Brother G , The Clapping Of Beats Was Rather Beneficial - What A Cool Simple Bass Line - Definitely A Worthy Tutorial And So Many Options For Adding This Line To Other Styles Or "Songs" Of Course - Enjoy The Rest Of Your Weekend Stay Groovy , Cheers
Hi Again, I forgot to add on my last comment, that if anyone wants to check more of these Funky Meters tunes out, may I suggest...Cissy Strut...Funkify Your Life...Fire on the Bayou...People Say and last if not least, Look-Ka Py Py. And thank you again Greg for highlighting such an iconic bassist and showing guys how to dive in and play this great genre of music.
I'm just going to have to make more Meters lessons! I've had Cissy Strut on the back-burner for a while. Use to play that a lot with one of my bands down a late night venue on Denmark Street in London.
Hi Greg, many thanks for your reply, fully agree you look and play so comfortable while you groove on them Funky tunes, it does shine through!! Like adding those ghost notes in the Bridge section, so natural to you. I love Cissy Strut and People Say such an iconic band and such a history behind them. Loving the new camera by the way!! Keep Groovin’ Bryn
Hi Greg, super cool funky lines going on, and well taught!! Love the ghost notes you were playing in the bridge section. I believe that George Porter Jr, the Neville brothers and a funky drummer that had the strangest name I've ever heard, something like Zootaboo ? started the Meters off and are hailed as the forerunners, if not the inventors, of Funk. Porter is in short a Legend (capital L), and is still grooving!! These guys influenced a range of bands and players, in there earlier recordings you can almost hear/imagine Nile Rogers, Bernard Edwards and Funkadelic coming up from the background. This is a lovely little groove and will surely test ones timing, awesome choice Greg...thank you. keep Groovin' Bryn
Brilliant Bryn, loads of useful information in your comment. I think you'll enjoy my play-through video of this bass line on Monday. I have a little jam at the end with some of my own ideas! This really is fun to play isn't it and got to say that Funk really influenced my playing style and I have to sometimes reign in the funkiness when playing other styles! 😂
Zigaboo Modeliste of New Orleans, and Geo Porter is still funking away at clubs and fesitals. Great lesson, Greg and my P-Bass is a short scale fashioned after George's blonde on blonde. Cheers!
Hi Les, nearly got Zigaboo’s name right, thanks!! Loving your short scale P bass, you must be a fan of the legend that is George Porter Jr. Keep those strings busy. Take care and keep Groovin’ Bryn
Cheers Ruth. The main riff is really fun to play. Thanks for the coffee again - you're helping to keep me in full supply of beans for the machine at home!
Brother G , The Clapping Of Beats Was Rather Beneficial - What A Cool Simple Bass Line - Definitely A Worthy Tutorial And So Many Options For Adding This Line To Other Styles Or "Songs" Of Course - Enjoy The Rest Of Your Weekend
Stay Groovy ,
Cheers
Cheers Travis, great line isn't it. Watch out on Monday as I have a proper jam with the end section of this tune on a play-through video!
Hi Again, I forgot to add on my last comment, that if anyone wants to check more of these Funky Meters tunes out, may I suggest...Cissy Strut...Funkify Your Life...Fire on the Bayou...People Say and last if not least, Look-Ka Py Py.
And thank you again Greg for highlighting such an iconic bassist and showing guys how to dive in and play this great genre of music.
I'm just going to have to make more Meters lessons! I've had Cissy Strut on the back-burner for a while. Use to play that a lot with one of my bands down a late night venue on Denmark Street in London.
Greg , another well presented and delivered lesson . I found it so easy to play along with you ( relaxed , no nerves 😂 ) , Many thanks !
Thanks Gary, really glad you enjoyed it and felt relaxed. That’s the name of the game! 😀
Sooooo funky🎸👍🙌
Bring on the Funk!
Hi Greg, many thanks for your reply, fully agree you look and play so comfortable while you groove on them Funky tunes, it does shine through!! Like adding those ghost notes in the Bridge section, so natural to you. I love Cissy Strut and People Say such an iconic band and such a history behind them. Loving the new camera by the way!!
Keep Groovin’
Bryn
Cheers Bryn, I need to read up a bit more about The Meters and investigate further - something I'm sure that I'll enjoy immensely!
Awesome
Cheers Scott!
Hi Greg, super cool funky lines going on, and well taught!! Love the ghost notes you were playing in the bridge section.
I believe that George Porter Jr, the Neville brothers and a funky drummer that had the strangest name I've ever heard, something like Zootaboo ? started the Meters off and are hailed as the forerunners, if not the inventors, of Funk. Porter
is in short a Legend (capital L), and is still grooving!! These guys influenced a range of bands and players, in there earlier
recordings you can almost hear/imagine Nile Rogers, Bernard Edwards and Funkadelic coming up from the background.
This is a lovely little groove and will surely test ones timing, awesome choice Greg...thank you.
keep Groovin'
Bryn
Brilliant Bryn, loads of useful information in your comment. I think you'll enjoy my play-through video of this bass line on Monday. I have a little jam at the end with some of my own ideas!
This really is fun to play isn't it and got to say that Funk really influenced my playing style and I have to sometimes reign in the funkiness when playing other styles! 😂
Zigaboo Modeliste of New Orleans, and Geo Porter is still funking away at clubs and fesitals. Great lesson, Greg and my P-Bass is a short scale fashioned after George's blonde on blonde. Cheers!
Hi Les, nearly got Zigaboo’s name right, thanks!! Loving your short scale P bass, you must be a fan of the legend that is George Porter Jr. Keep those strings busy.
Take care and keep Groovin’
Bryn
@@leshoffman4959 interesting sounding bass. So does it have the tradition single ‘Tele’ pickup and what’s the scale length?
@@leshoffman4959 great stuff. Even I could put that together 😂
Great lesson Greg thanks for showing us this great bass tune cheers 😊
Cheers!
I hadn’t heard of The Meters but will check them out. Love this bass line. Fun lesson Greg
Cheers Ruth. The main riff is really fun to play. Thanks for the coffee again - you're helping to keep me in full supply of beans for the machine at home!
thanks for showing this one Greg, great breakdown of a funky bassline!
Cheers, it's a great one isn't it!
Super awesome. Great song selection. Looking forward to checking this out
Cheers Niall! Enjoy!
love the rhythm
It’s really satisfying to play isn’t it! Lots of space around beat 1.
Great Tune And Lesson 👌😎 Hey Greg Staying On A Funk Tip Could You Please Do Sly And The Family Stone Trip To Your Heart Such A Killer Bassline 🙏💪👌😎✌️
Great tune, I'll put it on my list for future lessons 👍
@@GregsBassShed Hi Gregg Many Thanks It's Much Appreciated 👍❤️✌️😎
Unfortunately video blurry😢, cant read the tabs
It’s crystal clear for me. Check your connection, if it’s slow, the video will be blurry.