Steppenwolf

[Raman]

What an accomplished, yet so cool, bass line.
So steadily steady for such a steady time.

 

[58kites]

As usual, the cameraman just cannot find the bass player.

 

[Raman]

As usual, the cameraman just cannot find the bass player.

I know.

 

[Raman]

 

[JimmyM]

Back then, there was no bass player. John Kay got frustrated with bass players and had the keyboard player program the bass. I think they finally got one a couple years before he retired, but he was frustrated that the bassists he was finding that were good enough to hang were getting too jazzy. My friend George Biondo was a really tough act to follow.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

Back then, there was no bass player. John Kay got frustrated with bass players and had the keyboard player program the bass. I think they finally got one a couple years before he retired, but he was frustrated that the bassists he was finding that were good enough to hang were getting too jazzy. My friend George Biondo was a really tough act to follow.

I remember seeing a bassist with Stepenwolf playing a Mosrite bass. Was that George Biondo?

 

[JimmyM]

I remember seeing a bassist with Stepenwolf playing a Mosrite bass. Was that George Biondo?

Doubt it. George usually used an Ampeg scroll bass.

 

[Raman]

Back then, there was no bass player. John Kay got frustrated with bass players and had the keyboard player program the bass. I think they finally got one a couple years before he retired, but he was frustrated that the bassists he was finding that were good enough to hang were getting too jazzy. My friend George Biondo was a really tough act to follow.

Are you telling me I listened to that song a few times yesterday, really digging how cool the bass player was, when there's in fact no bass player?

 

[Killing Floor]

Great song!

 

[58kites]

Back then, there was no bass player. John Kay got frustrated with bass players and had the keyboard player program the bass. I think they finally got one a couple years before he retired, but he was frustrated that the bassists he was finding that were good enough to hang were getting too jazzy. My friend George Biondo was a really tough act to follow.

That is 'effin hilarious, I kept looking and in the final 20 seconds I figured the camera would pan out and we would see the illusive bass player, instead just a keyboard player turned up....THAT'S BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BASS PLAYER!!

 

[JimmyM]

Are you telling me I listened to that song a few times yesterday, really digging how cool the bass player was, when there's in fact no bass player?

Lol…afraid so, although the original does have a killer bass part played by Rushton Moreve.

 

[Raman]

Lol…afraid so, although the original does have a killer bass part played by Rushton Moreve.

Not the 1st time I've been fooled (The Doors, the B-52's, the White Stripes and the Black Keys come to mind).