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Bass guitar and it´s finest exponents


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Just watched Tina Weymouth on Bass from BBC4 last night. Inevitably boss. Loved learning about Bernard Edwards’ unique playing style, Robbie Shakespeare playing Slave To The Rhythm on one string and Hooky ripping off Ennio Morricone for Blue Monday. Also, Bootsy laughing at James Brown appropriating everyone else’s ideas as his own and the old session dude who wrote the bass line on Walk On The Wildside clearly a little hurt that he never got a credit but far too nice to say so. Loads of great stuff here. Check it out. 

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Spooky coincidence alert. I’ve had a playlist of old stuff running on shuffle since I got in from the match about an hour and a half ago and within seconds of me clicking back on this thread, Genius of Love by The Tom Tom Club featuring Tina Weymouth on bass and vocals comes on. Weird. As. Fuck. 

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Chris Squire started mucking around with Billy Sherwood back in the late 80s. Sherwood was invited to play 2nd guitar behind Howe in Yes later on in the new millenium.

 

Sherwood is also a great bass player and songwriter. In CIRCA he is joined by Tony Kaye (ex Yes) on keys,  Alan White (ex Yes) drums, and Jimmy Haun (appeared on the Yes album UNION in ‘91) on guitar.

 

 

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22 hours ago, Paul said:

the old session dude who wrote the bass line on Walk On The Wildside clearly a little hurt that he never got a credit but far too nice to say so.

 

That will be my mate Herbie Flowers.

 

I'm sure I've told the story of him threatening me, then later, possibly feeling guilty, drawing a stave and bass clef on the inner sleeve of my Transformer, and writing out the very bass line you mention.

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