doug grigsby was a friend of mine. i remember when he got the teena gig...he wasn't the only one of course....but he was a king and a great brother. still saddened over his death...
Lady T. She was unique. She was the epitome of "Great things come in small packages". A voice you can pinpoint in a room and even a cooler nature to boot, she is the Desire to Rick James' Fire. Arranger, Guitarist, Vocalist, Pianist, more importantly, funkateer... She was one of a kind.
Lady T was one of the greatest ever. She left us way too soon man but she left behind some of the greatest, most timeless tunes you'll ever dance or just listen too. God rest her beautiful Soul. 🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️
The opening to "I Need Your Lovin" always brings back good childhood memories of family parties. My dad would usually start the party off with either this song, or Earth Wind and Fire's "Let's Groove". That EW&F album art was always cool.
I have always loved the bass line in all Teena's music, since my teen and young adult years in the 70-80s❣️ Bass is my favorite instrument and sound to listen to.
Hearing these riffs takes me back to my teenage years, when The Whispers, Slave, Cameo, The Brothers Johnson, ...as well as many others, graced the speakers of our boom boxes. If your box couldn't handle hard core bass, then you might as well leave it home! Teena Marie? Yea, she had her place right there up top! Oh, did I mention Bootsy Collins?
Haha... the boom box! Ripping a chunck out of your wallet for batteries that died within a couple of hours because... full force on the volume dial 🤣 I've seen Bootsy in the Netherlands, in Utrecht, killing it so daymn hard on the bass, it would litteraly shake your stumach! Man oh man, what a party (way back, in the eighties). And I was so, so blessed to see Cameo live in the eighties. My band.
Even if you couldn’t play a note your analysis of the material is such a tribute the artists, this was a joy to watch. The fact that you perform every baseline on a variety of instruments is just the gravy that makes this channel elite. Amazing work here my friend.
So much in agreement! I've JUST discovered you and your YT vids and am so in love with your instructive style of presentation! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Worth mentioning her last bassist, Doug Grigsby from Philly. Doug played on many Philly artist hits like Patti Labelle, Phyllis Hyman, Eugene Wilde and others. Check youtube for videos of him killing the bass on tour with Teena. Sadly Doug passed away last year.
Doug Grigsby just passed a few months back, I only msg'd a couple times before he got ill. I bought his old touring road case rack from his Body Count days, from a fella down by Philly. I got it sitting right next to me. It used to have Ice-T's nickname for him 'Griz' painted on it but the dummy before me removed it all. Still I got Doug and Body Count vibe in da house. RIP GRIZ
Don’t know how this video appeared in my timeline, but I LOVE everything about it! I’m a huge Teena Marie fan and my favorite instrument is the bass guitar. I grew up spying on my father play his bass, imitating the greats, in our garage. As a little girl, Teena Marie and the bassist from ‘A Taste of Honey’ made me want to play the bass.
I just finished having a "Teena Marie Marathon" playing her albums in which I have all of them (vinyl) all except the last which I have on CD 😊and I stumbled on your awesome channel👏🏼Love the content
Oh D*MN -- I did not know that! That line is the BOMB! (I also loved the "machine gun" riff at the beginning of that song, but that was probably played on guitar.) Why am I always thinking RJ played all the bass lines?
@@rwjoyner Rick rarely touched a bass and when he did it was a Fender not a Rickenbacher he chose the Rickenbacher for the album cover because he said it looked cooler he was right about that part
Man, how can ya go wrong talking about bass lines from Lady T! And explain it so us non musicians can understand it! Good freakin job dude! Love the knowledge!
Lady T was & still is ( R.I.P.) one of my favorite Artist/Musician/Singer... Emerald City-my favorite Album Work It- & You So Heavy Lips 2 Find U & Shadow Boxing: Favorite Singles.. well Portuguese Love & Love me down easy...also... And can't forget Ooo La La & Lover Girl.... You know what I just Love Me some she... 😂 Wait Behind the Groove too...
One of my favorite Teena songs is You Make Love Like Springtime along with its reprise. I love the Jaco like bassline. Also, another unsung bassist in my opinion is Gary Granger from Pockets and the Jon Scofield Band in the 80s.
Man…. I love your channel. Listening to Lady T and her “Sophisticated Funk” is one of the main reasons that I play bass today!! I knew about Allen , Oscar and Rick James of course. Between Michael Jackson albums ( Louis Johnson) , Chic ( Bernard Edwards ) , Sade ( Paul S. Denman ) and Lady T albums , this is surely why I favor StingRay basses. 🎶❣️🎵💜✨🎧
Every time I watch one of your videos I learn something about the bass and the musicians that play them. Please keep up the great work. Still Hoping that you do something on the great Slave bassist, Mark Adams.
@@pdbass great video, just came across some great bass groove. Check this out you won't regret it John Scofield live at the North Sea Jazz Festival • 13-07-1986 • World of Jazz (time 20:16 "Rule of Thumb") also just as good, 57:04 "The Nag" Gary Grainger bass, Rick Sebastian drums
Absolutely! Mark Adams, RIP His funk lines were so engaging and unique to him! Once Mark Adams starts playing, we all start moving! His bass reproduced out my Cerwin Vega & JBL speakers were undeniably full and authentic! I own All Slave recordings with Mark! We miss him too.🙏
Thank you for recognizing all these great bass players too bad the world doesn’t know anything about them but thank you for bringing them out front!!!!!
"I need your Lovin" = her best. I also love Square Biz. She had the Funk . . . No Doubt. The Stingray sounds killer. Great job. Enjoyed-it. This was Necessary. oNe LoVe from NYC
Yes, PDBass! 70s, & 80s were Coming of Age themes of our lives! So many Great bands. So many Great musicians. We were very fortunate to have been alive during all those Glorious creative years! It was truly a blessing.🙏 If you ever heard Stanley Clarke and Lenny White jam live together in Funken Universe, would make a believer you were in the right place at the right time! Magical!🙏 Thx for all your vids giving homage to all the great bass players. I was just reminded here about the late and great Teena Marie! RIP. A multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist. She was amazing. Teena is surely missed.🙏
With you ALL THE WAY on your chosen time line. You always open my eyes, even further, with your thorogh and thoughtful analysis. I hadnt heard Jamerson until you MENTIONED IT. that was nice for me. ❤
As a former professional drummer I am very proud of myself because I had picked out the top Tina songs that I thought would be on your list and to my delight they were ALL here! I love your channel and I love your passion! Thank you very much for this post!
Definitely "Square Biz"! My favorite bass line out of all of her songs! Not only because of the articulate execution of the thumps and pops, but what I noticed right away is that the bassist was NOT in 440 when he laid down this track, and that's what grabbed me immediately! I have been a fan of that bass line ever since!
Thank you for letting us know a little about those gentlemen. Teena Marie is one of my favorite singers of all time. The music she gave us and her vocals are amazing.
I'm so glad you put Gigalette in there, a very much underrated jam. I play it often with deep bass just to feel it. Great job man, keep up the awesome work!!!!! Bass in your face.
Behind The Groove is my personal favorite. That "Ozone", joint is another fave. Teena did a special performance for the fans before leaving us. Most excellent. Thanks. Peace.
I love this channel!! Your enthusiasm and 100% musically (and historically), accurate breakdowns and analysis are the best!! Thank you for all that you share with us!
Great Video, as always! There are so many overlooked bassists: Wayne Braithwaite, Joey Spampinato of NRBQ, Kim Clarke of Defunkt, Nate Phillips of Pleasure, Colin Moulding of XTC, Neil Jason...
Square Biz to this day is still my JAM! Thank you so much for your analysis. I always wondered who played the bass on the tracks I love and since we don’t have access liner notes from vinyl records anymore, I really appreciate your research! 🎸✨
Teena’s music was a big part of my life, such cracking dance tunes. Made you feel alive and certainly ready to groove on the dance floor, with the killer bass playing. Your presentations are always such a joy to watch and listen to 🙏❤️
I never knew that ostinato had a name. I love metal. When I hear an ostinato, usually in the upper or middle range, it really does something for me. When a song starts with it, flows through the chord progression, and it almost seems to reemerge at the end, ugh... Beautiful...
I love ALL of these songs and have them ALL on Vinyl LPs. This is my first time seeing your videos and I’m digging it! “I Need Your Loving” is 🔥🔥🔥 “It Must Be Magic” is an absolute favorite of mine! I’m NOT a guitarist (I’m a DJ and played drums most of my life) but love a dope Bass player. Lady T had some of the best grooves!
finally....a chennel that covers music that I don't see much coverage of. So many pioneers from the 60s 70s and 80s. Incredible musicians, producers, audio engineers. I mean we know what guitar string and drum sticks the Beatles used on their earliest hits lol. Nice to see the greats from the r&B soul and funk land get their due! Well done.
I am so glad that I found and subscribed to your channel. It's filled with great insight, great musical history and great grooves. I'm a fellow Pittsburgher that picked up the bass one year ago at aged 49. Your content is a blessing. Excellent work.
Your speech delivery is percussive….and articulate. Seriously, you have an excellent sense of inflection and emphasis to get the importance out of each section of information, allowing the building blocks to support the subject with appropriate heft, while allowing the object its own space and time be its own entity, while also contributing to the bigger picture. Cheers.
I had never even heard of Teena Marie. This video was an eye-opener. Thank you also for the bass clef transcriptions. I'm going to put those into TAB so I can use them more readily, and then proceed to try some of those bass lines. (Just kidding friend. I will suffer through the bass clef in faith that it is indeed worth it.) This is really great stuff and it's brand new to me so I'm really enjoying it. As far as funk and R&B, before this I knew some Parliament and Curtis Mayfield and that was about it. I don't know if "I can't get enough of your love babe" by Barry White counts but I knew that one too. But this stuff here is pretty cool. I guess it was underground all these years, or I just never found the right radio station. I think "I need your lovin'" is my favorite. It's kind of robotic in a really pleasant way. It has an 80's sound without being obnoxious. Very nice. So good to share good stuff. Thanks and God bless.
I stumbled on your video by mistake,I'm happy I did. I lov the history you give on musical artists, you fill in all the missing pieces to music I hav grown up on.
I love the way you give recognition to the bass players behind the scenes. I'm looking at you playing these bass lines and I must say you are an awesome musician. THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO!!!!
Hi, I have to say the bass beginning in "I Need Your Lovin" and then many others. I am thrilled to find your channel that discusses one of the most interesting musical topics with samples and explanations behind them. Happily subscribed!
Awesome video! Square Biz and It Must be Magic are the showstoppers for me, with the most distinctive bass parts... Ooo La La La is another great song of Teena's, not so distinctive in terms of bass but still many cool parts... Great that you're giving these players their props.
Pdbass Maaaaaaan, thank you sooo much for highlighting these unsung heroes.. This is one of the lost gems of knowing the musicians and all those people that were involved would be shown in the credits, and how cool it was to look at and in those albums, even photos, artwork, poetry, musicians at work in the studio. Etc…. Now that we have digital music, and no REAL physical album production, we don’t get to see all of the musicians who helped bring these artworks to life, even for new artists. How sad…
thanks! I am a fan of Lady T, and of bassplayers. nice video. getting to know more and more bassplayers. I agree, why i so little known about mr McGrier? About lots of bassplayers in general.
Great video of the bassist of the great, Tina Marie. You definitely schooled me on a couple of the tracks. Pure Funk!! Keep up the incredible work!!!! You are a blessing to the bass community.
One of the best contribution on You Tube Music section. Scores, bass lines, bassists' history. Explanation: clear, appassionate, useful. Thanks and bravo!!!!
Teena Marie was one of those artists that I somehow missed for years until I had to learn SquareBiz for a band I played with for a while. Such a great, fun bass line to chart and learn. Always a good day when you find new, great music.
Excellent overview as always. 70's 80's r&b is precious for electric bass players and i like your focus on the less famous. How about some Orlando Phillips, Wayne Brathwaite or Kenneth Gant?
incredible tribute from an incredible channel. RIP to lady T, one of the greatest to ever do it. thank you so much for the lessons and shedding light on the amazing players that helped shape her sound
She was the Baddest Female, if I can say white lady to EVER do funk, soul music Period. I'm 55yrs old I remember ALL her stuff. Irons in the Fire, It must be Magic etc. She wrote, played song and produced her own stuff. I Can write forever bout her stuff. Her "Pen" work is unmatched and can sing. She should be studied her catalog is AMAZING. I named my 10 speed back in the day Lady-T. Man your work is Outstanding. You give people the Shine who should have gotten it long ago. Outstanding Job. I LOVE your stuff!. Keep it coming. And you put Gigolette STOP IT!!! my man. we use to do a dance back then called the Gigolo. Maybe next on your hit list should be Cameo or Slave. Mark Adams was another Monster. Thanks for your work
I slept on 1st class love . Funky! Louis Johnson rip. Abraham laboriel was another amazing session player for her as well as james jamerson ,jr and nathan east ❤
I have no idea how this video came up on my feed but thank you TH-cam. I always was a fan of Ms Marie but never knew the history of her bass players this is awesome now I need a bass lol you got a new subscriber.
Oh man how do your videos keep on getting better and better! Seeing Gigolette in there took me by surprise, what a bass line there. Time to dig into some Allen McGrier.
I Need Your Loving - that bassline grabs you at the intro and NEVER lets go! Propels the song like a locomotive. And props to the engineer for mic’ing it the way he did and giving it the bottom that it has.
I have to say you hit my favorite bass line to listen to and play. Truly sad she left us so soon, but she will not be forgotten. And especially great for the bass players to get the recognition that they deserve.
Excellent job! I was raised in Buffalo, NY and was aware of these players, as well as Teena Marie. You have the most serious bass channel on you tube. I'm gonna have to learn to read bass clef to really get into it. Keep up the good work.
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The bass ballads are iconic. My faves are Portuguese ❤, shadow boxing , dear lover , oo la la la and out on a limb
doug grigsby was a friend of mine. i remember when he got the teena gig...he wasn't the only one of course....but he was a king and a great brother. still saddened over his death...
Great to see Teena Marie and all the musicians she worked with get some deserved recognition… A class act!
I love your history of iconic basslines and under mentioned and famous bassists ❤
Lady T. She was unique. She was the epitome of "Great things come in small packages". A voice you can pinpoint in a room and even a cooler nature to boot, she is the Desire to Rick James' Fire. Arranger, Guitarist, Vocalist, Pianist, more importantly, funkateer... She was one of a kind.
Well said indeed!
Well said!
Lady T was one of the greatest ever. She left us way too soon man but she left behind some of the greatest, most timeless tunes you'll ever dance or just listen too.
God rest her beautiful Soul. 🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️
The opening to "I Need Your Lovin" always brings back good childhood memories of family parties. My dad would usually start the party off with either this song, or Earth Wind and Fire's "Let's Groove". That EW&F album art was always cool.
I have always loved the bass line in all Teena's music, since my teen and young adult years in the 70-80s❣️ Bass is my favorite instrument and sound to listen to.
Hearing these riffs takes me back to my teenage years, when The Whispers, Slave, Cameo, The Brothers Johnson, ...as well as many others, graced the speakers of our boom boxes. If your box couldn't handle hard core bass, then you might as well leave it home! Teena Marie? Yea, she had her place right there up top! Oh, did I mention Bootsy Collins?
Slave! Doesn't seem to be well known, but let's have a Mark Adams episode..... Funky as anything.
That's because many of US couldn't afford 18 "D" batteries to put in those damn things. LOL
Hell. The JVC I had didn't go beyond six. LOL
Haha... the boom box! Ripping a chunck out of your wallet for batteries that died within a couple of hours because... full force on the volume dial 🤣
I've seen Bootsy in the Netherlands, in Utrecht, killing it so daymn hard on the bass, it would litteraly shake your stumach! Man oh man, what a party (way back, in the eighties). And I was so, so blessed to see Cameo live in the eighties. My band.
Slave - my love for that group was just near religious. I would love to hear Pdbass’s take on the group and the sound they produced.
Just got through listening to SLAVE this evening ❤
Even if you couldn’t play a note your analysis of the material is such a tribute the artists, this was a joy to watch. The fact that you perform every baseline on a variety of instruments is just the gravy that makes this channel elite. Amazing work here my friend.
Thank you--I always appreciate your comments, SATAN!
So much in agreement! I've JUST discovered you and your YT vids and am so in love with your instructive style of presentation! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
'Behind the Groove' is the Funkiest bass line ever !!! i love it to death .RIP Lady T for sure she left us too early .
Worth mentioning her last bassist, Doug Grigsby from Philly. Doug played on many Philly artist hits like Patti Labelle, Phyllis Hyman, Eugene Wilde and others. Check youtube for videos of him killing the bass on tour with Teena. Sadly Doug passed away last year.
Thanks for the tip
My man Doug! 👍🏾
Doug Grigsby just passed a few months back, I only msg'd a couple times before he got ill. I bought his old touring road case rack from his Body Count days, from a fella down by Philly. I got it sitting right next to me. It used to have Ice-T's nickname for him 'Griz' painted on it but the dummy before me removed it all. Still I got Doug and Body Count vibe in da house. RIP GRIZ
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Oh yeah " Square Biz" and " I Need Your Lovin "! Definitely some of the greatest Bass lines ever recorded!!!!
This is not something I expected to see in my YT notifications today, but I'm so grateful that it did.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful legend and the bass musicians that truly supported her and raised her success to great heights!
Don’t know how this video appeared in my timeline, but I LOVE everything about it! I’m a huge Teena Marie fan and my favorite instrument is the bass guitar. I grew up spying on my father play his bass, imitating the greats, in our garage. As a little girl, Teena Marie and the bassist from ‘A Taste of Honey’ made me want to play the bass.
I just finished having a "Teena Marie Marathon" playing her albums in which I have all of them (vinyl) all except the last which I have on CD 😊and I stumbled on your awesome channel👏🏼Love the content
Oscar Alston is extremely underappreciated especially for the bassline on Bustin Out by Rick James
Bustin Out is the MOVE!!!
I agree with you! I love Oscar's playing on the Rick James songs including " Super Freak " , " Glow", and " Moonchild " !!!!
Oh D*MN -- I did not know that! That line is the BOMB! (I also loved the "machine gun" riff at the beginning of that song, but that was probably played on guitar.) Why am I always thinking RJ played all the bass lines?
@@rwjoyner Rick rarely touched a bass and when he did it was a Fender not a Rickenbacher he chose the Rickenbacher for the album cover because he said it looked cooler he was right about that part
Man, how can ya go wrong talking about bass lines from Lady T! And explain it so us non musicians can understand it! Good freakin job dude! Love the knowledge!
Incredible work-up. Thank you. Allen McGrier is it.
Spot on great licks for sure. When music still had musician's playing together and not just mixed together.
Lady T was & still is ( R.I.P.) one of my favorite Artist/Musician/Singer...
Emerald City-my favorite Album
Work It- & You So Heavy
Lips 2 Find U & Shadow Boxing: Favorite Singles.. well Portuguese Love & Love me down easy...also... And can't forget Ooo La La & Lover Girl.... You know what I just Love Me some she... 😂 Wait Behind the Groove too...
Work It is one of my special songs. Love that tune.
One of my favorite Teena songs is You Make Love Like Springtime along with its reprise. I love the Jaco like bassline. Also, another unsung bassist in my opinion is Gary Granger from Pockets and the Jon Scofield Band in the 80s.
Man…. I love your channel. Listening to Lady T and her “Sophisticated Funk” is one of the main reasons that I play bass today!!
I knew about Allen , Oscar and Rick James of course.
Between Michael Jackson albums ( Louis Johnson) , Chic ( Bernard Edwards ) , Sade ( Paul S. Denman ) and Lady T albums , this is surely why I favor StingRay basses. 🎶❣️🎵💜✨🎧
I will never forget her debut on Soul Train, and that baseline on I Need Your Lovin, unbelievable.
Thats my choice tina tune
Yes I forgot that I had heard her on "The Train".
i might be wrong but wasn't she on Soul Train with Sucker For Your Love first? She was on with Rick when she did that.
@@gtizzle7606 Good question. I'm not sure. I just remember the hype afterwards.
@@gtizzle7606 Yes
Every time I watch one of your videos I learn something about the bass and the musicians that play them. Please keep up the great work. Still Hoping that you do something on the great Slave bassist, Mark Adams.
For sure! Thank you for watching! 🙏🏽
@@pdbass great video, just came across some great bass groove. Check this out you won't regret it
John Scofield live at the North Sea Jazz Festival • 13-07-1986 • World of Jazz
(time 20:16 "Rule of Thumb")
also just as good, 57:04 "The Nag"
Gary Grainger bass,
Rick Sebastian drums
Saw Slave live, Mark Adams= master class.
RIP Mark.
Absolutely! Mark Adams, RIP
His funk lines were so engaging and unique to him! Once Mark Adams starts playing, we all start moving! His bass reproduced out my Cerwin Vega & JBL speakers were undeniably full and authentic! I own All Slave recordings with Mark!
We miss him too.🙏
no question - Square Biz - even if all the other ones are also killing. Thank you for that wonderful tutorial with all background information!
Man, these are all killer. I notice you continually talk about space. So important. So good.
Thank you for recognizing all these great bass players too bad the world doesn’t know anything about them but thank you for bringing them out front!!!!!
Love Lady T!! Lovergirl is my favorite! Saw her in concert before she left us! Won the tickets on the radio station!
"I need your Lovin" = her best. I also love Square Biz. She had the Funk . . . No Doubt. The Stingray sounds killer. Great job. Enjoyed-it. This was Necessary. oNe LoVe from NYC
Yes, PDBass! 70s, & 80s were Coming of Age themes of our lives!
So many Great bands. So many Great musicians.
We were very fortunate to have been alive during all those Glorious creative years! It was truly a blessing.🙏
If you ever heard Stanley Clarke and Lenny White jam live together in Funken Universe, would make a believer you were in the right place at the right time! Magical!🙏
Thx for all your vids giving homage to all the great bass players.
I was just reminded here about the late and great Teena Marie! RIP. A multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist. She was amazing. Teena is surely missed.🙏
I’m glad you highlighted Behind the Groove & I Need Your Lovin. 80s R&B was a golden age of great bass lines.
With you ALL THE WAY on your chosen time line. You always open my eyes, even further, with your thorogh and thoughtful analysis. I hadnt heard Jamerson until you MENTIONED IT. that was nice for me. ❤
As a former professional drummer I am very proud of myself because I had picked out the top Tina songs that I thought would be on your list and to my delight they were ALL here!
I love your channel and I love your passion! Thank you very much for this post!
Definitely "Square Biz"! My favorite bass line out of all of her songs! Not only because of the articulate execution of the thumps and pops, but what I noticed right away is that the bassist was NOT in 440 when he laid down this track, and that's what grabbed me immediately! I have been a fan of that bass line ever since!
Thank you for letting us know a little about those gentlemen. Teena Marie is one of my favorite singers of all time. The music she gave us and her vocals are amazing.
I'm so glad you put Gigalette in there, a very much underrated jam. I play it often with deep bass just to feel it. Great job man, keep up the awesome work!!!!! Bass in your face.
Behind The Groove is my personal favorite. That "Ozone", joint is another fave. Teena did a special performance for the fans before leaving us. Most excellent. Thanks. Peace.
That Ozone joint, Gigolette, is my workout song!!!
After reviewing the the video, a year later, I still agree in my judgement. Thanks PD Bass. 😆
I love this channel!! Your enthusiasm and 100% musically (and historically), accurate breakdowns and analysis are the best!! Thank you for all that you share with us!
How did I miss this artist?? I'm digging the heck outta this!!
Teena Marie (The Vanilla Child) was a genius. Check out her "whole discography!
@@juliansevin9109 for sure! I have some catching up to do!
Man I saw her at Jazz Fest in New Orleans years ago. The whole crowd was singing every word to every song. What a performance.
I LOVED Teena Marie!!! Total LEGEND! Thanks for this list.
Man…THIS is a masterclass! You are amazing at dissecting bass lines! Thank you for your videos!!
Great Video, as always! There are so many overlooked bassists: Wayne Braithwaite, Joey Spampinato of NRBQ, Kim Clarke of Defunkt, Nate Phillips of Pleasure, Colin Moulding of XTC, Neil Jason...
Agreed. Wayne Brathwaite is top notch. How about Nigel Martinez.
Don't forget Graham Maby of Joe Jackson's band...
When I was younger, I used to have friends who knew all the cool shit I hadn't heard. You're filling that void for me now! Thanks!
Square Biz to this day is still my JAM! Thank you so much for your analysis. I always wondered who played the bass on the tracks I love and since we don’t have access liner notes from vinyl records anymore, I really appreciate your research! 🎸✨
Thank you for this video!
i couldn't agree more with your opening statement
Fantastic video!! Always thought the bass lines in her songs were insanely underrated
Teena’s music was a big part of my life, such cracking dance tunes. Made you feel alive and certainly ready to groove on the dance floor, with the killer bass playing. Your presentations are always such a joy to watch and listen to 🙏❤️
I never knew that ostinato had a name. I love metal. When I hear an ostinato, usually in the upper or middle range, it really does something for me. When a song starts with it, flows through the chord progression, and it almost seems to reemerge at the end, ugh... Beautiful...
Ostinatos are one of my favorite things too - finally learned what it was named last year. Feels good, eh?
Love this thank you, more please. Huge fan. Almost got her signed to a record label in the 90’s. Rode in her Jaguar. Priceless.
Dude your insight and analysis is SPOT ON!! I’m gonna go back and listen to all of your videos. That’s amazing Stuff you’re cooking up!
Do Proceed!!
I love ALL of these songs and have them ALL on Vinyl LPs. This is my first time seeing your videos and I’m digging it!
“I Need Your Loving” is 🔥🔥🔥
“It Must Be Magic” is an absolute favorite of mine! I’m NOT a guitarist (I’m a DJ and played drums most of my life) but love a dope Bass player. Lady T had some of the best grooves!
finally....a chennel that covers music that I don't see much coverage of. So many pioneers from the 60s 70s and 80s. Incredible musicians, producers, audio engineers. I mean we know what guitar string and drum sticks the Beatles used on their earliest hits lol. Nice to see the greats from the r&B soul and funk land get their due! Well done.
You dig it 🤩
I am so glad that I found and subscribed to your channel. It's filled with great insight, great musical history and great grooves. I'm a fellow Pittsburgher that picked up the bass one year ago at aged 49. Your content is a blessing. Excellent work.
Thanks for watching! 🙏🏽
i love her music because of the funky rhythm and bass line
Your speech delivery is percussive….and articulate. Seriously, you have an excellent sense of inflection and emphasis to get the importance out of each section of information, allowing the building blocks to support the subject with appropriate heft, while allowing the object its own space and time be its own entity, while also contributing to the bigger picture. Cheers.
I had never even heard of Teena Marie. This video was an eye-opener. Thank you also for the bass clef transcriptions. I'm going to put those into TAB so I can use them more readily, and then proceed to try some of those bass lines. (Just kidding friend. I will suffer through the bass clef in faith that it is indeed worth it.)
This is really great stuff and it's brand new to me so I'm really enjoying it. As far as funk and R&B, before this I knew some Parliament and Curtis Mayfield and that was about it. I don't know if "I can't get enough of your love babe" by Barry White counts but I knew that one too. But this stuff here is pretty cool. I guess it was underground all these years, or I just never found the right radio station.
I think "I need your lovin'" is my favorite. It's kind of robotic in a really pleasant way. It has an 80's sound without being obnoxious. Very nice.
So good to share good stuff. Thanks and God bless.
Dang! I always thought TM played her own bass lines. I need to catch up on those liner notes. Good stuff!
Great video. More people need to hear Teena Marie. My favourite song is portugese love… not the funkiest but it has sooo many elements.
I stumbled on your video by mistake,I'm happy I did. I lov the history you give on musical artists, you fill in all the missing pieces to music I hav grown up on.
I love the way you give recognition to the bass players behind the scenes. I'm looking at you playing these bass lines and I must say you are an awesome musician. THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO!!!!
Excellent video. Her catalog is great. One of my faves is Behind the Groove!
Really enjoyed this video. Great song choices from Lady T catalogue.
Hi, I have to say the bass beginning in "I Need Your Lovin" and then many others. I am thrilled to find your channel that discusses one of the most interesting musical topics with samples and explanations behind them. Happily subscribed!
Awesome video! Square Biz and It Must be Magic are the showstoppers for me, with the most distinctive bass parts... Ooo La La La is another great song of Teena's, not so distinctive in terms of bass but still many cool parts... Great that you're giving these players their props.
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Maaaaaaan, thank you sooo much for highlighting these unsung heroes.. This is one of the lost gems of knowing the musicians and all those people that were involved would be shown in the credits, and how cool it was to look at and in those albums, even photos, artwork, poetry, musicians at work in the studio. Etc….
Now that we have digital music, and no REAL physical album production, we don’t get to see all of the musicians who helped bring these artworks to life, even for new artists. How sad…
Excellent Jamerson analogy on Young Love. Didn’t make the correlation until you pointed it out. But you are 100% spot on!
I'm digging your content. on this day, Prince's birthday, I would love to get your thoughts on your Top 10 bass lines from his catalog.
I knew I should dig deeper into Teena Marie bass lines after "I need your lovin" :) Great video, great channel!
Thank you!
Bravo! Great discourse on some of the funkiest lines ever made.
thanks! I am a fan of Lady T, and of bassplayers. nice video.
getting to know more and more bassplayers. I agree, why i so little known about mr McGrier? About lots of bassplayers in general.
Brilliantly informative. I loved watching this video.
The Bass Line from "Playboy" is still one of my favorite Bass Lines🤘🏿🖤⚘️
Great video of the bassist of the great, Tina Marie. You definitely schooled me on a couple of the tracks. Pure Funk!! Keep up the
incredible work!!!! You are a blessing to the bass community.
Thank you!
Fantastic choice of Lady T songs and thank you for shining a light on these great musicians…🤩👌🏾
One of the best contribution on You Tube Music section. Scores, bass lines, bassists' history. Explanation: clear, appassionate, useful. Thanks and bravo!!!!
Love your videos!
So much great music to discover and unsung heroes to recognize
Teena Marie was one of those artists that I somehow missed for years until I had to learn SquareBiz for a band I played with for a while. Such a great, fun bass line to chart and learn. Always a good day when you find new, great music.
yes!!! I'VE BEEN LOVING these so far! thanks for uploading more recommendations!
Had no idea about T. Marie being behind Ozone!! And thank you for sharing on Allem McGrier!
Excellent overview as always. 70's 80's r&b is precious for electric bass players and i like your focus on the less famous.
How about some Orlando Phillips, Wayne Brathwaite or Kenneth Gant?
Teena is one of my absolute faves! Thank you for honoring her legacy. And the legacy of these wonderful bassists! Let us never forget! 🎵🎶🎶
incredible tribute from an incredible channel. RIP to lady T, one of the greatest to ever do it. thank you so much for the lessons and shedding light on the amazing players that helped shape her sound
I am learning so much with all your videos. Thank You!
Great analysis! Took me back and made me hear something new.
She was the Baddest Female, if I can say white lady to EVER do funk, soul music Period. I'm 55yrs old I remember ALL her stuff. Irons in the Fire, It must be Magic etc. She wrote, played song and produced her own stuff. I Can write forever bout her stuff. Her "Pen" work is unmatched and can sing. She should be studied her catalog is AMAZING. I named my 10 speed back in the day Lady-T. Man your work is Outstanding. You give people the Shine who should have gotten it long ago. Outstanding Job. I LOVE your stuff!. Keep it coming. And you put Gigolette STOP IT!!! my man. we use to do a dance back then called the Gigolo. Maybe next on your hit list should be Cameo or Slave. Mark Adams was another Monster. Thanks for your work
I've never heard of Teena Marie or any of these bassists. Thank you for the education. Amazing playing too.
I slept on 1st class love . Funky! Louis Johnson rip. Abraham laboriel was another amazing session player for her as well as james jamerson ,jr and nathan east ❤
I have no idea how this video came up on my feed but thank you TH-cam. I always was a fan of Ms Marie but never knew the history of her bass players this is awesome now I need a bass lol you got a new subscriber.
Oh man how do your videos keep on getting better and better! Seeing Gigolette in there took me by surprise, what a bass line there. Time to dig into some Allen McGrier.
Great list! Behind the Groove is my number one and Square Biz is my number two.
I Need Your Loving - that bassline grabs you at the intro and NEVER lets go! Propels the song like a locomotive. And props to the engineer for mic’ing it the way he did and giving it the bottom that it has.
Never heard of her before. Now I'm on a mission to check out her work 🤩
Thank you for all these amazing insights.
As a huge Lady Tee fan- I really enjoyed this video and the effort you put into it- such a treat!!!! Thank you, I thoroughly enjoyed it ❤
I have to say you hit my favorite bass line to listen to and play. Truly sad she left us so soon, but she will not be forgotten. And especially great for the bass players to get the recognition that they deserve.
I'm not ashamed that I went looking for Square Biz first. LOL. So many iconic bass lines though! And thanks for the breakdown on all of them though!
I grew up in the 70's and I MISSES ALL THIS? DAMN, find me a wayback machime, Mr. Peabody!!
Excellent job! I was raised in Buffalo, NY and was aware of these players, as well as Teena Marie. You have the most serious bass channel on you tube. I'm gonna have to learn to read bass clef to really get into it. Keep up the good work.