Old Man Riva
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18 hours ago, PaulWarning said:
it's the all downstrokes (I think) that kill me, same with Bruce Foxton, you can do it up and down but it's not the same
Totally agree. I used to sit and try and work the parts out, but could never manage to get them to sound as fluid and ‘nailed’ as Segs. The downstrokes were key to tracks like Babylon’s Buring and Demolition Dancing (brilliant interplay with Paul Fox’s guitar on that), and I just couldn’t master them.
As for Society... don’t get me started!
11 hours ago, Lozz196 said:I was fortunate enough a few years back to play the Babylon’s Burning bass. We were in the dressing room and I was drooling over it so Segs said I could have a go on it, very decent chap, and very very decent bass.
That’s great! Was/is it a 60s or 70s? In a previous life many years ago I did some work with Ruffy and he was one of the nicest people I’ve met. Also one of the funniest - like being in a room with Tommy Cooper!
When I first met him it didn’t take long for it to become clear that I was a bit of fan (to say the least). He was chuffed to bits (though took the p##s mercilessly - “you’ll be after my inside leg measurement next!”) and was kind enough to spend hours indulging me and talking about the band.
A really lovely guy, and a fabulous drummer...
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40 minutes ago, Cat Burrito said:
Tony James (Gen X) used Thunderbirds and Ric 4001s. Steve Severin used a Musicman. Those three basses seemed pretty popular too.
I think that Paul Gray used a Rickenbacker and an Overwater (Thunderbird style), and Algy Ward used a Thunderbird.
(Paul Gray used a Thunderbird in UFO...)
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Pretty much everything Segs ever played with the Ruts is excellent, IMO.
Creative, driving, groovy, tight as anything with Ruffy... He was a massive influence on me when I was really getting into (learning) the bass, across different styles.
I spent hours trying to learn his lines and never got anywhere near...
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11 minutes ago, paul_5 said:
What?!? The Pistols rehearsed?!?
Only when Malcolm wasn’t looking!
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14 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:
I've eyed the Ibanez Talman control plate, would look great on a rear route P...
bit 'Strat Jack'... bit Tele 51 P...
Single hole for concentric Vol and Tone...
Plain 'n Simples...
Even better!
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26 minutes ago, bass_dinger said:
Nice . . . .
Part of the appeal to me was the grubby shops, and Andy's with the 50p coin stuck on the wooden stairs. The rebooted Denmark Street looks very modern and it is not even clear if there will be shops there: " . . . Outernet’s immersive digital walkway linking Denmark Street to the district’s wider retail and event venues". But then, this is the future of music and I am part of the past.
I wish it every success.He’s waited many years but this is Bob’s revenge on the punk movement!
He probably took the first swing of the sledgehammer to the Pistols’ rehearsal space!
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22 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:
The bass is not my cup of tea either but it has an interesting story:
Thanks for posting. I enjoyed that.
Re. the P/J p/up configuration. I like the idea of the stack-knob controls and retaining the jack socket as part of the scratch plate, rather than a v/v/t approach, and the socket being tucked underneath the body. It’s probably been done before but I’ve not seen it like that...
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3 hours ago, Nail Soup said:
In football the stereotype goalie is like the stereotype drummer - the 'loony' of the group.
Any bass players who fit that bill?
Roger Waters in goal... he’s excellent at organising The Wall.
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Tim Lefebvre as a centre forward.
Has the physical presence, and can play in a variety of ways to suit the occasion.
Has the deftness of touch, and also possesses the maverick creativity (as shown with his use of pedals etc.) to add an extra creative element, when required.
He’s a big name player who could deliver on the biggest of stages, and also “a rainy November evening in Stoke”.
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1 hour ago, The fasting showman said:
Glad you like it, the whole series has some amazing archive footage including the rarest of things, a contemporary George Murray interview!
Agreed! And thanks again for the heads up. There’s some fabulous footage of the Young Americans period featuring Andy Newmark and Willie Weeks (it’s in one of the Visconti interviews). There’s a lot of the footage that is completely new to me, which is great!
39 minutes ago, Beedster said:What an extraordinarily life affirming piece of film, made my evening:)
Isn’t it just. The whole series is excellent, and Dennis Davis son is a wonderful young man. Finding out about his dad via his work/art, it’s a joy to watch.
More of this on the internet please!
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1 hour ago, Oopsdabassist said:
When I were a lad, I could never get to see enough live bands so live albums were pure heaven for me, so:-
Slade - Slade Alive
Yes - Yessongs
Curved Air Live
Genesis - Seconds Out
Jethro Tull - Bursting Out
These 5 pretty much defined my youth, and I still listen to all of then regularly today, I love the energy they put out over relevant studio albums.
Slade Alive! was like a ‘Beatles moment’ for want of a better phrase.
Everything changed after hearing that, and seeing Bowie, Mott the Hoople, Roxy Music, T Rex et al all loud and proud on TOTP in the same year - a game changing time...
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A slight detour, I know, but thanks to The Fasting Showman’s excellent recommendation re. Dennis Davis I stumbled across this...
Too good not to share... Enjoy!
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Love this! Dennis Davis on drums (Bowie drummer on Station to Station through to Lodger), and, I think, Emir Ksasan on bass (played with Bowie on the second/soul leg of the Diamond Dogs tour)...
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David Bowie - David Live
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I think this is the very bass... He’s had a few from the Gallery for the competitions.
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He played with Nick Heyward in the 80s. I seem to recall him appearing live on The Tube (or the Whistle Test) with Nick Heyward around the Warning Sign era (I think they did that track live).
If it’s out there it’s well worth a watch as it also features the excellent Alan Murphy on guitar...
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9 minutes ago, BigRedX said:
I saw Furniture at Nottingham Trent in the late 80s (promoting Food, Sex & Paranoia album) knowing nothing but "Brilliant Mind" and was utterly blown away by both the music and the performance.
Through the world of Google I’ve just checked and the Leicester gig was in ‘86.
The band were flat, the audience was flat and the gig just meandered along into nothingness. I think the band felt it and the singer started making a few barbs about how flat the audience was, which didn’t particularly help, and it almost all ground to a halt.
Genuinely the only time I’ve ever left early because I wasn’t enjoying the band...
I’m pleased your experience was better!
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Furniture at Leicester Poly (early/mid 80s).
”We’re Furniture, what’s your excuse?” the singer deadpanned, as people drifted away...
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12 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:
It's an almost impossible task keeping up with all the Bowie related bits and pieces that pop up on You Tube. Individual songs from The White Room have popped up before, but there's now a proper 'soundboard mix' of all the songs from that show that has appeared, including Teenage Wildlife. It does, as you say, sound 'meaty', but I think it's all the better for it. I'm ripping that tomorrow for sure.
That’s great! I remember recording it on VCR and watching it over and over. I think the original broadcast was 2-3 songs (as I recall, further tracks were shown later in the series).
His band (as always!) were superb, but I remember being absolutely blown away by the drummer at the time. Because of the album credits I thought it was someone called Sterling Campbell, but it was, of course, Zack Alford.
9 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:I don't mind telling you that this took some finding.
As previously mentioned, I did think we had previously published this track, but when I searched our You Tube channel, I couldn't find it.
I think we decided not to publish as it went a bit wonky towards the end. That said, it's fitting tribute to Big Kev who has supported us since Day 1.
It's the one and only time we have performed it.
Wow! I think the biggest compliment I can give is that Mrs Riva walked passed when I was playing it and asked when it was from! When I told her who it was she said, “I thought it was Him!!”.
The backing vocals on the “Don’t believe in yourself...” sections are superb.
When all this madness is over, and you’re gigging again, I’ll be there, sir!
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44 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:
Schaller 3D isn’t it? Used to be standard on Warwicks in early 80s
Brilliant! Thank you, sir...
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30 minutes ago, owen said:
Ha, vintage bridge envy
Definitely! I think it may be Schaller. A mate of mine had an early Squier and he swore by the replacement bridge he’d had fitted. A big talking point was the adjustable saddles - the hours flew by!
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On 14/01/2021 at 16:37, mowf said:
I've got a '75 P that I had refinished in natural when I bought it 20 odd years ago, as the previous owner had seen fit to do a DIY snakeskin effect job on it... The body is definitely two different lumps of wood and somebody told me it would have been a solid colour originally to mask this fact, don't know how true that is but sounds feasible. You can see the join line running between the bridge and the scratch plate in the photos.
What bridge is that? They were around in the early 80s (poss 70s?) - the rolling/adjustable saddles were quite the thing...
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Bought tickets for a Simple Minds Once Upon A Time gig at NEC just to see Shriekback supporting them.
Shriekback were their usual brilliant selves, and Simple Minds were a far cry from the New Gold Dream band/sound that I’d seen just a few years before. I thought they were rotten, if I’m being honest.
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Day After Day is a wonderful song. George Harrison plays slide guitar on it.
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Sky Arts and other music related programmes
in General Discussion
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One of Mrs Riva’s musical idols.
She’s most impressed that I told her about the programme. Less so, and a little bemused, that I found out about it from an online Internet forum dedicated to the bass guitar - “this is the modern world”, though not for Mrs Riva!
This Sky Arts thread is an absolute winner!