Self Taught...What Method?

sharkboy · Post by **sharkboy** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:38 pm

Mark, I couldn't agree with you more. Every time anybody mentions the word I want to climb into a bunker deep beneath the Earth's crust in an undisclosed location. There is something to be said for their benefits, but if you are going to play with other people, real songs provide more structure, and provided that this is the direction you want to go, it may have much greater rewards.

I remember when I was starting out, I really thought I was going crazy when I would go to "jams" and the guitarists each wanted everybody else to play rhythm for them, while they made great wankification until another stepped up and turned up and drowned them out.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:46 pm

Wes, I agree 100% Tommy and Roscoe are both fantastic blues bassists, I've spent hours listening to Tommy's lines, I still don't fathom how he makes his fingers do those things sometimes.

Leo Lyons of Ten Years After is another unsung Blues bassist, as is Billy Blough of the Destroyers !!

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:22 pm

Leo Lyons is an unsung bass player period, and one of my favorites.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:44 pm

Jim Glen - Another Bluesville fan!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was at one of our remote sites (Universal Music Publishers Group) the other day, and I heard "One Bourbon, etc." being played/sung live by a voice I recognized. I went up front, and there was George Thorogood, playing an acoustic, shades and all. I got to hear 3 or 4 tunes! I guess we have his publishing rights, but not much on record.

Not a bad work envronment!!!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:46 pm

Ten Years After, Bluesville - Hey, did I fall in with some old buds here?

To give you an idea, I was listening to Mountain on the way to work this morning!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:54 pm

If you know you're going to be having a jam, come up with a cool chord progression before hand and jam on that for a while. Or, just bring in a few charts and read from the chord symbols.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:04 pm

Progressions, symbols, charts, chords!!!!!!

AAAAAAFFFFFLLLAAAAACCCCKKKKK!!!!!

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:04 pm

Charley,
Been a XM subscriber since the beginning, and a Bluesville fan just as long. I've spoken with Bill Wax a couple of times and called in many times on the Friday Juke Joint Show for requests.

I'm also a big Mountain fan, have been for a long time.

Last time I saw George and The Destroyers was at the Hollywood House of Blues, I got to go up early and listen in for the sound check which was amazing. The show afterwards was awesome. They're on tour in the US in April, I'm hoping to see them at either the Anaheim HOB, or the Las Vegas HOB ... hmmm, maybe both.

Bob, Leo has a lovely little Bass solo/montage on the first TYA album "Stonehendge" called, Faro which is multitracked and features Leo playing upright, acoustic and electric Bass, really nice stuff from a really nice guy.

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:00 am

Jim,
I was a Mountain fanatic when I was in High School so many years ago. Felix Pappalardi was a BIG influence on me, at one time, even greater influence than Chris Squire(!!!). Did you ever see them live? I also got into West, Bruce and Laing, at about the same time, because they were together when I was in High School.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:46 am

Hi Gene,
Sadly I didn't get to see Mountain live, but like you I was a huge fan in High School.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:51 am

Well, I was a fan of these guys back in the day.

Rick Grech
Felix Pappalardi
Mel Schacter (I can never spell it but the GF guy)!
Geezer Butler
Duck Dunne
I never knew their names (back then), but for sure Ten Years After, the bassist for Alice Cooper, and the bassist for the Doobs.

A different bunch than most of the faves I see on this site..

I think it must be more the "style" than the "chops".

lyle_from_minneapolis · Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:58 am

I love Rick Grech's work with Traffic.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:06 pm

Nice list, for me it was

Duck Dunn
John Entwhisle
Chris Squire
Trevor Boulder
Leo Lyons
Jack Bruce
Jimmy Lea

BTW, if you want to hear one of the very best covers of TYA's "Hear Me Calling" get a hold of "Slade Alive" and take a listen.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:11 pm

Slade! Wow, you do go back!

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:33 pm

Oh yes ... saw them live, good stuff, also saw Marc Bolan back then too, lets see, Abba, Boney M, Lyndisfarne, Three Man Army, Curved Air,Thin Lizzie, The Stones, The Who,Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zepplin,The Nice, King Crimson, Atomic Rooster, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Frank Zappa, Capt Beefheart. Stone The Crows, The Alex Harvey Band, Runrig, Family, Free, Mike Oldfield, The Groundhogs, Budgie, Status Quo, Genesis, Kate Bush, David Bowie

Concert tickets were a Pound UK back then for Greens Playhouse in Glasgow. I was probably attending a concert a week back then.

Got to see both Queen, and Yes in 1969 before both really hit the big time.

Dang I'm getting old !!