Tuesday Tidbits: Whahappen? (and It’s All About the Bass – Music Monday)
This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show. Three of the funniest movies in my opinion.
In A Mighty Wind, Fred Willard’s child actor’s catch phrase was, “Whaahappen?”. I felt like that yesterday, So what happened to Music Monday? Did you miss it? I did. Literally. No excuses. To quote another catchphrase: S%#t happens.
There are many jokes about bass players. Usually targeting their intelligence, or lack thereof. (see what I did there?).
Since most bass guitars have only four strings, it does limit it’s melodic and harmonic potential—or does it? It doesn’t matter what instrument it is, there will always be musicians who push the envelope of what it can do.
Are there great bass players? Of course there are. That’s a stupid question. Here’s just one of many top 10 lists:
#10 – John Paul Jones
#9 – Jaco Pastorius
#8 – Victor Wooten
#7 – Geddy Lee
#6 – Stanley Clarke
#5 – Les Claypool
#4 – Larry Graham
#3 – James Jamerson
#2 – Flea
#1 – John Entwistle
Here is another for your consideration. Was Michael Manring the first to make the bass guitar a melodic solo instrument? Probably not, but he’s pretty good. His debut album, Drastic Measures blew me away. These first two selections are from Drastic Measures released in 1991.
Need something more upbeat?
-Leon
Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.
My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/
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