jeremy c Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Just had to share these pictures I found: http://traveler.sunset.com/images/2008/03/11/bob_dylan_playing_bass_1965.jpg http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/359618/Bob+Dylan.jpg Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanYmaL X Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I saw some footage of him playing that bass on a documentary I watched once... can't remember which channel it was on. Who knew... DX Aerodyne Jazz Deluxe Pod X3 Live Roland Bolt-60 (modified) Genz Benz GBE250-C 2x10 Acoustic 2x12 cab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moot Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Did he play it like a bass or a guitar? "He is to music what Stevie Wonder is to photography." getz76 I have nothing nice to say so . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 There is a famous poster of Dylan that pictures him holding a Fender--in fact, these photos look like out takes from the session that produced the poster photograph. I don't know if he actually played bass on any of his recordings, but this pictures look to me like he was just fooling around. "Everyone wants to change the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves." Leo Tolstoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5pilot Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I've seen those pics before and I agree he was propably just fooling around with it. Lydian mode? The only mode I know has the words "pie ala" in front of it. http://www.myspace.com/theeldoradosband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danzilla Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 What timing- while on vacation last week, I saw a woman wearing a t-shirt with a picture of Dylan playing the Jazz bass. I've seen it before, but not in a long time. I hope he had fun playing that bass; and that a "real" bassist provided the tracks for the recordings. "Am I enough of a freak to be worth paying to see?"- Separated Out (Marillion) NEW band Old band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Fascists. I bet he was perfectly capable of playing basslines for his own songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanYmaL X Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Hendrix did, no reason why Dylan couldn't... DX Aerodyne Jazz Deluxe Pod X3 Live Roland Bolt-60 (modified) Genz Benz GBE250-C 2x10 Acoustic 2x12 cab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1111000 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Oddly the bottom pic is framed as a big poster-sized print at a Planet Sub in my hometown. The rest of their stuff is Beatles memorabilia.... why thrown in Dylan with a Jazzfish? Random but cool. He is fretting the thing and all. I'm sure he knew how to make it go "thump thump" as needed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky McDougall Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 What chord is he playing in the 2nd picture? rocky "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb, voting on what to eat for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb, contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1111000 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Looks to me like he could just be doing something in F with a minor third... or F# with a major second... hm, well the technique does look a bit strange to me but I'm no expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanYmaL X Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 i don't know anything about fender bass amps but unless there's an input on the back there is nothing plugged in to that amp in the top pic... am i seeing that wrong? i'm on my phone so the images are small. Aerodyne Jazz Deluxe Pod X3 Live Roland Bolt-60 (modified) Genz Benz GBE250-C 2x10 Acoustic 2x12 cab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 You're right. nothing is plugged into the amp. I'm guessing that someone from Fender brought the stuff to the studio and took a few pictures. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Seen those before in some bio but great to have an online source. Never heard BD play bass but one wonders if his skill was equal to Lennon's on some latter-day Beatles tracks... Judging from this recording from 1986 where Bob Dill, the singing pickle (we call him that b/c he's such a sour character), raps on a Kurtis Blow rec, the answer might be blowing in the wind. Check the intro for a new appreciation of the value of timing practice. It's repeated later over the rhythm track just past the 6:00 mark. Bob has in his work, someitmes done some stunning turns of phrasing viv-a-vis lyric against music but I recall that at one time when asked whether he'd ever taken LSD & he said he didn't like it b/c it "put his timing off". I confess to laughing. Next question: does he play drums ? Does anyone else recall the famous story of Dylan working in Nashville & observing Charlie McCoy playing bass during a song then picking up trumpet during the refrain to play a brief lick while maintaining the bassline ? d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Nobody's claiming that the pics were taken while recording. An old band of mine has a bunch of random pics that the tech took while we were setting up, tuning and generally goofing around...ah, free studio time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanYmaL X Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 the bottom pic does show what looks like a cord plugged into the bass... things that make you go hmmmm... DX Aerodyne Jazz Deluxe Pod X3 Live Roland Bolt-60 (modified) Genz Benz GBE250-C 2x10 Acoustic 2x12 cab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 the bottom pic does show what looks like a cord plugged into the bass... things that make you go hmmmm... DX Or things that make things go "hum"...? d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitewalker Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 I don't think it's a picture of a bass amp. It has two channels. Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it. Thomas Jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 I don't think it's a picture of a bass amp. It has two channels. What? http://www.ggjaguar.com/63bman.jpg http://www.earcraftmusic.com/images/Products/Used/lg_Acoustic150bBassAmp.jpg http://images.miretail.com/products/optionLarge/Markbass/545429jpg.jpg Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 dreaded double post. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitewalker Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Brain fart!!! Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it. Thomas Jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Daddy from Motown Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 The amp in the picture is a Fender Bandmaster. Don't be surprised if Bob can play some bass. When the Beatles met Elvis he was sitting in his living room playing a Fender Bass, and watching TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Don't be surprised if anyone can play "some" anything. d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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