More love, with knowledge. My mind is always open for correction my brother...
Yes, I understand during the 40's and 50's bass players would take their upright basses, and slap them like a drum, and or pull the strings hard; literally dance; and twirl their basses on its axes while playing swing, jazz, and 1950's Rock n Roll (similar to the 80's band bassist Lee Rocker of the Stray Cats, did).
As history would unfold... the first electric bass was created by Leo Fender, and patented in 1951 (right here in California, USA). So before 1951, the upright bass was all there were.
It's interesting to note, the Fender Statocaster was created after his electric bass, in 1954 and later the Telecaster in 1955.
(How much is a 1953 Strat worth?) $0.00
Leo Fender would select Monk Montgomery to first play his new bass invention, called the Fender P.
This is true.
Yes, I agree...
Monk Montgomery did play the electric bass in ways known just now crafted by commercially famous artist., and I was made aware, his brother Les Montgomery, also done some innovative, and interesting things with the bass too.
The Montgomery Brother played the bass as a lead instrument decades before Stanley Clarke.
I too have family elders, who inspired me with tons of facts which are held true. Monk did pop the strings with Leo's basses and you can hear it in his recordings, but he used a pick, thus it was too premature to define the sound, for it was more subtle, smoother, melodic, jazzy and frankly, not funky at all.
Larry Graham, bass was flamboyant, powerful, strong, physical, and FUNKY ER and was first pioneer of what a FUNK would follow.
The child in the video, I say proudly is the next generation, if he continues playing.
Peace and Love,
Hal-
(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on August 26, 2010)
