Every year, sometime along the way, it's 'Dan Time'. Like a DNA-based animal migration, or the planets rolling through their orbits, I'd have to drag out the SD albums, Donald's solo records, and WB's '11 Tracks of Whack'. Still need a few to round out having everything. It was always a cleansing ritual, to listen to their take on things, the elegant intelligence of their charts and the amazing musicianship and of course the recording and production on their records was always at such a high standard. To hear things done so smartly was always a lesson to me.
I think the most amazing thing is that Walter was one of the few true doublers on guitar and bass at the level their music was performed at. I can think of many great guitarists and lots of great bassists, but few who were at his level of accomplishment. Not a lot of guys that could sub for Anthony Jackson or Abe Laboriel, then turn right around and sub for Dean Parks or Larry Carlton. I can't think of another.
So here's WB making double-scale the hard way, one of many examples:
