Love that Stax sound.
I didn't know he had been playing with Steve Cropper since childhood. No wonder they played so well together.
The master of "keep it simple, stupid" is gone.
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The Big Ben
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MartyNeilan
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Re: The master of "keep it simple, stupid" is gone.
YES YES - for bass lines, the two frequently go together. Too bad that is so often missed by the next Jaco wannabe.bloke wrote:Some of the most famous and beloved - yet simple - bass lines ever...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... 029e4c336a
(If Duck Dunn had been a tuba player, would he still have smoked his pipe while he played?)
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GC
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Re: The master of "keep it simple, stupid" is gone.
Yep. One of the great side men of all times.
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Søren
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Re: The master of "keep it simple, stupid" is gone.
The first bass player I really listened to. I have been listening to old Stax stuff ever since I saw the news.