GigJones

I've had this Rush live, at the Capitol Theatre, on my MP3 player for quite some time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrBWZscNR18

It was from their 1976 "Caress of Steel" tour.

Raw "in your face" rock . I saw this show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They were the only band on the ticket.

This has always been a favorite on mine...

10 minutes ago, Beedster said:

Sounds like a generic bass to me, and to 99.9% of people who will ever hear the track. Could be Jazz, Precision, 'Ray, even a Ric. Great example of how we get really obsessed over something that, in real terms, isn't there

You know – the first thing I thought was that it sounded like a Ric. The bass in the recording has a honk to it that is prevalent in Ric’s.

I had a pretty good jazz teacher for a year or two and through him I learned that a walking jazz bassline boils down to knowing these three things:

1. Chord tones
2. Scale tones
3. Passing tones

This is by no means a comprehensive formula but the general rules for a simple walking bassline are:

1. Play a chord tone on the one
2. Play a scale tone on the two and three
3. Play a passing tone on the four
4. Improvise and repeat 1 through 3 as necessary