Happy Birthday Marvine!
Before anyone comments on anything, please join me in wishing my friend, Marvine Williams, a Happy 80th Birthday. Marvine has been subscribed to my channel for a while now and, while she is not a musician, she loves music... and, more specifically, the bass guitar. Talk about dedication, she bought a "Bass for Dummies" book a while back so she could keep up on some of the lingo in the comments section. Also, she had her son hook up a subwoofer to her computer so she could hear/feel the bass better. It's always a pleasure to hear from Marvine and I hope to still be hearing from her for many years to come.
This one is for you, Marvine! Love you!
"You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)" by Joe Jackson off of his "Body and Soul" album which came out in 1984 and featured, the great, Graham Maby on bass. Who doesn't like Graham Maby? He started out as a hardcore picker, did some righteous slapping, and transitioned to a primarily finger style player. I think he's one of the overlooked greats and I put him on the same high shelf as Bruce Thomas. Ah, someone suggested this one not to long ago, so, if it was you, please step forward and accept responsibility for your actions.
Since the concert scene has opened up a bit, Lynn and I are focusing on seeing people we've never seen before and may not have an opportunity to see again (none of us are getting any younger). Last week we saw Bonnie Raitt and she was fantastic. Tomorrow night is "Ambrosia" at Daryl's House... I know, I know. And we're looking forwarding to see Joe Jackson at The Beacon Theatre in a couple of weeks.
As I mention in my diatribe following the video, I am fairly proud of this cover. I had to make a lot of "alterations" to mimic what I was hearing so, while the notes may be correct, their application has a lot of "me" in there. Hammer-ons, rakes, triplets, ghost notes... just about every "trick" in my book is in there. Other people may refer to those "tricks" as "techniques", but I call them tricks because, when I stumbled upon them, I was just looking for a way to emulate something I was hearing someone else play.
I'm also very happy with my new bass that was built for me by Joe Kruse of MBJ Guitars. Joe has worked on a lot of my basses over the years and it was great working with him on this one. I'll try and do a short video on it sometime soon, but in the meantime, here's some Joe links -
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www.mbjguitars.com
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I stumbled across this clip that Joe made at the request of a shop in Japan who he built a couple of basses for and actually learned a few things I never knew about Joe. Look who makes an appearance @ 4:27 - • MBJインタビュー動画
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