I wantes a lefty bass, my dad got me a righty acoustic guitar. Had to make due lol. I play lefty instruments, but it always blows ppl away when I can play righties upside down lol.
to be fair it's probably no more difficult to learn upside down from the start than it is to learn the right way up. The hard thing is for us who already play to imagine relearning upside down
@@shpep8553 Props to him for maintaining playing like that for so long. I did for two years as a left handed guitarist, but ended up going normal lefty due to playing complications.
@@Ilnur-v6z Yes. Reflected into the camera lens off of the guitar. We wouldn't be able to see them if they weren't reflected off of something in the frame. It was implied that the lights were being reflected by the guitar.
I’m a Chicago bluesman and occasionally sit in with these guys. This is at a blues club called Kingston Mines. Larry is an absolute treasure! Not only as a stellar musician, but a great human being. This is the Mike Wheeler Band in case anybody is wondering. Lead singer/guitarist - Mike Wheeler Funky Bass - Larry Williams Keys - Brian James Drums - Cleo Cole
I absolutely *loved* the blues (& jazz) scene in Chicago. Was a favorite 'discovery' ... just wasn't familiar with Chicago as a city with a serious blues 'bent' when I was younger - always thought Memphis, NoLA ... maybe St. Louis, Nashville ... other cities in Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana ... Such a pleasant surprise!!! The blues scene in Chicago is fantastic ... a fair bit was, IIRC, kind of 'produced' ... polished ... but that's great in its way ... and there were some deeper acts and venues I saw / visited. One of the best experiences / aspects of certain cities - finding out there's a serious musical life to a place that, perhaps otherwise, may seem too ... tourist-oriented (if you're not familiar / hanging out with locals / etc.) or "cookie-cutter" or imbued w/ more materialistic aspects of life etc. Musicians are a great 'tribe' in some sense ... such a great way to connect with people and sometimes immediately get much more of a sense of a place ... of 'actual life' there, so-to-speak. Wasn't really thinking about visiting Chicago again any time soon, but just stumbling on this kindles some thought of that, again! _Edit: of course, as soon as I finished typing the above, immediately thought "Blues Brothers". Vaguely recall finding the blues scene there, being surprised, and then thinking ... "you dope, of course..." ... haha... good times..._
Drums: Rhythm, everyone stay in tempo from drums Keyboard: Smoothness, keeps things simple Guitar: Melody, enhancers to the song Bass: GROOVE AND SLAP, dats the stuff
I have a friend that’s a left handed guitar player that just plays on an upside down regular guitar, it’s the way he learned so that’s probably what this bassist did
Most people don't realize : his bass is intended for right-handed people, he's playing left-handed and the strings are in the wrong order. This man is absolutely crazy.
I love how when you’re playing bass you’re either the least noticeable instrument in the entire band or the most prominent and up front one in the group.
Bass has so much potential. It hurts to see some bassists gets relegated to just hitting root notes. Even adding fills would make any song fun for a bassist
@@zeta1960 which is why i love japanese bass, they really make the bass pop by due to how they make it more oriented to jazz adding fills and even scaling.
I mean, you don't "play chords" on bass the same way you do guitar, but bass still arpeggiates chords. You could say he's doing that, but he's also just playing a short pentatonic run. I dunno. Having it flipped upside down throws me off, I can't really tell what he's doing. But yeah, i'm gonna say he's soloing in the key of K Pentatonic Minor.
This is a video I always come back to when I feel like I'm not improving at bass. Been playing since 2017 and I like looking back on how much I improve.
@@Datduuudeee but it was similar to when your character repeats the same motion really quickly over and over when you lag in a video game. (Just figured I’d clarify; Larry is an insane bass player)
I was fortunate enough to see these guys at House of Blues last night, absolutely phenomenal!! Larry played this same solo and every jaw in the joint hit the floor, mine included! His fretting hand around 12 seconds in... holy shit! :D
He's playing a right handed bass with his left hand. What an absolute madman.
Fardeen Chowdhury didn’t even restring it
Like jimi hendrix, but with a bass
世界を救うTennin but jimi still restrung his the other way around
@@user-xw6uh3yp7g he can't. Unless he flips the nut around
Zachary Coleman which he could of done.
Impressive!
LMAO LARRY you gotta do a bass solo now 🤣🤣🤣😂
@@milan7601 yes
Thought this would’ve been why you changed your last name too Wheels
That tones to heavy for you Larry
Now you realize
every member of the band is an absolute vibe
Facts
Facts
Facts
Facts
Facts
Bassist: Aggressive
Pianist: Focused
Guitarist: Energetic
Drummer: Efficient
Perfect combo if you ask me
Bassist: Chaotic Good
and their band name is formed. BAPFEDGE
The pianist brought the calm to the storm
Uke player: Just started playing music
The guitarists face when he realizes he has to follow that.
He looks so defeated
He didn't have to follow anything the bassist did his own solo.
lmao
And then the camera person cuts him off as the cherry on top
*does a distorted metal shredding solo on guitar just to follow that bass*
As a beginner bass player, this is simply amazing to see. I hope to be as amazing as this man someday.
We gone get there
W coheed and cambria pfp
You will, given you practice fanatically
Yo, love the keywork pfp
@@rocknrolljunki11 hell yeah brother, just saw them for the 4th time on tuesday!
Then after the face melting solo, he scooted out of the way flawlessly! The dynamics on point
🤣🤣🤣
0:14 my favorite scene of the keyboard guy
Man I didn’t even notice that at first😂
lol he's literally just pointing at larry.
Perfectly timed
한국 인?
Hahaha
What others see: A man slapping his bass crazily
What I see: Oh he is lefty
He is holding the bass the other way because the e string is down
NoNameBoi - this appears to be a five-string with the lowest being a low B.
The fact that he did that and didn’t restring it hurts me
Haha my first thought exactly
I wonder if he plays upside down on purpose or just for a show off
Idk if people truly understand how incredible this guy is and how effortless he makes it look. One of the coolest things I've ever seen
Effortless is the last way I would describe it but alright
Definitely makes it look effortful
ive never seen someone expend so much effort to play the line from rappers delight
You really want top comment don’t you? This is just blatantly wrong. It does not look simple or easy.
@@xRickAstleyx goodtimes
this guy must have been born with a bass in his hand
Jajon Johnson when he was born, a bass came out before him
Jajon Johnson only issue is that he had the wrong bass, and in the wrong hand... not that it really mattered to him..
Red Point That's not an issue, just a preference. Get it right
Evil Westbrook Well, it IS "the wrong way to grave it" so...
Red Point Still isn't considered an issue soooo
As a lefty who uses lefty guitars, I have mad respect for my fellow lefties that made do with LEARNING THE INSTRUMENT UPSIDE DOWN.
I play electric upside down as well, but I play a true lefty upright. A mind fuck.
I wantes a lefty bass, my dad got me a righty acoustic guitar. Had to make due lol. I play lefty instruments, but it always blows ppl away when I can play righties upside down lol.
I play righty drum kit but I’m a lefty/ambidextrous
It makes basses and guitars a lot easier to find
to be fair it's probably no more difficult to learn upside down from the start than it is to learn the right way up. The hard thing is for us who already play to imagine relearning upside down
0:14 when I wash my hands but there’s no towel
Lmaooo
BRO LMFAO
What kind of child is named no towel
@@Jame-e5n 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂🤣🤣
0:14 when ur mom walks in on you so u close the tabs
thats some intese moment in ma lief
I lmao’d
I just laughed so fucking hard. Thanks bud
underrated
Lmao
I like when he grooves back to his spot after the solo 😆
There’s such a difference in playing style when you see someone actually feeling the music. This dude was amazing!
He actually made love to that bass in front of the crowd
Nope, that was straight up rape
@@josephstalin2829 our rape*
Wait that sounds wrong
@@josephstalin2829 u rite
bloomalloo he gave it the ol’ wham bam thank you ma’am
That’s not love, that’s hate sex
Ok but can we just appreciate the keyboard player at 0:15
Okay some guy with t 60 power armor
Lol lol lol
Dude was in the zone
Lmfao dude was jammin too
It's actually Kenny G
“You can’t play a right handed bass upside down.”
This guy: “hold my left handed bass.”
damn it is
Damn that's increase the difficulty and coolness by at least a factor of X²
Who even said that?
gives you rosa parks
"Bass is easy" this is pure talent, I manage to come back to this video all the time.
It's easier to learn, harder to master
Plot twist: He is actually right handed but he is playing left handed to limit his powers
If he doesn’t, he’ll wipe out the universe.
dude, that's right handed bass. check out for the strings.
@@shpep8553 He is still playing it in left handed orientation. Just upside down
@@shannonmitchell8515 and thats fucking amazing
@@shpep8553 Props to him for maintaining playing like that for so long. I did for two years as a left handed guitarist, but ended up going normal lefty due to playing complications.
"If you can play it slow, you can play it fast."
Yeah
Ah yes, a man kf culture
so if you can play it fast you can play it faster.
Ling ling 40 hours
I dont think you can play that slow hahaha
0:25 How I want to play
0:12 How I'm actually playing
thats both hard tho lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂 lmfao
Know if youre bragging or...
@@marselmusic 0.25 isn't hard lol
Its funny. Because you are better than you wanted to be
This is so unbelievable, dude is not only left handed but playing a right handed guitar strung for a right handed person impeccably 🤯🤯🤯
0:13 when you see a mosquito on your bass
🤣🤣🤣
Jajaja
.
Man, I laughed so hard
Lol
0:09 His hand briefly catches fire due to his awesome power.
Wait what
Lucas Sherwood no like what actually happens cuz it looks like fire
@@maxgoldfield6366 It's the glint of the neon signs reflected into the camera's lens.
TheOfficialCzex I think they were reflecting off the guitar.
@@Ilnur-v6z Yes. Reflected into the camera lens off of the guitar. We wouldn't be able to see them if they weren't reflected off of something in the frame. It was implied that the lights were being reflected by the guitar.
I love that he uses a right handed bass, strung right handed, and plays left handed. Awesome.
Flabbymeat Jimi didn't string the guitar right handed
Yea I understand you, It's just amaizaing and insane at the same time!
Chadwick Johnson wouldn't it just be simpler to say he's playing it upside down?
Chadwick Johnson
Like good old Albert King
Gabriel'sGuitarCovers not really cos then all thw tabs are messed up where if you string it left hand they are the same
Once in a while I come back and listen to that again
"You're black you can play bass"
Eric Cartman.
Allan Naranjo lmaooo
That man is token
Hahaa thought the same
Boy
the lead singer guitarist and drummer are all black though
The song is called good times in case anyone is curious, and Larry made it beyond godly
I scrolled down too much, walked miles and felt tired, but it all was worthy when I found your comment, Captain.
Bernard Edwards, the late, great bassist for Chic would’ve been proud.
Japanese songs from really love putting the bass in the same position as a Guitar. Try em!
i cant find this song anywhere man
@@VojvodaSloboda its called Rappers Delight
"Is it possible to learn this skill?" "Not for a guitarist"
Reggie Wooten (Victor Wooten's older brother) disagrees.
*Tosin Abasi has entered chat*
Herman lee:
From*
@@marshallschaefer9632 no
I’m a Chicago bluesman and occasionally sit in with these guys. This is at a blues club called Kingston Mines. Larry is an absolute treasure! Not only as a stellar musician, but a great human being.
This is the Mike Wheeler Band in case anybody is wondering.
Lead singer/guitarist - Mike Wheeler
Funky Bass - Larry Williams
Keys - Brian James
Drums - Cleo Cole
I absolutely *loved* the blues (& jazz) scene in Chicago. Was a favorite 'discovery' ... just wasn't familiar with Chicago as a city with a serious blues 'bent' when I was younger - always thought Memphis, NoLA ... maybe St. Louis, Nashville ... other cities in Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana ... Such a pleasant surprise!!!
The blues scene in Chicago is fantastic ... a fair bit was, IIRC, kind of 'produced' ... polished ... but that's great in its way ... and there were some deeper acts and venues I saw / visited.
One of the best experiences / aspects of certain cities - finding out there's a serious musical life to a place that, perhaps otherwise, may seem too ... tourist-oriented (if you're not familiar / hanging out with locals / etc.) or "cookie-cutter" or imbued w/ more materialistic aspects of life etc.
Musicians are a great 'tribe' in some sense ... such a great way to connect with people and sometimes immediately get much more of a sense of a place ... of 'actual life' there, so-to-speak.
Wasn't really thinking about visiting Chicago again any time soon, but just stumbling on this kindles some thought of that, again!
_Edit: of course, as soon as I finished typing the above, immediately thought "Blues Brothers". Vaguely recall finding the blues scene there, being surprised, and then thinking ... "you dope, of course..." ... haha... good times..._
Drums: Rhythm, everyone stay in tempo from drums
Keyboard: Smoothness, keeps things simple
Guitar: Melody, enhancers to the song
Bass: GROOVE AND SLAP, dats the stuff
Can someone explain why this has so many likes
@@thatsmobin1202 _because these are facts_
Keyboard: Depressed af
When the game you’re playing tells you to spam a button in a boss fight 0:13
God of war in a nutshell
Me when I'm playing Mario Party
Lmao
Remember Mario party? xD
Playing not only reverse but upside down... his bass string is at the bottom. That is INSANE
i was about to go "so a leftie" before i realized it was an upside down regular
@@andreyv116 that's also how I felt the first time I saw it
All the strings are bass strings.
Just saying.
@Giuliano Skywalker well technically it’s a low B cause it’s a five string.
I have a friend that’s a left handed guitar player that just plays on an upside down regular guitar, it’s the way he learned so that’s probably what this bassist did
These guys are having so much fun, how could you not enjoy this? And that frigging bass solo my goodness that man is insane!
Most people don't realize : his bass is intended for right-handed people, he's playing left-handed and the strings are in the wrong order. This man is absolutely crazy.
I was looking for someone who noticed lol😅
@@flynncarter229 LMFFAOOO
That is how he learned to play✌️
So it’s not any different than anyone else 🤟🏼
But he is good 👍🏻
You ever seen a left handed piano?
@@sidstewart7399 I have actually
The pianist be like "tf when is this gonna end"
"Pianist"
MrChickenStrips He spelt it right why are you correcting him?
@@Paul-gf6kp
Isn't a piano, is a keyboard
MrChickenStrips Then why did you comment Pianist?
@@Paul-gf6kp
You don't get jokes and grammar don't You?
I love how when you’re playing bass you’re either the least noticeable instrument in the entire band or the most prominent and up front one in the group.
Bass has so much potential. It hurts to see some bassists gets relegated to just hitting root notes. Even adding fills would make any song fun for a bassist
@@guy-rk1jj I completely agree, music with a more present bass can fucking slap
@@zeta1960 That's one of the main reasons I love Death Metal, lol.
@@guy-rk1jjand when your the bassist you barely get any attention. Its rare to see news on you
@@zeta1960 which is why i love japanese bass, they really make the bass pop by due to how they make it more oriented to jazz adding fills and even scaling.
ive watched this so many times and im still insanely impressed
Imagine getting slapped by this guy.
holy shit
You'd be unconscious and groovin.
Isaac Gompper - Potentially also having a seizure and shitting yourself
Stevie T Reference
@@o0zerorez0o yes
The way he just slowly walks back to his designated area after that main character moment 😂
We got new dificulty
Easy
Medium
Hard
Asian
LARRY
AND.................LES CLAYPOOL
Easy
Medium
Hard
Geddy Lee
Larry
Chris Sqire
John Entwistle
Davie504 is next to larry
you forgot russian bass teacher
Wut about cliff
When I see musicians feeling what they make goose bumps.
0:14, when you touch the pot but it was too hot.
Omg im dead 😂
Tool - the pot
Lol
Underrated my g, i nearly choke lmao
Lmaooo
Everybody gangsta til the lefty starts playing the bass upside down
I really hope this guy gets really famous he is amazing, one of the best I've heard
Syrus Opliger the best :)
Jhon Weinhofen not the best of all time, but it's your opinion. I suggest listening to Flea or Cliff Burton
les claypool
Theseas Kotselas John Entwistle, Marcus Miller, Geddy Lee O.o
he is good, BUT, listen to the song "American life" by primus and tell me that's not the best bass line you've ever heard...
I’ve been playing bass for over 20 years. This is unreal.
Everybody's gangsta until Larry Williams gets his hands on a bass.
Keyboardist seen this a million times, but still has to point out his props lol
I bet I'm not the only one who's watched this masterpiece more than once
The lightning summoning hands at 00:13... Looked like he wasn't even touching it. Totally radical.
Teacher: the test isn't that hard
The test: 0:06
The explanation on how to do the test: 0:14
You guys are mad XD
I love to see people doing things they love, you can feel their passion
The chords he's playing in the beginning are the entire alphabet
That’s not how it works man
@@UncleVenz you're right, not that jokes exist or anything
@@UncleVenz i think he's joking.. you've ever heard someone say they've played the fucking X chord
With about 40 extra letters
I mean, you don't "play chords" on bass the same way you do guitar, but bass still arpeggiates chords. You could say he's doing that, but he's also just playing a short pentatonic run. I dunno. Having it flipped upside down throws me off, I can't really tell what he's doing.
But yeah, i'm gonna say he's soloing in the key of K Pentatonic Minor.
The way he fades away like that was the cherry on top. Extraordinary skills 😮
He is playing a right-hand bass left handed... The power that emanates from this man is unreal
My man is playing Chic - Good Times with his bass upside down. Never thought i'd ever see this
0:02 im loving the low notes
im loving every single note in the whole thing
Man he killed it, you heard every low note clearly it was insane
im not a bass player, im a drummer. yet my hands are still hurting after watching this legend 😂
This is a video I always come back to when I feel like I'm not improving at bass. Been playing since 2017 and I like looking back on how much I improve.
Damn I started 2019, growth is what it is man😂🙌
Damn, even the guy on the painting was tripping.
LMFAOOOO
0:13 the game had trouble loading that cutscene
0:14
No lag. No blur. What you on about?
@@Datduuudeee but it was similar to when your character repeats the same motion really quickly over and over when you lag in a video game. (Just figured I’d clarify; Larry is an insane bass player)
ridiculously underrated bass player!
I love how he gracefully steps away in time when he's done
I have no words, this guy just slapped a bass like a nutcase and made an amazing job of it. What the hell omg.
He uses fingerstyle for most of the video.
I forgot the video name and just searched up 'Black dude bass'.
And you managed to use the internet from beyond the grave. Impressive
I thought u were dead 😳
No this is not victor wooten
Yeah. Black dude bass doesn’t really narrow it down 😂
@@lilgates4890 or Marcus Miller or Stanley Clark
0:10 swear I thought his hand was on fire
I shot milk out my nose I laughed so hard at this comment for some reason 🤣🤣
It’s the reflection of the lights
-bass can't call the audience's attention more than the other instruments
-Larry Williams: haha bass goes SLAPP
Less claypool
Not bass, but Larry
@NotoriusDrifter, that’s a good question: Is SLAPP the sound the bass makes, the technique the bass player uses, or both of those things?
Very impressive, *but can you play guns and roses with gun and roses?*
Oh wrong dude
Davie Is our Master Dude
santiagoferGAMER he already did omega lul
Drop this comment with Davie!! Maybe he'll do it someday
zundapp ryan Van Andel already done
*SLAP*
Silently shedding a tear, as I put my bass down...
Absolutely awesome!!!
Groove for friggin' days! So inspirational.
Davie504 Left the Group.
Jái Höo nah he already try this and said it was easy.
@@marshmallowniriri2326 but his try was shitty asf
Weird Boy ha *left*
@@Esteban-ss6wq this looks more amazing, because the bass player is left handed(?
*Epic*!
I was fortunate enough to see these guys at House of Blues last night, absolutely phenomenal!! Larry played this same solo and every jaw in the joint hit the floor, mine included!
His fretting hand around 12 seconds in... holy shit! :D
"Token, you're black. Every black person can play the bass"
“gahd dammit”
I love that episode
I was just thinking about that omg
Stop and think of the character's name. Token Black.
South Park is genius
Haha thinking the very same thing
The guy is so deep in his music it’s just unbelievable🔥🔥🔥
Top 10 people Davie504 wouldn't mess with
Would love to watch the whole session. They sound amazing.
This video is rated m for mature
Is that even a joke dumbass?
PEGI 18 for europeans.
Love that powerful drum sound. Great snare
Oh damn he's left-handed i like that
aaaaaaaaaaaaayaaaaaa
Salut les quais
15-18 ? 18-25 ?
18-25 bien-sûr :cool:
Wryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I'm here because of recommendations but I did see davie's video
Me too xd
504 is our number
i love to watch memes everyday same
Same here
The most awesome thing besides the solo is that they managed to get Weird Al Yankovic on the keyboards...
that's michael bolton, what are you talking about
guitarchitectural Thats a carbon copy of weird Al. You can't tell me otherwise
That's fahkin Kenny G
These guys are simply too cool 😎 love it. Would love to see them live
0:13 What is this black magic...
icallthemgiants I'm crying
Hahahahaha lol
Literal and figurative
The real *Black* Magic
Holup
wow! band sounds great... Larry Williams killing that bass!
This guy's insanely talented on the bass. I'm just blown away.
That was GORGEOUS!!! 😍😍😍
I didn't know porn was allowed on youtube.
Lol, I get you.
the bass sounds like porn music
@@RageDasher_7751 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah agreed
*there are some exceptions...*
"No one care about bass solos"
The most stupid thing i've heard
thank you for saying this Italian Putin
@Nooz Zoo best.
And still no one cares😂
@@gigachad2276 haha funny jokes here **Dies for too much laught**
@@meckless 😂😂
I was just getting ready to get going and it was over! More!!, Great band and that bass is bad ass!
This Drummer says WOW! Stay loose and powerful, my man! Enjoyed that clip.
He is a certified hood groove machine.
Dude...not only is he killing it, but his tone is just amazing!
*STATUS: FUNKED [X] NOT FUNKED [ ]*
get funked.. xD
X
Slaying it, and a lefty, no less- amazing! 🤯
0:12 what the funk was that?
ReggaeBassCovers Badass.
Ive never seen that before. But one thing Im sure is that its sounds great and its a kind of crazy how doesnt loose the beat. Damn nigga!
ReggaeBassCovers ikr
The sugar hills gang
Actually it was Chic's Good Times. Sugar hills totally stole Bernards iconic bass line
*Has dreams of becoming a great bass player*
"Hey this guy looks cool, I wonder if he's any good?"
*Watches video*
"Yup, I quit!"
Don't get discouraged, just practice relentlessly.
this is probably the best band ever assembled
WHAT A BREATHTAKING SHOW. AMAZING