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  • čas přidán 15. 08. 2024

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  • @6strbassplayer
    @6strbassplayer Před 3 lety +50

    For those that may be a tad older, Don Kirshner Rock Concert and The Midnight Special was the place to catch a glimpse! Actually seeing Geddy Lee destroy it! Finally getting to see Stanley Sheldon with Peter Frampton play Do You Feel🎶🔥
    Since I'm originally from just outside Dayton Ohio I had already seen Ohio Players, Slave, Lakeside, Roger Troutman...live and in person (had to throw that in there for bragging rights!)

    • @jazzpunk
      @jazzpunk Před 3 lety +6

      Before ROCK CONCERT was IN CONCERT...the 1st show was Alice Cooper (which my local affiliate blacked out), Tull, & Curtis Mayfield (IIRC). I was a teen long-haired wannabe Hard Rocker...Mayfield & "Freddie's Dead" blew me away! I eventually saw the AC Group footage on YT...Alice appears to be drunk. "Gutter Cat" was cool, though. :-O

    • @kirkbolas4985
      @kirkbolas4985 Před 2 lety +3

      Don’t forget the Old Grey Whistle Test…hosted, of course, by PBS (at least by the affiliate where I grew up in Milwaukee, WI) and featuring some good bands and artists.

    • @daveharrison648
      @daveharrison648 Před rokem +1

      Lakeside!!!

  • @donnieinman8049
    @donnieinman8049 Před 3 lety +29

    While not completely about the bass one of my fav TV moments was Living Colour at the Grammy's in 1991. This was right about the time when I was really starting to learn to play bass and watching Muzz and the whole band inspired me so much. Also thank you PBS.

    • @kevintaylor5954
      @kevintaylor5954 Před 2 lety

      I hope when you do Saturday Night Live you have to get the Eddy Grant quite when he's playing the guitar with his mouth

    • @chakawhyte5753
      @chakawhyte5753 Před rokem

      I saw that over here in the UK

  • @zlorenson
    @zlorenson Před 3 lety +59

    You are putting out some of the best bass content on youtube. Thanks so much!

    • @pdbass
      @pdbass  Před 3 lety +2

      🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

    • @jackdolphy8965
      @jackdolphy8965 Před 2 lety

      Some of the best music content on the web!

    • @davidlaun951
      @davidlaun951 Před rokem

      Agreed, algorithm has kicked in and I’m just now getting caught up. Cheers!

  • @peterknaust7424
    @peterknaust7424 Před 3 lety +29

    Chuck Berghofer’s opening riff in the Barney Miller theme song was killer!

    • @mookie2637
      @mookie2637 Před 3 lety +3

      I heard that opening on AFRTS when I lived in Panama in the late 1970s. I was seven years old. From that moment, I was a bass player. But it's not on here, is it?

    • @36index
      @36index Před rokem

      ABSOLUTELY

    • @sullyb23511
      @sullyb23511 Před rokem

      ​@@mookie2637It'll be in the theme episode. He's talking about live performances in this episode.

  • @rodneychristian9834
    @rodneychristian9834 Před rokem +2

    Edgar Meyer is a wonderfully gifted, obscure bassist I have had the pleasure of hearing and seeing in both a bluegrass and classical music setting. His composition, "Blue Men of the Sahara", is one of my favorite songs from that amazing group of peerless players. Nice pick!

  • @darengraves1717
    @darengraves1717 Před 2 lety +6

    Night music was the greatest late night show ever, I recorded every show on my old “stereo”VHS recorder🎸

  • @bluegtr2001
    @bluegtr2001 Před 3 lety +28

    I stole so many fills from Will Lee off of Letterman in the mid-late 80's - but my changing moment was watching Pino Palladino backing Paul Young at the US Festival

    • @jazzpunk
      @jazzpunk Před 3 lety +3

      Pino also sounded pretty good at LIVE AID...

    • @lancewebb1532
      @lancewebb1532 Před 2 lety +2

      And Pino with D’Angelo. And Pino with John Mayer. And Pino with ANYBODY!

  • @gimmeagig
    @gimmeagig Před rokem +3

    In 1979 I moved to the states from Germany to be a bass player after I saw the great Paul Jackson play with Herbie. So In 1980 I was already playing top 40 in the clubs. I saw on the TV guide a listing for a show called "Bass Masters" starting at 2:30 AM. I knew I had to see that and I rushed home after my gig, but all I saw was a couple of guys sitting in a boat fishing, for hours...I kept waiting for the music program to start. I was so disappointed. At the time I was just learning the English language and I did not know that a Bass was also a fish. My roommate who was a sax player and also in the clubs at the time was watching me but he didn't say a word to me about that. Just left me hanging, stonefaced. So I should mention Bass Masters as my most unforgettable TV moment relating to Bass

  • @johnnyjazzman
    @johnnyjazzman Před rokem +1

    I love that Rockschool was on PBS in America. I watched every show on the BBC in England and it was a terrific education into the basics of making pop music.

  • @ricklang9019
    @ricklang9019 Před 3 lety +13

    The Stanley Clarke/Gregory Hines moment was so awesome to see live, having had the album for several years - and I seem to share it with someone every year. And the Brown/Meyer/Wooten event - I think my jaw was on the floor the whole time. I knew Brown and Wooten, but that was my introduction to Edgar Meyer.

  • @ARawFueledLife
    @ARawFueledLife Před 3 lety +7

    Looking forward to the SNL episode. T-Bone Wolk (RIP) always sounded amazing back in the day. SNL was my introduction to Tim Lefebvre as well.

    • @Soul74
      @Soul74 Před 3 lety +2

      To tie in with the Anita Baker video, the SNL band backed her up with T-Bone recreating Freddie Washington’s part on “Sweet Love.” You can find most of the vintage episodes (complete with musical guests) on archive dot org .

    • @pdbass
      @pdbass  Před 3 lety

      Yes! Love that episode. They crushed it!

  • @merrill-el-richmond8649
    @merrill-el-richmond8649 Před 3 lety +8

    Pigpen playing that gigantic upright with Snoopy (guitar) and Schroeder (piano and hunched over like Bill Evans) while the rest of the gang dances deserves some love -- Charlie Brown Christmas 19sixty something.

    • @pdbass
      @pdbass  Před 3 lety +2

      🤣🤣❤️YES!!

    • @jazzpunk
      @jazzpunk Před 3 lety +1

      Vince Guaraldi Trio rulz!!! ;-O

    • @logansaan
      @logansaan Před rokem

      1965🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

  • @functusian
    @functusian Před 3 lety +2

    Born in 1974. God bless PBS. Changed my life.

    • @pdbass
      @pdbass  Před 3 lety +2

      Me too! Thanks for watching.

  • @silasmorrison2899
    @silasmorrison2899 Před 2 lety +4

    When I saw the Brothers Johnson perform “I’ll be good to you” and Louis thumpin’ and pluckin’ that Alembic on the Midnight Special back in 1976, wow!

  • @walterholland1251
    @walterholland1251 Před 2 lety +9

    I'm a few years older, so a PBS moment for me was the Down Beat Awards jam session, with Phil Upchurch on bass backing up George Benson on Breezin'. Also with Chick and Cobham.
    I'm surprised you didn't mention any theme songs:
    Barney Miller?
    The intro on Peter Gunn.
    And don't forget the licks on Seinfeld.
    Great work!

  • @zeeeOgre
    @zeeeOgre Před 3 lety +6

    Fantastic list! You are a pillar of the CZcams Bass community! Many thanks.

    • @pdbass
      @pdbass  Před 3 lety +1

      Haha. More like a dark corner! 🙏🏽for watching!

  • @ewoien
    @ewoien Před rokem +4

    There’s a reason Lee Sklar has been ranked as the most recorded bassist. He’s not been on over 25000 recordings (over 2000 albums) by chance. He always seems to create the bass line that best supports the song. Love Sklar 🤘

  • @williamlowe7718
    @williamlowe7718 Před 3 lety +3

    Dude..Stanley Clarke on SNL!!
    And surprisingly DEVO on SNL doing Satisfaction...talk about tight!!!
    Bela fleck performing Sinister Minister on some early morning talk show i cant recall...Victor doing his slap and tap style was beyond my reckoning at the time, it was so innovative....

  • @GS-uy4xo
    @GS-uy4xo Před 3 lety +9

    Arsenio Hall moment - he allowed an unknown bass player to come on stage and perform. That player is Mel Brown - it launched Mel’s career . He’s now one of the top session players and an amazing player - he sounds like a recording even live, when I met him I actually remembered seeing that live on the show. (I was blessed to play with him in Phoenix for a few months around 2007).

  • @JoshuaTanzer
    @JoshuaTanzer Před 2 lety +2

    I’m glad you included Night Music - not only one of the best music shows but one of the best TV shows period. They would have an eclectic, unpredictable list of guests, and by the end you might see any combination of them playing together. Just phenomenal.

  • @RaiderClarke312
    @RaiderClarke312 Před 3 lety +3

    Yes!
    Rock School is when I decided I Wanted to play Bass.
    Thank you PBS.....

  • @MrBasso69
    @MrBasso69 Před rokem +1

    Ah man, I learned a lot from Rockschool when I just picked up the bass. Great!

  • @toddhamby
    @toddhamby Před 3 lety +3

    One that stood out for me was Tiran Porter of the Doobie Brothers on What’s Happening in 78. Loved this episode!

    • @pdbass
      @pdbass  Před 3 lety +4

      OMG. Yes! The episode where they catch Rerun bootlegging the show. Good times.

    • @jazzpunk
      @jazzpunk Před 3 lety

      IIRC, Jeff Baxter was ripping the whole tune...

    • @Soul74
      @Soul74 Před 3 lety +1

      @@pdbass look out for Al Dunbar!

    • @pdbass
      @pdbass  Před 3 lety +1

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @meekoloco
    @meekoloco Před 18 hodinami +1

    This is a 2nd view for me! I just remembered seeing Rocco and the TOP on Kirschner’s Rock Concert, man what a special touch he had, and Garibaldi!

  • @ajadrew
    @ajadrew Před 3 lety +8

    Will Lee put up a clip yesterday called 'Mile Davis on Letterman We Three Kings' with Marcus Miller, superb!

  • @scarab944
    @scarab944 Před 3 lety +5

    Stanley Jordan on Letterman in the late 80s. Will Lee tearing it up on bass. Both musicians making it unforgettable. Granted, I saw it on some website while in college, pre-CZcams days, but man, the whole song is a hook. Letterman also had a penchant for Steely Dan.

  • @reidwhitton6248
    @reidwhitton6248 Před 2 lety +6

    I was fortunate to see the Elektric Band in concert in 1986 with the Allan Holdsworth trio opening. Allan was my idol but I have to say John Patitucci really knocked me out that night. Even Chick mentioned to the audience how much John's playing inspired him.

    • @Joeh1154
      @Joeh1154 Před 2 lety

      Wow. Now that's quite a concert. I've seen both groups but not on the same bill. Nice!

  • @adamodimattia
    @adamodimattia Před rokem

    This is my favorite channel, I look forward to each episode. Such a gem!

  • @marb7463
    @marb7463 Před 3 lety +4

    Great clips.One of my favourites is Stanley Clarke and Larry Coryell playing Schooldays at Expo 92 you probably seen it , it’s great how much fun they are having and the crowd must be saying are we really here this is special.

  • @billslocum9819
    @billslocum9819 Před 2 lety +3

    Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads playing "Take Me To The River" on Saturday Night Live, Season 4 in 1979. Rickie Lee Jones' bassist also was terrific in "Chuck E.'s In Love" later that same season. I think the show had invested in a better sound system by then.

  • @Kubooxooki
    @Kubooxooki Před 3 lety +3

    This has been so incredibly educational! Thanks so much.

  • @SloppyMaracas
    @SloppyMaracas Před 8 měsíci

    This has become my favorite bass content online and one my top 5 music info channels.

  • @grayclaw1391
    @grayclaw1391 Před rokem +2

    Ray Brown and Friends was incredible. Jazz Masters at their best. Great work Mr. Bass Man.

  • @elducko1951
    @elducko1951 Před 2 lety

    Thanks!
    This episode COOKED!!

  • @carypotts3592
    @carypotts3592 Před 2 lety +1

    Great job!!

  • @s3hooligan
    @s3hooligan Před 2 lety +4

    I wasn’t playing bass at the time but when it came to viewing live performances, Don Kershner’s Rock Concert & any performance on Soul Train (though the bands usually played over a recorded track) were must see TV especially for soul or funk.

  • @terranceraynierfielder4604

    Top 10 Bass Playing moments on television
    Paul, I just caught this video on CZcams. I agree with your list of Bass players, but I must include, Jacksonville Jazz Concert which included (circa 1990) my very first time seeing Bela Fleck and the Flecktones,Victor Wooten, his brother Roy Wooten (Futerman), Chick Coreas Electric Band with John Patitudci,, Trumpeteeer Artural (his last name escapes me) forgive my 59 year old mind. It was my first time seeing these guys jamming, and it changed my life. I've been playing bass off and on since 1978. I love your bass playing and analysis as well. I discovered your CZcams channel in 2013. I continue to watch keep giving those great videos. Bless You. Terrance Fielder. 😂

    • @pdbass
      @pdbass  Před rokem

      Thank you, Terrance! 🙏🏽
      That guy on trumpet is Arturo Sandoval 😉

  • @bradsims5116
    @bradsims5116 Před měsícem

    I love all the bass lines from the price is right. Henry thomas is amazing !

  • @mikebassy
    @mikebassy Před 3 lety +2

    The verve concert with ray brown . Wow ! Hank Jones wow

    • @jazzpunk
      @jazzpunk Před 3 lety +1

      Hank, Thad, & Elvin...it is in the genetic code. Whew! ;-O

  • @JSJohnston
    @JSJohnston Před rokem +1

    Man I love Adrian Belew, Lone Rhino cerca 1982! Gen X all day!

  • @fujazzboy
    @fujazzboy Před 2 lety

    Another awesome episode!!!

  • @edlucie1
    @edlucie1 Před rokem +2

    #1..Beatles on Ed Sullivan (before your time).., Jaco with Weather Report on The Midnight Special, Berry Oakley with the Allman Bros on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert.

  • @MrGoodnplenty1957
    @MrGoodnplenty1957 Před 2 lety +1

    My top bass playing moment on TV was the first-time seeing Graham Central Station on Don Kirshner's Midnight Special.

  • @kennans
    @kennans Před 3 lety +3

    Just came across this video last night, and LOVED it!
    I've got at least a decade on you, so my "TV Bass Moments" are harder to come up with.
    Looking forward to spending some time on your channel.

    • @pdbass
      @pdbass  Před 3 lety +2

      I would love to maybe do a “part 2” if you’d like to share! 🙏🏽for watching!

  • @mad_cat_1st
    @mad_cat_1st Před 2 lety +1

    5:37 - Don't forget - NO COMMERCIALS. They had PSA's, but almost NO commercial advertising. I think that changed later, but I've been watching PBS most of my life, and was born in 1966. Other good shows? The two below that Dale mentioned, and The Old Grey Whistle Test, and ZOOM.

  • @dard4642
    @dard4642 Před 2 lety +3

    Also theme songs.
    The theme to Barney Miller (especially the version for Season 3) has to be one of the best 43-second songs ever recorded. When I was a kid my Dad loved that show and he loved the opening music. I remember knowing what a bass was but not really hearing it in all of its glory until Barney Miller.

  • @JohnBogansky
    @JohnBogansky Před rokem +2

    Class Of 3000 was a special show that aired on Cartoon Network back when I was growing up around 07-09. It featured music school kids that go on adventures and learn how the power of music shapes any situation. Each episode had a different music video with unique animation. It screamed creativity and I’m sure this show birthed a lot of the great musicians we see today. It was also created by Andre 3000.

  • @djcoolcliff
    @djcoolcliff Před 2 lety +4

    Great video once again!!!!! My uncle Wah Wah Watson played rhythm guitar in Michelle’s band! They all later went to become Maxwell’s first band! My uncle played on Sumthin Sumthin, Ascensions, Until The Cops Come Knocking and pretty much the whole album! RIP to Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson!!!!

    • @siriusra2692
      @siriusra2692 Před 2 lety +1

      .....wow...your uncle is one of my favorite guitarist of all time.........his work with Herbie Hancock and the movie Car wash sound track was incredible......

    • @djcoolcliff
      @djcoolcliff Před 2 lety

      @@siriusra2692 Wow and thanks!!! Yeah Unc was and is still that dude!!! I hear his influence and him still till this day. Thanks again!!!!

  • @Michael_Wertenberg
    @Michael_Wertenberg Před rokem +1

    Great list! When I saw the title of the video, I immediately thought of Stanley Clarke and Gregory Hines. Great minds think alike :)

  • @nicholson227
    @nicholson227 Před 2 lety

    THANK YOU . Educational every time

  • @67NewEngland
    @67NewEngland Před rokem +1

    My earliest bass on TV experiences came from the show “Don Kirshner‘s rock concert.” It was on after Saturday night live. Also SNL itself. Then cam MTV . I always loved the videos that were of the band playing and not acted dramatization skits.

  • @audibletapehiss3764
    @audibletapehiss3764 Před 2 lety +2

    Never saw the Rockschool tv show, however... I bought a book around 1988 called "Herbie Hancock's Rockschool," which I believe was a companion to the show. That book probably taught me 90% of what I know about how the different parts of a band work together to make magic.

  • @crosseyedbear1305
    @crosseyedbear1305 Před rokem

    We didn't have a TV when I was learning to play bass in the early seventies, and in Switzerland, where I lived, there was half an hour of rock music per week on the state radio station. I listened to German radio and heard the Allman Brothers' Mountain Jam from Eat A Peach. They played the whole 33 minutes. When I heard Berry Oakley starting his solo after the drum solo, I couldn't believe a bass guitar could sound like that. I sure wished I could play like that.

  • @bobfazio9628
    @bobfazio9628 Před rokem +1

    I love your channel Paul ! The content you post is so informative, educational, and eye-opening to bass performances we may have never seen. It is such a bonus when you play and write out examples of great bass lines! Thank you for your stellar contributions to the bass community. Bob Fazio, LA Bass Player

  • @frankhoeppel2314
    @frankhoeppel2314 Před 2 lety

    Excellent list. I guess I am old too - I remember several of these.

  • @mikebassy
    @mikebassy Před 3 lety +1

    I used to scan the newspaper every morning and then get set in the evening with a videotape and set the timer ! Caught the Jaco concert in Montreal one night in 1989 ! That was maybe my number one . Rockschool was great , I did a gig in a pub with that drummer Geoff? I watched Sesame Street and was blown away by the Herbie Hancock sample bit making the kids laugh . PBS is something I missed in London but the bbc show Bob Ross every day and I’m well into that .

  • @stuffallthetime
    @stuffallthetime Před rokem +1

    I remember seeing King Crimnson on Friday's, Tony Levin played a stick. I thought I was watching the future.
    A PBS late 80's concert of Miles Davis, he had a lead and rhythm bass players.
    Also, shout out to PBS Rock School when Bootsy Collins explained the funk formula, life changing.

  • @sidsims2473
    @sidsims2473 Před 2 lety +6

    How about the great James Genus, who is in the house band on SNL? He is a monster on both electric bass and double bass and has played with almost everybody no matter the genre.

  • @johncat8347
    @johncat8347 Před 2 lety

    You're speaking on base is wonderful I'm a base player in South Florida I worked for jaco Pastorius he would love the show

  • @BuzzBlackburn
    @BuzzBlackburn Před rokem

    I also remember being very struck by Will Lee doing that on the Lou Reed tune, the stuff sticks with you for life!

  • @OlandoMcCall
    @OlandoMcCall Před rokem

    Love this channel ❤️❤️

  • @sonofflynn6369
    @sonofflynn6369 Před 2 lety +1

    Apart from the amazing list of bass players and performances, I highly appreciate you wearing a Goonies t-shirt!

  • @cperch37
    @cperch37 Před 3 lety +1

    Love the content and that Tee!

  • @diawilliams5915
    @diawilliams5915 Před rokem +1

    Thanks!

    • @pdbass
      @pdbass  Před rokem

      Thanks for the super, Dia!!

  • @bigbrofra
    @bigbrofra Před 2 lety

    Great list. Really enjoyed it.

  • @JesusChrist5000
    @JesusChrist5000 Před rokem +1

    i loved the Arsenio Hall Show! I didn't know Arsenio could play bass though. But i remember the bass player of that band played an acoustic upright occasionally.

  • @sira.scottascot8865
    @sira.scottascot8865 Před 2 lety

    Heeeey! This is great. Thank you .

  • @toyetoyetoye
    @toyetoyetoye Před 2 lety +1

    The day I fell in love with fretless bass was the day in 1993 (or 94?) when Bela Fleck & The Flecktones performed "A Celtic Medley" on The Tonight Show (Jay Leno) with Victor's 5 string fretless. Branford Marsalis sat in with them. I had never heard a fretless sing like that. His brief end solo made such an instant impact that I still use it for warm ups or to test new strings.

  • @billsmith2212
    @billsmith2212 Před rokem

    I agree with your Bass Instincts choice . As far as live , the SMV Tour is one of my favorites . I have seen Edgar Meyer with " the extension " .

  • @Kevtron9000
    @Kevtron9000 Před 2 lety

    Oh my god I’m 36 and I am blown away by all I’ve learned watching your video. Thank you !

  • @latonyahemingway3752
    @latonyahemingway3752 Před 3 lety +1

    Soul Train, Midnight Special, Solid Gold, The Grammys, and The American Music Awards. MTV, VH1, and BET.

  • @brianconnell9936
    @brianconnell9936 Před 3 lety +2

    Weather Report : Jaco Pastorius Teen Town Midnight Special 1977.

  • @andykuhn9798
    @andykuhn9798 Před 9 měsíci

    Not a specifically "Bass" moment, but a live music moment that totally rearranged my brain cells was seeing the newly revamped King Crimson ( with Tony Levin on bass) playing on the show Fridays. They were so good I was completely transfixed. I remember thinking this has got to be the best band in the world! Definitely worth your time, if you can find it on CZcams.

  • @BankruptBassplayer
    @BankruptBassplayer Před rokem +1

    Stanley Clarke with Return to forever playing “Vulcan Worlds”.. that´s wen i decided to become a professional Bassist, and changed my major from Art to Music.

  • @bobrowlette9913
    @bobrowlette9913 Před 3 lety +2

    Although I couldn't begin to make my own top 10 list, I came up in the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's, so I'll just add seeing The Beatles on Tv with Paul McCartney on bass, James Brown on TV and those incredible grooves, Ray Brown always blew my mind no matter what show was on and Jaco Pastorius with Weather Report (Midnight Special possibly?), but there are way too many others to list here.......

  • @outermarker5801
    @outermarker5801 Před rokem

    Not broadcast tv, but 1995 VHS of Ron Kenoly's 'Lift Him Up' concert. Abe Laboriel was beastly the whole show, but his 'Ancient of Days' solo set the church worship world on fire. We all went nuts trying to recreate it.
    Good memories of weirder times.

  • @SteveGouldinSpain
    @SteveGouldinSpain Před 11 měsíci

    When I was a kid in Britain, the BBC would often have shows with Oscar Peterson as a guest. I remember getting blown away by Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen, who was one of the first bassists I took note of. Other thoughts. Luther Vandross was a backing singer on the early Sesame Street episodes, which I remember watching, though I didn't know who he was. Also I think it was Night Music where Jeff Healey did See the Light supported by Marcus Miller & Omar Hakim. I remember thinking that was one of the best bass performances I'd ever seen!

  • @willliutube
    @willliutube Před 2 lety +1

    Hi Paul, I just found your channel a few days ago and I already watched quite a lot! All great contents and presentation! They all happen to meet my interests.
    As someone from Taiwan 🇹🇼 but in your age, all my bass knowledge are from magazines and tapes/CD’s. This video provides me an opportunity to turn clock back, “insert” myself to that particular time period and “pretend/imagine” growing up watching these programs and try to learn something. Very enjoyable! Thanks!
    Love all our neighbors 🌏

  • @geraldshively7209
    @geraldshively7209 Před rokem

    Great video!
    I was blessed to attend the Bass Instincts concert, sat in the front row! It was truly an incredible night of music. Edgar Myer was a revelation! I was familiar with Victor and Ray Brown but had never heard of Edgar. His effortless mastery of the instrument was awe inspiring. Another shout out to the Arsenio Hall show for featuring Bela Fleck and the Flecktones playing "Sinister Minister". Victor's solo spot was a jaw dropping experience that he punctuates with his patented "spinning the bass around his neck" routine.
    Thanks again for the great content!

  • @udugirl1
    @udugirl1 Před 3 lety +2

    Hmm, Love that you found Edgar-and nice tip of the hat to PBS but yo! you missed Branford also hired Vicki Randle on Percussion. She was even in the clip! Noteworthy as it made her the most visible woman drummer of our time. She later started singing. 😉♥️✌️

    • @udugirl1
      @udugirl1 Před 3 lety +1

      Love the idea here btw, and so many great clips! Didn't mean to be such a downer PD. I dig what you're doing! If you hadn't mentioned every other player in the band I probably would've left it. Though… With women always getting left out, (even when they are groundbreaking and bad ass…) Thought it was the right thing to mention. Peace. ✨✌️😎♥️

  • @sullyb23511
    @sullyb23511 Před rokem

    Night Music and Rock School were both gems. I still love Austin City Limits, too.

  • @marioguarini
    @marioguarini Před 3 lety +1

    this is why United States are the capital of the world in the music scene, because it is so deeply involved in the popular culture, i have seen all the nigh music episodes, it is unbelievable that level of music was in a Tv show.

  • @aaron2709
    @aaron2709 Před rokem +1

    Entwistle has such a distinctive 'plucky' style.

  • @MG-vo7is
    @MG-vo7is Před 2 lety +1

    Great list. Thank you.

  • @stewartent2009
    @stewartent2009 Před 2 lety +1

    I stop your vid and watch Stanley Clark on Arsenio, Man !!!!! That was so Cool!!!!!

  • @shuaduah
    @shuaduah Před 2 lety

    2:19... Man that sound took me waaaaay back!

  • @dcross8034
    @dcross8034 Před 2 lety

    What a treat I was in the Uk as a bass playing teen in the 80s watching rockschool- I later went on to study with Henry Thomas the bassist on it

  • @rickb1266
    @rickb1266 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for sharing your top 10! My top TV bass player influence was Robert "Pops" Popwell playing bass on "Physical" live with Olivia Newton John. As soon as I heard him slapping the bass I ran to get my tape recorder and was blown away by his solo!

  • @hallamhal
    @hallamhal Před rokem +1

    Playing both parts to Walk on the Wild Side on one bass has long been my party trick - I didn't realise anyone else had thought of it before! 😅 Will have to find a new one

    • @tiltil9442
      @tiltil9442 Před 5 měsíci

      "invented" that myself, too XD

  • @michaelgossett1415
    @michaelgossett1415 Před 2 lety

    Television shows that influenced me
    musically.
    1) Soul (PBS)
    2) Don Kirschner's Rock Concert (NBC)
    3) In Concert (ABC)
    4) Darryl's House (Darryl Hall)
    I do not remember the network.

  • @CharlieBass5
    @CharlieBass5 Před 2 lety

    I turned 18 in 72, joined the Air Force in 73, first live R&B, Jazz, and Funk started then.

  • @DaddyBooneDon
    @DaddyBooneDon Před 2 lety +1

    Rubicon played That's The Way Things Are on a show called California Jam. One of my favorite TV moments

  • @haloeffect44
    @haloeffect44 Před 2 lety +2

    Primus on the Dennis Miller show on ABC in 1991 they played 2 songs. Tommy The Cat and Jerry Was A Racecar Driver. The opening they did YYZ as a tribute to Rush who they were on tour with for their Roll The Bones tour with at the time. Go check it out. Mind-blowing.

  • @MrAKbass
    @MrAKbass Před 3 lety

    The youtube generation will never understand the surreal moment you SEE your hero play when you only could imagine it in for years in your head. This happened to me, in the early 90's when Stanley Clarke was (and still is) my hero I was wondering how he pulled it all off. Then a guitar friend of mine had a big surprise for me, his dad had recorded a concert on German television on VHS. When I saw Stanley play for the first time I was in tears, I can still remember this event tíll this day.

    • @pdbass
      @pdbass  Před 3 lety

      Right?! It was an EVENT getting to see these cats on TV once a year. These kids have it soooooo good and they don't even KNOW it!

  • @lordofthemound3890
    @lordofthemound3890 Před rokem +1

    Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood was the only place I heard jazz as a child, outside the occasional Charlie Brown special.

  • @joeadkins9278
    @joeadkins9278 Před 11 měsíci

    Sly and the Family Stone on the Dinah Shore Show in the early 70s. Larry Graham talked about and demonstrated his new style of playing. I remember it vividly

  • @johnyelland4900
    @johnyelland4900 Před 2 lety +1

    Great job as always. Not sure if anyone mentioned Shadows & Light, the live Joni Mitchell concert from 1979. It wasn’t broadcast ‘til later but one of my professors brought it to class. Seeing the end of Dry Cleaner was very inspiring !!

  • @papadee0223
    @papadee0223 Před 2 lety

    Sly and the Family Stone on the Andy Williams Show in 1970 doing “Thank You”. First time I’ve ever seen a bass player thumping and plucking surrounded by the guitar playing of Sly and Freddie.

  • @BlackRootsUNLIMITED
    @BlackRootsUNLIMITED Před 2 lety

    Caught a glimpse of Eric Marienthal in the clip of Chic Corea. Hosted him here twice. Top guy 👌🏿
    Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬👊🏿🖤

  • @dfreeman120
    @dfreeman120 Před 11 měsíci

    Performed with Sister Sledge on a PBS show in 74’.
    Dianne Carroll was the host. Billy Taylor was the band leader and Bob Cranshaw was on bass & Grady Tate on drums.