d halfnote Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Just read abt these cats Chromeo in the NYT & went to check them out, via YTube. So far their tracks impress less than this collab with Darryl Hall on an interesting revamp of the snoozy-smooth "No Can Do (I Can't Go For That)". As I watched, tryna figure out why they had bassist TBone Wolk, specially dressed for the occasion as Mr Greenjeans, vamping on ac gtr through all the electonic stew, he showed me at 3:30 into the track by ripping a cool/hot (take yer [pun alert] pick ) solo ! Who knew he could do that ?! He returns near the end with some quasi-Wes stuff, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-OZOjINrF8 d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p90jr Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Yeah, he took over for Oates as the musical director when Darryl Hall started doing solo stuff and the Live from Darryl's House webshow. When T-Bone passed away, Paul Pesco from The System took over that job. I played bass for quite a while because everybody needed a bass player (especially one who could sing at the same time as playing) and guitar players were everywhere. When I started getting guitar gigs everybody reacted like "wow, you can play 'lead guitar?'" Now, when I get a gig playing bass they react like "wow, you can really play bass, too." It's just strings, man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 As I watched, tryna figure out why they had bassist TBone Wolk, specially dressed for the occasion as Mr Greenjeans, vamping on ac gtr through all the electonic stew, he showed me at 3:30 into the track by ripping a cool/hot (take yer [pun alert] pick ) solo ! Who knew he could do that ?! He returns near the end with some quasi-Wes stuff, too. Niiice. I like the little touches he does throughout, as well- such as the Classical-technique picking-hand artifical-harmonics (a.k.a. "false-harmonics") in the beginning. A tasteful, ALWAYS in-the-pocket (Mr. Deepgenes?) player. Timing and feel are paramount. Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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