RIP Larry Taylor

[NoRhino]

Larry 'The Mole' Taylor has died.

 

A great bass player with Canned Heat who also played on several of the Monkees records. You'll need to do your own homework for find out which ones.  

 

As a young fledgling bass player many decades ago I loved Larry's playing and still try to incorporate his style into some of the Blues numbers we play.

[chris_b]

Sad news. Canned Heat were a great band.

[jezzaboy]

Sad on the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. Great player.

The Canned Heat story is one of triumphs and sadness. If you can get a hold of a copy of Living the blues by drummer Fito de la Parra get it. Its quite a story.

[drTStingray]

Sad news. 

And what a great bass player - I learned a lot from him and other rock/jazz/blues bass players of that era. Played some wicked bass solos - such as on this track from 1970 - on a Precision bass - and some nice walking bass parts. 

http://youtu.be/zRzZgNlyQ7U

He also confounded the Fender experts by announcing he bought a new black slab bodied Precision in the 60s from a music store in the US, thinking it was just a normal Precision - it is visible on the Monterey Pop film! 

 

 

Edited August 23, 2019 by drTStingray

[Coilte]

Loved his work with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. R.I.P.