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I've always been awestruck by the bass playing on ' what kind of lady' Dee Dee Sharp

  astonishing is the word.... But yesterday I was playing my drums to various tunes on my iPod, when along came ' girl don't make me wait' Bunny Sigler,  this is show stopping stuff!

  I'm assuming that this could be the same guy (both recordings hailing from Philadelphia ), but obviously I'm far from certain.

  My question is, does anyone know who this could be, if he's still around, did he go onto bigger (if poss) things?

 

 Thanks guys.

 

p.s.  I now have a new Fave Bass line in a tune

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Look forward to seeing him in a couple of weeks :)

Should be a great gig ..

I can not let this thread go without giving a shout to my mate Francis who plays bass in a band ....

Not in the same league as most of these guys .. but Incognito think he's ok enough to give him the gig :)

Nice one Francis

Great thread - liked the guy playing 'The Night' - wondered what he'd do when he got to the bridge between verse and chorus where it really kicks off, but he absolutely nailed it - quite a hard part to work out too, I reckon

 

A few nice basslines that do it for me - not particularly fancy playing (apart from Brainstorm) but right on the money:-

 

Bobbi Humphrey - Harlem River Drive

 

 

Bobby Reed - The time is right for love

 

 

King Tutt - You got me hung up

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGc4asrJnB4

 

Brainstorm - We're on our way home

 

 

Couple of others that really come to life bass-wise on big sound systems are Cissy Houston 'I just don't know what to do with myself' and Joe Hicks 'Funky', which for me kicks some serious arse in the final furlong

 

 

 

Cheers, Chris.

My favourite bass players, Leroy Sibbles of The Heptones and Studio One session man, some of the incredible bass lines he invented for Studio One that have been used over and over again...and Jah Wobble on PIL's album Metal Box...

What is that female vocal of Lonely Girl? Bass play out at the end of the track is brilliant.

My favourite Meters-song / jam "Ain't no Use" with George Porter jr. on bass. First part is sublime and I wouldn't mind hearing it at a nighter, second part is when Porter and his colleagues let loose.

 

No introduction needed for the song but bass player on Harvey Averne Dozen Never learned to dance work ever so hard. Great to play air bass to!   

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