Re: Re: I just read the piece," Why so many strings" well let's see

I've got the DVD, the CD, and I've read the book! It is amazing the fan base they had that didn't even know they existed.

As for Carol, I had heard that she's still teaching.

There are many unsung heros in the studio. Here in Chicago, a couple that come to mind are Willie Dixon and Aaron Burton. Dixon played bass behind many greats, as the house bassist at Chess Records. He was also a fantastic songwriter and producer. For a while, before making it big in the music world, he was Joe Louis' sparring partner. Aside from traditional blues, he worked with Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley.

Aaron Burton was one of Albert Collins' original Icemen. He went on to be involved at Delmark and then, at Bruce Iglauer's Alligator Records, where he was the house bass player for a number of years.

Rob Smith
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-----Original Message-----
From: bluesbrian <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:39:45 
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [Bass Place] Re: I just read the piece," Why so many strings" well let's see

about James Jamerson.  He is one bass player that we all should know about, even if you're not into the motown sound.  He was quite the inovator.  He played with a group of studio musicians that didn't get much credit that called themselves the Funk Brothers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk_Brothers
I suggests adding this movie to your "NetFlix" queue, or whatever:
"Standing In The Shadows of Motown"

http://amazon.imdb.com/title/tt0314725/
http://www.amazon.com/Standing-Shadows-Motown-Joe-Hunter/dp/B00008J2HC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1258903235&sr=1-2
http://tinyurl.com/ygt4fwb

Another studio bassist that we should all know, from the LA music scene and lots of rock tunes, Carol Kaye.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Kaye
She is often sited as being the studio bassist behind the Doors.

Cheers!

--- In [email protected], "soulman928" <soulman928@...> wrote:
>
> I grew up with four strings, then I seen a 5 and 6 string built by Fender, and I thought, not a bad idea. Then Anthony jackson comes a long, and detunes his Fender down to D. But, in the meantime, here comes both Stanley, and Jaco. While studying Anthony, he mentions a bass player I didn't know nothing about then, and His name is James Jamerson. The "spirit" of Motown, and I thought Jermaine played those bass lines with the Jackson 5!Anyway, back in the "swinging 70's", there was so many bass players to be "heard", no one thought about extra range, until the synch bass came along. 




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