Old School Musicianship… Rock and Roll.. Jazz… Blues… Big Band even…

[n8Romantic]

Lou Reed's live 'Rock and Roll Animal' blowed my mind. Me...a South Georgia redneck...groovin to Yankee music!

 

[rjr_1954]

Foghat Eight Days on the Road Live 1974 Rock and Roll Outlaws TV Performance​

 

[n8Romantic]

hmmm never heard of them….

The Doors - Riders On The Storm

Enough of that… here is Rock and Roll

Maybe the best bass player-less band ever! Ray Manzarek's keyboard work is awesome and I think Robby Krieger is an underrated guitarist.

 

[rjr_1954]

Rush - Xanadu​

Where have I heard this before?

 

[BrendaBear]

Maybe the best bass player-less band ever! Ray Manzarek's keyboard work is awesome and I think Robby Krieger is an underrated guitarist.

I agree… but I admit, as a bass player who joined a band who used left hand keyboard bass for years…. I prefer the studio albums where they brought in Jerry Scheff on bass….

…and for the record, if you do not work it out ahead of time, playing 6 1/2 minutes of Light My Fire, on a bass… hurts!!!

 

[n8Romantic]

Just to prove there is many ways to skin a cat, Two Nice Girls covering Lou Reed's 'Sweet Jane' mixed with a bit of Joan Armatrading 'Love and Affection'.

NO CATS WERE HARMED IN MAKING THIS POST!!!

 

[n8Romantic]

I agree… but I admit, as a bass player who joined a band who used left hand keyboard bass for years…. I prefer the studio albums where they brought in Jerry Scheff on bass….

…and for the record, if you do not work it out ahead of time, playing 6 1/2 minutes of Light My Fire, on a bass… hurts!!!

It's interesting, the Doors were fairly unique. I watched an interview with Ray Manzarek that asked about performing without a bass. He said the band had auditioned several bassist but they (the band) felt like the bassist they auditioned made them sound like some other band, and toured without a bassist. The instrumentals in 'Riders...' is captivating. Santana's 'Black Magic woman', especially the into and closing remind me a lot of 'Riders...' Odd...I know, but I am drinking a 13 yo bourbon and smoking some primo home grown.

 

[rjr_1954]

I'm hungry, lets have some...​

Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) (Official Music Video)​

 

[n8Romantic]

And my parting shot...

 

[rjr_1954]

Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer​

 

[BrendaBear]

It's interesting, the Doors were fairly unique. I watched an interview with Ray Manzarek that asked about performing without a bass. He said the band had auditioned several bassist but they (the band) felt like the bassist they auditioned made them sound like some other band, and toured without a bassist. The instrumentals in 'Riders...' is captivating. Santana's 'Black Magic woman', especially the into and closing remind me a lot of 'Riders...' Odd...I know, but I am drinking a 13 yo bourbon and smoking some primo home grown.

I agree… I love the sound and feel of the Doors… they found a way to be very unique, which is very, very difficult to do. I have a pretty large collection of CD’s, and The Doors are one of the few bands that I have them all… (well, everything that was recorded and released when they all were alive).

I absolutely loved that the band I joined (who had been together literally for decades), played “Light My Fire” and did the full version. Yeah… up until that first performance on stage.

A little background, a working cover band in Nevada probably does not have time to rehearse. They get the gig, maybe throw together a set list, maybe not, then go do the gig, get paid. As a musician, you need to know all the usual songs in the area, and hopefully have listened to more to be able to fake it when you have not worked it out. I was blessed to have a friend who kept a little notebook of songs for when he didn’t remember the chord progressions, and he made a copy for me (hand written) when I joined the band. I love that man! (and yes, I still have it, and added to it).

So Light My Fire goes between a A minor triad and B minor triad for the long solo…. I read Guitar Player almost religiously, Tommy Tedesco said to play the most simple way you can, to get it right! Well… doing that, on bass, a minor triad… is a big stretch… and begins to hurt… then it moves past “hurt”…

Years later, in a casual conversation with the band leader, he said “people said you looked like you were in pain”… well yeah, I was!!!!!

Luckily, there is a way to play it without the stretch, and moving your hand position. You just need to figure it out ahead of time. And for all I know, show bands probably don’t play it anymore. Or use a f-ing sequencer or some such communist bs.

 

[rjr_1954]

Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize​

 

[rjr_1954]

Quiet Riot - "Slick Black Cadillac" Live at the US Festival, 1983​

 

[Trubbycat]

 

[rjr_1954]

Neil Young - Heart of Gold (Live) [Harvest 50th Anniversary Edition] (Official Music Video)​

 

[Trubbycat]

 

[rjr_1954]

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Like a Hurricane Live 1977​

 

[hairball18]

Maybe the best bass player-less band ever! Ray Manzarek's keyboard work is awesome and I think Robby Krieger is an underrated guitarist.

Great song.

 

[Trubbycat]

 

[rjr_1954]

Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (Live 2009) [Official Video]​

 

[Trubbycat]

 

[rjr_1954]

Journey - Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' (Official Video - 1979)​

 

[rjr_1954]

Europe - The Final Countdown (Official Video)​

 

[Trubbycat]

 

[rjr_1954]

Uriah Heep - Traveller In Time - Live 1973​