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Solo bass pieces
- Thread starter Gopherbassist
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I guess ya could consider this a 'cover', but it's Only bass, (maybe drum machine in parts).
STILL, quite impressive. (As if ya needed me to say it).
Starts getting nutty a little ways into it.
(It's not me, it's some guy I found on the internet).
Charlie? or Chuck somethin? 
T$
STILL, quite impressive. (As if ya needed me to say it).
Starts getting nutty a little ways into it.
(It's not me, it's some guy I found on the internet).
Charlie? or Chuck somethin? T$
Not sure if this counts, as it has multiple bass tracks, but I was always impressed.
Also one of my favorite Zappa compositions.
Also one of my favorite Zappa compositions.
Jonas Hellborg - the song “Roman” from The Silent Life, 1991 release.
However that song seems to have been removed from the album and no decent representation of this beautiful song online anywhere. What happened?
Why was this song removed?
His famous acoustic Wechter bass was named “Roman”.
Luckily I have a copy of the CD from 1991 which has the song.
…a mystery…
However that song seems to have been removed from the album and no decent representation of this beautiful song online anywhere. What happened?
Why was this song removed?
His famous acoustic Wechter bass was named “Roman”.
Luckily I have a copy of the CD from 1991 which has the song.
…a mystery…
Check out the work of Damian Coccio:
damiancoccio.bandcamp.com
Damian Coccio
ALSO ON; iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, etc. Damian is an ASCAP artist that has been playing the bass guitar since he fell in love with it decades ago. He plays music in a variety of genres and his passion is improvising and writing music. He has been building his own basses and audio electronics for...
damiancoccio.bandcamp.com
Thanks for that. I am definitely going to adopt the pinch and pull he does while bowing. . Our very own @damonsmith has very interesting solo double bass playing. He gets sounds you'd never expect to come from a bass.. Looks like we are tunign this into a double bass thread
Here is one
Okay back to bass guitar. Andres has been one of my favorite "unknown" on the bass. He is a great accompanist too
devnulljp
Supporting Member
Michael Manring
Steve Lawson
Rich Brown
Richard Bona
Tal Wilkenfeld
Jaco of course
Oh, you want rock?
Billy Sheehan
If you don't mind some other instrumentation ... Kinga Glyk
Victor Bailey (playing Jaco ...
...and John Coltrane)
Steve Lawson
Rich Brown
Richard Bona
Tal Wilkenfeld
Jaco of course
Oh, you want rock?
Billy Sheehan
If you don't mind some other instrumentation ... Kinga Glyk
Victor Bailey (playing Jaco ...
...and John Coltrane)
Have always loved this song and the solo. So much great material from Mr. Big that never got released in the US, at the time at least. This live album finally got a US release sometime in the 2000's.
It seems that almost all POPULAR rock bass "solos" have drums accompanying them. Apparently, no one really wants to hear JUST the bass guitar!
I dont know if holds up for other genres, or even other artists, but I love watching Mr. Big shows from Japan were they actually pay attention to, and cheer for, Billy's unaccompanied solos.
I grew up watching Billy perform in Buffalo way back when with Talas. Such a great talent and showman, even back then! He was just here in Pittsburgh with The Fell about 5 minutes from my house, but unfortunately, I didn't catch them. Used to play "Green Tinted Sixties Mind" a long time ago, too!
