Talking Of Female Players

[Pete Academy]

This is Kim Clarke with 80s funk/rock outfit Defunkt. She now seems to play gospel upright, but she was probably the first ever funkiest female player.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKDFDdsFRVU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKDFDdsFRVU[/url]

[RhysP]

I remember seeing her on TV back in the 80s (I think it was the Whistle Test) & her playing totally blew me away. When I saw her she was playing a Stingray & was getting an incredible sound out of it.

Edited October 16, 2009 by RhysP

[Zombywoof]

Meshell Ndegeocello....

[bottomfeed]

[quote name='Zombywoof' post='628246' date='Oct 16 2009, 07:45 PM']Meshell Ndegeocello....

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+ the 100!

Edited October 16, 2009 by bottomfeed

[lee650]

[quote name='bottomfeed' post='628321' date='Oct 16 2009, 09:34 PM']+ the 100! [/quote]

+10000 - SHE IS THE BEST!!!! very funky lady, and a voice like silk, listen to "soul on ice" and be floored by funk!!!

[NickH]

[quote name='lee650' post='628332' date='Oct 16 2009, 09:47 PM']+10000 - SHE IS THE BEST!!!! very funky lady, and a voice like silk, listen to "soul on ice" and be floored by funk!!![/quote]

Not only does she sound great, some awesome Funky Chicken head moves going on there. Mad props

[Zombywoof]

[quote name='NickH' post='628408' date='Oct 16 2009, 11:35 PM']Not only does she sound great, some awesome Funky Chicken head moves going on there. Mad props [/quote]

For those of you with Spotify, here she is making a somewhat pedestrian track by Joshua Redman, groove! I love the way she pulls the beat.

[url="http://open.spotify.com/track/1oS9J5I7NxDQwbEJzGy6c6"]http://open.spotify.com/track/1oS9J5I7NxDQwbEJzGy6c6[/url]

[Zombywoof]

[quote name='bottomfeed' post='628321' date='Oct 16 2009, 09:34 PM']+ the 100! [/quote]

I knew the man from funkle would approve.

[Rayman]

Marvellous stuff, but for me, Tina Weymouth was the first female funk/pop bass player I knew about in the late 70s. Not many peoples Idea of true funk of course, but Talking Heads were [i]sooooo[/i] funky, and Tina & Chris (Frantz) drove them along with some very simple but effective grooves. In fact it was listening to Tina that made me realize that simple basslines, with lots of space, can be much more powerful than a lot of twidly fiddly stuff.

[bottomfeed]

[quote name='Zombywoof' post='628412' date='Oct 16 2009, 11:45 PM']I knew the man from funkle would approve. [/quote]

......you bet sister!

[bottomfeed]

[quote name='Rayman' post='628488' date='Oct 17 2009, 08:26 AM']Marvellous stuff, but for me, Tina Weymouth was the first female funk/pop bass player I knew about in the late 70s. Not many peoples Idea of true funk of course, but Talking Heads were [i]sooooo[/i] funky, and Tina & Chris (Frantz) drove them along with some very simple but effective grooves. In fact it was listening to Tina that made me realize that simple basslines, with lots of space, can be much more powerful than a lot of twidly fiddly stuff.[/quote]

yeah, Tina's very cool... wasn't it her who said, "why play two notes when one will do" ....less is more.

must fish out 'stop making sense' vid not seen that in a while cheers for reminding me

[Lfalex v1.1]

No one's mentioned Gail Ann Dorsey yet...

Oooops! I think in just may have!

[neilb]

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='629023' date='Oct 17 2009, 08:37 PM']No one's mentioned Gail Ann Dorsey yet...

Oooops! I think in just may have![/quote]


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[obi 2 kenobi]

Kim Clarke is amazing. Check out Defunkt's Thermonuclear Sweat and In America. Saw them live a few times in late 80s / early 90s.

Note that Defunkt and Meshell sometimes use the same pool of musicians, e.g. Ronnie Drayton, etc