beerdragon Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 (edited) When i got to practise the other night(a bit late) the rest of the band were messing about with Maggie may, thats sound good i said, can we do that one then, ok said our guitarist but the bass is all over the place. it sounded more like a challenge than a statement, i have had a listen to the track and it is a bit of a challenge(for me at any rate) and i have it on guitar pro, so its down to a bit of hard work. anyone else play the Rod Stewart song?. Edited December 8, 2007 by beerdragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsider70 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 [quote name='beerdragon' post='101378' date='Dec 8 2007, 03:05 PM']When i got to practise the other night(a bit late) the rest of the band were messing about with Maggie may, thats sound good i said, can we do that one then, ok said our guitarist but the bass is all over the place. it sounded more like a challenge than a statement, i have had a listen to the track and it is a bit of a challenge(for me at any rate) and i have it on guitar pro, so its down to a bit of hard work. anyone else play the Rod Stewart song?.[/quote] Yeh we do that one. I've adapted the bass line to suit me, cos the original is all over the place...with lots of mistakes if you listen carefully! Great song which always goes down well at gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwin Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 [quote name='outsider70' post='101397' date='Dec 8 2007, 03:53 PM']Yeh we do that one. I've adapted the bass line to suit me, cos the original is all over the place...with lots of mistakes if you listen carefully! Great song which always goes down well at gigs.[/quote] We used to do it in my last band, and as Outsider says it always went down really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJA Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 did Ron Wood play his Zemaitis fretless acoustic bass on that? it does sound like a guitarist playing bass- not really holding it down, but throwing in blues licks here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 That's Ronnie Wood playing lead bass, probably after a few brandies as well. If I was playing Maggie May I wouldn't put any of that stuff in. A much simpler bass line would be far better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 Yeah i'll think i will do my own thing to it and hope our guitarist thinks its ok, he's a fussy basstid, i thought it was ronnie lane on bass, i know ron wood played bass with Jeff beck on Beckola. [url="http://www.guitarzone.com/w/AlbumReview:Beck"]http://www.guitarzone.com/w/AlbumReview:Beck[/url] Ola . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyf Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 (edited) [quote name='chris_b' post='101404' date='Dec 8 2007, 04:14 PM']That's Ronnie Wood playing lead bass, probably after a few brandies as well. If I was playing Maggie May I wouldn't put any of that stuff in. A much simpler bass line would be far better.[/quote] Sorry fellas. Gotta disagree. I think the charm of the song (and the bassline) is that it is so "loose" but absolutely genius in it's chaos. It effortlessly "oozes" swagger as it's being sung by a laddy half cut cocky good looking red-blooded scot with a band of equally p*ssed other blokes but there's a feeling of artistic abandon which is so endearing! Fair play to them, lets face it, if I had half the talent/wealth/good looks as Rod had then, I'd still give it all up to write half as good a tune. Agreed. Ronnie doesn't play it like a "proper" bass player. He overplays and drops a couple of enormous fluffs but it just "works" because it fits the song perfectly. That's exactly who Ronnie is and that's why we all love him. Putting on my flame proof pants now T Edited December 8, 2007 by tonyf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJA Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 (edited) i like the bass riff he plays in the intro/end alongside the mandolin. Edited December 8, 2007 by SJA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 [quote name='tonyf' post='101421' date='Dec 8 2007, 04:42 PM']as it's being sung by a laddy half cut cocky good looking red-blooded scot[/quote] Rod Stewart CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenofthedepths Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 [quote name='MacDaddy' post='101466' date='Dec 8 2007, 06:36 PM']Rod Stewart CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England.[/quote] ...with Scottish parentage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybassplayer Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Also loved playing it in a previous band but I definitely play it a little more solid as it needed to be in the context ( we were a classic rock band so played things pretty full on ) Lots of lovely little riffs and the bit echoing the mandalin is lovely to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee4 Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Just nail the intro part.Thats the bit everybody remembers.Wing the rest though,makes it more exciting on the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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