Bilbo's Transcription Archive

[peteb]

22 hours ago, Bilbo said:

That was interesting! Allen Woody's bass part to 'Thorazine Shuffle' from the 1998 Gov't Mule album, 'Dose'. This one's for Ebenezer.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/thorazine-shuffle-govt-mule/

 

If you're listening to Gov't Mule, then perhaps you could look at the excellent 'Beautifully Broken'. Great song with a nice bass part. 

 

[Bilbo]

Will have a look, Pete.

[Bilbo]

Another Andy West part, 'Leprechaun Promenade' from the 1979 Dixie Dregs album, 'Night Of The Living Dregs'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/leprechaun-promenade-dixie-dregs/

[Bilbo]

On 04/03/2025 at 20:13, peteb said:

 

If you're listening to Gov't Mule, then perhaps you could look at the excellent 'Beautifully Broken'. Great song with a nice bass part. 

 

 

There you go, Pete.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/beautifully-broken-stefan-lessard/

[peteb]

17 minutes ago, Bilbo said:

 

There you go, Pete.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/beautifully-broken-stefan-lessard/

 

Thanks Rob. 

 

I will have a look at it when I get the chance and try to see if my very basic reading skills are up to it! I know the song, but what I play is based more on what George Porter Jr and Andy Hess played on later live versions. I didn't even know that the bass player from the Dave Matthews Band was on the original. 

 

I learnt it for a band I was depping for, then they changed the key for the girl singer, played it on one gig and promptly dropped it for some reason! I did half a dozen gigs for them and then suggested that perhaps they should find a more permanent bass player. However, I always thought that it was a great song! 

 

[Bilbo]

It's an interesting song. Great writing. I hadn't heard Gov't Mule before these two songs but I like what they do.

[Bilbo]

I just wanted to say I have been working on reading guitar parts recently and am making progress. I bought five books of reading studies in January and read through all of them in about three weeks (600+ pages inc. Sor, Guiliani, the Leavitt Advanced Reading book etc). The skill of reading is a massive enhancement to your capacity to learn. It's not about reading gigs, it's about opening doors. 

[Bilbo]

A simple part but beautiful to play. The simply beautiful 'Oblivion' by Astor Piazolla. If I wrote something like this, I would die a happy man.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/oblivion-astor-piazolla/

 

 

[Bilbo]

I just ran up a transcription of the Prelude to Cello Suite No. VI by J.S. Bach. Just a reading exercise for extended range bases (I think you could do it on a 5, 6 or 7 string but a 4 would need you to move things around in a couple of places). Just something to chew on if you are looking for a challenge (everyone knows the Prelude to Suite No. 1 so I though something different would be worth considering).

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/cello-suite-no-vi-in-d-major-bach/ 

Edited Friday at 18:25 by Bilbo

[Bilbo]

Another delightful Anthony Jackson part, this time it is the tune 'La Comparsa' from the 2002 Michel Camilo album, 'Triangulo'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/la-comparsa-michel-camilo-trio/

[Bilbo]

Paul Del Harwood's bass part for the tune 'Dragonfly' from the 1978 'Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush Live' album. I didn't put every fill and gliss in this time. There is enough here to play the song.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/dragonfly-frank-marino-and-mahogany-rush/

[dmccombe7]

2 hours ago, Bilbo said:

Paul Del Harwood's bass part for the tune 'Dragonfly' from the 1978 'Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush Live' album. I didn't put every fill and gliss in this time. There is enough here to play the song.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/dragonfly-frank-marino-and-mahogany-rush/

Superb choice Rob. Fantastic band. My fav track at the moment from FM is Its Begun to Rain Live at the Agora version. 

Dave

[Bilbo]

Another complete Geddy Lee bass part, this is the bass performance of 'Bastille Day' from the 1975 'flop' 'Caress Of Steel'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/bastille-day-rush/

[itu]

I feel like you are pushing out a new transcription every hour, @Bilbo. For me a simple song takes easily two days, or more.

[Bilbo]

I have a lot of time on my hands at the moment, itu. The gigs have dried up and my efforts to re-build my profile as a player locally are not proving to be that successful.  I suspect I will struggle to sustain this level of output for long.

 

In the meantime, as a form of self-harm, I have transcribed the complete Geddy Lee bass part for the tune(s) 'The Fountain Of Lamneth' from the 1975 Rush album, 'Caress Of Steel'. All 11 pages of it. What was I thinking.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-fountain-of-lamneth-rush/