R.I.P. Bob Babbitt

Started by Pilgrim, July 16, 2012, 11:55:11 AM

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Pilgrim

July 16, 2012, 11:55:11 AM
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

gweimer

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July 16, 2012, 12:02:14 PM
I just saw that run past me, too.  Wow.  Bad day for legends.
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty

gweimer

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July 16, 2012, 12:03:30 PM
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty

Highlander

#3
July 16, 2012, 02:06:02 PM
You said it Gary...

RIP...
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

rahock

#4
July 17, 2012, 06:42:47 AM
A dark day in Detroit. RIP
Rick

uwe

#5
July 17, 2012, 08:59:06 AM
There he is - I always thought he was black!  As I tend to do with all Motown sessioneers, this confirming my racial preconceptions. :-[ :-[ :-[

We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

gweimer

#6
July 17, 2012, 09:04:25 AM
Quote from: uwe on July 17, 2012, 08:59:06 AM
There he is - I always thought he was black!  As I tend to do with all Motown sessioneers, this confirming my racial preconceptions. :-[ :-[ :-[



Don't feel bad.  I didn't even know the name of James Jamerson until somewhere in the '90s.
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty

patman

#7
July 17, 2012, 10:35:39 AM
This is huge...pretty much every Motown hit not played by James was played by Bob.

Basvarken

#8
July 17, 2012, 11:46:32 AM
RIP Mr. Babbitt.

Such an amazing bass player
www.brooksbassguitars.com
www.thegibsonbassbook.com

Highlander

#9
July 17, 2012, 12:21:36 PM
How many "white" musicians could be mistaken as "black"...?

Certainly 2/3rds of the MG's did their best and Duane Allman could be pretty "black" in his time...

I guess one of the highest compliments we could pay BB is that he did so much for that classic sound...
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

gweimer

#10
July 17, 2012, 12:47:10 PM
Don't forget Joe Messina from the original Funk Brothers.
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty

dadagoboi

#11
July 17, 2012, 02:31:50 PM
Quote from: gweimer on July 17, 2012, 12:47:10 PM
Don't forget Joe Messina from the original Funk Brothers.
Sicilian, close enough ;D

gweimer

#12
July 17, 2012, 02:45:12 PM
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty

Highlander

#13
July 17, 2012, 02:58:50 PM
Nobody's forgotten... that's the point of the question, si...?
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

FrankieTbird

#14
July 17, 2012, 03:29:13 PM
If any one hasn't seen it yet, go check out the Funk Brothers documentary - "Standing in the Shadows of Motown".  Great film.
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