The Whole Nine Yards Season 2 Ep 139 All About the Bass with Roy Stannard on Burgess Hill Radio 103.8FM

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All about the Bass

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Bass lines are the backbone in the composition of a song.

They tow the bottom line, they bind the melody and the rhythm and stand alone as their own instrument from time to time. But what makes a good bass line?

90% of bass players will tell you their purpose is to serve the song. Their musical role is to make everyone else on stage sound better. I’m talking about playing simpler, more tasteful bass lines. Bass lines that are less flair and more function. Bass lines that have a Expect the walls to judder and the floor to wobble..special nuance about them rather than a need to impress with hundreds of notes a second.

This week we play a selection of the best bass heartbeats in the body of songs.

Hour One

Fleetwood Mac – The Chain (Rumours 1977) (John McVie)

Stevie Wonder – I Wish (Songs in the Key of Life 1976)

Sly & the Family Stone – Everyday People (Stand! 1969) (Larry Graham)

Ronny Jordan – So What? (The Antidote 1992) (on the original Miles Davis from Kind of Blue Paul Chambers)

Stanley Clark – School Days (School Days 1976)

Graham Central Station – Hair (Larry Graham) (Graham Central Station 1974)

Steely Dan – Peg (Chuck Rainey) (Aja 1977)                         

Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Can’t Stop (Flea) (By the Way 2002)

Cream – Badge (Goodbye 1969) (Jack Bruce)

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Exodus (Exodus 1977) (Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett)

James Brown  – Cold Sweat (Cold Sweat 1967) (Bernard Odum)

Primus – Tommy the Cat (Les Claypool) (Sailing the Seas of Cheese 1990)

Peaches & Herb – Shake Your Groove Thing (2 Hot 1978) (Scott Edwards)

Hour Two

The Police – Roxanne (Outlandos d’Amour 1978) (Sting)

New Order – Ceremony (Ceremony 12” 1981) Peter Hook

Thin Lizzy – Dancin’ in the Moonlight – Phil Lynott (Bad Reputation 1977)

Queen – Another One Bites the Dust (John Deacon)

Chic – Good Times (Risque 1979) (Bernard Edwards)

The Clash – The Magnificent Seven (Paul Simonon) (Sandinista 1980)

The Jackson Five – I want you back (Wilton Felder) (Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 1969)

Hall & Oates – I can’t go for that (no can do) (Private Eyes 1981) (Daryl Hall)

Lou Reed – Walk on the Wild Side (Transformer 1970) Herbie Flowers

Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (What’s Going On 1970) James Jamerson

War – Low Rider (Why Can’t we be friends  1975) BB Dickerson

The Who – My Generation (John Entwhistle) (My Generation 1965)

The Stone Roses – Fools Gold (Mani) (Single 1989)

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I'm someone who doesn't like parameters, barriers or fences. I'll try and climb over them, burrow under them or just pretend they don't exist - until they don't. Sometimes I'll write about the mind in a poetic way, or poetry with neural undertones, or I'll proselytise endlessly about my favourite new band - or one of the old ones. My Blog will give you the keys to the kingdom. A kingdom with no borders, no expectations and, therefore, no failure.. Because I am endlessly empathetic with people, their motivation, their behaviour,their problems and their quest for knowledge, I work with the pioneering Brighton-based homeless, vulnerable women and disempowered school students charity Off The Fence Trust that has tried to redress the equality deficit for over two decades. I produce, host and promote two radio shows a week: The Whole Nine Yards Sundays 3-5pm on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM (www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen) - and Lost Immortals on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM on Sundays 5-7pm.

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