Do i Do...supreme in every way

[bubinga5]

This is without doubt my fave Stevie tune...been listening this since i was 14....what i love most abut this vid is Stevies dancing and (the lyrics wiat for it...."watermelon huneysuckle, chocolatechippin covered kisses for you") the AWSOME bass playing, stevies harmonica playing and Dizzies HUGE cheeks.. (check out the vid) i know now where the fast show got that sketch from

the brass section at the end is soo supreme it makes me cry...

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6f6BOKXXxg&feature=fvw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6f6BOKXXxg&feature=fvw[/url]

come on everyone you know you love it..

[risingson]

Love it. Nathan Watts is right up there in my favourite players. Not only is he a complete genius, but if you're Stevie's MD and right hand man then you're doing something right.

[bubinga5]

oh check Nate on the SR4...he plays amazing fills like hes having a cup of tea of summin...awsome

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFZUvIWu_Ok"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFZUvIWu_Ok[/url]

Edited July 22, 2010 by bubinga5

[YouMa]

Great tune,very feel good.

[steve-soar]

[quote name='bubinga5' post='902406' date='Jul 22 2010, 09:59 PM']oh check Nate on the SR4...he plays amazing fills like hes having a cup of tea of summin...awsome

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFZUvIWu_Ok"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFZUvIWu_Ok[/url][/quote]Stevie takes me there and Nate is his navigator.

[6stringbassist]

Transcribed in Bassplayer magazine the other month.

[steve-soar]

[quote name='6stringbassist' post='902473' date='Jul 22 2010, 10:48 PM']Transcribed in Bassplayer magazine the other month.[/quote]Thanks Kev.

[Fat Rich]

Nate Watts is rapidly becoming one of my favourite bass players, another classic track!

[Pete Academy]

Nate's finest moment, and there are many from which to choose.

[wateroftyne]

I love big, fat production like this. It's a dying art IMO.

[geoffbassist]

One of the ultimate bass guitar recordings.
I love it!

[Brother Jones]

I love playing this - the only bits I can't really get are the little fills in between the verse parts. I'm guessing that detuning a 4 (rather than playing on a 5) helps with those...

[dr1]

[quote name='bubinga5' post='902406' date='Jul 22 2010, 09:59 PM']oh check Nate on the SR4...he plays amazing fills like hes having a cup of tea of summin...awsome

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFZUvIWu_Ok"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFZUvIWu_Ok[/url][/quote]

yup,my favourite bassist - note the strings buzzing coming from his rather heavy touch,drop tuning and GHS boomers nickels! and ofcourse, natural midrange of Ray and Hartke together!!!

[thisnameistaken]

I still think Songs in the Key of Life has all Stevie's best stuff.











Not to mention all the classic up-tempo numbers on that album. If I could write one song as good as any of these I would die happy.

Edited July 23, 2010 by thisnameistaken

[bubinga5]

i totally agree TNIT..wonderfull self indulgent album(in the best way)..ordinary pain is fantastic...

[Brother Jones]

CD2 of Musiquarium - Higher Ground, Sir Duke, Reggae Woman, I Wish, Do I Do. Standard practice CD in my house, so standard in fact that my girlfriend has gone right off Stevie...

[Fat Rich]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='903258' date='Jul 23 2010, 02:48 PM']I still think Songs in the Key of Life has all Stevie's best stuff.

Not to mention all the classic up-tempo numbers on that album. If I could write one song as good as any of these I would die happy.[/quote]

Innervisions for me but not by much, Mistra Know It All with Willie Weeks on bass is fantastic.

[bubinga5]

Musiquarium is very good too...first time i heard Do i Do...took the tape i bought from a second hand shop in Bournemouth to a garden party and it went down very well...

i have said the before but there are a couple of albums out called The Wonder of Stevie...there all stevie's song but done buy artists such as The Players association, Gene Harris, the amazing Norman Brown, Carleen Anderson..i dont usually like cover albums but believe me this is superb...
some great latin version of tunes

[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=the+wonder+of+stevie&x=15&y=14&ih=16_3_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_2.120_216&fsc=14"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?u..._216&fsc=14[/url]

[thisnameistaken]

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='903360' date='Jul 23 2010, 04:31 PM']Innervisions for me but not by much, Mistra Know It All with Willie Weeks on bass is fantastic.[/quote]

I've been listening to Innervisions more recently, it does have some great moments on it but I don't think he'd quite reached his full stride by that point.

[bubinga5]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='903434' date='Jul 23 2010, 05:52 PM']I've been listening to Innervisions more recently, it does have some great moments on it but I don't think he'd quite reached his full stride by that point.[/quote]I think Innervisions was the most commercially popular album..but i think his finest moment was Songs in the Key...back to back on theat album is a joy to listen to, and so very different from track to track....masterpiece

[Fat Rich]

Just listened to Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life back to back and I think you're right.

There are a few more songs on Key of Life I don't like, but that's probably because there are just more songs.... the good ones are mostly better than Innervisons, although I still think Misstra Know it All is my favourite Stevie song.

Great afternoons listening!

[dr1]

"musiquarium" is something like best of... as for "innervisions" - it was always one of my favourites, very jazzy/funky 70's stylish. overall, i think "songs in the key.." is probably the best, even i dont categorize stevie' work in ranking best/worst. each of his albums is musical heaven. try "secret life of plants". or "characters"..."in the square circle".....there's a many. each one amazes me everytime what a musical genious is that man. thank you for the music,stevie,as maxwell said once .