MacDaddy Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 There's a band in that London called Violent Offender, no bass, the 2 guitarists have 7 string guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 (edited) [quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1470820091' post='3108660'] And the best of the lot - Hound Dog Taylor and The Houserockers: [/quote] Quite so. Mr Taylor's oeuvre suffers in no way from the absence of a bass. IIRC, in the early-mid 1950's Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Elmore James and a host of other name Chicago R&B artists at times dispensed with the services of a bass player and employed a second guitar to deliver the low-end shuffle. Their output didn't seem to suffer. [color=#f0fff0].[/color] Edited August 17, 2016 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 [quote name='Rubbersoul' timestamp='1471462778' post='3113276'] Let's go the other way : Evil Blizzard have 4 (that's FOUR) bassists. Epic. [/quote] I must go and look them up just to make sure that they don't have an individual bassist for each string... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzneck Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1471470904' post='3113350'] IIRC, in the early-mid 1950's Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Elmore James and a host of other name Chicago R&B artists at times dispensed with the services of a bass player and employed a second guitar to deliver the low-end shuffle. Their output didn't seem to suffer. [color=#f0fff0].[/color] [/quote] Yes, Mr. Delvar - no bass that I'm aware of in those early Chicago recordings apart from the occasional thud of Willie Dixons dog house bass. Those lovely grooves seemed to come from sh*t hot drummers, top flight second guitar and a great pianer. Of interest is that the said Willie Dixon, bassist supremo, was in the studio doing the writing, arranging, engineering etc. whilst a lot of those tracks were cut, but he wasn't actually playing. Another for your delectation without bass - it certainly motors on.... Recorded live with Baby Face Leroy playing guitar and bass drum simultaneously with vocals whilst Muddy Waters and Little Walter do their thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pca_S6sj_SE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswareham Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 The Cramps recorded and performed without a bassist quite often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 [quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1471507976' post='3113470'] Another for your delectation without bass - it certainly motors on.... Recorded live with Baby Face Leroy playing guitar and bass drum simultaneously with vocals whilst Muddy Waters and Little Walter do their thing. [/quote] Why, thank you! I'd not heard that before. Quite the pocket rocket, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callumjord Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 The only band I actually like that doesn't have a bass player is animals as leaders. https://youtu.be/-DzKjuYh5ZM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 [quote name='Rubbersoul' timestamp='1471462778' post='3113276'] Let's go the other way : Evil Blizzard have 4 (that's FOUR) bassists. Epic. [/quote] Just checked them out on YouTube. Shows you really can form a band with 4 bass players. On the other hand (IMHO) it also gives a very good argument for why maybe you shouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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