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Songs *about* bass players...?


wateroftyne

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9 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

The Paul Carrack / How Long thread, (a song about how the bass player has been tomming around with another band) got me thinking...

What other songs are about specific bass players? (Not generic bass players. That's boring.)

I can think of:

You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac

How Do You Sleep? - John Lennon

Clyde - JJ Cale

Blue Murder - Alan Hull

Any others?

I'm not sure 'You Make Loving Fun' was about a bass player. 

Ssshh....don't tell John Mcvie (although he's probably over it by now).

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5 hours ago, BlueMoon said:

 I recall she hinted it was about Jagger.

A lot of theories on this one, although think Warren Beatty was the favourite. Mick Jaggers sang backing vocals on the track, and was rumoured to be Keef playing guitar on the outro too.

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10 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

Oooh... yes, I think you're right. She deffo wrote a tune about him but I can't remember what it is...!

Lighting man was Curry Grant.... or 'Jammy bast@rd' as I refer to him.

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11 hours ago, Bassfinger said:

I always thought Hey Joe was about Joe Osbourn.

Highly unlikely. Hey Joe was written late 50s, very probably in Scotland. Joe Osborne started out professionally in 61 with Ricky Nelson. Can't see how he could have been the guilty party!

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31 minutes ago, Mykesbass said:

Highly unlikely. Hey Joe was written late 50s, very probably in Scotland. Joe Osborne started out professionally in 61 with Ricky Nelson. Can't see how he could have been the guilty party!

Hey Joe was written about the footballer Joe Jordan after he was spotted chasing Gordon McQueen with a water pistol.

Deacon Blues was written about Queen’s bass player, but Peter Frampton’s Show Me The Way wasn’t written about the UFO bassist.

Though, as with all these things, I may have misunderstood the various stories over the years...

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