Thunderbird Club

[BklynKen]

One more, Kenny Rogers was originally a jazz upright bassist, he hadn't played upright for years here in this video but he was still good, he played bass in Kenny Rogers and the first Edition, played a Fender Tele bass. Some of these good 'ol boys could play.

 

[KaraQ]

I will definitely try to. Not sure what the plans are. But I haven’t been to it since the pandemic started. And really no need to at this point. I expect I’ll make it up there for a week at some point this year, if for nothing else but to be sociable. I would love to take the VP off your hands, but I’m sworn to GAS abstinence for the remainder of the year. Of course should a Nikki Sixx become available, I might have to beg for mercy…

The Blackbird......one of my favorites!
Probably top two of all the Thunderbirds I've had. Love its sound, the way it plays, the look......







......that being said, most of the bass stuff I have is "available"

 

[Stealth57]

I too am a fan of big band - Buddy Rich, Count Bassie, Duke Ellington*, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass... Probably got that from my Dad (who was a musical bigot).

But I will do you all one better too. I also enjoy opera.

* Pretty much any nobility based band I suppose.

Loved it when Buddy Rich and the Killer Force showed up at Disneyland.

 

[dagrev]

Yah, bass was still riding the "felt" more than heard philosophy derived from big band and classical. The advent of the Fender (electric) bass changed the world and Jerry Wexler (producer for Aretha and others) spelled it out when asked what he wanted etched on his headstone; "More Bass".

Jerry Wexler - Wikipedia

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Motown, Stax, Muscle Shoals, (Staple Singers!!!, etc) put fantastic bass playing as the driving force of songs. Those songs were lessons in bass playing.

 

[dagrev]

One more, Kenny Rogers was originally a jazz upright bassist, he hadn't played upright for years here in this video but he was still good, he played bass in Kenny Rogers and the first Edition, played a Fender Tele bass. Some of these good 'ol boys could play.

Did not know that. Learned a couple new things today!

 

[JJR58]

You're bringing a grass skirt and coconut shell bra on the plane?

I like Mikes idea of wearing it on the plane.

 

[dagrev]

Sorry, I wasn't trying to denigrate your musical taste , I didn't have a very open mind toward other types of music when I was a kid.

I didn't take it that way all all Bob. Some of it maybe should be denigrated! But then I hear some stuff that's out there and think I do have really great taste in music!

 

[dagrev]

I too am a fan of big band - Buddy Rich, Count Bassie, Duke Ellington*, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass... Probably got that from my Dad (who was a musical bigot).

But I will do you all one better too. I also enjoy opera.

* Pretty much any nobility based band I suppose.

I like Big Band more from the 40s than anything. But Herb is the man. I had several of him albums as a kid. It was like rock with a horn.

I can't do opera and now have a lower opinion of you, especially now that you've virtual signaled that you are high class and are really one of those highbrow types.

 

[dagrev]

I like Mikes idea of wearing it on the plane.

Well, no one will even notice or care if you have a mask.

 

[TBird1958]

I like Mikes idea of wearing it on the plane.

TSA line thrill seeker - I get it

 

[dagrev]

Loved it when Buddy Rich and the Killer Force showed up at Disneyland.

I've seen him a few times on programs and he's amazing--until he stops drumming. He was conceited and obnoxious. Even my wife said, "He must be his biggest fan."

 

[dagrev]

 

[BklynKen]

Motown, Stax, Muscle Shoals, (Staple Singers!!!, etc) put fantastic bass playing as the driving force of songs. Those songs were lessons in bass playing.

Yup. Who know that Greek kaftan-wearing pop legend Demis Roussos was actually quite a good bass player in Aphrodite's Child, along with Vangelis.

 

[PillO]

My post wasn't very clear like a lot of mine, I meant the 50's rock & roll upright stuff wasn't usually mixed very loud, I think The Beatles changed all that, they were the first band I remember with loud bass.. With The Stones it was the speaker not the LP, it was a cheap mono record player I had gotten for Christmas, it had one 4 inch speaker, they had some deep bass in some of their tunes.

Of the couple of Beatles tunes I have bothered to learn, I have noted that they are in D. I have wondered if that was so that bass was at least audible on tiny transistor radio speakers - D being 73.4 Hz.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Of the couple of Beatles tunes I have bothered to learn, I have noted that they are in D. I have wondered if that was so that bass was at least audible on tiny transistor radio speakers - D being 73.4 Hz.

you learned grasshopper….

 

[PillO]

I like Big Band more from the 40s than anything. But Herb is the man. I had several of him albums as a kid. It was like rock with a horn.

I can't do opera and now have a lower opinion of you, especially now that you've virtual signaled that you are high class and are really one of those highbrow types.

My appreciation of opera stemmed from Bugs Bunny...




I did some work for a music professor associated with the local symphony. She asked if I knew any classical music. I told her that I knew a bit, but it was learned from cartoons. She admitted that many people develop their appreciation of opera and classical music the same way.

And then there was Richie Blackmore...



I come to classical and opera from rock n roll and silliness fundamentals.

 

[PillO]

I've seen him a few times on programs and he's amazing--until he stops drumming. He was conceited and obnoxious. Even my wife said, "He must be his biggest fan."

Neil Peart did his Buddy Rich tribute albums out of admiration for his skill and yet their personalities could not have been more different.

 

[JJR58]

TSA line thrill seeker - I get it

On top of I'll be in First/Business on United, bound to be a shocker.
So if I get past TSA, I'm good.

 

[PillO]

you learned grasshopper….

Despite my best efforts, it happens once in a while.

 

[JJR58]

Well, no one will even notice or care if you have a mask.

This might be a flight I get noticed.

Maybe.