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Hey gang,

I am looking for some musical inspiration. I just bought a fretless bass and I love it. Please post some videos of songs that you really like that have a fretless in them..........any genre is fair game.

Thanks.

Clapton's "Blow Wind Blow"..... it's probably an upright bass in the track but that makes it fretless!!!

Don't get me started! But to keep the list to something manageable, anything on Joni Mitchell's Hejira, especially, "Coyote" and "Refuge Of The Road".

Just about anything on Paul Simon's Graceland, but particularly "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes".

another clapton tune,"tears in heaven",features a nice fl solo. glad you're getting into that bass,brian!

"Until it Sleeps" by Metallica.

Any of several by Rick Danko of The Band.

Thanks guys. I will hunt down videos for some of these. I want to properly learn various techniques that I am already emulating as a result of listening to sound bytes alone.

Keep 'em coming. I watched some of The Firm's videos last night courtesy of a suggestion by Joey. I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting their body of work.

Thanks for the bass Woody. I have not been able to put it down. Joey warned me that would happen. Ultimately I want to use this bass on a few jazz recordings. Songs that I will finally finish, now that I have the instrument to play the part that I have heard in my head.

Anything by Jaco I believe is fretless.

I'll echo most of what has been said already, but more specifically - "Strawberry Wine" by The Band (Danko on bass) and "Coyote" by Joni Mitchell (Jaco on bass).

For a completely different fretless experience, listen to the Primus album "Sailing The Seas Of Cheese".

The Firm

Lady in Red - Chris De Burgh
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton

Just to mention a few slow numbers.. I love the way fretless sounds in a ballad.

Jaco with Joni, "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat":

Jaco with Thielmans and the Word Of Mouth band, "Sophisticated Lady":

Jaco with WOM band, "The Chicken":

Jaco solo, "Portrait Of Tracy":

Jaco, Modern Electric Bass:


Jeff Berlin with Bruford, "Forever Until Sunday":

Jeff Berlin with Bruford, "The Sahara Of Snow":

Jeff Berlin plays an old British drinking song:

sloop_john_b wrote:For a completely different fretless experience, listen to the Primus album "Sailing The Seas Of Cheese".

Yeah, that would be different, fer sher!

I saw this tour, one of the best bands ever put together!