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  1. Bean9seventy
    yep ,, lowdown ,, in covent garden great big sign , no bass slpping it was after the disco sucks saga that we began to back catalog P Funk & LG ,, Hendrix Pink Floyd anything with LSD , i became The Red Imperial Player ,, from the concept D,O,P,E department of pure energy ,, from the brothers of funk , thanks ,
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    larry graham was too deep for the UK at that time his only hit was a ballad with no slapping called "1 in a million " his LPs did not feature in any of the discos ,, undisputed truth , brass construction , were massive during the mid seventies ,, just before the disco era began ,,
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    when scotts bass lessons interviewed victor wotten victor also said he didn't know much about larry graham ,, thus the larry graham story(s) you hear from other players is a kind of myth ,, when ever i land at these questions i always say ,, people only discover LG After they learn to slap bass ,, never before ,, even tho LG is ( rightly) credited as the main source of slap ,, it was only after people around the world went slap happy that the larry graham story was revealed to all ,, yes i do remember people getting into LG ,, but it was so personal & intimate ,, we would never out of respect copy or get involved ,, today & for many years people like scott ( great guy ) would simply jam LG ,, but back in 1975 ? etc if you were caught playing LG Bootsy " chocolate city " etc ? people might call the police ,, thus LG & co were still very much xxxx level & a deep respect had to be for fitted ,, thus everything we hear about LG from other bass players " chat " is about 1980s on wards , thanks , lowdown
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    not quite right ,, someone on reddit said i said i was the 1st uk slap bassist after watching a youtube video ,, i did not say that ,, but maintain i was in the 1st wave of uk slap players ,, he also said , i personally influenced MK ,, also not true , but i did play bass in his shop & others Before & during the time MK worked in denmark st , meaning i was one of a handful of bass players he saw ( not herd as we already discussed ) that could have probably possibly made him switch from drums to bass. as slap was the No1 latest thing in music back then , only a few players knew the method ,, in the UK the source players are Bootsy & The Brothers Johnson with Robert Popswell as the bassist we wanted to be & sound like ,
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    when i uploaded this jam i had no idea MK worked in a music shop, yet, so, all i had in the back of my mind during the take was i knew the original brit funk bass players before this LP was made , thanks ,
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    sorry i thought you was lowdown ;D ,, i think i have texted enough on this thread , at the moment , unless there is anything else ?
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    i hear what you say ,, disco people were really into American music , its the music discos & dancers rated most of all , brit funk was all about fans in clubs who wanted to play American music on instruments in bands ,, one of brit funk missions was to eventually learn how to produce music as good as the Americans ,, that event of "crossing the bridge took place in the mid 80s ? with jaki graham , mica paris etc lisa stansfield , i agree brit funk tracks can be fly dropping cheesy , bad mixing ,, because many tracks were recorded in punk rock studios ,, bad deals , the MTV saga , but however the story goes, it all started here ,,, paul tubbsy williams hi tension atmosphere & freeze , later with central line level42 & incognito ,,etc & they got it from ?? Bootsy & The Brothers Johnson ,, ?? it can not be air brushed out of history or side stepped , yes ,, there will be exceptions to the rule but they will only prove the point thanks ,
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    right on , lowdown eg ,, Greg Edwards , as advertised on capital radio along side kenny everet who played at londons 1st pub disco
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    cool down lowdown ,,,, take it easy ,,
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    yes along with billy ocean & others the 3 degrees ? ,,, it was soul music before the big bang ,, in 1978 the Olympic runners launched them selves at the london disco finals of the world dsco champ ,, using star wars props ,i should know , i was on stage with them , The Real Thing lowdown ,,, you know # lord woodbine #
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    no ,,lowdown ,, we call out the average white band ( & others ) not as a names ,, but as a bands that were helping the other bassists , yeah ,,, so when we went to the music shop eg MK worked in ,, we were with ? people from very small circles ,,
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    yes disco is a french word , its been around a long time , the same as music venues have been around a long time ,, but we all know eg punk rock was different , thus from 1977 - 80 disco had a defined elite sub culture , since the late 90s people either side step or air brush the issue away ,, its like they refuse to accept Brit funk was born & who the Real parent were ,, instead they cherry pick who they want their parents to be ,, Arlene Philips is great , she raised a lot of money for Grenfell last year ,, maybe because people knew the effect the 1st one had ,, there were many reasons why i quit the entertainment game ,& never danced again , thanks ,
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    Hi Tension was the 1st brit funk gig ,,, Dancing ,, dancing in outer space by atmosphere became a DJ classic 1st pressings of atmosphere i think were on white label ? , thus brit funk only had a handful of bands (about 4 bands ? ) with associated musicians within their circles ,, before the disco sucks demonstration march , circa 1980 ,, thanks ,
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    yeah i used to do that in the 1990s ,, The London Bass Guitar show s a decent event ,, & you tube is a great outlet thanks
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    so true disco sucks ,,, ? Dasco ? ,, the entire planet had gone disco gaga , even the news was going disco ,, & thus disco ended underground in 1980? ,, it continued via studio 21 as two step ,,, & more fusion tracks & slower jazz funk in wine bars ,, it was now nightclub music ,, , there was a retro movement as soon as it ended ,, so yeah ,, most people outside of USA did not notice / visualize bass players slapping until brit funk ,, & most people including yourself saw MK ,, in the battle for Brit funk he came out on top ,,,, & yes ,, paul tubsy williams was a co founder of Incognito etc ,, without disco we would not be here ,, thanks
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    i ran away from show biz not long after the world disco champs 78 ,,, & then again 1982 /83 in the music industry ,, why ? a lot of reasons ,, put in simple terms ,, many people who go into show biz / music ,, really want to do it , i did not like the environment being a free ordinary club dancer , show biz / music is ruthless , it can have a great effect on those it disappoints the most ,, to progress in both you learn to tread on other people , i refused to do that , 1981 was a tough year ,,, i decided to get out of the entire rabbit hole , i was the complete opposite of a person who wanted to become famous & would do anything to make it happen ,, means reverted back to a bed room bassist throughout most of the 80s thanks
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    used ,to go on the dance floor with the martha graham troupe at that level & take over a disco ,, was sometimes mistaken for one of the dancers ,, others knew we knew marthas dancers anyways ,,,
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    i hear a lot of stories ,,,, man , people sometimes side step brit funk ,,, they tend to push a theory of continuum ,, yes bob james , yes ramsey lewis the whole decade of the 1970s is funky , soulful ,,, & ? disco , then a new deeper underground disco that set in stone fusion jazz soul funk , for a few short years the world went disco crazy ,, & it was only until then did anyone take notice of the bass player ,, in lue of any slapping ,, eg how would you know they were thumbing & plucking slapping the bass in 1975 if you had never seen the method done ,,
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    i get the chance to do my 1st bass chat joke ,, yes lowdown ,, but we are not talking about Mr Larry Graham ,,, look a post i read in bassit via reddit exaggerated what i put forward on you tube ,, i was not the 1st UK slap bassit but in the 1st wave / circle of players who went to the music shop(s) MK worked in where he saw herd ,, the underground bass lines we were into before he was a bassist / or worked in the bass section of his shop ,, as we remember the shop Before" he worked there ,, he was a new member of staff ,
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    people i knew were getting it from Bootsy Direct ,, there was a soul thing going on average white band ,, to billy ocean , ?? brit funk was a specific time during the 70s , it was deeper underground in a matter of weeks which created a hot point as fans became the bands for the fans ,, think this brit funk tune sums up the era the southern freeze was a dance move ,, seen checked out by the soul movement about yes we know 100s of pub bands plus could play stevie wonder superstition in the mid 70s ,, but just like studio 54 brit funk and its birth out of disco ,, was starting from a blank page ,, it was not a continuation of the mid seventies music style & feeling it was totaly new like the new 12 inch records ? t connection was in the 1st batch of 12 inch records , Disco , available to buy in the UK in 1977 99p no one knew anything about slap bass in the uk , until people saw bootsy & the brothers johnston gig ?? man Thunderthumbs & Bootsy ,?? WOW , the transatlantic message ,, the 1st bass mashup outside of the USA people i knew were never doing nothing other than rating the gig ,, it was epic historical dope ,, like jimi hendrix walking on to the rolling stones jam , being as vinyl only disco man i was not live music back then so i never went to the gig ,, when i saw the funk guys doing disco bass with fulll slap i became a player overnight
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    video from 1978 ,, of the worlds 1st ever WORLD disco final ,, this was shown live all over the world ,,, millions saw it ,, apart from john travolta & michael jackson ; D , there are bands to grab , billy ocean , the cool notes ,, the real thing , heatwave ,, the average white bank, de funked ,,, & the Reggie bands ,, they too didnt see this clip ,, ;D Brit funk was born out of the underground disco movement they were , raw definition ,bands for the disco fans , that were once themselves fans , just like the beatles were ,, just like punk was ,, people today do often side step the raw story of Brit funk by refering to earlier works like rare random fusion tracks & players ,, Brit funk was kind of born overnight it has a day a date they know the exact songs played & rated ,, who what where when ,, until i met the people who went backstage with Bootsy in 78 i never knew what a bass was ; D
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    was checking out The Vistior quote & LP ,,, man the 70s had a lot of funky music after all it was the 70s ,, anyway ,, it was only after The London Bass Guitar Show 2011? that MK done an after party interview where he talks about working in a music shop ,, then i remembered it ,, was him if MK would have said nothing in that interbiew i would never have known (maybe forever) ,,, think it was a nice gesture that he did remind people ,, such humble beginnings ? crazy disco dancers who mow wanted to be like robert popswell i used to call him robert popswelll Robinson as i thought "pops well" was his nick name ,, THANKS
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    i forgot to agree ,,, Stanley Clarke is an acceptance to the rule as he was being discovered from music magazines ,, they would be sold & read in musical shops ,, he became really noticed via The Modern Man LP ?? ,, & people than back cataloged & discovered school days etc ,, it was the same for Herbie Hancock after the Sunlight LP people discovered his earlier work ,, nevertheless people in the UK were already slapping in lue of the launch of Stanley ,,, in 1980 ? Stanley came to the UK & done a TV bass lesson show ? ,, eg i already had a bass on point whilst i was watching the show ,, i agree Stanley is very important to the 2nd round of Brit Funk players ,, paul tubbsy william MK & myself at that ,, time, all had basses eg not" fender basses" that were more in line to a bass Stanley would have used
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    i mixed up the two posts ,, it wont matter it was the demand of people who went to the disco that artists from the USA were asked to do gigs for although there was a standard soul circuit eg Diana Ross etc Ray Charles ,,,,, Chris Hill was undoubtedly the top name in what was then still an Underground Movement ? ,,, these are the areas were it all started ,, Hi Tension was the very 1st Brit gig ,,we were all there & Chris Hill or similar ran it even if MK could hear music as you thought ,, it all would been via an underground source ? including other bass players ? ,, leading back to ? eg Chris Hill & the uk disco movement it still would have traveled to their ears via us , the dance crowd in those times ultimately rated music & gave birth to Brit Funk ,,, people telll me its that same Brit Funk crowd that went to level 42s very 1st gigs in the early 80s by the early 80s i quit & turned my back ) the music industry stopped dancing too i refuse to take show biz seriously ;D that's why i don't play bass as well as some of my peers & predecessors or as well as i should with all that history ,, thanks ,
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    a lof of people wore 501 Levis After they saw the advert ,,, some people got an ear ring After they saw the sex pistols ,, yes i remember . i was a dancer , see , Brit funk was grass roots upwards ,, Chris Hill ,, ? tune 1 for learners probably was Wild Cherry tune 2 T Connection do what you wanna do ,, This tune is very important to UK Disco in many ways perhaps the 1st bass line that bass players ever Popped ( before folks knew about thumb slapping ) the clickety click comment proves they were not the original bass players ,, as they dont play that way, james brown bootsy etc, they dont play that way, the clickety click thing was a cheap button method to quantize ? i use it sometimes # a repeating pattern that became " euro sent trick ,,,, it has very little R & B value ? you know soul like The Average White Band " its devoid of the funk ,, "The Brothers of Funk" Q my dear , what """" Bootsy """ did was what jimi hendrix did in the 1960s when he came to london ,, no one had ever seen anything like that before ,, i am sure The Brothers Johnson were the warm up band ps if you are sure MK was slapping before the above let us know ;D
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