SilverAngel Mostly because people don't know about what it's like contact with 40,000 People when you are on stage,joys pass from all.John Entwistle; Might have been given his best share by your great Love of the man.And the Dude was THE BEST. Thanks for your great performance John.
@@Jammiwamm Apples and oranges. McCartney wrote and played some of the best and most memorable basslines in rock. Everyone knows and can hum along with his part in "Come Together"... what comparable part did John do?
I am so glad that I had the privilege of seeing him play live. As a fellow bass player, I feel incredibly lucky to have experienced the thunderous ferocity of his playing!
@@rrodinis We all loved Jaco too....but you're missing the point. You do understand the bass was relegated to being a BACK ROUND instrument BEFORE the Ox....right??? Learning Havona is a must, Pictures of Tracy too. But there's no damned way I could spend a whole day listening to Jaco...sorry. On the other hand.....OX 24/7. To summarize it ...I could be on my death bed and hear this and I'm jumping up and thrashing the Grim Reaper with the IV bag.
When the Bass is the lead guitar you know it`s great and only John could pull it off. What`s greater is when Keith Moon was alive everyone in The Who played the lead instrument.
I was a pretty decent bass player, when I was younger. John was definitely my GURU. Watching his hammer-ons and harmonics, I have no idea what he's doing. He was THAT GOOD!
In the sixties, there was no better bassist than him. Even if you take the whole rock and roll history into account, only geddy lee, Chris squire and John paul jones can be compared to him(maybe cliff Burton is up there)
Whether or not he is the best player ever is something I could care less about. What I care about is that he was the perfect bassist for the Who - the greatest live rock band ever. He was the lead instrument in the band. Townshend actually played off of Moon, Moon off of Daltrey. John was in his own world. It's why the Who are just about the hardest band in the world to imitate, and why there are so few Who tribute bands despite their legendary stature.
Gave you the like just for saying the who is the greatest live band ever. It makes me cringe when people say that queen was the best live band ever. Even journey was better than them.
Like it or not- to those that want to discredit, or disrespect John Entwistle- NONE of the 'bass heroes' of today would have sounded anything like they do, without Rotosound stainless steel bass strings- (and other brands) which John was 'instrumental' in helping to bring into the mass market. He is criminally overlooked for this incredibly important innovation in electric bass history! P.S., Gordon Cotten, John's teriffic keyboardist in this video- is a friend of mine.
There's nothing wrong with using round-wound strings, especially if you'e looking for a brighter tone with more mid-range harmonics, as Entwistle apparently liked. One advantage with the flat-wound strings, aside from smoother and quieter slides on the strings, is that a flat-wound string of equal gauge will have a higher mass density and will require higher string tension. This can help to reduce low E fret buzz on a bass with a low-action setup. With a good EQ flexibility on your preamp you can boost the midrange and get that growl if you want. I setup my Gibson Thunderbird with d'Addario chrome flat wounds and love the tone and feel. I'm glad that bass players today have choices available, whether they like round-wound, half-round, tape-wound or flat-wound strings.
Jim, I use Chromes on a number of my basses- and stainless rounds on my 5 string basses. I'm a luthier and repairman, for almost 45 years now. First set of Rotosounds I heard was in 1969, on a 1960 stack knob jazz bass- through a Traynor YBA-3A and 8-10 cabinet. It was stunning.
Lots of people go on about how the musicians with Entwistle aren't that good, but they are exactly what he would want in a backing band. They are perfectly happy to let him do what he wants on every song they play together.
Who says they aren't that good? They're perfectly good. Nothing wrong at there, That drummer is plenty good. If he hadn't been John wouldn't have had what he need to do what he's doing here. Bass Players and Drums go together. If one is weak the other suffers for it. You can bet John Picked this guy personally for what he could do on the drums. Meanwhile the Guitar player doing the vocals may not be as flashy as Pete Townsend and his voice may not be as strong as Roger Daltry but damn if he isn't pulling the duties of both Pete and Roger at the same time well enough to give pretty good versions of the Who tunes anyway. To my ear these guys John was playing with are pretty damn good. You weren't really expect The Who were you? John's a great a fantastic Bass player but he is/was just 1 piece out the 4 you need to make that band. Set that unrealistic expectation aside and this is pretty good band.
I'm listening to this again on a better set of studio monitor headphones that have been EQ'd for good tonal balance and John's bass has really come alive, the tone is great. I'm going searching for more of his stuff to listen to.
a GREAT GUY and special friend to all who knew him , john , loved this song which was performed by johnny kidd and the pirates , johnny lived in perival 5 miles from john and the rest of the who in acton / harlesden ,and was the reason for roger to stop playing guitar to have the same sound / line up as johnny .TRUE CLASS ! .
Entwhistle's comment... spoken that of a gr8 gentleman. He didn't give himself enough credit. His influence on Geddy Lee is most obvious on Rush's early stuff.
I had the good fortune to know the keyboard player in this band, Gordon Cotten. He is a phenomenal musician and an absolute gentleman. We were both in between gigs and got to commiserate together during the very cold winter of 2004 - 2005 in New York.
+Raul Lopez I've got also a DVD The Best "Live in Yokohama" and I can upload it too if it necessary. As you know, The Best was a band feat. Keith Emerson, John Entwistle, Joe Walsh, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and Simon Philips.
As a bassist myself john is one of my biggest influences not only for bass but to say no to drugs it just always hits me hard when i think about how he went out, but he could have been so much more... But he still holds my up most respect!!!
Really surprised to see John using a pick, he was my inspiration to pick up a bass at the age of thirteen back in the early '70s. And this is honestly the first time I've seen him use a pick.
+MThrow he has been using a pick his whole career depending on the song he is playing also he wants "to be remembered as a bass guitarist....not a bass player" JE
+niterbum I love that last part, I've been playing for 8 months on bass and I can play full songs just from Entwistle or John Paul Jones being my inspiration for groove and style.
He plays both almost 50/50 live. More so pick during studio recordings. Listen to A Quick While He's Away live, he switches back and forth from fingers to pick
I saw him at the House of Blues in Hollywood. It was FRIGGIN Awesome. A very intimate setting.Then I saw the Who at the Hollywood Bowl it was the last time he played the Bowl. He's a legend and rightly so.. R.I.P. OX.....
saw them in a small club in denver- 1 minute into the show , his rig tripped the breakers and the lights went out!. after the show, he signed my bass! an unforgettable night .r.i.p. john
i appreciate all the emotion but no one has overlooked entwistle. he is routinely regarded as one of the best if not the best and has been for 40 years.
Couldn't agree with you more Alan except I think you've forgot one name of your list... goes by the name of Carlos... S-A-N-T-A-N-A. Thanks! - The Santana Sasquatch
Gotta love the sound of a graphite Warwick Buzzard. With close to 10lbs of electronics, LED's, pre-amps, etc... He regularly pulled 70k+ watts on his bass rig alone.
Great band, they were paid to backup the bass player and they did a great job. Godfrey the guitar player is excellent, he does the Clapton birhday shows at BB Kings in NYC every year. He is a pro and he did what he was payed to do.
sounds like cliff burton on master of puppets tour in 86(best cliff tone)...only he plays without wah pedal in solos...but overall tone is almost the same..killer players
I have been a huge Entwistle fan my whole life. He's always been a tremendous influence on my playing. But this tone he had in these later years is so constantly awash in swirling treble that it's like listening to him in a metal box. It's tinny mud.
it is very hard to capture the tone. Live it was IMMENSE. thunderous cleanish lows to match the distorted top end. and i caught the who on one of the off nights where John had amp trouble. (Newcastle arena 2001)
Without fear of error, I consider the best and greatest bassist of all time, in any style. John has always been my main infuence. An irreparable loss ...
John Entwistle- Greatest bassist of all Jimi Hendrix- Greatest guitarist of all Neil Peart- Greatest drummer of all The Who- Greatest Rock Band of all Black Sabbath- Greatest Heavy Metal Band of all Cliffs of Dover- Probably the hardest song on electric guitar Classical Gas- The Hardest song on acoustic guitar
He didn't need to play with "suckers" to look badass. He already was with The Who. Entwistle's just one of the greatest bassist ever, no matter who's on stage with him.
Jaco pastorius jonas hellborg Gary thain Stanley Clarke Colin hodginson and me øssur johannesen were All far better THAN John entwistle Chris squire too
He is voted to be thee absolutly best rock n roll bassplayer ever.
SilverAngel
Mostly because people don't know about what it's like contact with 40,000 People when you are on stage,joys pass from all.John Entwistle; Might have been given his best share by your great Love of the man.And the Dude was THE BEST. Thanks for your great performance John.
NO doubt! Even Lemmy called him the greatest bass player in rock n' roll. John was the greatest ever
Paul McCartney and Geddy Lee are the most overrated bass players, Flea too
Watch Leo in early 10 Years After
@@pilummurialis6490 no
@@thehunter3387 McCartney could never play an Entwistle bassline
He's a great songwriter, but not a great bass player.
@@Jammiwamm Apples and oranges. McCartney wrote and played some of the best and most memorable basslines in rock. Everyone knows and can hum along with his part in "Come Together"... what comparable part did John do?
John Entwistle- that guy screamed bass with every fiber of his body...he was a force of nature...
Bass guitarist
The "OX" might have left the building, but his music and style of playing lives on!!!
I am so glad that I had the privilege of seeing him play live. As a fellow bass player, I feel incredibly lucky to have experienced the thunderous ferocity of his playing!
John is in a league of his own laid back but funky as hell and he doesn’t even try the rhythm that he plays is bad ass as always.
Entwistle is just stunning....jaw dropping. I don't think you could ever show me anyone that could top that.
Pino Palladino comes close but even as good as he is he's said there are some things that the Ox played that he just can't figure out.
What Hendrix was to guitar, Entwistle was to bass.
I would say Jaco Pastorius was more of a Hendrix to the bass.
Hendrix did ask Entwisitle to play with him.
@@rrodinis We all loved Jaco too....but you're missing the point. You do understand the bass was relegated to being a BACK ROUND instrument BEFORE the Ox....right??? Learning Havona is a must, Pictures of Tracy too. But there's no damned way I could spend a whole day listening to Jaco...sorry. On the other hand.....OX 24/7. To summarize it ...I could be on my death bed and hear this and I'm jumping up and thrashing the Grim Reaper with the IV bag.
@@richardgoldman8761 that would have been sick.
Damn your right I never knew he was this great
An absolute treat visually and to the ears, great stuff and obviously the very best rock bass player, RIP John, still with us in our hearts and ears.
When the Bass is the lead guitar you know it`s great and only John could pull it off.
What`s greater is when Keith Moon was alive everyone in The Who played the lead instrument.
John is the absolute epitome of cool
John just wanted to play anytime,anywhere,anyplace."Simply unique and the best."
I was a pretty decent bass player, when I was younger. John was definitely my GURU. Watching his hammer-ons and harmonics, I have no idea what he's doing. He was THAT GOOD!
One of if not the best bassist of his generation. Powerful live performer and a tone like no one else had.
In the sixties, there was no better bassist than him. Even if you take the whole rock and roll history into account, only geddy lee, Chris squire and John paul jones can be compared to him(maybe cliff Burton is up there)
of any generation
best bassist ever !
Yeah. THE best.
Hands down, not his generation
The best to ever do it. Lemmy once said he wanted to be John Entwistle, but said he had to settle for second best. BOTH legendary bass players
Yeah, there have only been a handful of bassists that could shine Thunderfingers' shoes or maybe carry his suitcase.
we miss the ox ,and Keith as well ,Long Live Rock , and the whoooooooooooo!
Whether or not he is the best player ever is something I could care less about. What I care about is that he was the perfect bassist for the Who - the greatest live rock band ever. He was the lead instrument in the band. Townshend actually played off of Moon, Moon off of Daltrey. John was in his own world. It's why the Who are just about the hardest band in the world to imitate, and why there are so few Who tribute bands despite their legendary stature.
"Couldn't care less", otherwise it makes no sense
WHO was keeping time for the band it was John on bass.
Gave you the like just for saying the who is the greatest live band ever. It makes me cringe when people say that queen was the best live band ever. Even journey was better than them.
@@abrahamj3770 Queen were more theatrical, and excellent in their own way. The Who were a rock’n roll band and played it hard and fast.
They were never the same after Keith Moon died they should have changed their name.
His bass playing is his stage presence!
Gotta be the greatest bass player ever.
The absolutly best bass player in the whole world. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Greatest bass player ever, so put that in the history books folks. Actually came across this by accident tonite -- had never heard of his band before.
Every person on that stage is on top of his game especially Entwistle, who has been on top of his game since 1965.
Like it or not- to those that want to discredit, or disrespect John Entwistle- NONE of the 'bass heroes' of today would have sounded anything like they do, without Rotosound stainless steel bass strings- (and other brands) which John was 'instrumental' in helping to bring into the mass market. He is criminally overlooked for this incredibly important innovation in electric bass history!
P.S., Gordon Cotten, John's teriffic keyboardist in this video- is a friend of mine.
There's nothing wrong with using round-wound strings, especially if you'e looking for a brighter tone with more mid-range harmonics, as Entwistle apparently liked. One advantage with the flat-wound strings, aside from smoother and quieter slides on the strings, is that a flat-wound string of equal gauge will have a higher mass density and will require higher string tension. This can help to reduce low E fret buzz on a bass with a low-action setup. With a good EQ flexibility on your preamp you can boost the midrange and get that growl if you want. I setup my Gibson Thunderbird with d'Addario chrome flat wounds and love the tone and feel. I'm glad that bass players today have choices available, whether they like round-wound, half-round, tape-wound or flat-wound strings.
Jim, I use Chromes on a number of my basses- and stainless rounds on my 5 string basses. I'm a luthier and repairman, for almost 45 years now. First set of Rotosounds I heard was in 1969, on a 1960 stack knob jazz bass- through a Traynor YBA-3A and 8-10 cabinet. It was stunning.
You're exactly rite, I couldn't have put that any better myself! Entwhislte is a true musical pioneer, revolutionary, and icon!!!
damn right, Dave Edwards!
Yep. A lot of peeps don't understand that there was no template for JE to follow, he invented this style of bass all by himself.
Lots of people go on about how the musicians with Entwistle aren't that good, but they are exactly what he would want in a backing band. They are perfectly happy to let him do what he wants on every song they play together.
Bass players are easily overlooked, to showcase their talents the rest of the group needs to voluntarily take a back seat.
Who says they aren't that good? They're perfectly good. Nothing wrong at there, That drummer is plenty good. If he hadn't been John wouldn't have had what he need to do what he's doing here. Bass Players and Drums go together. If one is weak the other suffers for it. You can bet John Picked this guy personally for what he could do on the drums. Meanwhile the Guitar player doing the vocals may not be as flashy as Pete Townsend and his voice may not be as strong as Roger Daltry but damn if he isn't pulling the duties of both Pete and Roger at the same time well enough to give pretty good versions of the Who tunes anyway. To my ear these guys John was playing with are pretty damn good. You weren't really expect The Who were you? John's a great a fantastic Bass player but he is/was just 1 piece out the 4 you need to make that band. Set that unrealistic expectation aside and this is pretty good band.
I'm listening to this again on a better set of studio monitor headphones that have been EQ'd for good tonal balance and John's bass has really come alive, the tone is great. I'm going searching for more of his stuff to listen to.
Buy the CD-DVD of "The John Entwistle Band: LIve" for sure since YT cannot stream at CD quality.
The bass defined the Who, as did the guitarist, drummer and the lead vocalist. "Meet the new boss....same as the old boss!!"
what a f..king legend rest in peace ox simply the best
John Entwistle was the epitome of cool.
a GREAT GUY and special friend to all who knew him , john , loved this song which was performed by johnny kidd and the pirates , johnny lived in perival 5 miles from john and the rest of the who in acton / harlesden ,and was the reason for roger to stop playing guitar to have the same sound / line up as johnny .TRUE CLASS ! .
John once said something like "Everybody says to me I'm the greatest bass player in the world, but I'm in forth place in my own band [i.e., the Who]."
He was number 1
1. John
2. Keith
3. Pete
4. Roger
Rolan amen.
Why it was a classament? They are all important in their way
Entwhistle's comment... spoken that of a gr8 gentleman. He didn't give himself enough credit. His influence on Geddy Lee is most obvious on Rush's early stuff.
I had the good fortune to know the keyboard player in this band, Gordon Cotten. He is a phenomenal musician and an absolute gentleman. We were both in between gigs and got to commiserate together during the very cold winter of 2004 - 2005 in New York.
Thank you very very much for upload of the other video/songs , i really appreciate! ...you are great !. John Entwistle was a genius. Thanks again :-)
+Raul Lopez I've got also a DVD The Best "Live in Yokohama" and I can upload it too if it necessary. As you know, The Best was a band feat. Keith Emerson, John Entwistle, Joe Walsh, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and Simon Philips.
What FUN is this! Watching and listening to Mr. Thunderfingers is a huge treat:)
They could be top musicians around and it wouldn't matter for the simple fact you can't look good if your stood next the John Entwistle.
Good Lord.... The Mighty John Entwistle....Say no more......
As a bassist myself john is one of my biggest influences not only for bass but to say no to drugs it just always hits me hard when i think about how he went out, but he could have been so much more... But he still holds my up most respect!!!
DAMN!!! Thank you John, thanks for giving.
Fantastic band !!!
Brilliant. Nice to see him take center stage.
Loving It. love From Nagaland. India. A Bassist.
Merci de tout coeur ! C'est si bon de voir en pleine lumière cet Unique Bassiste ! Avec les Who les cameramen l'oubliaient bien souvent.....
just an amazing band this is so good
It’s amazing as he comes from the very early stages of rock. He’s technique is still unreachable for 95% of bass players
RIP John Entwistle. He was a phenomenal bass guitarist!!!!
Really surprised to see John using a pick, he was my inspiration to pick up a bass at the age of thirteen back in the early '70s. And this is honestly the first time I've seen him use a pick.
+MThrow he has been using a pick his whole career depending on the song he is playing
also he wants "to be remembered as a bass guitarist....not a bass player" JE
+niterbum I love that last part, I've been playing for 8 months on bass and I can play full songs just from Entwistle or John Paul Jones being my inspiration for groove and style.
He plays both almost 50/50 live. More so pick during studio recordings. Listen to A Quick While He's Away live, he switches back and forth from fingers to pick
Thank God there is video, because nobody would believe it was real on just audio -
Steve Luongo is a great drummer...the Ox is just phenomenal. One day I'm get a Buzzard Bass, hope it's a graphite one!!
I saw him at the House of Blues in Hollywood. It was FRIGGIN Awesome.
A very intimate setting.Then I saw the Who at the Hollywood Bowl it was the last time he played the Bowl.
He's a legend and rightly so..
R.I.P.
OX.....
We. Had. The. Greatest. Band. 2. Grow. Up. 2 4. Very. Talented. Walkers. God. Bless. Da. Who
saw them in a small club in denver- 1 minute into the show , his rig tripped the breakers and the lights went out!. after the show, he signed my bass! an unforgettable night .r.i.p. john
Great camera angle of the exchange between the drummer and John.
John👍👍👍!!!
What a great great great musician! The Ox!
The Ox can really melt faces with his bass.
Entwistle is the Best!!!
What a great loss. John Entwistle was one of the best ever bassists, up there with Jack Bruce and the like.RIP
He was such a rock star.
i appreciate all the emotion but no one has overlooked entwistle. he is routinely regarded as one of the best if not the best and has been for 40 years.
Couldn't agree with you more Alan except I think you've forgot one name of your list... goes by the name of Carlos... S-A-N-T-A-N-A. Thanks! - The Santana Sasquatch
Bloody brilliant!! RIP Thunderfingers
Magnifico.😭
If you knew who John was he was very friendly and never acted as your typical rock star! John rest in peace bro!
I like the cutaway to the random dancing hippie at 6:14.
Charlie Wilkins i guess damn dirty hippies ARE good for something.
Gotta love the sound of a graphite Warwick Buzzard. With close to 10lbs of electronics, LED's, pre-amps, etc... He regularly pulled 70k+ watts on his bass rig alone.
That Buzzard was made by Modulus, Warwick reissued later
70,000 watts? Christ, that's a lot of low end!
John Entwistle was God of the Bass guitar
Great band, they were paid to backup the bass player and they did a great job. Godfrey the guitar player is excellent, he does the Clapton birhday shows at BB Kings in NYC every year. He is a pro and he did what he was payed to do.
Nobody can be THAT good!!
sounds like cliff burton on master of puppets tour in 86(best cliff tone)...only he plays without wah pedal in solos...but overall tone is almost the same..killer players
Just un-fucking believable...I'm bowing down as I write. NO ONE is better than Entwistle.
I have been a huge Entwistle fan my whole life. He's always been a tremendous influence on my playing. But this tone he had in these later years is so constantly awash in swirling treble that it's like listening to him in a metal box. It's tinny mud.
it is very hard to capture the tone. Live it was IMMENSE. thunderous cleanish lows to match the distorted top end.
and i caught the who on one of the off nights where John had amp trouble. (Newcastle arena 2001)
Without fear of error, I consider the best and greatest bassist of all time, in any style. John has always been my main infuence. An irreparable loss ...
KING OF BASS
What a LEGEND!
who ever said he was a good bass player? one man never said a thing like that.......but he is the worlds best bassguitar player! miss you ox....R.I.P.
LMAO that dude dancing made this THAT much more cooler
It fr did if it wasn't for him I would've just left
John Entwistle- Greatest bassist of all
Jimi Hendrix- Greatest guitarist of all
Neil Peart- Greatest drummer of all
The Who- Greatest Rock Band of all
Black Sabbath- Greatest Heavy Metal Band of all
Cliffs of Dover- Probably the hardest song on electric guitar
Classical Gas- The Hardest song on acoustic guitar
When playing the guitar with Entwistle all you have to do is play rhythm. He will do all the leads.
love that hidden lever behind the E tuning peg !
The Dude is like a Zen monk, dropping bombs all over the place.
I love it He is stomping the guitar player. He was the best of the best.
The Ox...
Then
Now
FOREVER!!!
The drummer's drums and his playing sound good in this one
So damn good I only noticed the typo in the title after 11 years!
As a bassist myself, John is one of my biggest influences
As a saxophonist, Entwhisle was my biggest influence.😎
AWESOME!!!
He didn't need to play with "suckers" to look badass. He already was with The Who.
Entwistle's just one of the greatest bassist ever, no matter who's on stage with him.
Pure Platinum Legend.
Absolute BADASS
I do...John was the man.
Best Rock Bass Player EVER, In my humble opinion.
Steve does some great drumming here too. Would have been fun to see him play in The Who for a night.
Wonderfull bas!
No one was better than the OX!
And never will be.
Jaco pastorius jonas hellborg Gary thain Stanley Clarke Colin hodginson and me øssur johannesen were All far better THAN John entwistle Chris squire too
øssur Johannesen Put some videos up then
Listen to Live at Leeds, Entwistles Bass in one speaker and Townshend on the other...and just play Entwitsles side. AWESOME Bassplaying💪💀
My band would kill me if I played that loud in the mix 😂😂
FIND NEW BANDMATES! 😂😂
Maybe you suck? lol
A 50+ year old blowing all young bass players 🎉🎉🎉
Thunderous!
Thanks! :D Tinja&Markku
just imagine having a young John in the upstairs flat in your building..practicing this stuff...
His accuracy is insanely
5:23 - How many more times...
JPJ spirit