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At the request of another bass player who's opinion I respect, I've been relistening to Queensryche Mindcrime and Empire era stuff.  It is his favorite recorded bass tone.  I have to agree it's good.  With a big drum sound, dueling guitars, and operatic vocals, it cuts right through the mix and doesn't seem crowded on YouTube through a smart phone.  Usually a bass doesn't do that.
 
The Partridge Family. The Banana Splits. Bobby Sherman. My Seventh Grade Math Teacher.
 
O.K., they got me. Honestly, when I first heard Derek Trucks around 1999, I didn't get that woowoo feeling - because I can and had played much like that for several years in the 80's, and Trucks had some holes in his playing and technique. Very repetitive, not a whole lot of melody-construction devices and tricks in his toolbox (these are actually about the same thing) and above all, HE DIDN'T KEEP TRACK OF THE SLIDE AT ALL TIMES. He'd make a big mushy roar up all the strings, play his lick, then slide down the neck with all the strings ringing in no key at all - it sounded awful.

But, lo and behold, he's fixed ALL that - the 2013 edition Trucks is getting that terrifying, supernatural glow. The absolute best possible thing that could have happened to him was going out on a stage night after night and year after year with Warren Haynes. They've achieved a great friendship & empathy, but - Derek knows if he doesn't KEEP on it, still get better every single month - Warren Haynes will happily smoke his tits. And of course the reverse is true...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLBopJ_73yI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVk0ljkgDjY

Do you have any IDEA of how dangerous is is to cover "1983 - a Merman I Should Hope to Be?"  :o :o Haynes often works these out with Gov't Mule, the farm team as it were. But li'l Derek is exhibiting a great confidence now, he can even wake up 70-year-old drummers.  :icon_biggrin:

And THIS - at 6:27 he tells noodle-trumpbutt to shut up and go away, he's got something to SAY ->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7pIq0n3qOo

Stay off the frickin' motorcycles, kid.



 
Anson Funderburg, Nick Moss, Bart Walker, John Federico...the advice of others...eh, occasionally,
'cept Dr6, of course, that's always!! :toothy10:
 
The Crystal Method - Vegas
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Nate Dogg - G Funk Classics vol 1 & 2
 
Stadium Arcadium
No More Tears
Slash Apocalyptic Love
Phil Lesh & Friends 1999 (SCI) and (2002)
Sarah Blacker
Avenged Sevenfold City of Evil
 
Currently on vacation at my dad's lakeside cabin, so lots of CCR and Allman Brothers, but I also can't stop listening to the Mars Volta live bootleg, "Scabdates."  Omar hits so many "wrong" notes, but it sounds perfect.
 
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