« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2   Go Down

Author Topic: R.I.P. Bob Babbitt  (Read 2515 times)

Pilgrim

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 9994
    • View Profile
    • YouTube channel
R.I.P. Bob Babbitt
« on: July 16, 2012, 10:55:11 AM »
Logged
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

gweimer

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4085
    • View Profile
    • My BandMix Site
Re: R.I.P. Bob Babbitt
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2012, 11:02:14 AM »
I just saw that run past me, too.  Wow.  Bad day for legends.
Logged
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty

gweimer

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4085
    • View Profile
    • My BandMix Site
Re: R.I.P. Bob Babbitt
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2012, 11:03:30 AM »
Logged
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty

Highlander

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12542
  • There Ken be only one...
    • View Profile
Re: R.I.P. Bob Babbitt
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2012, 01:06:02 PM »
You said it Gary...

RIP...
Logged
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

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1580
    • View Profile
Re: R.I.P. Bob Babbitt
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2012, 05:42:47 AM »
A dark day in Detroit. RIP
Rick
Logged

uwe

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 21533
  • Enabler ...
    • View Profile
Re: R.I.P. Bob Babbitt
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2012, 07:59:06 AM »
There he is - I always thought he was black!  As I tend to do with all Motown sessioneers, this confirming my racial preconceptions. :-[ :-[ :-[

Logged
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

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4085
    • View Profile
    • My BandMix Site
Re: R.I.P. Bob Babbitt
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2012, 08:04:25 AM »
Quote from: uwe on July 17, 2012, 07:59:06 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.
Logged
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty

patman

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1349
    • View Profile
Re: R.I.P. Bob Babbitt
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2012, 09:35:39 AM »
This is huge...pretty much every Motown hit not played by James was played by Bob.
Logged

Basvarken

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 6901
  • hobby luthier. gibson bass nerd
    • View Profile
    • www.brooksbassguitars.com
Re: R.I.P. Bob Babbitt
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2012, 10:46:32 AM »
RIP Mr. Babbitt.

Such an amazing bass player
Logged

Highlander

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12542
  • There Ken be only one...
    • View Profile
Re: R.I.P. Bob Babbitt
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2012, 11:21:36 AM »
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...
Logged
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

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4085
    • View Profile
    • My BandMix Site
Re: R.I.P. Bob Babbitt
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2012, 11:47:10 AM »
Don't forget Joe Messina from the original Funk Brothers.
Logged
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty

dadagoboi

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4214
  • huh?...HUH?
    • View Profile
    • CATALDO BASSES
Re: R.I.P. Bob Babbitt
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2012, 01:31:50 PM »
Quote from: gweimer on July 17, 2012, 11:47:10 AM
Don't forget Joe Messina from the original Funk Brothers.
Sicilian, close enough ;D
Logged

gweimer

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4085
    • View Profile
    • My BandMix Site
Re: R.I.P. Bob Babbitt
« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2012, 01:45:12 PM »
Logged
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty

Highlander

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12542
  • There Ken be only one...
    • View Profile
Re: R.I.P. Bob Babbitt
« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2012, 01:58:50 PM »
Nobody's forgotten... that's the point of the question, si...?
Logged
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

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 538
    • View Profile
Re: R.I.P. Bob Babbitt
« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2012, 02:29:13 PM »
If any one hasn't seen it yet, go check out the Funk Brothers documentary - "Standing in the Shadows of Motown".  Great film.
Logged
Pages: [1] 2   Go Up
« previous next »