played on the albums as well. He is SO smooth, man...I pretty much watched him ALL night. A lot of people talk about tone..he was using a rig provided by the venue and I've played thru that rig as well (GK amp and two Ampeg 4x10 cabs). He uses roundwounds - no issues with his "tone" from my POV!

Tarrus' father is better known as Jimmy Riley, but I seem to remember his real name is Martin.
My favorite Jimmy Riley song is "Love & Devotion" on the Taxi label. That's when just about ANYTHING Sly & Robbie did was an instant hit.
 
#128
Count me in! The reason I started playing bass was because of reggae music. Reggae has the some of the best bass lines IMO. I use a Fender-Squier P bass.

Edit I put flats on my bass a few weeks ago, and I really like them over rounds for playing.

I think a key to reggae playing is to have a bass sound like a bass. Don't a trebbley Metallica bass sound. Have the tone set for a BOOM BOOM sound.
 
#132
I posted this on a separate thread but received only one response. I figure I might get some more feedback if I post here. This is the original post:

I'm currently doing research on reggae rhythms. I'd like your (reggae lovers) feedback on a few different issues:

How you count your bars. Do you hear the bass drum/snare fall on the 2 and the 4 or the three of each bar?

Regarding rhythm terminology: do you equate "steppers" with "rockers"? How would you define these two terms?

What about "boof 'n' baff" or "one-two" (if these terms mean anything to you)? What would you call the drum pattern from, for example, "Night Nurse"?

I definitely have my own notions regarding these questions, but I'd really appreciate your take on things.

Thanks in advance.
 
#133
bass12 said:
I posted this on a separate thread but received only one response. I figure I might get some more feedback if I post here. This is the original post:

I'm currently doing research on reggae rhythms. I'd like your (reggae lovers) feedback on a few different issues:

How you count your bars. Do you hear the bass drum/snare fall on the 2 and the 4 or the three of each bar?

Regarding rhythm terminology: do you equate "steppers" with "rockers"? How would you define these two terms?

What about "boof 'n' baff" or "one-two" (if these terms mean anything to you)? What would you call the drum pattern from, for example, "Night Nurse"?

I definitely have my own notions regarding these questions, but I'd really appreciate your take on things.

Thanks in advance.
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2 and 4 is One Drop for me.

Steppers and Rockers are the same to me. Rockers is an older term. Same riddim now just has more tempo variations.

Night Nurse is Buff/Baff
 
#137
i've toured with various reggae artists since the mid-eighties such as mikey dread, earl 16, and ras michael. i've played with several riddim sections and opened shows for such legends as michael rose, bunny wailer, burning spear, and stranger cole. i have also shared the stage with the great sly and robbie.
eventually i formed my own band but suffered a crucial hand injury a day before an audition to tour africa and europe with the meditations who needed a replacement bassi while they were in seattle.
currently, i've been drilling my youngest to carry the torch!!!
more time, starr!!!
basses: '78 pbass customized by leo quan
'89 steinberger customized by ned steinberger
amps: GK800RB
SWR-SM400
effects: alesis noise-gate, compressor, and parametric eq
cab: peavy, 2x15
 
#138
Great to find this group, I play Reggae with two different groups in Los Angeles, Urban Dread and The Bonedaddys.

I've used a bunch of basses playing Reggae, but my current favorite is a 5 string SX '62 Jazz bass knockoff strung with D'Addario Chromes - beats my Lull 5 string and Stingray 5 hands down, go figure!

I'm playing out of a Markbass 2/10 combo with a Schroeder 15L cab underneath, probably not the ideal rig for Reggae, but it's my all purpose combo and I do a bunch of other styles. It still puts out a ton of bottom end for a smaller rig though.

Great thread, thanks, I'll be checking in!
 

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