About why there’s no sound from Verdine White, my opinion is, there’s some problems on his signal chain that day, and maybe he just don’t want to waste the time to figure out what’s going on on his signal chain(It was a busy, tight schedule and complicated stage situation live), so maybe he just tried to played it without amplified.
Ray-Lin Chang come on really??? You really believe that? He’s acting as a bassplayer, bit when it comes down to real exposure, suddenly No volume, Or when you look at his namm demo’s...What is he doing??? He is not real man!
Man you gotta be kidding me. There was no issue with the signal chain? He turned down on purpose. Lamest excuse ever. No bass player does that. You swap cables, etc until you are heard.
These here are some of the Greatest ever bassist... There are others to like Nathan East, Stanley Clarke to name a few... Awesome footage of these Greats... Thank you for sharing this video...
Well kids, Grandpa has been in two wars, has been married 3 times. Been shot at, has raced nashcar. But funk that, let me tell you about that night a saw Graham / Miller / White play their as% off
For those saying that can not hear Verdine, look at where his hands are placed and watch Marcus when they play Shining Star. You can clearly hear both (Marcus was lower on Shining Star). He is playing at the lower register once his sound came on. It was not on or very low at the beginning
So great to see all the "expert" critiques of these legends! If you played at all, you'd appreciate what each of these guys has meant to the evolution of instrument over the last 30 years. If you're "trying" to play and haven't made to these guys level, keep your jealousies to yourself and either listen or take your shallow comments elsewhere. Thanks for the once-in-a-lifetime post...
Rod W it amazes me. I could genuinely appreciate what each contributed in the piece. And over their careers too. Some people are conditioned to find fault. And then wiggle around to justify it.
There's no denying that both Marcus and Larry are some tight players but Verdine have the best face and showmanship,he always looks happy when playing bass!
Some awesome groove there. All three great bassists. I've been listening to Verdine White since I was a kid in high school back in the 70s. Amazing. I'm a drummer, really into prog, but my dream gig would be playing this stuff. The groove is epic.
This trio is great. Verdine, Larry & Marcus. I would add Bernard Edwards ( who died) Louis Johnson (died also) Mark Adam's (of Slave who died) & Stanley Clarke.
There are so many bad ass bass players out there it's impossible to pick the best one i think it all depends on the songs they played on if it was a hit or not🎸🎸🎶🎸🎸
While there is no mistaking that Larry Graham is the father of Thumping (Slap Bass) and Marcus Miller is the new reigning Prince, I find it interesting and incredible when Verdine White suddenly comes alive and hits that "Serpentine Fire" bass lick around minute 9:50 of this video. LOL I've been a Larry Graham fan since he first started and I remember buying Marcus Miller's first album and thinking I was better than him (boy, was I stupid), but when it comes down to it for all of us bass players, NO ONE will ever have the stage presence and legacy of hits that Verdine White has. He is simply a BEAST on stage and those Earth, Wind & Fire bass lines are UNTOUCHABLE.
youre right the bass player they used was the guy who taught verdine how to play he was a trumbone player and arranger named Louis Satterfield,,he even has a bass book on how to play bass a gem if you can get it
O...M...F...G...this will keep me going for at least...all of time...only forever. People, look at my brothers!...no ego, pure energy, pure essence, spirit...this is 'just' music, but who knows what we accomplished long before our history was purposely stolen and hidden...worth finding out! Oh, that we could have been left alone!... Back to this funk...at 4.00, do you see any conflict here? Only togetherness, only brotherhood. THIS right here is our true state. Calling all True Funk Soldiers...
He's just holding it down. Three people going nuts would be too much for the ears. He doesn't even play slap which is good for him the other two are masters at it but they could probably never wrote a song like Verdine could. They are masters at what they do. It's a not a competition just a bit of back patting and crowd pleasing. Chill out man the Sun is shining.
I met EWF when they stayed at the Days Inn that I worked at back in the 70's.I met Maurice White and saw Verdine and Phillip Bailey.I talked with Maurice and the Emotions that were with them.They stayed there for about 3 or 4 days in a lodge.Really nice people.I was the restaurant/gift shop cashier at the time.
Lord I no this is old but I love the man in the jeans Mann he be working that bass I love bass guitar I use to play one in high school I go crazy over them🔥🔥🔥💧
I never though Verdine was the type of blow you out of the water solo bass player, but as far as his playing with in the song, IMO his playing was always on point .
For real??? Verdine didn’t do shit in this video!!! It’s all an act man! What did you hear him playing??? He had no sound, he was just staying busy, but by the positions of his left hand, it didn’t make any sense with the accords the track was in! He didn’t do shit! He faked it like he always does on stage for many years. There was no bass sound while playing with a AMP, but you can even hear him “aaah aaah aaah aaah” without a MIC!!!
In case you don't know your Earth, Wind and Fire songs... that was Mr White's intro bass line from EFW's hit song, GET AWAY... that wasn't just a scale he made up at that time.. that bass line made the song a hit back in the day, so he can play whatever he wants to play cus he is a bass legend....
Larry Graham ! the father of P funk ! not george clinton! no louis johnson without Mr Graham! turned Bass playing into pure percussion ! with Bottom! Kings of Bassist!
About why there’s no sound from Verdine White, my opinion is, there’s some problems on his signal chain that day, and maybe he just don’t want to waste the time to figure out what’s going on on his signal chain(It was a busy, tight schedule and complicated stage situation live), so maybe he just tried to played it without amplified.
Ray-Lin Chang come on really??? You really believe that? He’s acting as a bassplayer, bit when it comes down to real exposure, suddenly No volume, Or when you look at his namm demo’s...What is he doing??? He is not real man!
Man you gotta be kidding me. There was no issue with the signal chain? He turned down on purpose. Lamest excuse ever. No bass player does that. You swap cables, etc until you are heard.
EXACTLY
PJ Absolutely! Verdine should’ve stayed home because he got exposed by Marcus & LG!
you need to watch and listen more carefully..
12 minuts of history right there. 3 bassmasters what a fantastic-funky jam
I'm not a professional musician but a professional listener of music. BRAVO
I'm bowing down to the bass masters. Grew up with these beasts of bass. I loved playing along with them.
Not only Stanley my friend, but Boosty and Victor Wooton. That is a bass concert that I would go to in a heartbeat!!!
I Have Always Loved Marcus Miller (My Thumping Bass Man) Larry Graham (My String Popper) & Verdine White ( The Exciteable One Who Does It All)!!!
July 25: Happy birthday bassist Verdine White of Earth, Wind and Fire. Thank you and God bless. Thanks for the post. Blessings
These here are some of the Greatest ever bassist... There are others to like Nathan East, Stanley Clarke to name a few...
Awesome footage of these Greats...
Thank you for sharing this video...
I always wanted to see Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, and Louis Johnson get together. That would've been epic!
Stanley Clarke would've been a nice addition too!
@@sherwinfitz not forgetting Bernard Edwards
Also Mark Adams...
Or Louis Johnson, Nate Phillips (from Pleasure) and Aaron Mills (from Cameo)
Johnson and Johnson Brothers Yes definitely
First time ever seeing this, wow! The funk legends!
3 Legends... Don't get much better than that!
Old school funk. Those brothers are keeping the alive.
60s, 70s, 80s...3 generations of funky bass... GROOVY
Thanks for posting this. True Icons... The only one missing is Wayman! God Rest his soul.....
Oh my gosh, I've died and gone to bass heaven!
Well kids, Grandpa has been in two wars, has been married 3 times. Been shot at, has raced nashcar. But funk that, let me tell you about that night a saw Graham / Miller / White play their as% off
That's funny 🤣🤣
For those saying that can not hear Verdine, look at where his hands are placed and watch Marcus when they play Shining Star. You can clearly hear both (Marcus was lower on Shining Star). He is playing at the lower register once his sound came on. It was not on or very low at the beginning
Seen a recent interview with SLY. My GOD HE NEEDS OUR Prayers!!
What the ef? Had to put my beer down...Three legends throwin' down. The roof was on fire this night.
Bass personified. It don't get any better than this. Pure Funk!!!
So great to see all the "expert" critiques of these legends! If you played at all, you'd appreciate what each of these guys has meant to the evolution of instrument over the last 30 years. If you're "trying" to play and haven't made to these guys level, keep your jealousies to yourself and either listen or take your shallow comments elsewhere. Thanks for the once-in-a-lifetime post...
im with ya on that...guys like this make you want to play bass better...
Now That's WORD!
Rod W it amazes me. I could genuinely appreciate what each contributed in the piece. And over their careers too. Some people are conditioned to find fault. And then wiggle around to justify it.
Larry is very down to earth and not arrogant. I've met him several times. Always nice!
Yes he is a very nice guy; he really is....known him for years, and he is a very spiritual guy.
Henrik West i met him with prince in 2002.
Verdine is a solid brotha as well.
Pioneers Crown Them All 👊🏾👊🏾
OMG the God's of bass together.
There's no denying that both Marcus and Larry are some tight players but Verdine have the best face and showmanship,he always looks happy when playing bass!
Totally agree,Verdine also has UBER class/passion of his profession that,in my opinion ranks among the all-time bass greats!!!!
but Nathan East looks more happiest when playing bass
Well I guess it's easy to look happy when you're not really playing anything! 🤣🤣🤣
Groove...."interlocking between rhythm section"..outstanding bass player 3 of them....
3 Bass legends having fun! Awesome
Just two...
One word:::: ICONS!!!
Larry Graham - the Father of FUNK BASS
The Slap father.
Some awesome groove there. All three great bassists. I've been
listening to Verdine White since I was a kid in high school back in the
70s. Amazing. I'm a drummer, really into prog, but my dream gig would
be playing this stuff. The groove is epic.
I've decided to put this on my Alarm clock. Yessir, buddy!
3 icons of funk and soul right here now...
That's real music played by musicians!
One instrument with entirely different skills and definitions. Gosh!
BASS LEGENDS!!!!!, NOTHING BETTER!!!!!!
I’m in bass guitar heaven.
Ditto!!
SOUL BROTHERS NUMBER 1 2 & 3 on da one’s & two’s!!
If it doesn’t move your soul….. you have none!?
BASS LEGENDS! If u don’t kno now u kno!!!
Too awesome (Graham Miller and White), I expected Verdine to fly in from the air while he happily whips his bass' ass
Three great funk bassists. Outstanding. Good to see the first innovator play along with two of his "progeny."
Verdine is all fingers.
He influenced Mark Adam's of SLAVE
@@ezedikeohamadike9003 🎶👍🔥
Three generations of bass, Marcus grew up listening to Larry G. and Verdine!
What a night! Thanks for posting this. I was in the audience at the front to the right of Verdine. :)
This trio is great. Verdine, Larry & Marcus. I would add Bernard Edwards ( who died) Louis Johnson (died also) Mark Adam's (of Slave who died) & Stanley Clarke.
And Boosty and Rick James as front man! Some of the best
Don’t forget about victor wooten
What about Aaron Mills from Cameo
@@42afrosheen Aaron mills used to be my teacher
The stage would’ve levitated.
Marcus Miller My personal favourite..... got all his CD ;s but I like all the rest Victor Wooten !!! too they are pure Genius !!
Man that was out of this world to watch. Fabulous.
Three of the best bass players in the world
+Nardocole i hope youre joking. Most of the concerts verdine plays are playback and majority of the ones that arent hes playing like shit.
+rantanen1 You know fuck all about Bass then
idiot...
@@rantanen1 u r correct sir
Love it!
I would have loved to have seen FLEA up there playing alongside these 3 great funkateers!!
There are so many bad ass bass players out there it's impossible to pick the best one i think it all depends on the songs they played on if it was a hit or not🎸🎸🎶🎸🎸
I saw Larry and victor wooten play at the birchmere. FANTASTIC
i think they should be very happy with the drummer and the guitarist , keeping it together
Three of the best and Verdine being my favorite!!
Marcus is holding down the groove, Graham is adding some funk Larry Graham style and Verdine is perpetrating!
All of them funky, without question and let's not forget Nathan East!
While there is no mistaking that Larry Graham is the father of Thumping (Slap Bass) and Marcus Miller is the new reigning Prince, I find it interesting and incredible when Verdine White suddenly comes alive and hits that "Serpentine Fire" bass lick around minute 9:50 of this video. LOL I've been a Larry Graham fan since he first started and I remember buying Marcus Miller's first album and thinking I was better than him (boy, was I stupid), but when it comes down to it for all of us bass players, NO ONE will ever have the stage presence and legacy of hits that Verdine White has. He is simply a BEAST on stage and those Earth, Wind & Fire bass lines are UNTOUCHABLE.
BASS IS IN THE PLACE.
RIP Mark Adams,,, The GOAT
Absolutely awesome!!!
That was thoroughly enjoyable! Great job guys!
youre right the bass player they used was the guy who taught verdine how to play he was a trumbone player and arranger named Louis Satterfield,,he even has a bass book on how to play bass a gem if you can get it
These guys just made me a groove sammich!
ahhhhh 3 great funk masters right here...
That is just too much funk on that stage!!! Man! Wish I was there!
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all we need is Stanley Clarke!
Also Louis Johnson
O...M...F...G...this will keep me going for at least...all of time...only forever.
People, look at my brothers!...no ego, pure energy, pure essence, spirit...this is 'just' music, but who knows what we accomplished long before our history was purposely stolen and hidden...worth finding out! Oh, that we could have been left alone!...
Back to this funk...at 4.00, do you see any conflict here? Only togetherness, only brotherhood. THIS right here is our true state.
Calling all True Funk Soldiers...
Right on
My
People
Only person missing was Bootzilla!
I was just about to post that
No doubt, as well as LOUIS "THUNDER THUMBS" JOHNSON! ;))
@@coachrobinson9958 Yep..The Great Thumper of all time would've been a problem up there..
Dont forget Stanley Clark.
It's a sad day when bass players don't recognize the legendary Verdine White in a video featuring Marcus and Larry...
Austin Herrington sad day when you can't hear Verdine because he turns his volume down on purpose.....not him on the records....
Larry is the best
Very sad day.
All it takes to make a band is 3 great bass players jamming out to the groove all together!👌 Lol
This is just too good!
Dam !!! I wish i was in the front row on this JAM !!
What is not to like about those guys - wow!!!!
A Victor Wooten concert remains the best showcasing of bass playing I've ever seen.
Three of the best that ever did it Marcus Larry and Verdine White OMG
He's just holding it down. Three people going nuts would be too much for the ears. He doesn't even play slap which is good for him the other two are masters at it but they could probably never wrote a song like Verdine could. They are masters at what they do. It's a not a competition just a bit of back patting and crowd pleasing. Chill out man the Sun is shining.
funkyfingrz I agree with you...don't think he played on the records IMO
I want to say this is a nice vedio of three of some of the best shareing the same stage.
ENTIRELY too much funk for that stage to handle!!! This is awesome!!
*Bass Player Live!!2011 - Larry Graham(Sly and the Family Stone) and Marcus Miller(Miles Davis and many others) and Verdine White(Earth,Wind,andFire)*
Don't forget bootsy Collins
Don’t forget Graham Central Station. That’s where Larry let it all out
Greg R.......Mothers Finest
Marcus Miller is a musical masterpiece. Luther Vandross music was Eflat.Verdine and Larry were the JAM.
Old School Funka-Delic I miss real musicians
THE KINGS
nice groove man!
You all are bad. I grew up on this,music and our music 🎶🎵🎵🎵 🎶🎶 is bomb.. Never dies.
It is alive, and poppin period.😁
This is bloody brilliant
I met EWF when they stayed at the Days Inn that I worked at back in the 70's.I met Maurice White and saw Verdine and Phillip Bailey.I talked with Maurice and the Emotions that were with them.They stayed there for about 3 or 4 days in a lodge.Really nice people.I was the restaurant/gift shop cashier at the time.
Marcus Miller is the most tasteful of the three. Picks his spots well. Least monotonous. Creates a variety of sounds.Rifts very well.
Lord I no this is old but I love the man in the jeans Mann he be working that bass I love bass guitar I use to play one in high school I go crazy over them🔥🔥🔥💧
i have never seen any one play a bass like louis johnson back in 1980,that was in london if you was their you know what i mean
Three of my influences all together at once!!! If only Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooten were with them!!!!...........
DAMN!!! THEY PUT THAT "STANK" ON IT!!! LOL!!!
Three of the BADDEST in the Game!!!
the bass jam got it going on in the mix..
I never though Verdine was the type of blow you out of the water solo bass player, but as far as his playing with in the song, IMO his playing was always on point .
To me he is like Well his bass note selection Kool from kool & The Gang
erik dennard Listen to the intro on GRATITUDE LIVE ALBUM ..there's some mean bass playing by Verdine White..
True, verdine isn't solo player he's pocket player, he can solo but holds the groove down.
For real??? Verdine didn’t do shit in this video!!! It’s all an act man! What did you hear him playing??? He had no sound, he was just staying busy, but by the positions of his left hand, it didn’t make any sense with the accords the track was in! He didn’t do shit! He faked it like he always does on stage for many years. There was no bass sound while playing with a AMP, but you can even hear him “aaah aaah aaah aaah” without a MIC!!!
The way Marcus started chuckin' on his bass while Verdine and Larry played the bridge was too intuitive!
In case you don't know your Earth, Wind and Fire songs... that was Mr White's intro bass line from EFW's hit song, GET AWAY... that wasn't just a scale he made up at that time.. that bass line made the song a hit back in the day, so he can play whatever he wants to play cus he is a bass legend....
I believe you're confusing "Getaway" with "Shining Star"
what's amazing is that Verdine couldn't play it. Fraud.
This is TOP SHELF bass playin!!!!
AWESOME !!!!
They're missing Louis Johnson from the Brothers Johnson!
Can you say Bootsy?
You're right! WOW! The man who helped build Funk along with James Brown! Thank you Steven! Good looking out!
hanknell HE NO HERE NO MORE!
Larry Graham ! the father of P funk ! not george clinton! no louis johnson without Mr Graham! turned Bass playing into pure percussion ! with Bottom! Kings of Bassist!
Sweetness! They should make a all out sweat your pants out funk album!
all about the BASS
Imagine Louis Johnson joining them on stage!
He would have to have it!!
@@terranceedwards107 "That" would be the perfect storm!!!
I was thinking adding Stanley Clarke
Yeah was about to say the same, I think Louis invented the thumping technique
True Dat
Add Bootsy Collins to this and you would have the genesis of bass in popular music
Kept waiting for Prince to walk out and get him a piece...lol!