This week in First Bass And Beyond is Column 2 of my new Blues Bass For Beginners Column. In Column 2 as well as a detailed note by note tutorial of the main parts of Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley, we’re also going to extract some core vocabulary from it and play that vocabulary in every key as well (as in 8th notes rather than just quarter notes).
I’m delighted to be publishing a column from a guest writer in First Bass And Beyond.
Over the next 12 weeks or so Gordon Clayton is going to share with us his experiences playing a bunch of ska tunes. In Column 1 we’re going to look at the Tears of A Clown by The Beat and One Step Beyond by Madness.
Here’s a live version of Tears Of A Clown:
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Here’s a live clip of Pino Palladino holding down the bass guitar chair for the Who. This was originally shot on a TV show in the UK called Later With Jools Holland. (Check out the solo too…interesting stuff).
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Here’s a YouTube clip which features the audio to Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart, the Funk Brothers version. This has got ‘chatter’ in the studio prior to the song starting….and is worth putting your headphones on and having a listen to James Jamerson on the bass guitar!
Motown/Jamerson Style Grooves For Bass Guitar
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Here’s an excerpt from Alexsis Sklarevski’s Slap Bass DVD that I’m reviewing for this week’s issue of First Bass And Beyond.
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Here’s an audio only clip I found of John Mayer doing a cover of Califronia Dreaming on one of the US TV shows (Conan O’Brian I think). Pino Palladino is on bass guitar – and is rocking out. Some great stuff going on in there….plug in your headphones and check it out.
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Here’s a clip I found of the Tower of Power Horns on the Letterman show playing Squib Cakes.
Will Lee is anchoring the bass chair – this was when he was in the Letterman band – and he does a great job.
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Here’s an isolated bass track of James Jamerson that I don’t think I’ve featured here. It’s Ain’t That Peculiar by Marvin Gaye – as well as the bass guitar there is also drums.
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Here’s another Booker T track with Duck Dunn on the bass guitar. This is a track called Soul Limbo – if you live in the UK you’ll recognize this as “the cricket music.” It’s a great track.
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Following on from yesterday’s sad news of the passing on of one of our own – the very great Donald “The Duck” Dunn – I’ll post today some less well known examples of his work on the bass guitar.
Here’s Booker T and the MGs and their take on Melting Pot:
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