Music videos that feature Thunderbirds

Pilgrim · June 09, 2023, 10:30:34 AM

Nice shots! I have really enjoyed vising Port Townsend.

TBird1958 · June 12, 2023, 09:35:41 AM

Playing for Pt. Townsend's Pride 6/10/23, the bass is my Epiphone Vintage Pro with Gibson NR pickups, Trace Elliott GP7-250 and an SWR 6x10.

Pilgrim · June 12, 2023, 10:51:02 AM

Nice!

Great tune well done, and fun for the bass player.

Stjofön Big · July 06, 2023, 03:04:51 AM

This came as a total surprise - the great Eric Haydock in The Hollies playing a T-bird! Never seen him with one earlier.

uwe · July 06, 2023, 04:51:29 PM

Permed Sweet sans Connolly, but with a Bird.

Ken · August 04, 2023, 12:22:33 PM

Yo La Tengo live on KEXP. James McNew seems to have switched over to a Thunderbird since 2019 or so.

Basvarken · August 12, 2023, 08:43:21 AM

1964 Thunderbird II. this bass was owned by Paul Martinez when he was Robert Plant's bass player.
Now owned by Paul Dunbar.

Alanko · August 12, 2023, 03:31:32 PM

You could cut glass with that Stratocaster tone.

I've always thought Robert Plant tried a bit hard at the whole 'see, I'm no longer in Led Zeppelin' thing with his solo career.

uwe · August 14, 2023, 10:48:55 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on August 12, 2023, 08:43:21 AM

1964 Thunderbird II. this bass was owned by Paul Martinez when he was Robert Plant's bass player.
Now owned by Paul Dunbar.

I will not have the great Paul Martinez mentioned here without a reference to where he came from!

And Robbie Blunt had a prior life too, here on slide guitar with the magnificently raunchy Silverhead:

Today, I guess he listens more to The Band/Bob Dylan, lovely song though

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uwe · August 14, 2023, 11:15:14 AM

Quote from: Alanko on August 12, 2023, 03:31:32 PM
You could cut glass with that Stratocaster tone.

I've always thought Robert Plant tried a bit hard at the whole 'see, I'm no longer in Led Zeppelin' thing with his solo career.

Not ever suspect of being a Zep fan, I come from the other direction: I'm eternally grateful to him that in his solo career he did not ride on Zep's coattails! He was/is daring.

Big Log, with all its nifty key changes, is a remarkable number.

TBird1958 · August 14, 2023, 04:02:26 PM

Quote from: uwe on August 14, 2023, 11:15:14 AM
Not ever suspect of being a Zep fan, I come from the other direction: I'm eternally grateful to him that in his solo career he did not ride on Zep's coattails! He was/is daring.

Big Log, with all its nifty key changes, is a remarkable number.

Love 29 Palms, think it's the best song he's ever done.

gearHed289 · August 15, 2023, 08:20:26 AM

Quote from: uwe on August 14, 2023, 11:15:14 AM
I'm eternally grateful to him that in his solo career he did not ride on Zep's coattails! He was/is daring.

Likewise. I love his first three solo albums. I was a little disappointed when he DID start to go back to his Zep roots. But I have massive respect for him not doing a tour in 2007. He plays to his strengths, however they may evolve.

Also, thanks for the history on Paul Martinez. I used to have a live bootleg that I recorded off the radio from I believe the Pictures at Eleven tour, and somehow I knew that was a Thunderbird.

Basvarken · August 17, 2023, 10:40:28 AM

Uwe's favorite guitarist with the wrong singer.
And a Thunderbird hidden somewhere.

uwe · August 18, 2023, 09:36:36 AM

Shamefully so and not just for the singing, I do like Coverdale Page. I have tried to fight it, seriously. I prefer it to late 80ies Whitesnake for being more adult, never mind the overdone grandeur of the production. Jimmy Page productions always sound like they were recorded in the mountains of Mordor-dor-dor-dor-dor-dor, lack of sonic clarity does compensate for sloppy playing, you know, not everyone is a Ritchie Blackmore who can risk an unforgiving dry sound.

That bassist must be Babies/Bad English/Ted Nugent/Styx-man Ricky Phillips, he played on the album (just two songs and not the one backed by the above vid) and had long hair = looked the part for the video. Guy Pratt (not looking the part, but a wonderful bassist) only played the short Japanese tour.

http://www.guypratt.com/wp-content/gallery/pictures/Guy-Pratt-and-Jimmy-Page.jpg

The mainstay bassist on the album was Jorge Casas - he did not have long hair and was hence not deemed suitable for the vid by His Vanity & Superficiality David Coverdale, though he actually played on the track. Pity as he had some really good dance moves (even matching Gloria's!), I believe most of you should have seen and heard him before in a, say, somewhat more ethnic (and undeniably catchy and butt move-enticing) environment with a P-Bass ...

Basvarken · August 18, 2023, 11:14:07 AM

Quote from: uwe on August 18, 2023, 09:36:36 AM
Guy Pratt (not looking the part, but a wonderful bassist) only played the short Japanese tour.

http://www.guypratt.com/wp-content/gallery/pictures/Guy-Pratt-and-Jimmy-Page.jpg

For those of you who haven't read it yet; His book My bass and other animals is an excellent read.

https://www.amazon.nl/Bass-Other-Animals-Guy-Pratt/dp/0752893351