YouMa Posted May 10, 2009 Posted May 10, 2009 (edited) Who is the bass player ripping off Bernie edwards on wham rap hes very good. Edited May 10, 2009 by YouMa Quote
cd_david Posted May 10, 2009 Posted May 10, 2009 [quote name='YouMa' post='484455' date='May 10 2009, 06:29 PM']Who is the bass player ripping off Bernie edwards on wham rap hes very good.[/quote] Dione Esttes was the bass player. I think, he went on to play for George Michaels solo career. Great player and a great band. Quote
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted May 10, 2009 Posted May 10, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Bay Splayer' post='484459' date='May 10 2009, 06:36 PM']didnt deon estes play bass for wham?[/quote] Wasn't he the little bloke in 'it ain't half hot mum' with Windsor Davis? Edited May 10, 2009 by Jean-Luc Pickguard Quote
crez5150 Posted May 10, 2009 Posted May 10, 2009 I saw wham before they 'Made it big' at the 100 club..... absolutely fantastic.... DE on bass.... full brass section and girly backing vox.... loads of soul and funk music... DE bass playing is superb... Quote
YouMa Posted May 10, 2009 Author Posted May 10, 2009 I plan to cover this tune at some point,if only i could find pepsi and shirley,how the hell no girls in my school yard twigged george michael was on the other bus,hahaha. Quote
YouMa Posted May 10, 2009 Author Posted May 10, 2009 [quote name='crez5150' post='484475' date='May 10 2009, 06:51 PM']I saw wham before they 'Made it big' at the 100 club..... absolutely fantastic.... DE on bass.... full brass section and girly backing vox.... loads of soul and funk music... DE bass playing is superb...[/quote] Everybody loved it at the time no one will admit it though.Wish id been old enough to be there.CHOOSE LIFE. Quote
cd_david Posted May 10, 2009 Posted May 10, 2009 [quote name='YouMa' post='484476' date='May 10 2009, 06:54 PM']if only i could find pepsi and shirley[/quote] Mmmmm Shirley Hollaway MANY a teen day spent thinking about Shirley. Quote
crez5150 Posted May 10, 2009 Posted May 10, 2009 I actually got a kiss off Shirley on my Birthday.... It was at the Videocafe... if anyone remembers that place... Quote
YouMa Posted May 10, 2009 Author Posted May 10, 2009 Phoaar lucky martin kemp and hes got a good collection of wals some dudes have all the luck. Quote
YouMa Posted May 10, 2009 Author Posted May 10, 2009 Young guns bassline is pretty good to.Who was first then? Edwards or estes. I know Bernard was around funkin in 76 but this dude must have been about the same age. Quote
MB1 Posted May 10, 2009 Posted May 10, 2009 [quote name='YouMa' post='484507' date='May 10 2009, 07:21 PM']Young guns bassline is pretty good to.Who was first then? Edwards or estes. I know Bernard was around funkin in 76 but this dude must have been about the same age.[/quote] MB1. Mr Bernard Edwards would have been first me thinks...Chic, Sister Sledge...with Nile Rodgers. Quote
YouMa Posted May 10, 2009 Author Posted May 10, 2009 Bernards style was unique but i often wonder who he nicked his licks off no one is totally original and im sure its not just motown he was using,there still is very little info on the guy considering how good he was,has anyone got his solo album he did? Quote
MacDaddy Posted May 10, 2009 Posted May 10, 2009 Never liked Wham! at the time (remember the exclamation mark) but think they are quite awesome now. Edge of Heaven is my fave bass line, but so many are good. Quote
RhysP Posted May 10, 2009 Posted May 10, 2009 Deon Estus played some great bass on those Wham records. There was one of the Wham singles released as an extended 12" where he played a really great Stanley Clarke style solo. He released a solo album & got a single to number 3 in the US charts. Quote
JJTee Posted May 10, 2009 Posted May 10, 2009 Club Tropicana is great fun to play... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwN_ouVbwPA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwN_ouVbwPA[/url] Quote
YouMa Posted May 10, 2009 Author Posted May 10, 2009 [quote name='JJTee' post='484585' date='May 10 2009, 08:46 PM']Club Tropicana is great fun to play... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwN_ouVbwPA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwN_ouVbwPA[/url][/quote] Ahh JJTee wondered where you had been if your still in the collectors market i have a beautiful Pogo patterson at the moment its circa 1980 grange hill one of the last models if you are still trading,hes got a few dings but still has that fantastic faded ginger patina.You got anything for trades at the moment im really after a macluskie mate. Quote
Golchen Posted May 10, 2009 Posted May 10, 2009 I was actually quite a fan of Wham back in the day because of the bass playing of Deon Estus. And that was even before I touched a bass myself. Quote
YouMa Posted May 10, 2009 Author Posted May 10, 2009 [quote name='Golchen' post='484645' date='May 10 2009, 09:41 PM']I was actually quite a fan of Wham back in the day because of the bass playing of Deon Estus. And that was even before I touched a bass myself.[/quote] Did you twig about ridgley being the stooge? Quote
Mcgiver69 Posted May 10, 2009 Posted May 10, 2009 Yeah Deon Estes (or Estus??) great bass player and great job with Wham! specially that solo in "I'm your man" that was one of the best solos of the 80's. Well at least for me. Quote
risingson Posted May 11, 2009 Posted May 11, 2009 Deon Estus got a few bass lessons off of Jamerson himself! Quote
beardybass Posted May 11, 2009 Posted May 11, 2009 [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQTSYzuu9g"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQTSYzuu9g[/url] Deon Estus interview, he seems like a really cool guy! He has a short jam by himself at about 12 and a half minutes in. Quote
MacDaddy Posted May 11, 2009 Posted May 11, 2009 [quote name='YouMa' post='484648' date='May 10 2009, 09:43 PM']Did you twig about ridgley being the stooge?[/quote] Unfair and wrong. If it hadn't been for Ridgely, not only would there not have been Wham!, but there wouldn't have been George Michael either. He co-wrote some of the early stuff, and was responsible for launching Georges solo career by asking George if he could do something with some music he had written. That song became Careless Whisper. Quote
dave_bass5 Posted May 11, 2009 Posted May 11, 2009 [quote name='Mcgiver69' post='484744' date='May 11 2009, 12:56 AM']Yeah Deon Estes (or Estus??) great bass player and great job with Wham! specially that solo in "I'm your man" that was one of the best solos of the 80's. Well at least for me.[/quote] Im just learning that song for tonights rehearsal. im not doing the great man any justice ;-) Maybe i have a cut down version but i cant hear any solo Quote
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