Jim Lea - 12 bar in A (for Scott)

OldManC · October 24, 2009, 01:06:44 PM

You've probably seen this but just in case... Does yours sound this friggin' good? Wow!

Highlander · October 24, 2009, 01:38:47 PM

Not seen before... wow... what a sound...!

Pilgrim · October 24, 2009, 07:14:03 PM

I admire the technical proficiency, but the speed and sound do nothing for me at all.

El wanko magnifico. $:-\$

TBird1958 · October 25, 2009, 10:18:32 AM

You have to remember Jim started out on the violin..................

He was undoubtably the best musician in Slade, I don't think they would've been popular at all without him.

nofi · October 25, 2009, 10:44:52 AM

slade would have done ok with any good bass player since the average fan doesn't know or doesn't care about the bass.

TBird1958 · October 25, 2009, 11:20:17 AM

Quote from: nofi on October 25, 2009, 10:44:52 AM
slade would have done ok with any good bass player since the average fan doesn't know or doesn't care about the bass.

Perhaps so, but he did contribute a fair bit of the songwriting too. I belive he was the only member of the band with any real trained musical background, having played in an orchestra prior to joining Slade.

uwe · October 26, 2009, 01:11:11 PM

A fair bit?

He wrote everything with Noddy Holder and Noddy's contribution became less and less over time, by the last few albums, Slade had become the Jim Lea band.

All the clever pop harmonies, the hymnic chorusses, that is Jim, just listen to his comparatively recent solo album which sounds like Slade without Noddy singing/screaming his balls of.

As regards his bass playing: Of course he was technically proficient too, but what made him outstanding as a bass player was his sense of melody - McCartney-esque -,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnf-RjWRlXs&feature=related (that's him on the violin too, that is where the melodic influence comes from, when he joined Slade he didn't even play bass)

not lightning fast 12 bar runs. Actually, the US is once again to blame for that too: He acquired that style of playing during Slade's "forgotten years" as an opening act in the US when his combined violin/bass solo (often from atop the PA cabs) was supposed to catch attention for Slade while people were waiting for whoever was headliner. Nothing impresses Americans more than athletic skill.

nofi · October 26, 2009, 01:35:06 PM

remember the east german women's track teams, "girls will be boys and...

rahock · October 26, 2009, 05:37:37 PM

nofi
Rick

godofthunder · October 27, 2009, 08:40:53 AM

Quote from: OldManC on October 24, 2009, 01:06:44 PM

You've probably seen this but just in case... Does yours sound this friggin' good? Wow!

Thanks George I have seen that ! And yes mine sounds just like that

Move over is a Perfect example of a non Jack Bruce sounding EB3, His EB3 was modded with a distortion circuit and a extra John Birch pick up under the palm rest. Latter the bass was painted white (much to Jims shock) while it was in for work at Birch's shop and equipped with Two birch pickups and no mudbucker.