Bucket List!
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@crucial said in Bucket List!:
Finally got to see the Blockheads last night. Awesomely wow!
Norman Watt-Roy is a bass god. Got a great solo from him during Rhythm Stick.
Derek does a fantastic job of honouring his best mate Ian Dury while adding his own touch.Was worried my hopes would be too high travelling all the way up to Hertford to catch them but they were surpassed. So cool that you can still catch bands of this quality in small packed out venues.
On another bucket list note went to the Four Tops and Temptations earlier in the week. My hopes for this certainly weren't high and it pitched about where I thought. Old fellas doing cabaret versions of their hits. Was worth it though just to see a couple of original members still doing their stuff. Got to give kudos to someone that had million selling records before I was born (a long time ago) and are still strutting their stuff. Was a good sing a long anyway.
As the ferns best bassist I can confirm 100%. Others in his echelon include Doug Wimbesh, Les Claypool, Flea, Robert Trujillo, Steve Harris, Stuart Zender and probably a few others whose names I forget.
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@mn5 said in Bucket List!:
As the ferns best bassist I can confirm 100%. Others in his echelon include Doug Wimbesh, Les Claypool, Flea, Robert Trujillo, Steve Harris, Stuart Zender and probably a few others whose names I forget.
At least spell his name correctly.
Wimbish. Living Colour next week for me.It must be time for your Top 10 bass guitarists list. I've seen some very good bass guitarists live, mainly from the rock and prog scene (including playing the Chapman Stick and a fretless bass).
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@majorrage said in Bucket List!:
@mn5 where would you put Entwhistle?
Putting aside his incredible talent , spending all his millions with the self discipline of a three month old labrador puppy and dying in bed in his sleep with a stripper after a coke binge is quite inspiring. He’s clearly top of any list of all time greats.
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@crucial said in Bucket List!:
@majorrage said in Bucket List!:
@mn5 where would you put Entwhistle?
Class of his own.
He asked me not you
Pretty highly I guess although to be honest I'm not sure he lived up to his legendary status. Other players impressed me more.
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@mn5 said in Bucket List!:
As the ferns best bassist I can confirm 100%. Others in his echelon include Doug Wimbesh, Les Claypool, Flea, Robert Trujillo, Steve Harris, Stuart Zender and probably a few others whose names I forget.
Lemmy.
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@salacious-crumb said in Bucket List!:
@mn5 said in Bucket List!:
As the ferns best bassist I can confirm 100%. Others in his echelon include Doug Wimbesh, Les Claypool, Flea, Robert Trujillo, Steve Harris, Stuart Zender and probably a few others whose names I forget.
Lemmy.
Absolutely not
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Charles Mingus would eat every bassist you selected for lunch. So if it’s the cool-factor you’re after, you sureasfuck ain’t gonna get any cooler than ol’ Lem. (R.I.P.)
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So many choices. Any love for Ray Brown @Salacious-Crumb ? Also Stanley Clarke? Mick Karn from Japan? Chuck Rainey? Pino Paladino? Bootsie? Robbie Shakespeare?
Time to fire up the stereo... Probably not playing Paladino though because for a great player he played on some shit records.
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Mrs Mariner is in Brisbane for work this week, saw Bon Jovi was playing, and that there were tickets available. So now she's going. Bitch! I reckon that will be great fun.
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@mariner4life said in Bucket List!:
Mrs Mariner is in Brisbane for work this week, saw Bon Jovi was playing, and that there were tickets available. So now she's going. Bitch! I reckon that will be great fun.
Bon Jovi don’t like their bass player very much
5 Famous Bands That Are Clearly Ashamed of Key Members
It's a sad fact of life in a band that, sometimes, certain members are going to get a little less attention than others. And some bands take hiding their peripheral members to dizzying new heights.
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@bovidae I didn’t see The Who but I agree he’s a great player. It’s just that he’s played on a lot of dross as well. All that Paul Young drivel back in the 80s for example. The completely unnecessary cover of Wherever I Lay My Hat is only memorable for 3 things, a) Pino’s clever playing, b) Paul Young’s histrionic, cod-soul wailing and c) the degree to which Laurie Latham pushes the bass is forward in the mix, which given a) and b) probably isn’t a coincidence.
And talking of Laurie Latham and greats talents on poor records, how did the producer of New Boots and Panties end up on the desk for bollocks like No Parlez? And New Boots brings us happily in a circle back to Norman Watt-Roy 😎
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James Jamerson, Jaco Pastorius, Bernard Edwards, Bootsy Collins, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter.... and although it wasn’t his primary instrument, Jimi Hendrix could shred most rock bassists under the table. I’ve seen Stanley Clarke many times, but not in the past 25 years. He was pretty spectacular.
Edit: And how did I forget Miroslav Vitouš??? I’m sure there are many other great ones I can’t remember right now.
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@salacious-crumb said in Bucket List!:
James Jamerson, Jaco Pastorius, Bernard Edwards, Bootsy Collins, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter.... and although it wasn’t his primary instrument, Jimi Hendrix could shred most rock bassists under the table. I’ve seen Stanley Clarke many times, but not in the past 25 years. He was pretty spectacular.
Edit: And how did I forget Miroslav Vitouš??? I’m sure there are many other great ones I can’t remember right now.
James Jamerson. Guarantee every ferner woulda heard his smooth grooves on at least one song given how awesome ( and prolific ) he was.
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@mn5 said in Bucket List!:
@salacious-crumb said in Bucket List!:
James Jamerson, Jaco Pastorius, Bernard Edwards, Bootsy Collins, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter.... and although it wasn’t his primary instrument, Jimi Hendrix could shred most rock bassists under the table. I’ve seen Stanley Clarke many times, but not in the past 25 years. He was pretty spectacular.
Edit: And how did I forget Miroslav Vitouš??? I’m sure there are many other great ones I can’t remember right now.
James Jamerson. Guarantee every ferner woulda heard his smooth grooves on at least one song given how awesome ( and prolific ) he was.
For all the hits he played on, he might be one of the least recognized big-name bandleaders in popular music history. Smokey Robinson was primarily responsible for the direction of the Motown style, but Jamerson gave them their sound. He’s amazing.
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@salacious-crumb I guess if we’re going to talk about influence we should be throwing Carol Kaye into the mix as well SC. I remember being blown away that the woman who played on the Beach Boys biggest hits and River Deep, Mountain High was also on the Mission Impossible theme and a member of Zappa’s Mothers. Check out the listings on her website: https://www.carolkaye.com/www/library/basshits.htm
