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bass players(and anyone else that loves music)

victors the shiz. show of hands is the best ever, future man is the biggest tool on earth, he tryed to pick up on my girlfriend, she told him he dressed like a woman, got pretty ugly, bela wouldn't stop laughing at him, I think they still laugh at him for that and it was in like 1996. I can't believe future and vic are brothers.
 

-dustin

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Jun 10, 2002
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Show of Hands is a wonderful album. Wooten is awesome.

thanks for posting that. i've never seen a video of him playing.
 

narlus

Eastcoast Softcore
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from the stuttering tidbit of that feed i saw, he appears to be just another frustrated guitarist-wannabe.

for my tastes, anyway.

clancy, doesn't bela fleck play banjo?
 

nixhexss

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Oct 17, 2001
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You ugys that liked it should pick up that whole dvd. great show by the flecktones done in like 02 i believe, just awesome awesome video. and yeah he does wear cycling jerseys, he looks pretty much like a tool on stage but thats okay when you're one of the most impressive stringed instrument players
 

S.n.a.k.e.

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Mar 12, 2003
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GumbaFish said:
As in jaco pastorious? I am surprised anybody here would even know who that was...good work!

I was gonna respond to this by qualifying the original posters statement into the best "still living" bass player. And at that, its probably arguable.

Jaco was amazing... Why is that such talent and torment are co-existant?

Bill Sheehan is another to be classed as 'world class'. He's even a home town boy, used to have a little band called Talas here in Buffalo.
I have done monitors for Mr. Sheehan many times, and he is a consumate professional.

Rock on.

Marc
 

brungeman

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both of those vids were mind blowing... and yes I remember Jaco... I have an album of his (vinyl) good stuff all around!!!:)
 
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vic is deffinitely the man. saw his last two shows in townand will see the next. you know that that was almost all improvised exept amazing grace, which he most likly learned in 5th grade on the piano and that was the first time he's played it on bass.
bob zabek was sweet to. how did he get the hammers to be louder then the sruming?
 

CrabJoe StretchPants

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Nov 30, 2003
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narlus said:
no, but i've got ears and a brain. do you have bass strap which is 20" long?
bass players that play stuff that require alot of talent (read: speed and accuracy) need to have the bass higher up to allow for better and more precise access to the fretboard.......stuff like victor wooten and other jazz bass players.....the clash does not fit under said category
 

narlus

Eastcoast Softcore
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i guess since my jazz bass players held in high esteem include people like ron carter, jimmy garrison, henry grimes, william parker and malachai favors, it's a moot point:

 

brungeman

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Jan 17, 2006
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in your case, are you familiar w/ the Rapeman song "Trouser Minnow"?
I am... its off of 2 Nuns and a Pack Mule !!! Steve Albini is the MAN!!!

Budd... DON'T the song about Bud Dwier blowin his brains out with a shiny chrome revolver on TV... I remember seeing it on live TV when I was a kid.
 

Austin Bike

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Duh, Austin
So the explorers get off the boat, hear constant drumming and say to the the indian guide "what's with the drums?"

Guide says "drums must always play".

Several days later they ask about the drums and another indian says "drums must always play".

Finally a few days later the explorer says "what happens if the drums stop playing?"

Everyone shrieks out and the chief says "bass solo starts."