The first slap bass riff ever!

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  • @alfiemillersharp
    @alfiemillersharp Год назад +6571

    Ok but can we appreciate how curved Larry Graham’s slapping thumb is

    • @ElliotThusE
      @ElliotThusE Год назад +108

      Is having a curved slapping thumb a good thing?

    • @aaronf2467
      @aaronf2467 Год назад +37

      Appreciated

    • @ElliotThusE
      @ElliotThusE Год назад +39

      @@aaronf2467 does it have any advantages for slapping or benefits?

    • @nilespeshay1734
      @nilespeshay1734 Год назад +147

      Hitchhiker's thumb.

    • @punk2769
      @punk2769 Год назад +13

      ⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@caseyhamm4292Realy ? Man I have Hitchhikers thumbs I’m so lucky !

  • @pancakeguy1
    @pancakeguy1 Год назад +3527

    ✨BEHS✨

    • @Real_Risky
      @Real_Risky Год назад +8

      cool 😎

    • @cjstato
      @cjstato Год назад +30

      Love the way RUclips says: "translate to English" 😂

    • @pancakeguy1
      @pancakeguy1 Год назад +4

      @@cjstato what does it translate to?

    • @cjstato
      @cjstato Год назад +10

      ​@@pancakeguy1it doesn't change it at all, disappointingly so. BEHS.😂

    • @merlinaudubon6202
      @merlinaudubon6202 Год назад +5

      ...as we know it todeh..

  • @l5tmeno
    @l5tmeno Год назад +692

    The story behind the invention of slap was actually when the drummer didn't show up at a performance, causing Larry to use a new percussive technique in the place of him.

    • @OGEdger
      @OGEdger Год назад +65

      I heard that he invented slap when he use to play music with his mom. She was on piano and he was on bass. They had no drummer so he decided to play percussion with his bass.

    • @raineveeraine
      @raineveeraine Год назад +9

      ​@@OGEdgerthat's what i heard too

    • @cliffords2315
      @cliffords2315 Год назад +2

      Thats the real story

    • @czarnpg
      @czarnpg Год назад +2

      I Heard an Interview with Larry explaining This.

    • @n34z3r
      @n34z3r 2 месяца назад

      ​@@OGEdgeryes!

  • @Borninxixax
    @Borninxixax Год назад +1933

    Worth noting that Larry Graham is Drake’s uncle

    • @paulmryglod4802
      @paulmryglod4802 Год назад +48

      Ohhhhhh cool to know!

    • @gren3515
      @gren3515 Год назад +58

      Wow, music history!

    • @symbiosisai
      @symbiosisai Год назад +679

      Which proves talent doesn't always run in the family

    • @up-set1451
      @up-set1451 Год назад +79

      ​@@symbiosisaiouch

    • @akbuckets272
      @akbuckets272 Год назад +41

      ​@@symbiosisailmao

  • @RJGAMEZ-vu4zv
    @RJGAMEZ-vu4zv Год назад +1388

    Drake is the kinda guy who's uncle would smack the goofy out a bass for the first time.

  • @TaxEvader420
    @TaxEvader420 Год назад +1219

    I can't explain it but this guy seems like in a video game he'd be a secondary character. Like an ally that follows you around the map

  • @Danisiah1
    @Danisiah1 Год назад +943

    >slap bass technique for electric bass was first recorded in 1969
    É P I C O

    • @carsbass6903
      @carsbass6903 Год назад +19

      Nice

    • @brunolins1330
      @brunolins1330 Год назад +34

      Slap the bass if you liked it

    • @sreekar5691
      @sreekar5691 Год назад +23

      slap like now

    • @TheHardPenis
      @TheHardPenis Год назад

      The year the US gov't filmed a fake moon landing and convinced millions of people that we are ahead of the nazis

    • @lastbard
      @lastbard Год назад +3

      nice

  • @krisbrown4761
    @krisbrown4761 2 месяца назад +20

    It's wild that Larry Grahm is Drake's uncle.

    • @novacorps2468
      @novacorps2468 5 дней назад

      No, Drake is Larry Graham's nephew

  • @JMGilberto
    @JMGilberto Год назад +107

    1) Larry calls it Thumpin' and Pluckin'
    2) The first "slap" ("Thumpin") song was Sly and the Family Stone's 1st hit, "Dance To The Music"
    3) The first "Slap and Pop" (Thumpin' and Pluckin') tune "thank you falletinme be mice elf agin"

    • @HeyYaaaaaaaa
      @HeyYaaaaaaaa 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yes we watched the video

  • @louisivan4079
    @louisivan4079 Год назад +47

    slap bass makes grooves instantly funky

  • @skyzzz7638
    @skyzzz7638 Год назад +232

    Btw Larry Graham is Drake's uncle

  • @JoyHarrison
    @JoyHarrison 4 месяца назад +8

    Larry is also an excellent vocalist. He's the definition of music.

  • @innovativeatavist159
    @innovativeatavist159 Год назад +24

    Ok but the upright is FIRE 🔥

    • @FlatlandMando
      @FlatlandMando Год назад +3

      still used in some bands to excellent effect

  • @andrewksadventures
    @andrewksadventures Год назад +16

    Larry's a Legend.

  • @claudevieaul1465
    @claudevieaul1465 Год назад +16

    All the slap greats, Mark King, Bootsy, Flea, Marcus Miller... They all point to Larry Graham as the inventor of slapping and popping electric bass 🙏🙏

  • @dipanghoshofficial2662
    @dipanghoshofficial2662 Год назад +17

    1969 was just the perfect year for this

  • @insxmnialas1637
    @insxmnialas1637 Год назад +23

    First time I heard this song was in Skate (2 or 3) and remembered how funky it sounded. The bassline was legendary

    • @99mustang_
      @99mustang_ Год назад

      It's was skate 2 and yeah that where I heard it

    • @insxmnialas1637
      @insxmnialas1637 Год назад

      @bluspringtrap9396 masterpiece!

    • @wteg4356
      @wteg4356 8 месяцев назад

      Wow, you guys are young.

  • @originalkingalpha5116
    @originalkingalpha5116 Год назад +10

    📌My cousin; and one of my grandfather's first cousins. RIP Grandpa "Boochie" Graham.🌹✌🏽

  • @DanielDanger420
    @DanielDanger420 9 месяцев назад +6

    He called it "thumpin' and pluckin'"

  • @aydindagdeviren101
    @aydindagdeviren101 Год назад +44

    BEHS
    great video!

  • @itsdavidmora
    @itsdavidmora Год назад +13

    Of course slap bass was invented in '69

  • @archiethejanitor6779
    @archiethejanitor6779 Год назад +18

    and thus jerry seinfeld is born

  • @thejuiceweasel
    @thejuiceweasel Год назад +4

    Larry isn't just special because he popularized slapping, but he was really fantastic at it. The "Hair" riff is just insanity.

  • @GoLdEnFeDdY2137
    @GoLdEnFeDdY2137 Месяц назад +8

    I got my first bass !

  • @troybranch
    @troybranch 6 месяцев назад +1

    'Thump Bass' People !!!

  • @xxczerxx
    @xxczerxx Год назад +5

    Imagine being the first guy to do a technique that would become a definitive style? Amazing really.

  • @kevintownsend3840
    @kevintownsend3840 Год назад +1

    And another pioneer of music which many have no idea of whom they are copying. From Sly and the Family Stone to Graham Central Station.Larry Graham forever

  • @stuffnstuff8844
    @stuffnstuff8844 3 месяца назад +1

    "Slap bass sounded like this"
    Actually kinda went hard tbh

  • @hectormendoza7261
    @hectormendoza7261 Год назад +10

    Black people have invented everything good in music since the beginning. Love it!

    • @nightjaronthegate
      @nightjaronthegate Год назад

      Untrue and racist.

    • @hectormendoza7261
      @hectormendoza7261 Год назад +2

      @@Helgrimr nobody started a race war but you since I didn't say anything depicting about any other race, but here you come to the rescue for white/western culture when nobody said anything bad about it. I just stated my opinion, and Im not even black, Im a latino with european heritage too.

    • @thebigun.
      @thebigun. 7 месяцев назад +1

      pedal steel guitar is one of the best inventions, criminally underrated.

    • @JoyHarrison
      @JoyHarrison 4 месяца назад

      Thank you for saying this. Many of us have been announcing this, but some people try to shut us up or say it's a lie.
      I have been echoing your sentiments, especially whenever I see discrimination against Black artists.
      You're a real one. Stay blessed.

    • @3deltaangle
      @3deltaangle 2 месяца назад

      when will people stop categorizing others as black, white, latino or whatever? god thats so dumb...

  • @sigmacentauri6191
    @sigmacentauri6191 Год назад +4

    Thank you for reminding me to listen to some roots funk music. Feels so damn good!

  • @NewfieMan98
    @NewfieMan98 Год назад +5

    I've loved this song for years, but didn't know it was the first song that introduced slapping. Such a cool thing to learn

  • @indestarbright9646
    @indestarbright9646 Год назад +9

    "Thank you for letting me be myself, again." Yessss!

    • @ruthparker1140
      @ruthparker1140 Год назад

      ("Sgt.J.") woe... Lol. I, Did that tooo lol. I, Didn't know someone else did it? Lol. Well not a Bad Thing to Apritiate Sly. And, The Family Stone. 😁👍🍻✌️🕊️ I'm a white guy. Whom formally a working Musician. AM Radio 📻. And, Television, 📺 When I, Was a Kid allowed me pick &, choose, Enjoy Alot of Different Tunes, Groups. And, Bands. How Ever... FM Hard Rock, and, Some lighter, acoustic stuff ad well. There are parts if the 70's. And, 80's I miss. And, Some I, Don't. 🍻✌️🕊️ Some times The Auto Correct Ticks Me Off! Lol.

    • @ruthparker1140
      @ruthparker1140 Год назад

      ("Sgt.J."). Hmmm i, Suppose you get what I, Mean. I, Played mostly Hard Rock. But, Still kinda Mix it up, When I, Listen to music. Thanks. Getting A Lil late. And, Kinda Tired. Lol.✌️

    • @indestarbright9646
      @indestarbright9646 Год назад

      Larry Graham was the bassist in Sly and the Family Stone. And I lived for Graham Central Station in the seventies.

  • @TheBerkeleyBeauty
    @TheBerkeleyBeauty Год назад +5

    Thank you fo lettin’ me be myself again.

    • @user-vg3yc6gk5f
      @user-vg3yc6gk5f 7 месяцев назад

      Actually, it was Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

  • @vaughnmiller4371
    @vaughnmiller4371 Год назад +6

    Larry Graham we thank you for being yo self, as we "dance to the music" of Sly and the family Stone.

  • @xdarksniperkidd323
    @xdarksniperkidd323 9 месяцев назад +2

    Love that double bass slap sound no cap

    • @blaisemacpherson7637
      @blaisemacpherson7637 5 месяцев назад

      That did look like it might have been a double bass but that style is more commonly played on the tololoche which is slightly smaller than the English double bass. The real kick is it the tololoche uses fat nylon Spanish strings that make the tone a little softer and the slap a little harder. Definitely RUclips tololoche. If you liked the bad here you will love tololoche.

  • @kane6529
    @kane6529 Год назад +27

    My grandma taught Larry how to slap a da Bass in 1968 🤩

    • @siliconiusantogramaphantis2122
      @siliconiusantogramaphantis2122 Год назад

      You wish.

    • @ruthparker1140
      @ruthparker1140 Год назад

      ("Sgt.J."). Ha, Ha! Bootsie is athat you? I, Recognize Those Sun Glasses. So, You in Drag Pretending to be Your Grandma..? Lol.🍻✌️🕊️

  • @ktw70
    @ktw70 Год назад +1

    that pick sounds good!

  • @jordanmeija7384
    @jordanmeija7384 11 месяцев назад +2

    love it... on the one, bro

  • @marimarie3877
    @marimarie3877 Год назад +3

    Yup, he was well equipped.......if only I was alive back then my panties would have been on the stage! 😂..... That's right ladies it ain't the shoe size but the thumb 👍🏼 ...Yeah I went THERE.... Lighten up! 🎸❤🎸😁

  • @snitra.
    @snitra. Год назад +5

    yeah that is an African style used in Gambar ( instrument like a modern bass)

    • @sowhat...
      @sowhat... Год назад +1

      gambar is an African instrument? which is an African style?

  • @Antonin1738
    @Antonin1738 Месяц назад +2

    the BEHS mahrines

  • @dadgaming9358
    @dadgaming9358 Год назад +17

    Well I'm early great video as always 🎉

  • @Lx2079
    @Lx2079 Год назад +2

    Toquese un corrido con tololoche, viejón

  • @wolfm8097
    @wolfm8097 Год назад +1

    The “Beh-Ace”

  • @alansantanna6098
    @alansantanna6098 Год назад +1

    I love that song, I didn’t know it was the first slap bass, not only the first but one of the best, definitely the funkiest!

  • @user-cz1lv4bz5f
    @user-cz1lv4bz5f Месяц назад +10

    I still don’t understand one thing guys: Is the slap bass technique literally just hitting the strings with your thumb?

    • @fortuneosho8137
      @fortuneosho8137 Месяц назад +6

      Yes basically having a slap fight with your string

    • @FailureToBe
      @FailureToBe Месяц назад +1

      Kinda, for your thumb you move your wrist to where your thumb hits through the string and you pluck with your fingers

  • @enoch4499
    @enoch4499 Год назад +2

    My inner Primus comes out anytime I hear slap bass

  • @larsonabilla5066
    @larsonabilla5066 Месяц назад

    Larry’s thumb goes through the string, he doesn’t “slap” - he “thumps”- his own words

  • @Banginyermamsince93
    @Banginyermamsince93 Год назад +2

    Sounds like every American comedy show from the 80's and 90's

  • @Web4Brainz
    @Web4Brainz Год назад +6

    Another fun fact Larry Graham is a Jehovah’s Witness and is the person who converted Prince to become one

    • @ithan0404
      @ithan0404 Год назад +4

      wait, prince became a Jehovah witness??? didnt know that :0

    • @KrisSchwarz98
      @KrisSchwarz98 Год назад

      Doesn't surpise me, apparently even religion couldn't save Prince from his drug addiction, still hella talented and gifted dudes 🤣

    • @KevyNova
      @KevyNova 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@ithan0404yes, Prince and Larry even went door to door handing out booklets. No joke.

  • @chefskiss6179
    @chefskiss6179 Год назад +2

    And now I have some opening to a Paul Simon ditty in my head for some reason!! 😂😂😂

  • @rosemaryclarke2348
    @rosemaryclarke2348 Год назад +1

    This is really interesting thanks!

  • @vernonhoover3060
    @vernonhoover3060 10 месяцев назад +1

    You make it sound as though upright basses are extinct.

  • @lordoftheelements2112
    @lordoftheelements2112 Год назад +31

    You have very clean technique with your fingers, thumb, a pick, and while your slapping! Much respect from my end!

  • @Abypar
    @Abypar Год назад +4

    I really thought behs was its own thing💀

  • @cathridge
    @cathridge Год назад +3

    Graham's wasn't the first. However as a style, he popularized the technique so he truly deserves the title of the pioneer of slap bass.

  • @Not_Sandor
    @Not_Sandor Год назад +3

    E P I C

  • @Jimi_Lee
    @Jimi_Lee 18 дней назад

    Graham was one of the greats. I saw him with his band Graham Central Station in '75 at the Crater Festival in Honolulu. He also pioneered the use of the voice box while he was with Sly and the Family Stone.

  • @lulubonnaire2132
    @lulubonnaire2132 6 месяцев назад

    love the magazine cover of that song too

  • @atomicorangez4326
    @atomicorangez4326 3 месяца назад +1

    Now the upright slap bass is a staple in Mexican music

  • @ogloc6308
    @ogloc6308 Месяц назад

    a lot of corridos artists use slapping on an upright bass instead of having a drummer. very unique sound

  • @grimes558
    @grimes558 22 часа назад

    I play with my thumb I feel recognized for once

  • @dankforest
    @dankforest Год назад +1

    I have one of those red japanese epiphones with humbuckers!

  • @JAWS-7675
    @JAWS-7675 3 месяца назад

    MAN,, FUNK IS THA SHIT!!! LARRY GRAHAM, A GENIUS!!

  • @haeuptlingaberja4927
    @haeuptlingaberja4927 7 месяцев назад

    That line from Thank U is just as fresh as ever.

  • @stargazingcatgirl3233
    @stargazingcatgirl3233 Месяц назад

    That riff is totally badass. I wonder if the bassline for "Superstition" could be improvised to something inspired by this.

  • @AlexLitaOfficial
    @AlexLitaOfficial 6 месяцев назад +5

    "or a pick"
    Davie504: That's illegal!!!

    • @blaisemacpherson7637
      @blaisemacpherson7637 5 месяцев назад +2

      Davie504 won't even play a tololoche. Not a real bad player

  • @arlowolf1690
    @arlowolf1690 28 дней назад

    New Count Day #210 of BEHgging for Necrobutcher's BEHS tone

  • @howardcox2918
    @howardcox2918 Год назад +3

    Larry was the EVH of bass

  • @Oopyirdy
    @Oopyirdy Год назад

    God the slap on the double bass sounds so good

  • @dsb227
    @dsb227 Месяц назад

    Nice Dude!

  • @KevyNova
    @KevyNova 5 месяцев назад

    Larry is a legend! I saw him open for Prince and he was mind-blowingly good.

  • @Geezer-yf8hv
    @Geezer-yf8hv 5 месяцев назад

    I’m 62, and still wanting to learn to play slap bass!

  • @erikavery1105
    @erikavery1105 3 дня назад

    SLAPP BEHS 🤙🏾

  • @robv.o.1777
    @robv.o.1777 9 месяцев назад

    Damn! You play soooooo clean😊

  • @chut7158
    @chut7158 Год назад

    I love playing BEHS

  • @Panzerfaust_1939
    @Panzerfaust_1939 5 месяцев назад

    His accent makes it even worth watching

  • @markkoval4251
    @markkoval4251 4 месяца назад

    Thankyoufolettinmebemyselfagain!😊........RIPLG!

  • @jonaleon3515
    @jonaleon3515 18 дней назад

    BASS❌
    BEHS✅

  • @earthlingjohn
    @earthlingjohn Год назад +1

    I want to thank you for letting me be myself

  • @moondogaudiojones1146
    @moondogaudiojones1146 20 дней назад

    Very cool history!!

  • @jmagowan12
    @jmagowan12 Год назад +1

    Slapa bass.

  • @ashercollins-cf5by
    @ashercollins-cf5by 4 месяца назад

    Danny: Slap bass Captions: slap bear 😂

  • @todwilliams5897
    @todwilliams5897 Год назад +2

    Larry was the damn man!!

  • @Monkeydivy
    @Monkeydivy 4 месяца назад

    The forbidden rule, using a pic you did it now the bass fans are coming for you

  • @ludovicomessi5486
    @ludovicomessi5486 Год назад +1

    "The first slap bass riff ever recorded!"
    aaaaand it doesn't let us hear the original audio.
    RUclips classic.

  • @jsworld620
    @jsworld620 Год назад

    I Love Your Work here Pal, Keep up the Great work, You did me and Everybody Proud, keep it up fr.❤️😎

  • @L3GHO5T
    @L3GHO5T 7 месяцев назад

    Sounds so funky! I’ve always played with a pick and can’t even play with fingers but I’m by no means good

  • @OldManDoom
    @OldManDoom 11 месяцев назад

    Man, I love funk

  • @uwelade6111
    @uwelade6111 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks for this impulse, it lead me into new musical spheres! ❤

  • @Mason_n_Coalette
    @Mason_n_Coalette 8 месяцев назад

    There is a special place in heck for people who play bass with a pick.
    BEHS!

  • @ctbt1832
    @ctbt1832 8 месяцев назад

    For some reason when he played that Larry Graham, I was getting ready to start looking for the song it sound good

  • @PraetorianGuard63
    @PraetorianGuard63 Год назад

    From 0:11-0:25 what hes playing is one of the coolest bass rhythms ive heard

  • @bertwesler1181
    @bertwesler1181 19 дней назад

    As a bassist of 45 years, as much as I love Larry Graham's riff, I am so, so dick of slap.

  • @paullawson8610
    @paullawson8610 Год назад +2

    I want to thank you (larry Graham) for slapping the Behs

  • @raziology
    @raziology 7 месяцев назад

    It's worth mentioning that Larry Graham is no other than Steve Harvey who travelled back in time.

  • @MISSMADISONMEDIA
    @MISSMADISONMEDIA 8 месяцев назад

    Cool asf

  • @KoaliRP
    @KoaliRP 16 дней назад

    funky bro

  • @ivansanta-maria1328
    @ivansanta-maria1328 Год назад

    That sound is synonymous with the 70s

  • @fredfloyd34
    @fredfloyd34 Год назад +3

    Willie Dixon...did it way before...Wrote
    spoonful....Clapton made it way better but i still like Willies slap bass.