Top 5 Reggae Bass Lines | Aston Barrett, Bob Marley | Julia Hofer | Thomann

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  • @agro-valleyfarm7217
    @agro-valleyfarm7217 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Aston Family Man Barrett a LEGEND that will not be forgotten.

  • @abdacnc3969
    @abdacnc3969 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The bass is the back bone of reggae

  • @quicktastic
    @quicktastic ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Master Blaster is a little gem from Stevie Wonder that gets lost with all of his other work. Nice to see Julia give it some deserved love.

  • @rome8180
    @rome8180 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    It's really simple but I always liked the bass line for Bob Marley's "Stir It Up."

    • @RatuselaNagatalevu-q8m
      @RatuselaNagatalevu-q8m 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One Love also has a simple and easy dance with swaying rhythm ❤
      😊

    • @kijekuyo9494
      @kijekuyo9494 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed, especially from the live album.

  • @Tenguforest
    @Tenguforest ปีที่แล้ว +18

    "Stalag riddim". Classic dance hall track with a great bass line.

    • @patkelly8309
      @patkelly8309 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Old, old riddim too.

    • @XWNLOX
      @XWNLOX 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@patkelly8309 It never gets old, nowadays Dancehall still uses this riddim.

  • @javiermatres3183
    @javiermatres3183 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    for me Bob Marley has been the best. His bass rhythms are the rhythms of the heart. But I really like the Beatles, the bass line from With a little help from my friends is the happiness of living. Thank you Julia for your always positive joy and for your music.

  • @rogervallve7375
    @rogervallve7375 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Sly and Robbie great reggae combo. Three Little Birds is one of my favourite bass lines

    • @GMMidnightband
      @GMMidnightband ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I would be great to see a part 2 from Julia that celebrates the work of Robbie Shakespeare

  • @mstrshkbrnnn1999
    @mstrshkbrnnn1999 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Man I haven’t heard is this love in a few years and listening to her play that bass line gave me goosebumps and brought tears to my eyes. I love that song so much

  • @134rwa
    @134rwa ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The Reggae bass is such a fluid groove, it gets some part of your body moving, whether you want to or not, Haha, and it's perfect for the "bass face"!

  • @bassiehd
    @bassiehd ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It gives me a good feeling to hear you bigging up reggae basslines. They pretty much help define the melodic, harmonic and rhythmic flow of the music in reggae. In fact, there are standard reggae 'riddims' (also defined by the basslines) that all reggae bassists need to know. Some of those basslines are featured in hundreds of individual recordings! The fact that many of these riddims are still requested in the dancehalls although they were first written and recorded well over 50 years ago, attests to the simple power and ingenuity of those bass 'riddims' and the bassists who created them. The "Stalag" riddim was mentioned here. There's also the "Real Rock," "Heavenless," "Shank I Shek," "Rougher Yet" and hundreds of others!

    • @surverain
      @surverain ปีที่แล้ว

      You mentioned Leroy Sibbles without saying it!

    • @bassiehd
      @bassiehd ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@surverain Leroy's best known riddim is "Full Up" (Pass the Kutchie). Between his innovative basslines and his gorgeous vocals, he's a legend! But there are plenty of other great foundation bassies...Brian Atkinson, Val Douglas, Earl "Bagga" Walker, Lloyd Brevett, Jackie Jackson, George "Fully" Fulwood, all created and recorded memorable basslines from the rocksteady/early reggae eras that have stood the test of time.

    • @surverain
      @surverain ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bassiehd No one is saying otherwise, especially not me, he is far from being my favourite reggae bass player, I don't even count him as a real bass player. I'm just talking about the facts that should not be confused with our personal tastes, no one has given as many riddims as he has and that are still relevant, that's how it is. You cannot limit his genius to one riddim either. Thank you for your comment.

    • @bassiehd
      @bassiehd ปีที่แล้ว

      @@surverain I certainly don't see where I'm diminishing Leroy's talents or influence. But as a reggae bassist myself, I've been cataloging reggae 'riddims' for some years now, and out of the 250 or so classic basslines (riddims that have been re-recorded multiple times) that I've cataloged, Sibbles is responsible for about 18 of them, as far as I know. Not saying I know the creator of every riddim, but imho creating and recording even one bassline that's called out for in the dancehall well over 50 years later is a real accomplishment. I hope that perhaps one day, one or two of my original lines will have that much impact and longevity, even if I'm no longer around to hear it.

    • @surverain
      @surverain ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bassiehd I wish you that, I hope to hear from you one day.

  • @BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul
    @BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wow. Surprise surprise. I never knew Reggae would ever make it to this channel 😎 Thank you.
    I actually taught myself how to play Bass by playing along Aston Familyman, Flabba Holt, Robbie Shakespeare (the Reggae Bass trinity), Dennis Bovell, Tony Gad, Glenn Browne etc.
    Luckily, I met them all/worked with them (save for Famz).
    Tip: Anchor your thumb on the last fret of the fretboard to get that round wholesome tone. Not many played using the palm mute, save for Robbie who played with the thumb without muting.
    The Fender Jazz was the staple Bass for Reggae Bassists.
    Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬👊🏿🖤

    • @surverain
      @surverain ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't forget all the bass lines from Leroy Sibbles.

    • @BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul
      @BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@surverain oh yes, plus Lloyd Parks and Boris Gardner.

    • @surverain
      @surverain ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul For sure, thank you my friend

  • @patrikcarlsson8975
    @patrikcarlsson8975 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I like the bass lines in Marley’s Burnin’ and Lootin’, Coming in from the cold and Natural Mystic.

  • @SocratesOnABike
    @SocratesOnABike ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I'm a life-long fan of Ska and Reggae. I've been learning guitar in the last year, but I decided I wanted to try bass, so recently purchased one. Julia is a big inspiration to me in wanting to try bass. So, with all of that, I'm really happy to see Julia playing some Reggae grooves!

  • @colincampbell4261
    @colincampbell4261 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love reggae bass.
    Luv it when the building and floor vibrates to the reggae bass.

  • @funkypaul2822
    @funkypaul2822 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice to have you back Julia! We've been missing you!!

  • @riedki009
    @riedki009 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Equal Rights by Peter Tosh, Robbie Shakespeare on bass

  • @lets-find-out
    @lets-find-out ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Finally, you featured my favorite genre, reggae is the reason I picked up a bass, reggae is the reason I noticed the existence of the bass player (when I was a child), thank you Julia. Really enjoyed that sound

  • @chovuse
    @chovuse 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Errol "Flabba" Holt, of the Roots Radics, is a Legend and one of the best groovy Reggae Bass player, in Jamaica.

  • @johnwade7430
    @johnwade7430 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Some nice sounds here - thanks for this.
    But no mention of the late great Robbie Shakespeare…. He featured on so many great songs and not just in Reggae either.
    One of my favourites is Libertango, I’ve seen that face before by Grace Jones. Amazing playing. The drummer is of course Sly Dunbar - they were such a duo.

    • @stevecarter2827
      @stevecarter2827 ปีที่แล้ว

      Robbie was a KING. And a very nice guy!

    • @rastanz
      @rastanz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The late great Robbie is my biggest inspiration for bass. I cover a few of his basslines on my channel.

    • @stevecarter2827
      @stevecarter2827 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rastanz He was a really nice guy. We opened for him several times! This is me on rhythm! th-cam.com/video/8lAl6nxXfz8/w-d-xo.html

  • @monunyabidness5949
    @monunyabidness5949 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Zion Train, One Drop, Is This Love, Satisfy My Soul, Zimbabwe, and of course, the best for last *The Heathen.* The Heathen has such a fantastic bass groove; it almost puts me in a trance like state.

    • @SamsonBenji
      @SamsonBenji ปีที่แล้ว

      Hear Bushman on the Heathen riddim - fyah! That's one thing I really love about Reggae - that whole culture of versions and riddim-medleys and such, different melodies and topics interacting with the basslines, because I mean let's be honest, Reggae is bassline first and foremost, who no like it, lef it ;) Dubplate-culture, artists voicing their songs on different versions/riddims... Heathen riddim is a tuff dubplate riddim. Good choice. th-cam.com/video/L6ZZKDFdTM4/w-d-xo.html

    • @lawrencenjawe9875
      @lawrencenjawe9875 ปีที่แล้ว

      HaHa The Heathen 👍

  • @aakkoin
    @aakkoin ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I stumbled on a dub record by Aston "Familyman" Barrett, and it's full of amazing basslines and drums/percussion...

    • @bassiehd
      @bassiehd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There's an album called "Juvenile Delinquent" where Familyman plays the bass...and everything else too.

  • @och70
    @och70 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Reggae bass faces are some of the best bass faces. 😎

  • @kijekuyo9494
    @kijekuyo9494 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wanted to clarify something. Although the P-Bass with flatwounds was certainly used often for Jamaican riddims, and one can definitely get a good solid reggae bass sound from one, Barrett and Shakespeare were known for using the J-Bass.
    My favorite reggae bass lines.
    “Draw your Brakes” (Scotty dub of Prince Buster’s “Stop that Train”)
    “All Night, till Daylight” (Jacob Miller with Inner Circle)--Ian Lewis
    “96 Degrees in the Shade” (Third World)--Richard Daley
    “Trenchtown Rock” (Bob Marley Live)--Aston “Family Man” Barrett
    "Africa Unite" (Bob Marley & the Wailers)--Aston “Family Man” Barrett
    “Two Sevens Clash” (Culture)--Lloyd Parks
    “Handsworth Revolution” (Steel Pulse)--Ronald McQueen
    “Bredda Gravalicious” (Wailing Souls)
    “Plastic Smile” (Black Uhuru)--Robbie Shakespeare
    “Babylon Buildings” (Chris Combette)
    “Mother and Child Reunion” (Paul Simon)--Jackie Jackson
    I often play reggae bass myself. Reggae is one of the forms that got me into bass playing to start with.

  • @kristopherdavidson2097
    @kristopherdavidson2097 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Do a 2nd video with some Flabba Holt lines...they are magnificent!!!

  • @michelegrassi4385
    @michelegrassi4385 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Master Blaster. The most complete in my opinion !

  • @robertodiazsanchez4177
    @robertodiazsanchez4177 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    My favorite reggae bass line is: Jammin'!!!

    • @armanasaintclair8962
      @armanasaintclair8962 ปีที่แล้ว

      “Want More” this Baseline is Simple, but so Full of Melody ! Because of the Skank, the Base is brought to the forefront ! Amazing how the Base can move your bones !

  • @sneaquie8587
    @sneaquie8587 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Excellent, as usual, Julia. Have missed you! Bob Marley is one of my favourite artists. Gone too soon.

  • @constancemerryweather525
    @constancemerryweather525 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Natural Mystic! Heavy vibes! Nice vid Julia!

  • @patkelly8309
    @patkelly8309 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    With the Reggae you really need to feel those spaces and Julia does that effortlessly. Really love the way you groove on these tracks. Big up and One Love.

  • @tyronesearles9299
    @tyronesearles9299 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you. Peter Tosh and Ziggy Marley will bless your soul. Once again thank you. Stay well.

  • @hiitsiris531
    @hiitsiris531 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jammin by Bob Marley is always a classic !

  • @geordiew2162
    @geordiew2162 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have seen Marcus with his crew and victor and WOW
    You Hold it so STRONG!! Thank you for showing how Mellow everything is!!

  • @rastanz
    @rastanz ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Nice to see and hear you jam some reggae tunes. I learned a lot from both Familyman and the late great Robbie Shakespear.
    Being a reggae bass player myself it's hard to just pick one favorite.

    • @reggaebass1857
      @reggaebass1857 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes my friend, I too learned a lot from familyman, Robbie and Flabba, there’s many more out there but they are the main ones I rotate around

  • @walterrob5567
    @walterrob5567 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I have hundreds of favorite reggae bass lines. I can't choose :(

    • @surverain
      @surverain ปีที่แล้ว +2

      isn't it? it's normal, when yu love you don't compare

  • @Matthaus_Grosser
    @Matthaus_Grosser ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My favourite is ,,the way you do the things you do" by UB40. It is really amazing.

  • @elgranjero2284
    @elgranjero2284 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome video. Two of my favourite Reggae baselines are (1) the baseline in Bob Marley's Stir It Up and (2) Dennis Brown's So Long Rastafari Call You

  • @bigbronx
    @bigbronx ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "Could You Be Loved" by Bob Marley has a great bass line too

    • @charliedillon1400
      @charliedillon1400 ปีที่แล้ว

      My favorite of the top overplayed Marley songs, by far.
      Bob has so many great songs, but only 5-6 get played all the time. Shame. The album Exodus is a masterpiece

    • @user-ln1up9xi4k
      @user-ln1up9xi4k ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@charliedillon1400 could you be loved is off uprising

    • @CasimirLeYeti
      @CasimirLeYeti ปีที่แล้ว

      This is a disco rhythm ...

  • @michael_caz_nyc
    @michael_caz_nyc ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Check out Richie Daly (bassist) from Third World. Songs: You're playing us too close, Reggae jam boogie, Now that we found love , Try jah love (among many others). oNe LovE from NYC

    • @bassiehd
      @bassiehd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Great and very innovative player. A couple of my faves of his are "Cold Sweat" and "Reggae Ambassador."

  • @alexdenton6586
    @alexdenton6586 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    After taking a break from playing guitar for several years, I had a fretless bass made for me by my luthier and I'm going to learn on it. It seems more complicated, but I'm going to start with it and seeing Julia playing it makes me even more excited to get started
    Bob Marley is one of my favorite

    • @poeticsun645
      @poeticsun645 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My first bass was a fretless, it makes you more precise imho

  • @9g8hestro
    @9g8hestro ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Nice! I think Marleys "Zion Train" has one of Aston Barretts best bass lines. The one on "Stiff necked fools" is also worth mentioning, it´s kind of different and unique. The whole album "Hail Him" with Burning Spear and songs like "African Teacher" also is great work by Familyman Barrett. As for a two chords riddim, you can´t beat the classic bass line of Sound Dimensions "Real rock", created even before anything was called reggae.

    • @JaemanEdwards
      @JaemanEdwards ปีที่แล้ว +1

      'zion train' is a killer track.

    • @ytucharliesierra
      @ytucharliesierra ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know Stiff Necked Fools. Excellently special baseline indeed. If I may recommend a baseline that is so cool it will start snowing in the room you may want to check out "Mosman Skank" from "Aswad" from the "Countryman" Soundtrack. ☝😎

    • @JaemanEdwards
      @JaemanEdwards ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ytucharliesierra I only knew Aswad from that terrible pop hit that they did. I checked out your recommendation, and that bassline is very dirty indeed. It sounds like it's being played through 12 different pedals. Dubby as fk.

    • @9g8hestro
      @9g8hestro ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ytucharliesierra Yeah, I know that one. It´s a classic. I also recommend "Three Babylon" if we are talking Aswad 😎Another good one I had missed until recently is Max Romeo´s "Melt Away"..

    • @hellobiafra
      @hellobiafra ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JaemanEdwards listen Aswad - Back to África, also the album new chapter , is pure gold

  • @JAK0449
    @JAK0449 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    actually Aston Barrett never played on P bass, only Jazz Bass,he is an unconditionnal jazz player according tohimself..with flatwound indeed!! he is an incredible bass player and one of the reason Im one too...good video..again ican see that Julia and I have akind of similar taste and influences..Icanrealize it in many videos..example here as a reggae fan forever, you choose songs I couldeasily choosetoo...greatplaying and great teaching young lady!

    • @stevecarter2827
      @stevecarter2827 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep ONLY Jazz Bass!

    • @rastanz
      @rastanz ปีที่แล้ว

      He plays his jazz bass exclusively but I've know him to play other brand basses too.

  • @zombi3907
    @zombi3907 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "The bed's too big without you" by the Police is a great reggae bassline. I also like "Want More" by Bob Marley, which really is very heavy in live performance.

    • @JaemanEdwards
      @JaemanEdwards ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Both awesome tracks. Good taste bro.

    • @richone10
      @richone10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ' Bed's too big without you' originally played by Robbie Shakespear.

    • @zombi3907
      @zombi3907 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello@@richone10 I just wanted to address this comment. At first I just assumed you were right, as white musicians from the UK and US both took from the music of the African Diaspora, in the form of blues, jazz, and reggae for sure. In this case however, the cycle is fully turned, as the Bed's too Big track and it's underwater dub version, were actually a cover of the Police version. I think it was actually released in 2014? Sly and Robbie did another Police cover (of Walking on the Moon with Amblique. th-cam.com/video/Ou6ZfRLHTeY/w-d-xo.html ) on a reggae tribute to the Police, "Reggae Mondata" and interestingly on that album Sheila Hylton covered The Bed's Too Big Without you.
      I really want to thank you though because I didn't know much about Sly and Robbie, but now I do. So that's a whole 'nother rabbit hole of music for me to go down, and that is one of my favorite things to do! If you have any other of your favorite artists or tracks to suggest, I am always interested in learning about essential tracks or artists of any genre.
      Here's an album I found (from a different genre and style) that is absolutely brilliant and beautiful: Marlon Williams Live at Auckland Town Hall. This young dude from New Zealand sings like the child of Elvis Presley in his quieter moments, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Buckley, with ties to the Maori musical culture. The song "Nobody Gets What they Want Anymore" is particularly beautiful and there are gorgeous harmonies throughout the performance.

    • @zombi3907
      @zombi3907 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh! @@JaemanEdwards What about Handsworth Revolution by Steel Pulse? So good.

    • @JaemanEdwards
      @JaemanEdwards ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zombi3907 Hadn't heard that one. Great Bro. I have a recommendation for you. I'm from New Zealand. Lots of good reggae out of this country. Try "Rocketship" or "Running" from NZ band L.A.B. Beautiful music brother.

  • @kgamaseg
    @kgamaseg ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah! That "Is this this love" bass line...yup. "No woman, no cry" is one of my favorites.

  • @SombraDeLaMosca
    @SombraDeLaMosca ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Very nice, I saw the Wailers once live on a Festival, on which it had rained the whole weekend, but for the wrap up on Sunday evening the Wailers opened up the sky for a nice sunset! One of the best concerts =) My fav line is "Stir It Up" which is also a nice training for major triads. Thank you for my Friday Julia dose, have a nice weekend!

  • @martijnlie-hap-po9611
    @martijnlie-hap-po9611 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    eventhough Familyman played a jazzbass the p with flats sounds great aswell!

  • @kevinlander46
    @kevinlander46 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    wow all briliantly played love it Julia love the sound of your Bass

  • @jimknopf0766
    @jimknopf0766 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very good lesson and examples to get into it. - We all need Jamaica Reggae, Yeah.

  • @michaelp.459
    @michaelp.459 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wie immer ein Träumchen. Ich warte noch immer auf die Top 5 Level 42, Jamiroquai und Hip Hop Bass Lines😉

    • @BankWarschau
      @BankWarschau ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Level 42 und Jamiroquai ... jaaa

  • @benjamindewberry8227
    @benjamindewberry8227 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have spent time with Aston , Carlie, Easy star Allstars, you have the chops..❤

  • @Chad_Sandridge75
    @Chad_Sandridge75 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm always impressed at how effortlessly you make your stretches!

    • @JaemanEdwards
      @JaemanEdwards ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah effortless. Probably practised for a month to learn 30 seconds of a song. Not impressed.

    • @Chad_Sandridge75
      @Chad_Sandridge75 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JaemanEdwards By that comment I'll take it that you haven't seen her play much.

    • @JaemanEdwards
      @JaemanEdwards ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha ha ha deleting my comments. Got ya. Funky Chad my ass. I know, sometimes the truth can be hard to take. I'm glad she's got a hardcore fangirl like yourself

    • @JaemanEdwards
      @JaemanEdwards ปีที่แล้ว

      Way better female players than her out there. 'Juliaplaysgroove' TH-cam channel

  • @jimknopf0766
    @jimknopf0766 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    .my favorite...and of course... the Big Mountain version of Baby I love your way (Peter Frampton)

  • @GabrielDread
    @GabrielDread ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I missed some more Jamaican reggae beyond Bob Marley. One of my favourite bass lines is Jah Give Us Life, by the Wailing Souls

    • @lawrencenjawe9875
      @lawrencenjawe9875 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's one killer bass line....Either Flabba Holt or Robbie Shakespeare on that ont

  • @LeeRichardson808
    @LeeRichardson808 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice tone and playing, I love reggae.
    I don’t have deep knowledge of reggae players, but my favorite Aston bass parts:
    Who the Cap Fit
    War
    I Shot the Sheriff

  • @stevecarter2827
    @stevecarter2827 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sounds great. Familyman actually gave me a bass lesson in person. He used a Jazz bass, told me how to set my tone and, like you, plucking fingers near the end of the fretboard. Love the Easy Star!! Wish you would look at Rick Danko (THE BAND-Life Is A Carnival and Unfaitful Servant, flat wounds, palm mute with a pick, like Carol Kaye!! He played like a horn player, like Veerdine did

    • @klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931
      @klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Funny how she shows a picture of Familyman with a Jazz Bass and then tells you you should use a P-Bass😂

    • @ALIONBASS
      @ALIONBASS ปีที่แล้ว

      @@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 Yes, the jazz bass has more like a classic reggae bass sound, although the P-bass was also used (by Lloyd Parks, Dennis Bovell).

    • @rastanz
      @rastanz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He played a few different brand basses, even a steinberger on the live video promo version of the track "My Friend" 😎
      Fams played then signed my 1979 musicman saber during soundcheck on one tour of which our band was support, but yes indeed, his go to was his fender jazz.
      He is the nicest and most humble musician I've had the pleasure of meeting.

  • @yoyonel1808
    @yoyonel1808 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thx for this video, very interresting.
    for my part i love:
    - War, Bob Marley & The Wailers (1976)
    - Three Little Birds, Bob Marley & The Wailers (1977)
    - Zimbabwe - Bob Marley & The Wailers (1979)
    - I Need a Roof Over My Head - The Mighty Diamonds (1976)
    - Plus rien ne m'étonne, Tiken Jah Fakoly (2007)
    - and so on ^^

  • @patkelly8309
    @patkelly8309 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i love so many but one that never fails to get me moving is a relatively simple one - the Revolution riddim as popularised on the Dennis Brown track of the same name. Flabba Holt of the Roots Radics is one of my favourite players.

    • @SamsonBenji
      @SamsonBenji ปีที่แล้ว

      You got taste, nuff RASpect.

    • @surverain
      @surverain ปีที่แล้ว

      oh yesssss!!!

    • @patkelly8309
      @patkelly8309 ปีที่แล้ว

      George Oban too

  • @robertnijkamp2051
    @robertnijkamp2051 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Reggea has got soul by Toots and the Maytals is my favorite reggea baseline

  • @claudetteglinton1738
    @claudetteglinton1738 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My favorite song is call is the love is this love i am feeling like you said reggea music make me feel happy and all Bob Marley music makes you want to get up and dance. You are doing a great job playing reggea music will always sound sweet each time you hear it. The beat of reggea music is so sweet. I enjoyed listening to you played Bob Marley music keep it you are great at it.have a blessed day.one ❤ and one ❤. Peace all ways.

  • @MichaelClifton-u6x
    @MichaelClifton-u6x ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I know it’s not “traditional” Reggae. But the bass line from the Police “The Bed’s too Big without you” is nice.

  • @QuantumFirefly
    @QuantumFirefly ปีที่แล้ว

    Among my many favorites: Blackheart Man, Tears in Your Eyes, Riding (Bunny Wailer). Java (Augustus Pablo). Nyah Keith (Burning Spear). Darkness (Black Uhuru). No Trouble This (Don Carlos). Black Woman (Judy Mowatt). Fade Away (Junior Byles). I and I (Messian Dread). Baby I Love You So (Jacob Miller). Come Away Jah Jah Children (Black Survivors). Night Nurse (Gregory Isaacs). Dubbing is a Must (Pablo Moses). Entertainment (Tristan Palmer). A Little Bit More (Dennis Brown). Government Man (Lacksley Castell).

  • @elrafa782
    @elrafa782 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have 5 best reggae lines : YOURS !!! Thanks Julia 🥰

  • @ParallaxRS
    @ParallaxRS 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    some of Aston Barrett's triplet grooves are absolutely beautiful in how they play with the off beat guitar clanks

  • @hunybadgerbill
    @hunybadgerbill ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Desmond Dekker - The Israelites

    • @kijekuyo9494
      @kijekuyo9494 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Big thumb's up here.

  • @aaronpaterson1615
    @aaronpaterson1615 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Two of my all-time favourite baselines are EQUAL RIGHTS by Peter Tosh and DREADLOCKS IN MOONLIGHT by Lee Scratch Perry. For real roots reggae, I love the bass in CHANT A PSALM by IBA. Would love to hear you do those young lady. Aaron from Australia 🦘🦘🦘

  • @dribak1
    @dribak1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks, Julia, nice post, very pleasant delivery! Learned a couple of good licks :)

  • @joecarstens5201
    @joecarstens5201 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nice choices! I always liked the effective powerful lines of Dennis Bovell (Linton Kwesi Johnson).

    • @surverain
      @surverain ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes Dennis Bovell is a part of the cream

  • @cskeise
    @cskeise ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Julia....Don't worry... about a thing... Cause every little thing... is gonna be alright...💙👊😎🇯🇲

  • @GarnetNewfree
    @GarnetNewfree ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi, most of what Doug Whimbish did for the onu record label was classy, dub syndicate, Lee Perry backing bass kinda stuff, mind Dougs in a lot of bands in he ey, I like your style because you make the instrument its self look beautiful that's a gifted ability, they are both really nice basses and your style is fluid well done👍

  • @mrtings
    @mrtings ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I would love to hear you play “tightrope” by steel pulse 🔥🔥

    • @lawrencenjawe9875
      @lawrencenjawe9875 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes...Great bass line on that one like on every early Steel Pulse tracks (1978-84)... Thanks to Ronnie Stepper McQueen....

  • @anssiairas9179
    @anssiairas9179 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alpha Blondy was the first reaggae artist that really touched my young soul some 30 years ago. "Masada" is still of my favourite tracks with a great bass line.
    Lately, I've lost my heart to Hjalmár, such elegant groovy lines, like on "Lof".

  • @lawrencenjawe9875
    @lawrencenjawe9875 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stiff-necked fool has a unique bassline...True. So does another favorite of mine..The deep and heavy "Forever Loving Jah"🎸

  • @kam1st971
    @kam1st971 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the most intricate basslines in reggae music is from "All in the same boat" by Freddie McGregor and is skilfully performed by Glen Brownie.

    • @surverain
      @surverain ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you to mention Glen one man of the anthology

    • @bassiehd
      @bassiehd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@surverain I saw him with Tarrus Riley and the Blak Soil band. He hardly moved onstage, but he rocked tf out of the bass and had the place frenetically dancing!

  • @waewaepouwhare320
    @waewaepouwhare320 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Top ranking by BMW is my favourite,nice and heavy.❤ the riddim twins

    • @JaemanEdwards
      @JaemanEdwards ปีที่แล้ว

      Chur bro 'Top ranking' is definitely the jam

  • @BillTubbs
    @BillTubbs ปีที่แล้ว +10

    One of my favourite Reggae baselines is Watching the Detectives, by Elvis Costello.

  • @arnoldfernbladst3875
    @arnoldfernbladst3875 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Are you using flatwounds on both basses? Did you switch from a P-bass setup to a J-bass setup because the J-bass was a 5-string?
    I've been asking SBL to breakdown "The Streetbeater" by Quincy Jones (Chuck Rainey) with no luck. Can you dissect and give a lesson on that song please? Thanks!

  • @juliaojapelto
    @juliaojapelto ปีที่แล้ว

    Tosh (Robbie Shakespeare) and Marley (Aston Barret) songs and the basslines are my traditional favorites. Police had a strong influence of reggae, l love Sting’s approach on it.

  • @dirkpehrke9909
    @dirkpehrke9909 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have never seen Family Man with a P-Bass. He mostly played Jazz Basses, just like Shakespeare. In the early days Hoefners were quite popular. As much as I like Marley, his records were mostly produced to draw a rock listening audience to reggae. I really understood reggae, when listening to real sound systems and King Tubby and Lee Perry. Reggae never was gig music, it is record / sound system music. I highly recommend listening to Augustus Pablo, Keith Hudson and the great dub music from the 70s.
    My all time favourite is Baltimore (a Randy Newman cover) by the Tamlins with the Riddim Twins Sly and Robbie on drums and bass.

    • @surverain
      @surverain ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you to mention Keith Hudson, anthology!!

    • @patrickbaker4967
      @patrickbaker4967 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Finally someone else mentioning my favorite, King Tubby! I had to post Rubba Dunza - Clocktower Mix as my favorite Reggae Bass song

  • @fredfred2363
    @fredfred2363 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice watching how you do the "rests" or skip beats.
    Always good! 👍🏻😀🇬🇧

  • @amtfurwertewiederbeschaffu9025
    @amtfurwertewiederbeschaffu9025 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nice work and finally some respect shown to a music genre that influenced so many other styles. But there are a lot more great Reggae Bassists to look into. The late bass legend Robbie Shakespeare or Flabba Holt just to mention 2. Check them out. It is a whole different bass world.

  • @baguette3000-V2
    @baguette3000-V2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    yes!! the bass is quite singing!

  • @En-ROOTS
    @En-ROOTS 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One foundation from the Wailer's album "Burnin'" Peter Tosh on vocals, another lesser-known track by them is Screw face, alternate take, excellent bass. Thanks for the great vid.

  • @tamatangira2809
    @tamatangira2809 ปีที่แล้ว

    Darkness from Black Uhuru. Robbie Shakespeare on bass. To many awesome basslines too name. Him and Sly Dunbar on drums fit together like a pair of gloves. Love your choice of bass lines also

  • @michaelrawson6261
    @michaelrawson6261 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every one of these is pure gold!!!

  • @surverain
    @surverain ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the "Green Bay Killing" riddim and all the bass lines from Leroy Sibbles at Studio One "mr bassie' "skylarking" "queen of the ministrel", "a love i can feel" "declaration of rights" "door peep" "creation rebel" "heavenless" "no man is an island" "sweet talking" "party time" "ain't that loving you" oufff!! and many more which are the greatest bass lines In reggae history even if the man was not a real bassist as Robbie, Flabba, Boris Gardener, Aston, Mikey Ras Starr, Lloyd Parkes, Donald Dennis etc... . Thanks for your job Julia, even if reggae is not your world.

    • @NevilleFearon-ox6bo
      @NevilleFearon-ox6bo ปีที่แล้ว

      I am a Jamaican who knows the music and regard it as a stupid comment to say the that Leroy bass lines are the greatest in reggae history, stop disrespecting the other bassist mentioned. It’s subjective, just say you like Studio One bass lines.

    • @surverain
      @surverain ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NevilleFearon-ox6bo ah bon stupid how? they are definitely the most played until now, in Jamaica and in the whole world and precisely no, it's not an opinion but a fact, you can be jamaican which i don't give a damn you don't understand anything at all about the subject but i do understand your mistake, you don't know what reggae is.
      Check it out before you say more bullshits

    • @surverain
      @surverain ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NevilleFearon-ox6bo "stop disrespecting the other bassist mentioned" when did i do this, you should learn to read, we are talking about bass lines ok?

    • @NevilleFearon-ox6bo
      @NevilleFearon-ox6bo ปีที่แล้ว

      People generally don’t play an artist because they want to listen to a particular bass line. The bass is just a supportive instrument, although in dub music this might be different

    • @NevilleFearon-ox6bo
      @NevilleFearon-ox6bo ปีที่แล้ว

      If you are dancing then the overall rhythm does matter that cannot be denied

  • @jasonbradley7259
    @jasonbradley7259 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Simply amazing. Great lesson. Recruiting for a reggae band. Universal creditz. If your free . I an in the midst of making an album . Need more inspirations and visions. This kinda thing. Love the way you move to the grooves. .

  • @DoctorIntrepid
    @DoctorIntrepid ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hofners were also used with Raggae. I don't recall a P bass used much. Jazz basses, for sure.

    • @SamsonBenji
      @SamsonBenji ปีที่แล้ว

      Word on the Jazz basses.

    • @thebassclef007
      @thebassclef007 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      P Bas??? Aston is a JAZZ BASS man!

    • @surverain
      @surverain ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thebassclef007 But he played a lot on Hofner bass, check it!!!

    • @bassiehd
      @bassiehd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@surverain Robbie played a Hofner violin bass for awhile. He gave me an impromptu bass lesson after a session at Channel One studio in 1976 (I was playing guitar back then) and let me play on it while he showed me what to do. May his memory be for an eternal blessing.

  • @nicok5630
    @nicok5630 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely tracks thx Julia

  • @grantdunne7408
    @grantdunne7408 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this video was amazing

  • @congapaul5131
    @congapaul5131 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Julia, thank you, thank you💐🏅🥇🏆👑 you are so talented, i love to see you enjoying when you play the bassguitar 4 and 5 strings, thank you for all that you show me how to learn to play bass lines, thank you, thank you👏👏👏👏👏👏👏what you teach in your video’s means a lot to me, thank you for all your great work, you are amazing, thank you Julia, thank you, i wish you a very best joyful happy musical life!

  • @uwekatolla8988
    @uwekatolla8988 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Today i find your Channel. It‘s nice and interresting. My favorite Bassline is from Mark King from Level 42 „ Something about you“

  • @mohammedabdulkadir2004
    @mohammedabdulkadir2004 ปีที่แล้ว

    One drop riddim in this list !
    From dance reggae riddims i love dance and groove, bunny wailer

  • @gerarddesmondegan1787
    @gerarddesmondegan1787 ปีที่แล้ว

    One Drop, one of my all time favourite bass lines

  • @bennyblanko3
    @bennyblanko3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks so much for your videos! You play so great! Hearing you play along really pops the bass out of the mix clear, and I notice little things that weren't obvious before.

  • @nubiarociofrairegomez
    @nubiarociofrairegomez 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Greetings from Tijuana Mexico, I like your videos

  • @ngc1807
    @ngc1807 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the reggae bass lines on Linton Kwesi Johnson's albums, e.g. the song Sonny's Lettah on Forces of Victory. Highly recommended!

    • @bassiehd
      @bassiehd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      bassist on those is Dennis "Blackbeard" Bovell, one of the UK's top reggae bass players.

  • @jimmierodgers1597
    @jimmierodgers1597 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kwame Bediako’s the guilty is a favorite bassline. Israel Vibrations’ Greedy dog bassline on Live Again! album is fire 🔥

    • @reggaebass1857
      @reggaebass1857 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great tune, didn’t Flabba play the bassline on that

  • @stevelacey9122
    @stevelacey9122 ปีที่แล้ว

    Julia you are brilliant i am just learning guitar and love the bass ....

  • @Squares1960
    @Squares1960 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Check out the late great George Ras Oban from the band Aswad on the track called ‘I a rebel soul ‘!

  • @jancjmusic772
    @jancjmusic772 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Julia is an extraordinary bass player!!

  • @lenkybasscustombassguitars9381
    @lenkybasscustombassguitars9381 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Botanical Rootz - Black Uhuru by Robbie Shakespeare,,,
    Let Me Down Easy - Dennis Brown by Val Douglas, check out these Julia

    • @surverain
      @surverain ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Val Douglas, a genius! Thank you to have mention him