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heaven 17 ,, yes people i knew knew that band ,, those guys were into steve strange ,, soul boys who wanted more ,, ABC were too bubble gum ,, true, heaven 17 band may have had an early bass player , who i would be told of if i didn't know ,, yes its possible i know of the bass player / herd of ,, but again if the bass player was not in our circle , then no ,, its tight ,, thanks

yeah ,, we knew the band a bit ,, i mean i was on stage with them so (not as a bass player),, everything in brit funk was happening , Heatwave AWB ,, few others guiding a pot of younger unsigned bassists & co who became brit funk ,, i was one of those bass 5 or 6 players as mentioned in an earlier post,

nothing here ,, unless i hear the song perhaps see images ,, tell me about them ??

find me the jaco studio 54 tune ,,, ?? good question ,, the failed disco player is our nick name for jaco lol ,, i am sure there are others you guys find more fitting ; D you get a guy who is a good fighter you call him , lil shy boy you get a guy 6ft 8 ,, you call him little john you get jaco,,, you call him the beginner bass player lol failed , useless ,, lol

no not really if you are keen just a few mont the topic matter ,, all we say is ,, disco bass went viral , & then they all found out about larry graham as for marcus miller ? he don't feature much in this blog as stated earlier ,, the main man for the 1st round of UK funk bass players circa 1976 was Robert Pops Popswell ,, marcus had yet to be discovered ,, before level 42 before marcus

is ,, my language ,, 1st ,, engligh ~~ nah ,, i used to be posh in the 1970s ,, until i got into drum programming means you could probably map my text & earn money ,, converting it to a type beat ,, sorry about it guys ,, such is drum machines

larry graham was not as well known in the 1970s as the colleges & teachers have their pupils to believe ,, tho after 1980 & 1990 graham was rightly known , thanks to disco going viral , thanks oh & yes AWB & (their bass players) were in the frame that much i can tell you ,, possibly The Real Thing , 1976 -1978 ,, pro bands gave "some" support to the upper moving brit funk bands ,, again thanks

Cow Bell too loud ?

the exception to the rule proves the point , wow ,, never made it to the dance floor ,, my only reply is,, i did sit in with a rock bass player ,, the set up of of strings was tremendous ,, never seen a set up like it before nor since ,, & he new his stuff ,, there are players like that ,, slades bass went all the way trough ,, thanks peter barnes was no slouch

good for you

Paul Tubbs Williams ,, by the 1980s every wine bar wanted fusion

actually ,, i was getting a bit of stick on you tube over the same topic of larry graham finally getting credit post 1980 ,, not as well known as folks think in the 70s ,, & disco the moment bass went viral i have been in bass chat circles for a while ,, including meeting the hosts ,, i think they know i am not up to tricks ,, i am a funky Street Bass player , since 1978 , before level 42 ,, thanks

disco was bigger than Slade ,, for 3 short years ,, & Bass rather than Noddy led the way , tho it would be nice to hear slade doing 70s jazz funk

just to let bass chat guys know ,, i know mike edmonds ,, he knows i will never say a bad thing to jaco ,, it took a while before disco & got jaco ,, jaco got disco , great example right here

Janek Gwizdala will call larry graham as an inspiration ,, so what about any UK larry grahams ? who is the UKs larry graham or louis johnson or bootsy or james brown ?? surly we had some in the 1970s man ? ,, what about those very 1st gigs in the uk ""all about bass"" , before level42 ,, before people knew about jaco ,, jaco ?/ was into world music before disco Guys ,, lol our nick name for jaco lol ,, is LOL " the failed disco bass player " , ,:D ok ? dig that why >> because no one bother book jaco for a disco tune ,lol ,, thread pt3 find me a jaco disco song played in studio 54 lol ,lol before people knew it was jaco on bass ,, ps i nominate "" Paul Tubbs Williams "" even tho he may not be the 1st as The Uks answer to Larry Graham ,, BLADE RUNNER THE TRUTH

the Janek Gwizdala crew of bass players & coffee drinkers see the history of bass in a different way , which is another reason why i am doing this thread ,, larry graham invented it ,, bootsy tried to spread it ,, but , it wasn't until a euro type pop disco tune went mega viral ,,, that everybody wanted to do it ,, BASS we have been nodding our heads ever since ,, yes the guys in demark st saw us both rambling,, Janek Gwizdala met someone who had played funk from beyond 1978 ,, i stood my ground & said roughly "Paul Tubbs Williams" is who you should respect not a bag of big names who mean a hill of beans to no one , i was certain in this encounter he never knew even who tubbsy was let alone the relevance ,, thanks

if Janek Gwizdala & co bassists reads this ,, yes i met the guy in Denmark St ,, tho at the time i never knew it was him ,, if Disco went even more viral than it did ,, the royal family would have been "air slapping" level 42 bass on the balcony on weddings & party's etc ,, bear minimum doing the travolta disco pose : D disco gave Bass to the world ,,& only then did they realize it was a band many mainly knew too ,, similar to stevie wonder ,, Sly & the family Stone , it was their bass player who 1st did it a guy called larry graham ,,

find the movie footage is the topic ,, else we might get someone with notes from Plato saying he plucked the notes out of the air ,, 1632 the earliest yarn so far , thanks ,

Chris Squire great bass player ,,, because i do not have much money, i never go in shops & pull their best Rickenbacker off the shelf ,, he always springs to mind if i do , my own customized Bootsy Rickenbacker as always been on my fantasy wish list , thanks

call it the "" Janek Gwizdala Syndrome "" yes there was a circuit of hippys ,,, rough name not exact ,, who in many ways were for running "world music" then one day disco went mega viral ,, world wide ,, the disco explosion changed everything & its shining star was ?? BASS ?? Janek Gwizdala & those guys never seem to get the "viral ness" of disco ,, Funk Jazz quickly became Jazz Funk & made Fusion, the stuff Gwizdala plays wine bar music by the 1980s

slap bass on upright was bop n jazz as clearly explained in you recent post ,, thanks think funk bass as we know it, leans towards delta blues ,, mid west picking ,, hendrix , you know ?? john lee hooker ,, muddy walters that rabbit hole ,, the street ,, the farm house etc

probably go into chat about method

1970s hippies ? probably over shadowed by glam rock & counting, obviously heavy rock , think 70s hippy's were into progressive rock plus ,

1970s was weird dude ,, funk is a street thing , big city thing , hippy's were nice people they liked it funky man

insane as the movie when Charlie Parker ran on stage trying to storm the band ,,, ?? how a simple new york be bop turn around turned into "southern be bop" , aka rock n roll & eventually pop music ?? ,, that happened probably faster than larry graham did to disco music ,, ;D many reasons why double bass jazz was omitted ,, yet contribution accepted ,, thanks