nadroj Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 As of March my ska/reggae/funk band are out almost every week until the end of the year, and I want to try something different for my solos this time around. I’ve been on a bit of a reggae kick recently and have been enjoying the melodic wah clav work in some of Marley’s songs - particularly some of the more melodic solos. Want to incorporate some of that in our set if and when I get thrown a solo. Switch it up from the usual organ. Thankfully the SKX actually has some pretty nice wah clav patches in it, with decent edit-ability. Needing inspiration though - can anyone suggest some good wah clav solos/tunes where wah clav plays a prominent role? Doesn’t have to be reggae! Note: NOT whammy clav please, as I can’t pitch bend on the SKX 😅 Quote Hammond SKX Mainstage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHarrell Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 This is just rehearsal footage, but Bernie is well...burnin' here, especially throughout after 2:00: 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 There's killer clav throughout the song...the main solo part is near the end. Love this song! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Bobby Sparks and his clav with a whammy bar does some great solos with Snarky Puppy and others. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxcvbnm098 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 The late/great Mike Finnigan from the live Dave Mason album on "Feelin' Allright". His solo kicks in around 2:30... 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffk Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 14 hours ago, CHarrell said: This is just rehearsal footage, but Bernie is well...burnin' here, especially throughout after 2:00: How the heck can this be so funky?? Quote YouTube music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadroj Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 1 hour ago, Cliffk said: How the heck can this be so funky?? Yeah, it literally slaps. Quote Hammond SKX Mainstage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I started a whole thread about Clavinet Songs a few years ago. Edit: Shortly after I started that thread, the editors at Wikipedia removed the "Notable Songs" section because they don't like lists for some reason. However, you can find that section by going into the page's history. 3 Quote "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16251 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 This song features George Duke playing a clav solo using different settings (I assume as I never owned one. ) Solo starts at 3:00. 1 Quote AvantGrand N2 | ES520 | Gallien-Krueger MK & MP | https://soundcloud.com/pete36251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outkaster Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Clav, Marley Stir it Up Coming in From the Cold Get Up Stand Up Later on when the Wailers were in the expanded band without Tosh and Livingston it wasn't used quite as much as it was early on with Lindo and Downie. 1 Quote "Danny, ci manchi a tutti. La E-Street Band non e' la stessa senza di te. Riposa in pace, fratello" noblevibes.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpl1228 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 Quote Roland RD-2000, Yamaha Motif XF7, Mojo 61, Invisible keyboard stand (!!!!!), 1939 Martin Handcraft Imperial trumpet "Everyone knows rock music attained perfection in 1974. It is a scientific fact." -- Homer Simpson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuelBLupowitz Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Shame the video isn't on YouTube anymore -- find it if you can -- but this is the audio of the same performance. Kofi Burbridge's playing on this Stevie Wonder cover was a game changer for me when I first heard it in college. He does the Stevie rhythmic funk clav thing, but he also goes beyond that and makes the instrument sing like a second guitar (complementing Derek Trucks brilliantly) in a way I hadn't heard previously. It really shaped my approach to playing clavinet. The whole performance is worth listening to, but Kofi's solo creeps in around 3:30. 1 Quote Samuel B. Lupowitz Musician. Songwriter. Food Enthusiast. Bad Pun Aficionado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenWaB3 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Not a solo, but Herbie's background clavinet in Sly is all the way past wicked into full-blown evil. Especially on his Rhodes solo starting at 5:20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At1wCLEVdWI 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ivan May Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Keith Emerson on Clavinet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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