Billy Sheehan Talks Influences 

Not only is he a Fantastic bassist,he really seems like a genuinely nice guy.

As soon as Billy said he was a fan of PSS. The opening bass of the live version of Smokestack Lightening came into my head and it totally made sense

I’m a huge Yardbirds fan and one of my favorite bands of all time and the Rivoli is the greatest bass in the whole 60s!!

Today...billy s 70 years old many many years of success for you billy!!!!

I've got a 1965. Amazing piece of art and has to be played to be appreciated

Just saw him live last night in Brazil for the second time, with Mr Big this time round. He rocked the venue to its foundations, what a player!

A true treasure, he is a artist that has made it through the music industry and is still laying it down, thanks for the ride!

One of rocks greatest bassist...such an awesome guy...

Billy you’re a class act! I saw you when you were on the G-3 tour when it came to Raleigh, NC. Steve Vai was playing behind you (or should have been). You are amazing!

Love the sound of that bass. I remember the album's .

LOVE it Billy! 👍🥁👍

Wait...... that complicated bass line is actually Paul Samwell Smith in the 60s?! That guy was ahead of his time.

Love Billy Sheehan! Never knew he was from Buffalo, so am I!

That low end tho!! Sounds awesome

This guy was my hero in the 80s.

Hi Billy! My favorite Bass player in the whole world!

Nice to see this. Joe Walsh also covered 'Lost Woman' with the James Gang. Worth noting that the Gibson bass Samwell-Smith played belonged to the band. When Jimmy Page joined, that was the bass he played. He was soon deemed a 'horrible' bassist ('too many notes' according to rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja) and moved to rhythm/2nd lead guitar, with Dreja taking over on the Gibson. (The band owned that bass and a red Telecaster played by Eric Clapton. When Jeff Beck joined the Yardbirds he didn't own a guitar (!), so he used that red Tele, though thought it was 'rubbish' and moved on to other guitars.) Page got the job when Samwell-Smith quit after a gig where singer Keith Relf had too much to drink and was insulting the audience. He had twice been offered the guitar spot with the band before recommending his friend Jeff Beck. One of the more rollicking Yardbirds' bass lines, that on 'Over, Under, Sideways, Down' is actually Beck. What is often overlooked when discussing the Yardbirds is that Samwell-Smith was the musical director/producer. Though managers Giorgio Gomelsky and Simon Napier-Bell gave themselves credit, it was Samwell-Smith doing the work. As Jeff Beck noted, his departure was a serious blow. Samwell-Smith went on to be a successful record producer, with this rare interview offering insight into his own perspective on his musicianship as well as working with the likes of Cat Stevens. dmme.net/interviews/interview-with-paul-samwell-smith

Long Live Billy!!!!

Hit that tone button and play Animals We gotta get outta this place with a pick and that's the sound too.

Epiphone ravioli --errr- rivoli.... And he really plays that!!!!!

My favourite bass billy

On a purely technical level, only Jack Bruce and John Entwistle could rival Paul Samwell-Smith among British bass players in the '60s. His picking technique was way ahead of his time.

Waiting for another Talas reunion!!!

I want one...now!..

The goat 🐐

What bass humbucking pup today best emulates the mudbucker?

Cool Bass- Killer player

Chas Chandler of the animals use that same base

Does anyone know the name of the song at 2:03

We gotta get outta this place--It's my life ----that's the bass---the sound

1:40 is this part of a song?

Yeah.. And almost every bass player from British invasion.. Birdyadrs :).. The Mindbenders, Searchers, Animals, Herman's Hermits, the Tremeloes (Silence is golden) bass players, for example..

chas chandler of the animals

tattooed on his eight forearm?

dommage qu'il se sente toujours oblige de faire des plans a 200 a l'heure. Ce n'est pas ca la basse des gens dont il dit avoir ete influence.

To muddy

super deep low end

My favourite bass ever