To All The Billy Sheehan Bashers In The World...

[bassist 4 life]

Here is a video I made, and it PROVES that Sheehan is not just about speed.

Enjoy, comment and rate

 

[amistybleu]

I didn,t watch your video because I have seen a great deal of Sheehan and I already know he is a bassmaster

 

[bikeplate]

HI

Ive been watching him perform since '84. No need to tell me!!

Rob

 

[TyronPotamkin]

This isn't a typical sheehan to me. He does solo and wank off a little bit, but he actually uses some groove in this one. 1000 times better than any other Sheehan video I've seen.

And to comment on the original post. In my opinion your less likely to get anywhere as a bass player if all you do is wank off your bass. Sheehan figured out way early on that groove and feel are the money makers, not bass solo's.

 

[poptart]

Yep - he is a groove player. He is one of my heroes/inspirations because he is a giiging musician and, as he says, has played lieterally thousands of gigs, from bars to stadiums, holding down the bass groove.

Sadly he is synonymous with tapping etc. I have met him a couple of times at bass clinics in the UK and I have had a couple of long conversations about this very issue - this was in the 90's - he is down to earth about his playing. He just has many strings to his bow (bass)

 

[dannoman]

THANK YOU!!!!!

Glad to see ppl around here who actually like Sheehan as much as i do. He's been a huge influence on me and my playing, but i do not shred... it's not in my hands, they just dont work that way. but the grove that he puts out is unreal!!!!


Again, thank you.

 

[Scalestein]

pretty killer hairdo's

 

[knarleybass]

I love Sheehan's playing, and to be honest I wish I could play that fast, if I could I would too.

 

[TobyPro4]

I still don't care for his style all that much but he came across in that interview as a thoroughly decent guy.

 

[bassist 4 life]

^ Yeah man, Sheehan is a great guy... he actually plays the attitudes that you can buy in the stores, not soem fancy custom shop upgraded one, he says "this was a very important thing in the deal with yamaha for me, i didnt want a kid to save his money and then get a cheap plywood version"

Oh and TyronPotamkin, that vid you posted of him, its him playing his song "The Suspense Is Killing Me" from his album "Cosmic Troubadour"

 

[Planet Boulder]

I was somewhat indifferent to Sheehan (I didn't really care much for his tone, for one thing) until I picked up Niacin's "High Bias" recently. THAT is some SMOKIN' stuff!

 

[BassJunkie730]

If I could play that fast


...I'd play guitar


But it's nice to see there was at least one guy trying to make since of the redicuolusness of showmanship in the 1980's

 

[funkysurfer]

Video Producer: Where the hell are you? Youv'e been gone for almost 3 hours! Billy is going to be here in 15 mins.

Interviewer: Sorry dude. Give me another 30 minutes... my hair is almost done!

 

[funkalicious101]

This isn't a typical sheehan to me. He does solo and wank off a little bit, but he actually uses some groove in this one. 1000 times better than any other Sheehan video I've seen.

wow. whats the name of that song?

 

[Matt Till]

I don't think anyone has bashed his playing: It's those solos. I love his playing with a band, solid as a rock. And a super nice guy to boot... but I don't really get the speedy shreddy solos and how they are suppose to be appealing.

 

[bassist 4 life]

wow. whats the name of that song?

"The Suspense Is Killing Me" from his cd "Cosmic Troubadour" its filled with great music, and theres less wanking on the cd version...

His song "Back In The Day" is f'n amazing too!

 

[Descent2Cocytus]

he actually plays the attitudes that you can buy in the stores, not soem fancy custom shop upgraded one, he says "this was a very important thing in the deal with yamaha for me, i didnt want a kid to save his money and then get a cheap plywood version"

except for the scalloped frets, i don't believe the attitudes come like that.

 

[bassist 4 life]

^ Yes they do

 

[funkalicious101]

"The Suspense Is Killing Me" from his cd "Cosmic Troubadour" its filled with great music, and theres less wanking on the cd version...

His song "Back In The Day" is f'n amazing too!

thanks. I have heard a couple songs from that album and have quite liked them all. Especially Taj.

 

[bassist 4 life]

yep, there was a video of taj floating around youtube,i cant find it now, it was awesome.