Stay With Me - the Faces

[xposaune]

Here is Faces' live performance of that song.
The bass player plays with the pick a constant (almost) 8th note pulse (including ghost notes) during (that fast) Intro.

Yeah it's interesting that his right hand is moving eighth notes but what he's playing is not just that. All the work is in the left hand? He's playing pretty much the same line that's on the record in that intro (and throughout) but at a more reasonable tempo . They are about 20 bpm slower. It gets more crazy on the outro too. Pretty amazing.

 

[Whousedtoplay]

Yeah it's interesting that his right hand is moving eighth notes but what he's playing is not just that. All the work is in the left hand? He's playing pretty much the same line that's on the record in that intro (and throughout) but at a more reasonable tempo . They are about 20 bpm slower. It gets more crazy on the outro too. Pretty amazing.

The bass tone is, kind of, "fuzzy" on the original recording, but I tend to hear those ghosted, off-beat bass notes.

 

[Whousedtoplay]

The Bass Player is the late Ronnie Lane

Ronnie Lane was "diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and was supported by charity projects and financial contributions from friends, former bandmates and fans. After suffering from the disease for 21 years, he died aged 51."
Terrible.

 

[foal30]

Ronnie Lane was "diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and was supported by charity projects and financial contributions from friends, former bandmates and fans. After suffering from the disease for 21 years, he died aged 51."
Terrible.

I think he is an important UK Bass player. Influential and had a good groove