Bass solos....

[jumbodbassman]

I have never met a drummer that like moon's playing.   Guitarists usually just want a metronome so they can solo over it..
Just us bass players love it.....

[Big_Stu]

I have never met a drummer that like moon's playing.   Guitarists usually just want a metronome so they can solo over it..
Just us bass players love it.....

I can't stick Moon's playing (see what I did there?). I've always seen him as by far image over substance. For me it was JAE who carried that band.

[Highlander]

Got to second that... I thought he was a good drummer and a great British eccentric with JAE being a lead bassist and PT on rhythm... no denying RD's voice mind you...

I still hold the belief that virtually nothing of worth was produced post Moon; yes that's controversial but it's purely an opinion...

[gweimer]

Here's a bass intro that I used to love and play around with.  I never worked the whole thing out.

[Aussie Mark]

I love Keith Moon's drumming, as well as that of his lovechild Clem Burke.

[Stjofön Big]

Chris White in The Zombies (UK) made quite an impact with his very short, melodic, and dynamic bass solo between first refrain, and second verse, in the bands first hit, She's not there. The two tones at the start of the song ain't to bad either! And the bass? Well, check and see, one more time for me, as The Marvelletes once put it!

[gweimer]

Good one!    We could dig up a million Chris Squire examples, but I thought that at least one Dennis Dunaway example needed to be posted.  I always loved how he floated around a song.  IMO, Alice lost a key element in the sound when Dennis was gone.

[lowend1]

Good one!    We could dig up a million Chris Squire examples, but I thought that at least one Dennis Dunaway example needed to be posted.  I always loved how he floated around a song.  IMO, Alice lost a key element in the sound when Dennis was gone.

Stealing Lou Reed's guitar players was a good idea. His rhythm section, not so much.

[uwe]

Most bass solos suffer from what most drum solos suffer from - they are not engulfed by the other instruments' harmony and rhythm. It astounds me to this day why most people take that for granted.

Don't tell me a bass solo cannot be musical and add to a song, here at 5.28:

[Pilgrim]

Nice example, Uwe.  That solo was done with economy and taste.  Very tasteful.

[patman]

Listen to Scott LaFaro

[rahock]

Listen to Scott LaFaro

I used to have a double album set of bass solos that was released in the early 70s (I think) . Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Charlie Mingus, Stanley Clarke(the new guy), Monk Montgomery, Scott LaFaro and a whole bunch of others. Scott LaFaro did some of what I would consider the best of all of them.
Rick 

[Blackbird]

Most bass solos suffer from what most drum solos suffer from - they are not engulfed by the other instruments' harmony and rhythm. It astounds me to this day why most people take that for granted.

Don't tell me a bass solo cannot be musical and add to a song, here at 5.28:

VERY NICE.  I've always tended to noodle like that, but never did it live.   I just can't get into all of those Bass Player mag type solo stuff, not that I can't appreciate the talent and time that is there.

One of my biggest influences as a bass player is David Gilmour!

[nofi]

i think a true solo should be spontaneous and improvised. that's why jazz guys are so good (musically educated) and most rock guys suck. that little solo was nice but sounds composed. on the other hand jaco wrote many of his solos as well. go figure.

[Pilgrim]

I think there's a middle ground.  If you're familiar with the number and have played it many times, you have the chance to "noodle around" in your practice time and translate that approach into performance.  It's not necessarily composed, but it may be comfortable territory.