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[quote name='risingson' post='997077' date='Oct 22 2010, 02:22 PM']They're the ultimate muso band. To be honest I don't care much, Chuck Rainey is one of my favourite bass players of all time.[/quote] The band that finally weaned me off Frank Zappa....!

[quote name='LemonCello' post='995900' date='Oct 21 2010, 01:27 PM']No worries mate, I'm busy working it out, part blues 12 bar and part walking bass, getting there slooowllyyy tho! Cheers, LC[/quote] If you have any specific question pass it on...for some reason I play this with the C rooted on the E string, don't remember my rationale but seemed easier at the time of learning (I haven't been playing very long). Also I wouldn't worry too much about playing a carbon copy...blues is blues etc..

Ach, I was thinking of "Watch Out". "Merry Go Round" is much more straight forward...still don't have any tab though...

[quote name='LemonCello' post='993451' date='Oct 19 2010, 01:09 PM']Have any of you kind erudite well informed technically excellent BC'ers got a TAB for this?? Thanks LC [/quote] Nope, and I've probably looked for it as I have to play it regularly enough. I've never been comfortable with it...I play it on the low registers of the D and G strings, using my thumb to mute the lower string. Other than that can't offer much advice..would be interested in anything that turns up here however.

We've divvied up our set into so called "blocks" of tunes that run into each other, so our first hour is generally orchestrated very nicely..we can play for 30 minutes before having to address the audience. The second hour on the other hand is a bit more chaotic and open to chance..which can go either way (the wrong way more often I suppose). That's up the band leader...regardless, pedalling 16ths, so far, has had the desired effect for me

Applied the various pieces of advice at last gig, which somebody kindly recorded and passed along. Song endings sounding much better now, basically holding root 16ths and the very odd little bluesy run down from 5th. Thanks!

I share your frustration. The only way to bring about change in this country is to emigrate!

Hey, I've tried to insure my gear (live in a rented apartment in Cork City). Having called around everywhere, I was told: - You cannot insure any aspect of an apartment which you do not own. - You cannot insure music equipment regardless. Fully predictable. I've lived in a couple of other countries where I would usually insure the contents of my apartment with whichever bank I was using. As I'm sure you well know, [b]nothing[/b] is rational on this bloody island.

Thanks Jennifer, I agree, and we tend to keep it like that...usually a stabbing descent from the flat 7th, before landing on the root, maybe throw a gentle major 3 over the root if I want to create a soft of cheesy-happy-ending feel (I have a crippling zappa obsession). That said, we tend to finish up with an all-or-nothing tongue-in-cheek blues number, guitarist may be lying on the stage having a pretend spasm etc, I'd like to be able to throw in *something* a bit flambouyant. Also of course during the "on bass guitar...." part I wouldn't mind one of the aforementioned noodles. Have simultaneously asked over on talkbass about this and folks there are basically saying "play some chromatics and don't think too hard about it". I'm wondering what is the general thought process during these runs - if you know what I mean. Were I asked the same question about my general blues playing I could compile a short essay...at least so I like to think. Thanks for the reply!

Hi all, I've been reading topics here for about 6 months, great site...have a question here have always been embarrassed to ask online or in person. I play with a locally popular blues/rockabilly/country/rock act, the kind that gets people drunk/dancing. While I don't rate myself as a bassist, I've been holding my own. Looking around at the other players around the city, while I can largely match them for your standard dancy/walking blues, there is one respect in which even the most basic bassists seem to trump me. Some background..last week I injured my wrist and a friend (bassist turned guitarist) subbed for me. I had a chance to watch our own tunes played by someone else, which was excellent. Once again however I noticed my bane. It is the end of song flourish on the bass. You know what I mean; frequently some noodling around, rooted on the fifth, a growing crescendo, before crashing onto the "one", and the song finishing. Can anyone please give me some advice on doing this? I am a largely "staccato" player, the best compliment I tend to get is that I "really do my job as a bassist"...underpinning and sticking to the drums. The lead guitarist usually tells me, "I didn't notice you during the gig, you did a great job etc". Which is what I like to hear - this is how I want to play the instrument. But again, last week I watched this guy produce some nice flourishes at the end of the tunes. How do you folks think about these flourishes? - Play pentatonic over 2 octaves, starting from the flat 7th below the root, playing through the third a few times before sliding to the 5th etc?? I have a mental block here and perhaps am just too limited as a musician. That said my ear/memory/rhythm are good, you can drop me into a tune and I'll be on it within a bar or two. I just want that fancy end of tune flourish...... Thanks in advance for any advice.