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Title: Review: Rising Low
Post by: David Houck on January 27, 2006, 10:28:48 AM

This is the DVD by Mike Gordon (Phish).  It is sort of a documentary of the Deep End recording sessions.  Sort of.  It's also sort of Mike's quest to understand the role of the bass player.  And it's sort of a tribute to Allen Woody.  The Deep End sessions were also a tribute to Woody, the bass player for the Allman Brothers and Gov't Mule.  The sessions were two CD's from Gov't Mule featuring a couple of dozen name bass players filling in for Woody, who had recently passed away.  The DVD (the film and outtakes) includes interview and session clips of such players as Alphonso Johnson, Bootsy Collins, Billy Cox, Chris Squire, Flea, Jack Bruce, Jack Casady, John Entwistle, Larry Graham, Les Claypool, Meshell Ndegeocello, Phil Lesh, Rocco Prestia, Roger Glover, Tony Levin, etc., etc., etc.  I found this DVD to be really cool!  Very enjoyable and a bit educational as well!  I highly recommend it for bass players.  And if your a guitar player, there is of course a lot of Warren Haynes!  Among what for me were many highlights: watching Meshell groove!!, watching Casady, watching Entwistle's right hand technique, watching Larry Graham!!, Claypool!, Squire!, watching Glover (I found myself surprisingly impressed with Glover!), and of course Phil - especially his interview parts.

Title: Review: Rising Low
Post by: pace on January 27, 2006, 01:21:23 PM

you saw the Alembic guitar that Warren was playing during the session w/ Phil..... right?!?!?

Title: Review: Rising Low
Post by: David Houck on January 27, 2006, 01:41:31 PM

No!  I didn't!  But hold on, I haven't returned the video yet; I'll put it on right now and get back to you ..

Title: Review: Rising Low
Post by: David Houck on January 27, 2006, 01:54:02 PM

Looks like a series guitar with a standard point body and an in-line headstock.
 
It would be interesting to hear how it sounds on the CD.

Title: Review: Rising Low
Post by: richbass939 on January 27, 2006, 04:02:33 PM

I wonder if Allen Woody turned Warren Haynes onto Alembic or if it was the other way around.  Allen was playing a Series bass with the Allman Bros. at least as far back as 1990.
Rich

Title: Review: Rising Low
Post by: spose on January 27, 2006, 04:13:51 PM

I really like the video, but it would be much better without Gordon's antics IMO.

Title: Review: Rising Low
Post by: pace on January 28, 2006, 08:11:51 AM

Someone mentioned that the SI was originally Dicky Bett's....  I always assumed that it was Allen's~ Warren used it at a P&F show a few years back. The acoustics of the arena they were playing in didnt allow for critical analysis....

Title: Review: Rising Low
Post by: edwin on January 28, 2006, 03:17:18 PM

Alembics were in the Allman Bros for quite a while. When I saw them with Lamar Williams in the 70s he was playing a very nice Series bass. I would imagine there was some communication when the Bros hung with the Dead back when Alembic was all over their gear at the Fillmore and also the Watkins Glen show.
 
I like this DVD a lot (Meshell rocks!).
 
Edwin

Title: Review: Rising Low
Post by: the_mule on January 29, 2006, 12:48:01 AM

So now y'all know where I got my nickname from... ;-)
 
Be sure to also track down and check out the 'The Deepest End', a great registration of one of the closing live concerts with numerous extras. The entire 'Deep End' experience consists of:
 
- The Deep End vol. I 2CD (studio album + bonus disc) http://www.mule.net/discography/07/index.html (http://www.mule.net/discography/07/index.html)
- The Deep End vol. II 2CD (studio album + bonus disc) http://www.mule.net/discography/08/index.html (http://www.mule.net/discography/08/index.html)
- Rising Low DVD (documentary movie) http://www.mule.net/discography/rising_low.html (http://www.mule.net/discography/rising_low.html)
- The Deepest End 2CD/1DVD (live concert) http://www.mule.net/discography/deepest_end.html (http://www.mule.net/discography/deepest_end.html)
 
Every bassplayer should find something (or a lot) of interest here...
 
Wilfred

Title: Review: Rising Low
Post by: David Houck on January 31, 2006, 04:23:45 PM

I have the Deepest End DVD.  I've only watched it once.  It seemed at the time to be too much Warren and not enough of all the great bass players.  But now that I've seen Rising Low I'm going to go back and watch the Deepest End again.