wateroftyne Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 [url="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soul-Fingers-Legendary-Bassist-Donald/dp/1495052923"]This is it,[/url] and my copy has just arrived... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coilte Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Thanks for the heads up. Looks like a good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 Yep - it's about 200 pages, of which 150-odd are transcriptions. It shouldn't be considered a biog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne58 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Looks like a good investment to me, thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Ta muchly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Major hint to the wife this is my Christmas present this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzbass Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1502467839' post='3351718'] Yep - it's about 200 pages, of which 150-odd are transcriptions. It shouldn't be considered a biog. [/quote] Uh ok so more a learning tool than the story of Duck's life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Anything Duck Dunn is good. . . . but if you can't get his bass lines from listening to the records you need to sharpen up your playing by ear more than you need transcrpitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1502525268' post='3351963'] Anything Duck Dunn is good. . . . but if you can't get his bass lines from listening to the records you need to sharpen up your playing by ear more than you need transcrpitions. [/quote] I didn't buy it for that. I bought it for the first 50-odd pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 ...|I don't think I've ever used a transcription in my life, TBH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1502525268' post='3351963'] Anything Duck Dunn is good. . . . but if you can't get his bass lines from listening to the records you need to sharpen up your playing by ear more than you need transcrpitions. [/quote] I wont buy it then on your say so. Ha! As if. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivansc Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Well at least thy will sell ONE copy to the chap on here needing help with She Caught the Katy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 [quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1502527200' post='3351976'] I wont buy it then on your say so.[/quote] I didn't say that. But I did say anything Duck Dunn is good, so do what you want to do. I'll certainly be checking it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 [quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1502528381' post='3351986'] Well at least thy will sell ONE copy to the chap on here needing help with She Caught the Katy [/quote] Heeheehee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 This kept coming up on my Amazon recommendations. The lengthy wait put me off but perhaps one for the Xmas list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Straight on the Christmas list - cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Ditto Did you read the amazon review ? Some muppet complains that there is insufficient biography and too much transcription Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Yes, what a fool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Woodcock Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1502467839' post='3351718'] Yep - it's about 200 pages, of which 150-odd are transcriptions. [/quote] They could have saved 75 pages by getting rid of all of the tab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 [quote name='Steve Woodcock' timestamp='1502653105' post='3352736'] They could have saved 75 pages by getting rid of all of the tab [/quote] True but then it would have been dense and impenetrable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 [quote name='Steve Woodcock' timestamp='1502653105' post='3352736'] They could have saved 75 pages by getting rid of all of the tab [/quote] A corollary to that would be; They could have saved 75 pages by getting rid of the dots. So why don't you just buy it, rip the tab pages out and post them to me? I'd like you to be happy with your purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 [quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1502688897' post='3352814'] True but then it would have been dense and impenetrable [/quote] I'm dense and impenetrable. That's why I need tab. If we all had the eyesight required for dots we'd all be musical genii and virtuosos would be ten a penny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Fifty years this year since Duck first came to the UK with the Stax Volt Tour. There's a celebratory concert at the Royal Albert Hall to commemorate it on Sept 1st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 i still watch his performances in the Blues Brothers movies (particularly Funky Nassau) and hope one day to be halfways as capable. And to be able to "[i]turn goats p1ss into gasoline[/i]" of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeponehandloose Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Is this a posthumous book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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