bubinga5 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) Amazing bass playing from one of my favourites. He just gets more and more creative as this cracker of a jazz funk record progresses. Larry Carlton on Guitar, Wilton Felder tenor sax, Joe Sample Keys. Edited August 6, 2021 by bubinga5 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofthewind Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Love the Crusaders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 One great bassist. I saw The Crusaders at the Victoria Theatre when they were touring the Southern Knights album. Pops Popwell was amazing. He was playing a Fender Jazz bass and his solo on Spiral bought the house down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee650 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) I used to play this tune at college and in funk bands in Newcastle in my younger days great tune. I also love an album by BB King called "Midnight believer" which was The Crusaders as the backing band and Pops Powell was on it. He played on a frw tracks on Randy Crawford's first couple of Albums. Later Wilton Felder started playing more and they used Abraham Laboriel! All beautiful players😍 Edited August 7, 2021 by lee650 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normski Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 I had the pleasure of seeing him twice in the 70's with the Crusaders. Absolutely amazing player. Truly inspirational! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray5 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Superb band, I still have "Those Southern Knights" on vinyl along with a few of their other albums. I also saw them in around the mid-70's although, regretfully, Larry Carlton couldn't make it and was replaced by Billy Rogers. Still a great gig, though, and one of a string of three amazing gigs I saw within a few weeks of each other, that being The Crusaders followed by Return To Forever followed by Weather Report. (Those were the days! ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 On 06/08/2021 at 21:02, bubinga5 said: Amazing bass playing from one of my favourites. He just gets more and more creative as this cracker of a jazz funk record progresses. Larry Carlton on Guitar, Wilton Felder tenor sax, Joe Sample Keys. Over the Basschat years, BB5, I think myself and yourself have posted up 'Spiral' more times than the Crusaders have played it live... I love the way 'Pops' attacks the notes and gets stuck in during the solo, all while holding the groove down. Top, top playing from the man. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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