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adriaan

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« Reply #60 on: December 13, 2007, 01:35:58 PM »
Van Gogh did attend arts class (age 13 to 15) with the godfather of one of his later favourite French novelists, but that's a different story altogether.
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« Reply #61 on: December 14, 2007, 06:01:14 AM »
But he did a bitchin slap solo at the end of the second set!!!
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« Reply #62 on: December 14, 2007, 06:32:17 PM »
But he could only hear it in mono.  lol
 
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« Reply #63 on: December 14, 2007, 07:06:20 PM »
Left channel or right?
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« Reply #64 on: December 15, 2007, 03:28:29 AM »
Wolfgang Van Halen is the greatest there ever will be!!!
 
 
Just kidding.  james jamerson is my fav (and Mike Watt).
 
(Message edited by skydigger on December 15, 2007)
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« Reply #65 on: December 18, 2007, 12:35:20 PM »
Babe Winkleman...'nuff said!
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« Reply #66 on: December 18, 2007, 04:52:43 PM »
Roger, I believe the question referred to bass guitar and upright bass players rather than bass anglers.
 
That said, there was a Bobby Winkelman who played bass on a Steve Miller Band album.  Don't know if anyone called him Babe.
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« Reply #67 on: December 18, 2007, 06:08:02 PM »
Was Babe from the movie Babe?  Always loved Wettons sound. Was it Jamerson on Tears of a Clown? I dug that pounding bass riff.  
I think so many contributed things we take for granted now, It would be impossible for me to pick just one. Hey wait a minute. You people are the best. Well there you have it. Just IMHO..NLP
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« Reply #68 on: December 19, 2007, 05:05:57 AM »
I heard Tears was Bob Babbitt.
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« Reply #69 on: December 24, 2007, 05:13:03 PM »
It seems to me that James Jamerson is in many ways the daddy of all of us who play bass guitar because virtually every bassist of the 1960s swiped something from him and we then swiped it from them.
 
In the post-Jamerson era the most influential bassist was Jaco.  He was to the electric bass what Jimi was to the electric guitar.  There is bass before and after Jaco, period.
 
My faves and influences include Jacks Bruce and Casady, Phil, Chris Squire, Jaco, and the woefully underappreciated Mick Karn and Norman Watt-Roy.
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« Reply #70 on: December 24, 2007, 06:44:32 PM »
wait, i changed my mind. mike watt is definitely the best ever. well said, skydigger.
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« Reply #71 on: December 24, 2007, 09:10:08 PM »
Mike Watt is the only reason I picked up a bass there are many great player that I love and admire but compared to him they really don't mean a thing
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« Reply #72 on: December 25, 2007, 02:42:58 AM »
Best is pretty subjective, and to be honest I do not think you can really lay that label on anyone, as there are just so many great players out there.
 
Its all a matter of taste I think.  I know guys that think Jaco, Stanley, etc..are the best, but I get looked at like I have two heads when I say I cant really listen to guys like that, and prefer the likes of Phil Lesh, Jack Cassady, etc....
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« Reply #73 on: December 25, 2007, 10:03:12 AM »
I read an article a few years ago about who played bass on a lot of the Motown hits.  There is a lot of controversy about whose bass part ended up on the final version.  It appears that they took the master tapes back and forth between LA and Detroit with several bass tracks on them.  Memories were a little foggy about who did which one.  There were some hurt feelings about who got credit for the parts.  Don't know for sure, but that's what the article said.
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« Reply #74 on: December 25, 2007, 03:08:33 PM »
Rich,
 
I think you're referencing the Carol Kaye I played on a bunch of the Motown hits thing?  I'm not certain I buy it.  I understand the story to be that when Motown picked-up and moved to L.A., any Detroit connection was pretty much severed.  As for Carol Kaye, who is an excellent bassist, I've heard from people who know her that she's more than a little bit nuts..  ;)
 
Hope you're having a good Christmas in Craig!
 
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