P j Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Lots of people are always waxing lyrical about flea , mark king , Louis Johnson , Stanley Clark , jack Bruce , jaco so on and so forth ,whilst these bassist are highly praised and worthy , little or no fuss is made of the late great Andy Fraser , former free bassist lyricist . Being a fan of his playing for many years his sound and style of playing is so clever and melodic not only carries the beat but on occasion takes the bass to another level as a lead instrument, with himself paying tribute to binky mckenzie as a driving force to becoming a better player after soaking up his influence, when you hear him lay down bass lines from such a young age of 15 and making such sophisticated recordings of a mature standard, it makes you wonder how many 15 year olds to today could muster these sort of skills , answers… not many . so what I am saying is simple this is a life skill of shear intelligence as a bassist he is so over looked for such a innovative style , dare I say more famous bassist get all the credits , so I am putting out there a bassist is not all about slap slap slap yes of course I love it as well , but don’t pass by and forgot the lesser spoke about genius that was mr Andy Fraser , check him out and pass on the word for the next bassist talent to see how it’s done . Pj 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 There's a good deal of appreciation here 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 1 hour ago, P j said: Lots of people are always waxing lyrical about flea , mark king , Louis Johnson , Stanley Clark , jack Bruce , jaco so on and so forth ,whilst these bassist are highly praised and worthy , little or no fuss is made of the late great Andy Fraser , former free bassist lyricist . Being a fan of his playing for many years his sound and style of playing is so clever and melodic not only carries the beat but on occasion takes the bass to another level as a lead instrument, with himself paying tribute to binky mckenzie as a driving force to becoming a better player after soaking up his influence, when you hear him lay down bass lines from such a young age of 15 and making such sophisticated recordings of a mature standard, it makes you wonder how many 15 year olds to today could muster these sort of skills , answers… not many . so what I am saying is simple this is a life skill of shear intelligence as a bassist he is so over looked for such a innovative style , dare I say more famous bassist get all the credits , so I am putting out there a bassist is not all about slap slap slap yes of course I love it as well , but don’t pass by and forgot the lesser spoke about genius that was mr Andy Fraser , check him out and pass on the word for the next bassist talent to see how it’s done . Pj I'm guessing it's because Free have never been a big band, in terms of album sales, and beyond Alright Now non-fans probably don't know much about them. Lots of people have heard of Flea partly because his band have shifted over 60 million albums and partly because he wears his undercrackers on stage or a sock over his lad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Id agree. Anyone who has tried to learn the bassline to Alright Now kmows that the guy had some serious moves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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