Quote from: jazzyvee on October 09, 2026, 10:58:55 PMMoney for Nothing - Dire Straits.

I used that tune to demo the Peavey bass that was in my shop a couple weeks back... I happened to have a Dire Straits greatest hits CD queue'd up in the house when my client came to pick it up. 

The bass part is a study in playing dead on top of the one. Dire Straits (to me) is more like American folk music than most of the fm pop music I grew up on. That, and I'm crazy about John Illsley. So understated. 

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on October 10, 2026, 02:44:48 AMThe bass part is a study in playing dead on top of the one. Dire Straits (to me) is more like American folk music than most of the fm pop music I grew up on. That, and I'm crazy about John Illsley. So understated.

The subtleties of where a bass player puts a note in rhythmic structure and the impact on the "feel" of a piece of music is a wonderful topic.  

David Grisman w/ Billy Strings & band 10/10/26

Quote from: David Houck on October 11, 2026, 12:38:53 PMDavid Grisman w/ Billy Strings & band 10/10/26

"♫ Teach - your children well ♪"

Peter

A band I really liked played a reunion show in Big Stone Gap, Virginia Friday night. Kenny Smith happened to record the event.


(these guys are all GIANTS in the bluegrass world... two of them are AK+US alumni, but honestly that's just one line on their resume')