Probably 1978, Jaco is playing with Herbie Hancock in a college auditorium. Power goes out. Herbie is dead in the water with his three keyboards. While they are trying to figure what went wrong Jaco entertains the crowd with unplugged electric bass for 20 minutes. Our minds were blown and it was incredible. His fingers were bleeding because he played so loud. A true legend.
As I'm a bassist that sounds incredible. Jaco was king but you got to see Herbie Hancock. That guy's one of my favorites. Good thing he did not have an acoustic piano?
I heard an interview with Flea years ago where he said that Anthony Kiedis was walking through a park in New York in the mid-eighties, and Jaco was playing 'Louie Louie', busking for change.
Being able to play those difficult lines as loudly as he is, is insane! The way he always has that raspy sound from plucking so strongly has influenced my playing so much
@@jackinthewoodsii8653idk man maybe he just prefers playing a fretted bass than a fretless. He’s just having a jam, it’s not like he’s in a jaco tribute band or something lol
I love Flea and RHCP’s!! But the beauty of the way Jaco played it was his placement of the notes and feel was like no other. No one ever plays it quite like Jaco did!! He just laid back a millisecond on notes and had his unique feel. Probably the best ever even though there is a long list of my favorite bass players.
What is so crazy is Jaco and Joe Zawinul played this much faster in their live shows! I have to say though, Flea has his own unique sound which is something every bass player strives for.
yea everybody talks about jaco but not many people talk a bout joe doubling the bass perfectly in his left hand while playing chords in the other hand. zawinful was a beast
A large portion of the population thinks weather report is what you get on the 10 o'clock news right after the sports update. Add to that so many have had their ears damaged by shitty music of the times and what do you expect.
Yep 👍🏽 Flea is so crazy good, he can easily playing what he wants to play here: some J. Pastorius for example! I like to listen to Marcus Miller so big hugs a Todos ! 🥸😊💜
I love the sound of new bass strings. I have a buddy's bass at my place with its original strings. Thing has never been cleaned. Although I'm tempted to polish it up and put new strings on it, lol, I told him I'd keep it nice and dirty, grimey and thumpy for him like he asked.
At first i was like, "ah yes, Teen Town, I enjoy playing that little ditty from time to time." But then realized he is DIGGING into the bass at the same speed. Guy's a monster.
Every time I hear Flea play I just want to practice for the rest of forever trying to get that same level. Jaco too, but I personally like Flea’s punk funk style better
Gonna admit as a lifetime bassist who follows bassists like Jeff Berlin, Stanley Clark, Henrik Linder, etc., I never really could "get" Jaco's stuff granted I can objectively see that he is a genius. Just not my jam I guess.
@@mikeg3439check out his playing on Bright Size Life by Pat Metheny. It's great. also, if you haven't heard it, Jaco's Word of Mouth album is a masterpiece.
Teen Town from Weather Report's - Heavy Weather Album. Likely my favorite Jazz album, favorite song, "A Remark You Made". Try it, it'll cure what ails ya. God Bless
@@blujay9191 Yep. Gary Thane was another great one from that era. He was the bass player for Uriah Heep who met a tragic end from his heroin addiction. IMO he was that one missing piece that took them next level. Listen to his bass lines on songs like the Magicians Birthday and you'll see what I mean.
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Jaco and Flea are my favorite bassists ever!!
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Claypool is something else to though.
How can you compare a genuine player with a wannabe bassist? Pastorius wrote the book on how to play bass and Flea can't read.
I'm going with Davie. He' definitely better than Flea.
@@miraposajehano4309bro r u serious? Its widely accepted hes one of the best ever. And who r u??
You've got some real talent there, mate. I hope your career takes off and you can afford an amp one day.
Lol!
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And a shirt
😂😂😂 Love it
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Probably 1978, Jaco is playing with Herbie Hancock in a college auditorium. Power goes out. Herbie is dead in the water with his three keyboards. While they are trying to figure what went wrong Jaco entertains the crowd with unplugged electric bass for 20 minutes. Our minds were blown and it was incredible. His fingers were bleeding because he played so loud. A true legend.
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Wait, 1978?
They didn't have cell phone chargers back then.
@@carpediemarts705most importantly they didn’t have cellphones
Pay phones!
As I'm a bassist that sounds incredible. Jaco was king but you got to see Herbie Hancock. That guy's one of my favorites. Good thing he did not have an acoustic piano?
What college? They must’ve had an amazing room to project like that (not taking ANYthing from Jaco’s presence).
The fact he’s getting that loud NOT plugged in AND playing over the bridge pickup! Holy shit!
I just noticed that those fingers are made of steel
Yeah playing that fast with that much force ain't easy.
Great call out, thunder fingers 2
Yeah still want the same tension but i too was amazed over how well he played this unplugged!
who is this guy? He sucks
One day this guy will earn enough money for an amp
He's got a ways to go. Apparently he can't even afford shirts.
He could pick a cheap one up in a flea market.
@@BenGateno At least he doesn't have a chest like Iggy Pop.
@@MrChopsticktech Eww, gross… hahaha
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Flea looks great for his age and I love how he's still a student of his instrument. Never stops improving.
I love flea but he literally looks 20 years older than he is lmaoo
Flea looks like flea😂
What’s great here is he’s hitting the notes but pounding with the Flea style. Bravo!
Fleastorious
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Fleaco.
Jlea
I attended a gig of Red Hot Chili Peppers last summer. And Flea skills impressed me the most. Incredible bass player!
I heard an interview with Flea years ago where he said that Anthony Kiedis was walking through a park in New York in the mid-eighties, and Jaco was playing 'Louie Louie', busking for change.
Teen Town, love it, great playing
I aspire to be a quarter of the musician this guy is!!! Flea, you rock brother
Being able to play those difficult lines as loudly as he is, is insane! The way he always has that raspy sound from plucking so strongly has influenced my playing so much
same :)
#1 WHY would he be copying Pastorius and not playing a fretless bass?
@@jackinthewoodsii8653idk man maybe he just prefers playing a fretted bass than a fretless. He’s just having a jam, it’s not like he’s in a jaco tribute band or something lol
@@salandit7461 hahahahaha, right
and you are?
Wow! It just shows that Flea is still the master of his instrument! The boys in RHCP are still as great as they were many many years ago!
My friends went to see them while I wasn’t friends with them😡
Frusciante techniquewise is waaaaaay behind Chad & Flea these days... Hopefully, he'll keep reimproving
I love Flea and RHCP’s!! But the beauty of the way Jaco played it was his placement of the notes and feel was like no other. No one ever plays it quite like Jaco did!! He just laid back a millisecond on notes and had his unique feel. Probably the best ever even though there is a long list of my favorite bass players.
What is so crazy is Jaco and Joe Zawinul played this much faster in their live shows! I have to say though, Flea has his own unique sound which is something every bass player strives for.
If Flea was plugged in and playing much lighter, he'd probably get that speed.
@@BWater-yq3jx nope...and Jaco did it on fretless
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Outstanding. 🙄
yea everybody talks about jaco but not many people talk a bout joe doubling the bass perfectly in his left hand while playing chords in the other hand. zawinful was a beast
@@jeff-yp2bk Yeah, I thought I read somewhere that Jaco hated that Joe doubled the bass line on the synth.
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has no one else immediately recognized this as weather report yet??? ❤❤❤❤
I can't be the only one!
I knew right away. I know that solo soo well. He basically nailed every note too.. Amazing shit
A large portion of the population thinks weather report is what you get on the 10 o'clock news right after the sports update. Add to that so many have had their ears damaged by shitty music of the times and what do you expect.
Teen Town is a Jaco composition
Flea The Bassist! I love you man!
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"That's adorable!"
- Billy Sheehan
Flea is always amazing. I'd like to see him in more varied musical settings.
I saw these guys play in a castle in Ludwigsburg Germany back in 91.
Completely blew my mind.
Playing Teen Town...he's just that awesome. And doing it acoustically. Phenomenal
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Love super mario song covers on the acoustic bass. My favourite videos!
Yep 👍🏽 Flea is so crazy good, he can easily playing what he wants to play here: some J. Pastorius for example!
I like to listen to Marcus Miller so big hugs a Todos ! 🥸😊💜
Flea's the shit!! Incredible amount of volume from an unamplified Jazz Bass!!
his right hand finger tips have been to war!
Flea channelling his inner Jaco
Just love this, such a talented bass player. The Peppers are just the perfect match of equal talents in synchronicity
OMG, awesome!
Flea and Angus are my favorites!
I love the sound of new bass strings. I have a buddy's bass at my place with its original strings. Thing has never been cleaned. Although I'm tempted to polish it up and put new strings on it, lol, I told him I'd keep it nice and dirty, grimey and thumpy for him like he asked.
Outrageously good.
Awesome
It's not a surprise : Jaco is Flea's favourite bass player, and a major influence for the RHCP's bassist, so who can play like him, even unplugged.
At first i was like, "ah yes, Teen Town, I enjoy playing that little ditty from time to time." But then realized he is DIGGING into the bass at the same speed. Guy's a monster.
Jaco. Way ahead of his time. Flea. One of the best of our time.
Sounds good!
TEEEEN TOOWWWNN 🤘🤘🤘
Jaco was a true mad dog, brilliant
Flea the best of the best ! 🐷
He sounds like he is amplified. BEAST!!!
So cool 😎
WTF!!!! Brilliant!!!
Yeah! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Every time I hear Flea play I just want to practice for the rest of forever trying to get that same level. Jaco too, but I personally like Flea’s punk funk style better
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Gonna admit as a lifetime bassist who follows bassists like Jeff Berlin, Stanley Clark, Henrik Linder, etc., I never really could "get" Jaco's stuff granted I can objectively see that he is a genius. Just not my jam I guess.
@@mikeg3439check out his playing on Bright Size Life by Pat Metheny. It's great. also, if you haven't heard it, Jaco's Word of Mouth album is a masterpiece.
Flea can slap in a way that Jaco never could.
Insane tone .. 😮
Great bassman
Flea é único, o melhor que já vi.
Teen Town from Weather Report's - Heavy Weather Album.
Likely my favorite Jazz album, favorite song, "A Remark You Made".
Try it, it'll cure what ails ya.
God Bless
And his work with Joni Mitchell and Pat Metheny. Stellar stuff.
Not so Long ago? Weather Report, Chick Corea's Return Forever, George Duke Billy Cobham Band Graced the Landscape
You know what's crazy, i knew it was this song by looking at the thumbnail gif!
"The Juggler" my favourite song.
But it's hard to name Weather Report as a .. "jazz" for me
@@yukas1ngas Fusion
Sick!
Rawesome!
God given talent covering God given talent. And what a cool dude. Just came here from his Hot Ones! So awesome.
I think a lot of serious work and years of playing are at least as responsible for the way both players sound. Let's give some credit where it is due.
@@stuartholme4457 Amen to that. His work ethic is off the chart!
JESSE! WE HAVE TO COOK!
Slappin dat bass
One and only ❤
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Still one of the best ever.
Yes!!!
Amazing 🤩
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Man he is hitting so hard and accurate.
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Accurate ? come on… buy yourself a metronome 😂
@@joachimmahoudeaux8619 do you know the actual Song?
the G O A T
Fun fact about Flea, he's an awesome basketball player
I guess Fender’s contract should have specified that the Jaco tribute bass had to be plugged in😂. Flea is the BEST
Monster 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Bass Maniac
Flea is a beast
It's great raw like a tonal percussion on the fence.
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Heavy Weather ..Great job Flea
Rad!~
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Been listening to Teen Town a lot lately! Have the bass in my head!
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I could hear Wayne Shorter's soprano sax melody in my head as I listened to this.
soothing sound of the ocean
Unleash the Beast ☝️
Teen Town. Nice!
MAAAAAAAACK FRY , YOU’RE FIRED
I was never into the Red Hot Chili Peppers but you won't find a better drummer and bass player than Chad and Flea. Those guys are SOLID.
My vote in that realm goes to Neil Peart and Geddy Lee. 🤘🏻♥️
Don't forget Frusciante ✨
For my money, Chris Squire and Bill Bruford.
@@blujay9191YES, I agree 😉
@@blujay9191 Yep. Gary Thane was another great one from that era. He was the bass player for Uriah Heep who met a tragic end from his heroin addiction. IMO he was that one missing piece that took them next level. Listen to his bass lines on songs like the Magicians Birthday and you'll see what I mean.
Wow I'm Blown
This man has decent skill. Maybe one day he will join a band and become really famous for it or something.
australias most famous bass player makes mt waverly proud
Awesome! Fretless next...
Amazing
very nice
Fleaco!!! woohooo!!!
SLAP DA BASS
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That dude is pretty good.
Rock it
Flea rules. Doesn't even matter what band he's in, he's just rad.
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He is playing Teentown by The Weather Report. Nice job
yeees
Master Roshi shaved and now plays bass! 😎
Flea has always seemed to have very strong fingers and a hard strike to the strings. Nice post.
Allmost as the original!!!!!
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Bass: Iam in good hands
Uncle Fester was always my favourite Uncle.
Дедушка Фли всё так же крут!💪
I saw Jaco at The Greek 40 years ago.