John Entwistle

[Beedster]

5 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

 

Here's a 'live' Airplane full album to get some idea for Casady... (The intro is the end of the lightshow 'prequel', showing the end of the b/w 'King Kong' film, then the band kick in. Listen carefully to the very first notes from the drums, already up to speed; great stuff...)

 

 

 

Thanks @Dad3353 I'll listen 🙏

[Alanko]

2 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

 

Here's a 'live' Airplane full album to get some idea for Casady... (The intro is the end of the lightshow 'prequel', showing the end of the b/w 'King Kong' film, then the band kick in. Listen carefully to the very first notes from the drums, already up to speed; great stuff...)

 

 

How Casady got that tone out of a shortscale Starfire strung with flats is beyond me. So much authoritative bark and grind. I know his Starfires were modded, but apparently they were still passive and just had a few extra tweaks here and there.

 

I think Jack Casady is overlooked as a bassist, both for locking into grooves and for harmonic knowledge and creativity. John Entwistle did many things, but grooves weren't in his musical vocabulary at all, and he's never as harmonically inventive either. Jack's playing on the song Crown of Creation is amazing. Stomping along through the versus, adding chugging triplets here and there, through to the eerie outro with long held notes on the verge of feedback.
 

Jack's playing sort of lopes along, through all the Airplane stuff. Interestingly as their drummer(s?) always seemed quite light-footed and skimpy, rather than pounding out a robust rhythmic grid for Jack to lock into.

[Dad3353]

16 minutes ago, Alanko said:

... their drummer(s?) always seemed quite light-footed and skimpy, rather than pounding out a robust rhythmic grid for Jack to lock into.

 

Spencer Dryden, for the most part, with a very different approach to 'rock' drumming. Superb inventive notions of rhythm and sound. RIP, a great loss.