I cleaned windows for Duck about 6 years before he passed.a great guy, down to earth, just plain friendly. Had quite a few pictures with him when ever I bought a new guitar. Still clean for his wife and son, Jeff. Miss him!
Love “She Caught The Katy”. Learned a few years ago for the band I was playing with (remember when we did that?). It’s the next four bars that I always find a problem, and in the transcription I have Duck played them differently each time! That’s what makes learning his Blues Brothers songs hard - the great variations he puts in!
James , I watched the film several times and Donald "Duck" Dunn played himself . Your lessons are helpful , I was learning bass lines between 2010/11 then had serious back injury and had to stop working ...a few days ago bought a squire jazz bass ( used) , I must point out : your lessons help a great deal. Thanks for what you do for musicians.
These are great! I've been studying Duck Dunn and his style and am in the process of learning and recording 50 of his bass lines. All 5 of these are on my list!
@@DonOG83 Knock on Wood (Eddie Floyd), Born Under a Bad Sign (Albert King), Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers), Stop Dragging My Heart Around (Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks) are some good ones I've learned so far.
Another great DD lesson: that’s 3 from eBass that I can name. Yes and I was a Duck fan without even knowing how far back his career was: most memorable was in Tom Petty and the HB’ Woman In Love (It’s not Me). Then he would share half of the session work in the 80’s on two Clapton albums Money and Cigs and Beyond the Sun. (The other bassist was the incomparable Nathan East.)
I've been a bass player since 1964. I was playing British Invasion stuff until my bandmate handed me an Otis Redding album. From that point on I became a student of the Duck. I don't play all his lines exactly the same but he's the person I name as my major influence. I became a Duck style player before I ever heard of Jameson. I would have loved to have met the guy.
I had my official first bass lesson tonight. As I was leaving I glanced over at a CD laying on the shelf and it was the Blues Brothers Soundtrack. I'll be keeping the instructor busy for awhile...lol
I primarily play heavy metal and the like, but one of my bass influences will always be Donald "Duck" Dunn. The only time someone got confused by that when I was talking to other metalheads, the most "stereotypical" metalhead in the group broke in and said, "Nah, makes sense, it's Duck Dunn."
@@ebassguitar Rain Down Tears especially but also him on Milk Cow Boogie! Also Duck on Bass on Goin Down the original with Freddy King he makes that entire Track! Thanks for these lessons too you do a great job!
It would be cool if you put the invisible ball into various different holes instead of always the one right in front of the camera, or even vary the size of the ball or replace it with an ice cream cone or a letter sometimes.
Those are called hand gestures... they’re a natural part of human communication. Look at any politicians or public speaker etc. I’m not willing to change how I communicate.
The Blues Brothers opening bass line… IS…NOT…. The same riff as “Time is Tight”… They are ( kind or) mirrored inversions or opposites…. The Blues Bros bass line descends immediately ( first two beats of the first measure) with quick grooving eighth notes…. But “ Time is Tight”… delays by a beat…. Sure ..inside a noisy mix one might note notice… BUT… inside a TIGHT mix and the grooves are opposites. Nit picking ?… sure… but they aren’t the same.
Well I wasn't sure if my recollection was right and since it is in his book plus the soundtrack credits name no other bassist. Can we just pretend my original comment never happened?
i dont get it. Why is Dunn considered all that great? He must have been a human metronome because his bass lines not that creative. Help enlighten me !
@@ebassguitar Those tracks were mostly live recordings with full band in a few takes so yes his timing and melodic phrasing is really good. I only found out recently how many influential songs he is on. Same with Lee Sklar
