iconic Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I have been fiddling with this tune, hence the interest... 2002 Heathen Tour:- this guy plays a Stingray on some vids I have seen for Ashes To Ashes, but here he is slapping the crap out of this Fender J and so far up the neck compared to how I try and play...good player though, so maybe I should try it further up! ......who is he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) [quote name='iconic' post='1189404' date='Apr 5 2011, 06:03 PM']I have been fiddling with this tune, hence the interest... 2002 Heathen Tour:- this guy plays a Stingray on some vids I have seen for Ashes To Ashes, but here he is slapping the crap out of this Fender J and so far up the neck compared to how I try and play...good player though, so maybe I should try it further up! ......who is he?[/quote] A chap called Mark Plati I think. I'm no slapping expert but I have to slap my J up high as well or it makes me sound more rubbish than I am at it (if that's at all possible!) - perhaps a JB quirk? Edited April 5, 2011 by icastle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Yes - that's [url="http://www.algonet.se/~bassman/photos/mp.html"]Mark Plati[/url] Thanks for the vid - we're working out that song next, so good to get some ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellothere Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I had no idea who the bassist was but I love that song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathy Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 What's going on here? Gail Ann Dorsey (regular bass player at that time) is playing rhythm guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Heathy' post='1189627' date='Apr 5 2011, 08:30 PM']....What's going on here? Gail Ann Dorsey (regular bass player at that time) is playing rhythm guitar....[/quote] He's one of the guitarists. They always used to swap around for that number. Don't know why. [s]Maybe GAD doesn't slap?[/s] Edit: Cross out silly suggestion! Edited April 6, 2011 by chris_b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassie Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Tell you what - hope I look as good as Bowie does when I get to - what is he? 60 something? Whatever. He's a genius, and Gail Ann Dorsey sings her arse off on Under Pressure. Goosebumps I'm telling ya... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 [quote name='chris_b' post='1189635' date='Apr 5 2011, 08:36 PM']He's one of the guitarists. They always used to swap around for that number. Don't know why. Maybe GAD doesn't slap?[/quote] Indeed. She is pretty capable but never does this number as far as I know. It is a pretty basic part but what works in the confines of the line-up works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathy Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Maybe they did Ashes to Ashes straight after Under Pressure and she is having a little rest. She is amazing, though. And so is this guy - guitarists who play bass, eh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 [quote name='JTUK' post='1189716' date='Apr 5 2011, 09:17 PM']....Indeed. She is pretty capable but never does this number as far as I know....[/quote] Gail Ann Dorsey [b]can[/b] slap and here is a quote from one of Bowie's tour managers: "Mark was DB’s producer and MD for a while. I guess he pulled rank whenever he felt something needed his style. He is a lot grungier than Gail. She is much more fluid". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 [quote name='Grant' post='1189672' date='Apr 5 2011, 08:53 PM']....Tell you what - hope I look as good as Bowie does when I get to - what is he? 60 something?....[/quote] Unfortunately looks aren't everything! He had emergency heart bypass surgery a couple of years ago and hasn’t toured since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 [quote name='chris_b' post='1189941' date='Apr 5 2011, 11:59 PM']Unfortunately looks aren't everything! He had emergency heart bypass surgery a couple of years ago and hasn’t toured since.[/quote] wow, didn't know that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 thanks for the replies... ....and for all the Stingray fans.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzMike Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 [quote name='iconic' post='1190063' date='Apr 6 2011, 10:27 AM']wow, didn't know that![/quote] +1. I saw him on that 2004 tour - front row seats, have never been deafened by so many male fans shrieking at a show before or since - and had no idea what happened a few months later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I asked Gale Ann Dorsey on her facebook page about this. If you google vids of this song she very rarely plays it. She said it's because, on that tour, she liked playing his stratocaster and he liked playing slap bass for one song a set (usually he played rhythm guitar - and she's not really into slap). Tasty Geddy Jazz he's playing there by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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