@radicalruss.com
🎤 Host of The RadicalRuss Show podcast, former 🌲 NORML podcaster, 📡 XM Progress host, 🖋 liberal blogger, 🎸 6-String Bass, 🪖 Natl Guard Vet, 🏈 Boise State Bronco. Born 🔴 Idaho, Love 🔵 Oregon. 🇺🇸✊🏻
Yeah, as impressed as I am by drummers and keyboard players, somebody doing both those things at once kind of blows my mind. That end run on that solo sounds like someone pouring water into a tall glass. Crazy!
Tell ya what—I somewhat agree. A POTUS gets one term, then the 2nd they're a lame duck? Let POTUS serve three terms…
BUT in exchange, that new amendment now also contains a similar 12-year term limit for Senators and Representatives.
And not effective until the 2032 election.
Ah, then you must be as impressed as I am by the amazing solo in Starbuck's "Moonlight Feels Right". Probably the greatest marimba solo in rock history. Okay, so maybe the only marimba solo in rock history. Wait, I think EWF, no that was Kalimba. #AT40
Reminiscing by Little River Band (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/FzJWlAJ6soY To begin this bit of self-indulgent fun, I picked "Reminiscing" by the Little River Band. It's one of my go-to...
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) by Looking Glass (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/iYJ1JUzNCv4 This song holds a special place for me because it is the inspiration for my ladylove's...
No Reply At All by Genesis (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/wJ4DywCcrn0 This is a great bass line originally played on a four-string, but I've made some adjustments for the six-string. Punchy and...
It's My Life by Talk Talk (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/YUC2jnNruOk One of my favorite new wave bass line from the mid-80s, also reproduced by No Doubt in the mid-90s. Paul Webb plays a fretless...
September by Earth Wind & Fire (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/wkMfqkAPRyg One of my all-time favorite bass players, Verdine White from EWF! I've seen them live three times and it always...
Rio by Duran Duran (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/25ZrQ0pAd1Y In my continuing quest to restore my long-dormant chops, I've dug into my high school music collection to pick "Rio" by Duran Duran. It was...
I Keep Forgettin' by Michael McDonald (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/2NF0WbM7ZB8 Another one of the great Yacht Rock bass lines! The mighty Louis Johnson (from The Brothers Johnson)...
Gimme Three Steps by Lynyrd Skynyrd (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/1ySYw7gHSSU It's about time I start digging into the trick bag for one of my favorite Southern Rock bass lines. This...
Show and Tell by Al Wilson (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/td1sJreh_x4 The great Al Wilson soul tune "Show and Tell" always stuck with me as a great demonstration of a simple major key bass line...
Green-Eyed Lady by Sugarloaf (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/unzzRfid8wg Yes, of course it's the long album version of the Sugarloaf classic rock hit, "Green-Eyed Lady." Bob Raymond plays this...
I Shot the Sheriff by Bob Marley & the Wailers (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/2zcx_ab3fx4 I've been fortunate to have played professionally in many different...
Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/NO6aJcuPBxA Growing up, I played in many cover bands that played this tune. It's the kind of tune that you learned from a guy...
Papa Don't Preach by Madonna (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/PU8PXzmOMtg Growing up in the 1980s meant there were a lot of great bass lines out there, but they weren't always played on bass....
[EXT. Alley behind bar, mid 1990s]
Guitarist: Why'd he do that?
Me: I dunno. He's a drummer.
Guitarist: So?
Me: You gotta wonder about someone whose sense of artistry is hitting things with a stick. #AT40
If you will all please stop listening to #AT40, because Olivia Newton-John is singing to me. Just me. She just sang she was looking for someone like me. Not you. So stop it. Stop listening. Aw, shit. Now I'm not mellow. Look what you made me do.
"Black Water" always reminds me of one of my first high school marching band trips. I'm a sophomore sousaphonist. On the way home from an away night game, I'm in the back somehow with the cool seniors—Jay & Kim, the drum majors—leading a round of "I like to hear some funky Dixieland…" #AT40
My eyes adore you. My lips appreciate you. My ears are tolerant of you. My nose has some complaints. #AT40
Life of Illusion by Joe Walsh (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/BzKMo7jfnAY There's really not a whole lot to this bass part aside from the signature lick at the introduction that makes nice...
That slow slide Patti Labelle does on that one note there in "Lady Marmalade" is so hard to do. It's my second-favorite example of such skill to Freddie Mercury's slide in "Under Pressure" that then slides into another slide like the freak he was. #AT40
Oh, yes, this reminds me, I need to record "Lady Marmalade." That's one of the foundational bass lines. #AT40 Also, I need to put mocha chocolata ya-yas back on the shopping list.
Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody by David Lee Roth (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/RSb8iwGVNNs I joined the Idaho National Guard's 25th Army Band literally as early as...
Killing in the Name Of by Rage Against the Machine (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/xAohaSmc30A With the continued occupation of Minneapolis by unaccountable masked racists...
Oh, my, the first Styx tune on the #AT40. I would argue that "Lady" is the first example of the power ballad in the rock genre. In fact, I did argue that in calling for Styx's inclusion in the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame. radicalruss.com/styx-should-...
Ow! I think I sprained my neck from that edit. #AT40
Burnin' For You by Blue Öyster Cult (@RadicalRuss Bass Play-Along)
https://youtu.be/UkAWnIR2Qw8 Here's a classic rock staple with a simple recognizable line that was a bit harder for me than expected....
Wow, I can't believe Casey let it play out to the "Maya, Maya" part of "Loving You"! #AT40