umcoo Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 How awesome is this bassline?? I ask you!? I can't stop playing it, pretty easy to play, fun song, good times! It's really rekindled my love of bass lines as opposed to GASsing over awesome fuzzes and synths! I think this and 'I want you back' by the jacksons are my favourite bass lines to play. Anyone for anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 It's amazing!! Who played it...anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umcoo Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 David Hungate - from the band 'Toto' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakenewmanbass Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 (edited) I think Jeff Pocaro (also of Toto, drums) was on some tracks too. It's a great song, groove, bass line, everything. In fact I think it's a great score all round. Edited June 20, 2008 by jakesbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Cheers lads, I didn't have a clue who it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkThrust Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 [quote name='umcoo' post='223259' date='Jun 20 2008, 09:27 PM']How awesome is this bassline?? I ask you!? I can't stop playing it, pretty easy to play, fun song, good times! It's really rekindled my love of bass lines as opposed to GASsing over awesome fuzzes and synths! I think this and 'I want you back' by the jacksons are my favourite bass lines to play. Anyone for anymore?[/quote] Snap. Two of my all time favourites to play as well. So who knows who played on the Jacksons song? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakenewmanbass Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 [quote name='AndyMartin' post='223300' date='Jun 20 2008, 10:30 PM']Snap. Two of my all time favourites to play as well. So who knows who played on the Jacksons song?[/quote] Wasn't it one of them? I don't think it's Jamerson. but its beautifully played Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 If Memory serves me.... Wilton Felder [Yes, The Crusaders Sax player ] He did a few Early Jackson Tracks on Bass including ABC.. I did the Show Grease out in Japan about 5 years ago. Fantastic Score to play. Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 [quote name='lowdown' post='223313' date='Jun 20 2008, 10:44 PM']If Memory serves me.... Wilton Felder [Yes, The Crusaders Sax player ] He did a few Early Jackson Tracks on Bass including ABC.. I did the Show Grease out in Japan about 5 years ago. Fantastic Score to play. Garry[/quote] The grease score is a favourite of a guitar player I know too...he loves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 [quote name='lowdown' post='223313' date='Jun 20 2008, 10:44 PM']If Memory serves me.... Wilton Felder [The Crusaders Sax player ] He did a few Early Jackson Tracks on Bass including ABC.. Garry[/quote] I might be wrong about ABC... Anyone else with that one? But twas him on " I want you back " Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkThrust Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 [quote name='jakesbass' post='223305' date='Jun 20 2008, 10:33 PM']Wasn't it one of them? I don't think it's Jamerson. but its beautifully played[/quote] When I first heard it I thought it was JJ. Then I read somewhere, it may have been Bassist magazine, that it was Germaine Jackson. I suppose because in the vid he was miming holding a bass - Yeah Right Wilton Felder's a new one on me though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosfandango Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 great track! I love the bass line too and really enjoy myself everytime it shows up on a set list. " summerlovin" is another great track from the same album. I love Hungates playing - but I must admit that i can't stand Toto..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny B Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 There's awesome bass playing on the soundtrack to the film version of Hair - not the stage or cast recording. I think it's Bernard Purdie on drums, but can't recall the name of the bass player (but Bass Player mag outed him a while ago) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Have to admit Toto is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. I don't usually know it's them, but if I find an MOR tune that I actually quite like in a private sort-of way it always turns out to be Toto. Whereas I'll actually admit to liking ELO. Yeah I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 (edited) [quote name='AndyMartin' post='223372' date='Jun 21 2008, 12:54 AM']Wilton Felder's a new one on me though[/quote] He was quite a busy west coast studio player in the late 60's and 70's..... Impresive CV. Every one from the Jackson 5 to Barry White. A bit of an unsung hero really. He is proberly More known for his Sax playing with the Jazz Crusaders / Crusaders. Another thumbs up for Toto here. David Hungate was the Bass player for the first 5 or 6 years. Then Mike Pocoro took over until the present time. Garry Edited June 21, 2008 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 [quote name='AndyMartin' post='223372' date='Jun 21 2008, 12:54 AM']....Wilton Felder's a new one on me though....[/quote] Wilton's the man. My favorites, apart from the early Crusaders, are two Bobby Bland albums, Dreamer and His California Album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 [quote name='chris_b' post='223560' date='Jun 21 2008, 01:01 PM']Wilton's the man. My favorites, apart from the early Crusaders, [u]are two Bobby Bland albums[/u], Dreamer and His California Album.[/quote] Yep , good call on those.. Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 [quote name='Jase' post='223278' date='Jun 20 2008, 09:56 PM']It's amazing!! Who played it...anyone know?[/quote] An Australian called John Farrar wrote it. As he was a bass player (spent a while with the Shadows), I have always assumed he played on the recording. The bass line really makes the song, I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsymoth Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 it is a brilliant song - there's a couple more in there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 [quote name='stevie' post='223693' date='Jun 21 2008, 05:14 PM']An Australian called John Farrar wrote it. As he was a bass player (spent a while with the Shadows), I have always assumed he played on the recording. The bass line really makes the song, I agree.[/quote] A quick Google tells me I'm mistaken here. John Farrar was primarily a guitarist. He did have a hand in arranging the soundtrack, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 [quote name='gypsymoth' post='223709' date='Jun 21 2008, 05:49 PM']it is a brilliant song - there's a couple more in there too.[/quote] Hopelessly Devoted to You (which I think was also a Farrar song) was one of the first songs I learned on the bass (not that long ago). It's nice and easy to play, easy to read, and is so, so tasteful. Another goodie that I find really fun to play, although it's a bit cheesie, is My First, My last, My Everything, by Barry White. Could that be Wilton? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc1oiER2VTE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc1oiER2VTE[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Bass players on the Grease Soundtrack album are: Mike Porcaro, William David Hungate, Max Bennett, David Allen Ryan, Wm. J. Bodine, Dean Cortez and Harold Cowart. John Farrar wrote You're The One That I Want and Hopelessly Devoted To You. Toto was formed as a result of the musicians working together on the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 [quote name='chris_b' post='223872' date='Jun 21 2008, 10:35 PM']Bass players on the Grease Soundtrack album are: Mike Porcaro, William David Hungate, Max Bennett, David Allen Ryan, Wm. J. Bodine, Dean Cortez and Harold Cowart. John Farrar wrote You're The One That I Want and Hopelessly Devoted To You. Toto was formed as a result of the musicians working together on the album.[/quote] You certainly pick up some useful information on here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsymoth Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 there was something else in it with a real deep baritone - voice. cool tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlbbb Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 [quote name='gypsymoth' post='224683' date='Jun 23 2008, 04:36 AM']there was something else in it with a real deep baritone - voice. cool tune.[/quote] At the outro of "We Go Together", really deep voice doing some forms of "bop"s and "doo"s by the sounds of it! Grease is also a favourite of mine to play. (Greased Lightning and Born To Hand Jive in particular). They're the first "proper" basslines I've learned to play (I play mostly straight 8th root note punk style lines, so I'm hardly a bassist ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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