The Last Bass Outpost

I never thought of Germany as dull.  For one thing, there seem to be an unusual number of pretty women (contrary to what the incorrect stereotype might be.)  Another thing is the architecture is interesting, at least to me.  Come to think of it, though, pretty women and interesting architecture can be found in many countries.  I will say, however, that I don't find architecture in my own country all that interesting, although, of course, there are a great many exceptions.  As for pretty women here, I am impressed with that, but not so impressed with all the make-up that American women tend to wear. 

Ooops, I must have made the wrong connection from his second successor in the James Gang then, Tommy Bolin, who came from Boulder.   Well it's better than assuming Walsh was a Cannuck which I would have otherwise deduced from Domenic Troiano's origins who followed him directly in the James Gang!

Speaking of Herr Walsh, his new solo album is worth a listen, It won't change the world, but it's music to feel good with. This here is soppy as only Bill Clinton can be, but at the same time cute and moving:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCqWMk8jXeY&feature=related

And the Jeff Lynne influence is barely audible, I tell you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DEjHHhvR7Y&feature=related

You're right; that is worth listening to.  I wasn't expecting to hear music like that from Joe Walsh.  It appears that becoming part of the Beatles family is something that suits him well.  He is writing from the heart.  He is expressing true gratitude, something that too many people (including myself) seem to know too little about.   

Out of curiosity, I'd be interested in knowing how close it is to the original EB-2 sound. 

I ordered a tequila sunrise at a Munich hotel bar last night. On purpose. I watched the bar tender closely, nothing gave him away, he did not smile. Thanks guys.

Most of my knowledge of mixed drinks comes from living on the Gulf Coast for a few years.  But when I took a vacation to Germany years after that, I think I only had beer in Munich (a place which seems to really know a lot about beer, by the way.)

An example of Timothy B. Schmit's outstanding vocals. 

I'm also throwing in a song with the same name by the Scorpions which has nothing to do with anything, but it's a good song, too.  It can be considered lagniappe. 

DLR probably could "sing-talk" through Radar Love pretty well, all joking aside.  But on a song such as "Twilight Zone," I can't even imagine anyone else singing it (with George Kooymans doing the speaking lines,) except for Barry Hay.  Compare Twilight Zone to Panama and that paints a vivid picture of why I'm a Golden Earring fan but not a Van Halen fan.  

Well, at least one of them then, though tellingly Schmidt is probably the most anodyne of them all!

Anyway, this thread has me now listening to the Desperado remaster, "faithless women" and all that ... ... love the Eagles' obsession with jiltin' wimmin when Henley and Frey coined the phrase in their groupie devouring heyday to lear'em, lov'em, leav'em (alluding to their trick to fly their "victims" in with the band Lear jet which apparently never failed to impress).

Tequila Sunrise plays ... I gotta tell this: When I first had a cocktail card before me, I knew nothing of cocktails except a Bloody Mary and a Pina Colada, so I ordered a Tequila Sunrise because I knew the song (unaware that that had been about a drink, I thought Tequila was a place in Mexico, which it possibly also is)!!! Years later I was embarrassed by someone quipping "that's a lady's drink". I still order it to this day and always think of the song and Glenn Frey when I do. My less than manly choice of cocktails is therefore directly influenced by The Eagles.

PS: Love the busy bass playing in Outlaw during the end - also one of the few darker songs sung by Frey.

As for Schmit, I actually do like his vocals.  Being in a band with so many great singers, though, it's natural that he still wouldn't get to sing much.  As has been noted, of course, he got the job because he could play AND sing.  

I haven't seen the details of how the Eagles derived maximum benefits from groupies. I can only imagine.  However, life being what it is and the opposite sex being so well-armed in the "game" of love, I'd bet that at least a few of the Eagles actually did experience being stung by faithless women in real life.  Just speculation on my part, though.  

I'm no expert on mixed drinks, but I've never heard a Tequila Sunrise referred to as a lady's drink.  It seems to me it's just a regular drink.  A Singapore Sling is a lady's drink.

As for the bass playing on "Desperado," I've listened to that album so many times that when I finally decided I'd stop just singing to it and actually play the bass to it, I found that I could effortlessly play the bass to every song.  But it was the natural way I'd play, not the way Randy Meisner would do it.  It made me appreciate his bass playing more than I might normally have.  Although that was quite some time ago, in a way, that was a kind of turning point for me.  It made me realize that Randy Meisner's bass playing was pretty damned good, and maybe mine wasn't quite so good as I had thought.  Better that than to overrate one's self, but stark reality can sometimes be more stark than originally planned.

I've never been in a band that covered an Eagles song.  However, after listening to some of those Eagles covers on YouTube, it seems to me it might be a good idea if more people realized sounding as good as the Eagles is not easy.  Thinking that you're doing so might be kind of delusional.    

When I was 15 (in 1977) I wanted to replace my little Höfner 500/1 with something better, preferably a solid body with Fender-like shape. A friend of my Dad offered a Klira bass, with a chipboard body covered in glitter vinyl, and we bought it. It took me two whole days to realize that this was the worst bass ever. If crap crapped, this is what it would crap. I ended up selling it two weeks later for half of what my Dad paid for it, and getting a MIJ Prima brand J knockoff - that was a major uprgrade over the Klira, even with its weak pickups and mile-high action.

35 years later, I see the same model bass on eBay... what a nightmare. 

I should add that in Hebrew, Kli Ra translates as "bad instrument". How appropriate.

(I hope the seller isn't a Forumite...)

But the seller says it's a high quality instrument.  LOL