Bilbo

This whole album has been remixed and sounds great. https://open.spotify.com/track/7CKpVrjrmHdBxRdoRaIPpq?si=SB6Ab_3xSfGlhj0G6lQCqA&context=spotify%3Atrack%3A7CKpVrjrmHdBxRdoRaIPpq

I have a stick you can have if anyone has a moon they are happy to let go. I don't want cash for it; a donation to Children In Need would be nice.

That is pure genius.

Will look them up. Starcastle I have heard of but never heard. The others are new to me.

I hadn't listened to it for decades myself, Dave, but, some days, it's just a question of what to try next. Stuff like this then comes out of left field for no reason whatsoever and off I go. I am now minded to finish the whole album which would mean there are four full Rush albums on the website.

You knew it was coming didn't you.... https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-necromancer-rush/

I have a lot of time on my hands at the moment, itu. The gigs have dried up and my efforts to re-build my profile as a player locally are not proving to be that successful. I suspect I will struggle to sustain this level of output for long. In the meantime, as a form of self-harm, I have transcribed the complete Geddy Lee bass part for the tune(s) 'The Fountain Of Lamneth' from the 1975 Rush album, 'Caress Of Steel'. All 11 pages of it. What was I thinking. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-fountain-of-lamneth-rush/

Another complete Geddy Lee bass part, this is the bass performance of 'Bastille Day' from the 1975 'flop' 'Caress Of Steel'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/bastille-day-rush/

Paul Del Harwood's bass part for the tune 'Dragonfly' from the 1978 'Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush Live' album. I didn't put every fill and gliss in this time. There is enough here to play the song. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/dragonfly-frank-marino-and-mahogany-rush/

Another delightful Anthony Jackson part, this time it is the tune 'La Comparsa' from the 2002 Michel Camilo album, 'Triangulo'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/la-comparsa-michel-camilo-trio/

I just ran up a transcription of the Prelude to Cello Suite No. VI by J.S. Bach. Just a reading exercise for extended range bases (I think you could do it on a 5, 6 or 7 string but a 4 would need you to move things around in a couple of places). Just something to chew on if you are looking for a challenge (everyone knows the Prelude to Suite No. 1 so I though something different would be worth considering). https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/cello-suite-no-vi-in-d-major-bach/

A simple part but beautiful to play. The simply beautiful 'Oblivion' by Astor Piazolla. If I wrote something like this, I would die a happy man. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/oblivion-astor-piazolla/

Just did a jazz gig in Norwich on 16th, Pete, but have put the word out that I am looking for work. I can't do double bass gigs at the moment as my bass is broken (bridge, tailpiece, no strings etc) so a lot of Jazz players won't be using me but I am up for electric gigs.

I just wanted to say I have been working on reading guitar parts recently and am making progress. I bought five books of reading studies in January and read through all of them in about three weeks (600+ pages inc. Sor, Guiliani, the Leavitt Advanced Reading book etc). The skill of reading is a massive enhancement to your capacity to learn. It's not about reading gigs, it's about opening doors.

It's an interesting song. Great writing. I hadn't heard Gov't Mule before these two songs but I like what they do.

There you go, Pete. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/beautifully-broken-stefan-lessard/

Another Andy West part, 'Leprechaun Promenade' from the 1979 Dixie Dregs album, 'Night Of The Living Dregs'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/leprechaun-promenade-dixie-dregs/

I worked with the guy who wrote Walk Like An Egyptian. He was tall.

Will have a look, Pete.

You are welcome. It's helpful for me to be prompted to try stuff I wouldn't have come across otherwise. Stops it getting too stale.

That was interesting! Allen Woody's bass part to 'Thorazine Shuffle' from the 1998 Gov't Mule album, 'Dose'. This one's for Ebenezer. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/thorazine-shuffle-govt-mule/

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/thorazine-shuffle-govt-mule/

Had a listen. Sounds simple enough. Two bars of four followed by a two/four bar followed by three bars of four/four. Nice riff. Should be able to get that one up tonight. I have heard of Allen Woody but never heard GM.

I will have a look at it tonight.

A really easy read; Kuma Harada's bass part from the tune 'Fool No More' from the 1979 Peter Green album, 'In The Skies'. I did it in 3:4 but it's probably more accurate to record it in 6:8 but that makes it harder to read to my mind so I went with the 3:4. Slow as a really slow thing up to it's knees in mud. Carrying a horse. Drawn carriage. Full of people. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/fool-no-more-peter-green/