I read the bad joke about bass solos in another thread, but for obvious reasons, I like them once in a while. Right now, I'm listening to Jack Bruce doing his thing in Frank Zappa's "Apostrophe". Arguably, Bruce solos in every song he plays (he's on "Too Many Cooks").

I may be in a minority here, but I enjoyed Darryl Jones' solos in "Stray Cat Blues" from the Licks tour, and "Rain Fell Down" on the ABB tour.

The closest thing to a Bill Wyman bass solo can be found on the 73 "Welcome to Australia" boot version of "Bitch". For a moment, it's just he and Charlie. It's very brief, but cool. I have no doubt that Billy could've pulled off a decent solo, just by playing his normal live riffs.

theres some nice stuff of just bass playing on LYL Finger Print File... I dont know if technically that is considered a solo, but for a little bit all you can here is him. I know that version is edited, I havent heard a boot of it.

also on Hampton Miss You during the break in the song, you can hear just bill playing for a little bit really funky sounding.



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Ronnie played bass on Fingerprint File on the 75 tour (and therefore on LYL, of course).
Bill played a synthesizer or something on it.

An old rock concert joke:

Q: What's worse than a drum solo?
A: A bass solo

Oh yeah I forgot about that with ssoull. Bill played keyboards and not bass on that version..But I didn't know it was Ron on bass. I dont know what I thought, but anyhow It is a cool bass solo the Ron does there.



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NumberOneStonesFan Wrote:
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> An old rock concert joke:
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> Q: What's worse than a drum solo?
> A: A bass solo


to me I'd say its the other way around.

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> to me I'd say its the other way around.

Yes, it's a reversable joke, that's what makes it so damn good.

Not much of a fan of rock bass solos, but I always dug Ron Wood's 30 second wall-rattling coda on Jeff Beck Group's "Spanish Boots" (great lyrics too) from "Beck Ola"
Otherwise, the great Jack Casady does magic on Jefferson Airplane's CD "Sweeping Up The Spotlight" (live November 28/29, 1969) noteably 'Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil' and 'Other Side Of This Life', and on an equally killer version of the latter recorded live 10/68 and used on "Bless Its Pointed Little Head"...Check his multiple overdubs on "Sunrise"(1970) and from the 1973 album "30 Seconds Over Winterland", the live 'Feel So Good'...He fills out Hendrix's 15 minute 'Voodoo Chile' with distinction, too
Fave bassists rock n roll division, offa the top of my head
Bill Wyman
Jack Casady
Bernard Edwards
Duck Dunn
Ronnie Lane
Chris Hillman
Larry Graham
Bootsy Collins
Andy Fraser (with Free)
Aston Barrett
Paul McCartney (perfect for the B's as Bill was for the RS)
.....and 100 others

Best bass solo I've seen is Stu Hamm from Joe Satriani's band. During his solo, he plays the Linus and Lucy song from Charlie Brown. Awesome!
Also, Billy Sheehan from David Lee Roth's original solo band. Even Eddie called Sheehan a bad motherf__ker back then! Watching him and Steve Vai together live was quite a sight to see.

I completely forgot Stanley Clarke's massive, wondrous and filthy space-funk on the New Barbarians' 'Am I Grooving You' from "Buried Alive"

I really enjoy the bass solo from Street Fighting Man --- the Faces version. As for the song itself, I prefer the Rolling Stones.

Don't forget the best rock bassist of all - The Mighty Ox from The 'Oo.

Entwistle did a bass solo on 5:15 on the 1996/7 Quadrophenia tour and when they played this song in 1999/2000 and 2002.

I allways liked Verdine White.

See:

A man goes to a pacific island for vacation. As the boat nears, he notices the constant sound of drumming. As he gets off the boat, he asks a native how long the drumming will go on. The native casts about nervously and says "very bad when drumming stops."
Later that day, the drumming is still going and it is really starting to get to him. So, he asks another native when the drumming will stop. The native looks as if he's just been spooked. "Very bad when drumming stops," he says, and hurries off.

After a couple of days with little sleep, the man had had enough. He grabbed the first native he saw, slammed him up against a tree, and shouted, "What happens when the drumming stops?!"

The native replied, "Bass solo."

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No offense but that's not even remotely funny.....I don't even think that qualifies as a joke........but the one about the drums and the natives on an island, now that was funny.

There's a good bass solo in "My Generation" by The Who.....and another one on "Champagne Jam" by the Atlanta Rhythm Section



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yeah, the native joke was funny. But I wasnt trying to funny by adding to the first one... I was being serious. Id much rather hear a bass solo than a solo of drumming.

I agree ryanpow.....I love a good bass solo.

What this thread needs is more cowbell!

Guess what Ohnonotyouagain? Ive got a FEVER...and the only prescription is MORE cowbell!



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> There's a good bass solo in "My Generation" by The
> Who.....and another one on "Champagne Jam" by the
> Atlanta Rhythm Section


My Generation from Live at Leeds. Turn down the right channel a bit ( Pete's side ) and listen to what comes out of the left channel. Amazing bass lines IMO.

Well, here's how it goes with bass players:

The bass player is usually the first one to get his Ferrari repossessed. He then moves in with the drummer and the drummer's girlfriend.

When the drummer's girlfriend has had enough, she kicks them both out, and they move into their parents' basements.

The singer and guitar player then sue each other over songwriting royalties, until they realize they are both broke. They then sue their manager.

They then discover that their manager spent all of the money on failed off shore investments and cocaine. All three of them move back in with their mothers.

Twenty years later, they reunite, (except for the drummer, who has since O.D.' ed) and tour the Indian Casino circuit with Cinderella, Ratt, Warrant, and Skid Row in their 1986 Ford Econoline van, living on the Taco Bell dollar menu. Good times!

...spew!!!!...

John Entwistle's 7-minute bass solo during the Who's performance of 5:15 at the Royal Albert Hall in February 2002, was something to behold.

The prize for most impressive bass solo of all time however, has to go to Bert Ruiter of the dutch prog rock band, Focus, who clocks in at around 8 minutes on the track Anonymous 2 (from Focus III), with an incredible virtuoso performance.

The best rock n roll bass playing is within songs or a band working as a unit, and the native joke was funny, but jazz guys prove a bass solo can be beautiful.The rock 'n' roll greats have a different function. A great bassline beats 99% of bass solos. I too dig Ron Wood on SFM too, his playing in those days had a wide, loose, deep, and playful quality, not so diferent from his guitar during the early Faces era.

During the 1990s Van Morrison included a great bass solo, played by Alec Dankworth on a double bass, on 'Tupelo honey/Why must I always explain?'.

There are many B.B. King live recordings where Michael Doster did great bass solos while B.B. introduced the musicians or told his stories.

I find them much more fascinating than endless drum solos, provided that they are presented in an adequate context.

How about Keith's bass on "Live With Me" ? Great !

I have to take my hat off to Chris Squire of Yes for his bass playing during "The Fish".

It gets better every time he plays it.

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oh hell yeah, that's some killer bass