As a man of a certain age I've actually got tears running down my cheeks! Reni and Mani, the true beating heart of the Greatest Band Of All Time, even if it was only for short while.
I feel you bruv. As a musician from manchester who is of that 'certain' age i too hold the boys in a very special place in my increasingly crowded heart, right alongside Bowie, Jeff Buckley and of course Lemmy. The Stone Roses were/are a rare example of what happens when music and magic give mojo a call and then all get in bed with madame miraculous. Not sure why all the 'Ms' but lets go with it and call it the making of the Manchester Monarchy :-) Marvelous eh!
The beat is a mix between Bobby Bird's "Hot Pants bonus beats "12" and then Reni playing over the top and I am pretty sure the producer looped him as the beat remains steady all the way through. The bongo's are an overdub , not sure if Ian or Reni played those on the recording. The bass is a reinterpretation of Young MC' "Know How ". There is a book just about to come out dedicated solely to Reni.
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As a man of a certain age I've actually got tears running down my cheeks! Reni and Mani, the true beating heart of the Greatest Band Of All Time, even if it was only for short while.
I feel you bruv. As a musician from manchester who is of that 'certain' age i too hold the boys in a very special place in my increasingly crowded heart, right alongside Bowie, Jeff Buckley and of course Lemmy. The Stone Roses were/are a rare example of what happens when music and magic give mojo a call and then all get in bed with madame miraculous. Not sure why all the 'Ms' but lets go with it and call it the making of the Manchester Monarchy :-)
Marvelous eh!
Greatest rhythm section since McCartney and Starr at their 1966 peak.
Moon & Entwistle weren't bad too…
The beat is a mix between Bobby Bird's "Hot Pants bonus beats "12" and then Reni playing over the top and I am pretty sure the producer looped him as the beat remains steady all the way through. The bongo's are an overdub , not sure if Ian or Reni played those on the recording. The bass is a reinterpretation of Young MC' "Know How ". There is a book just about to come out dedicated solely to Reni.
I always assumed it was Ian playing congas, but there's video of Reni playing them.
If you've ever seen the Blackpool live video and watched Ian Brown playing Bongos you'd know he didn't play on Fools Gold - it was definitely Reni
best drum and bass groove I ever heard
Cheers for this. Fools Gold is my favourite song of all time and probably always will while Reni will forever be our musical hero.
yes! wonderful stuff. thanks.
The funk soul brothers
Reni didn’t play was a machine(unless his playing was recorded/sequnced: most of what we think is bass was the guitar
The gold road's sure a long road....
Winds on through the hills for 15 days.
Very tinny mix!
Needs a LOT more bass, middle and way less treble!
P8t a long time until