Donald “Duck” Dunn is one of my all time favorite bass players. There’s a deep, soulful feel to his deceptively simple bass lines.
Best known for his impeccable, rock solid bass playing with Booker T. & the M.G.’s, the house band for Stax Records all through the 1960’s.
There’s so much myth and mystery around the brilliant Motown bassist James Jamerson that it’s sometimes hard to know who he really was. Thankfully though, we have his amazing basslines to listen to, and for many bass players, these recordings are a sort of sacred archive. They represent the beginnings of modern bass playing and … Read more
I know some of you are probably wondering why I’m writing about a
bass player who is not really known for playing a Fender Bass, although
Bruce did play a Fender VI Bass early on in his career.
The main
reason I feel I should include an article about Jack Bruce is his
enormous impact on how the electric bass was played and perceived in
rock music, regardless of whether he was using a Fender or not.
