alexclaber Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwVL5RdEROM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwVL5RdEROM[/url] Alex Quote
The Funk Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 Awesome! Looks like Sly on keys & BVs - but far too animated to be him, surely? Quote
timloudon Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pbhxB7cGbw&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pbhxB7cGbw...feature=related[/url] The first few grooves are amazing! He's just too funky. Quote
alexclaber Posted March 13, 2009 Author Posted March 13, 2009 I recently resurrected my '87 Warwick Streamer and replaced ye olde Bootzillas with some nylon tapewounds to turn it into an old school funk machine. They're a little too fresh but I think given time it could be a fine beast for laying it down in the name of the sailor-suited brother. Alex Quote
chris_b Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 [quote name='The Funk' post='433752' date='Mar 13 2009, 02:59 PM']....Awesome! Looks like Sly on keys & BVs - but far too animated to be him, surely?....[/quote] It would not have been Sly. Larry Graham quit acrimoniously because Sly was using a lot of his ideas and not giving him co-writing credit. Where have we heard that before? Quote
Kiwi Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 He's double thumbing, and I like the sound of his voice. Quote
Mr. Foxen Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 Backline envy. Got the whole of the tutorial video that second clip is from, so good, he is still like an excited kid about his pedals. Quote
Delberthot Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 I absolutely love Larry and GCS. The whole reason I slap the way I do. None of your Mark King 24th Fret widdly widdly widdly widdly bits. Always just behind the pickup.YOu can totally vary the sound from there Quote
thisnameistaken Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 When I was 15 my mate's dad pulled out GCS' "Ain't No Bout A Doubt It" from his collection and put it on. Life was never the same again. He also had a load of old Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey, Modern Jazz Quartet, Joni Mitchell, The Meters, AWB, all sorts of cool stuff. He'd pick out a new record every couple of weeks and say "You might like this one", top bloke. Quote
Paul S Posted March 14, 2009 Posted March 14, 2009 To my shame I'd never listened to this guy before. Absolutely and completely blown away by his technique and sound. Quote
dr.funk Posted March 14, 2009 Posted March 14, 2009 Thanks for sharing! [quote name='alexclaber' post='433831' date='Mar 13 2009, 03:59 PM']I recently resurrected my '87 Warwick Streamer and replaced ye olde Bootzillas with some nylon tapewounds to turn it into an old school funk machine. They're a little too fresh but I think given time it could be a fine beast for laying it down in the name of the sailor-suited brother. Alex[/quote] Sounds good. Having seen the videos of Bobby Vega on bassplayer tv (which I think you posted too?) I have always wanted a jazz with tapewounds for the old school sounds. Quote
alexclaber Posted March 14, 2009 Author Posted March 14, 2009 [quote name='Delberthot' post='434248' date='Mar 13 2009, 10:37 PM']I absolutely love Larry and GCS. The whole reason I slap the way I do. None of your Mark King 24th Fret widdly widdly widdly widdly bits. Always just behind the pickup.YOu can totally vary the sound from there[/quote] Absolutely! I swear you wouldn't get all this slap hating if slappers stuck with the Larry Graham vibe. Bobby Vega is incredible at nailing that sound, hearing him play Hair on BP.tv a couple of years ago totally blew me away. Alex Quote
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