He is missed

One of a kind

Louis is definitely missed 😞

Some would already know but he played on the track by Michael Mcdonald ( I keep Forgetting ) . The riff @ 25 secs in always gets me 😅 ✌️👍 .

I still find myself in awe listening & watching this man play/slap that bass! He’s missed like other great musicians/artists! You know you’re bad when Fender customizes a bass guitar for you! He was overseas showing people how he played this bass guitar! There is footage of him in Japan or China!? A pioneer to the new bass sound! Along with Larry Graham!

He played bass on We Are The World.

2024, who is here to watch this great bass battle?

I’m a 70s baby girl. There is a picture I have of me holding the bass at six ! My uncles were musicians and they listened to The Brothers Johnson All the Time. So I knew who they were, lol Louis Johnson was my inspiration, even then lol. I couldn’t play it well at 6, but I pretended that I could.🤣🤣🤣GOOD TIMES! Love and light to all who reads this.

Some folks don't know that Louis was the genius on BILLIE JEAN.He was SO awesome.

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Tommy the Kitten 😉

LOVE Verdine White.. so awesome.. ! thanks!

MEGA

Mo was definitely marcus miller influence

A lot of times when you delve back into bands' histories, you're disappointed. This is not one of those times

Hi bro xx

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Louis "Thunder Thumbs" Johnson was cold blooded playing that bass guitar. He was beyond BAD!!!!!!! Musical Genius Period. RIP Louis. You showed up and definitely showed OUT!!!!

BAADD MAN!!!

Johnson was great! But the King of slapping the bass is the one and only Mark King himself! 😊from the 80s pop group Level 42! Still playing today! Check him out on line!😊

Does anyone else make the stank face watching this great great man do his thing? RIPOWER Louis Johnson

I never get tired of seeing 👀 this performance!!!!

It's such a shame the man has passed away, and it's also a shame there's so much crap with this video that the rest of us could look at and maybe learn something.

RIP Louis... I hate how late in life I discovered you.

Some good ol' skool gut bucket slappin', poppin' and pluckin'. 👍🏽

Dude can pluck that bass like a mofo I don't care what anybody in the comment section says. You gotta give credit where credit is due.

Супер группа и супер музыканты!!!

Nothing like old school funk thumpin’ and pluckin’ to get the ol’ melon bobbin’

The best band of all time in earth wind and fire 🔥. Number 1

Imagine getting your doors blown off by the guest bass player......

Nothing I love more than a bassist who knows how to finess that deep sound from that E or drop D!

He will be missed!

Pretty Bad Ass!! 🔥🔥🔥

Verdine White always been a high energy pFunk Bass player. You should see what he was doing in the 70's. Playing upside down, side ways, you name it. Verdine EW&F Rules.

Louis Johnson ..the ultimate Bass Player // he was the BASS on the MJ Album - off the wall & Triller // he was the Magic for those 2 Albums

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaah grooving soul aint taught!!!!

What a great musician and that stingray is absolutely beautiful

AMAZING bassist...WOW😳!!!

Had the pleasure of interviewing Mo Pleasure for my dissertation at university. He is the most humble, talented, amazing musician.

I had to take a shower after watching this 😮

This is what kept my friends and I out of gangs and off the streets. We wanted to learn how to play so we picked up a bass instead of a gun. Every street had a band and we would have battle of the bands every weekend. Dam I miss those days, y'all kids missed out smh

It doesn't matter who anyone thinks is better. True greats always surpass their predecessors. If it wasn't for mr thunder thumbs....

Really not rock or funk anymore. Really jazz at this level.

Thats a bad MF

It's all about the ideas and musicality in bass solos and Louis is no exception a perfectly executed improvised masterpiece!

I think what the problem is Verdine never was featured as a standout in the group Earth Wind and Fire. I mean he was never given a solo while he was with EWF. So people assumed that he was a great guitar player. Maybe if he played with no one else playing. The little that was shown in these clips was not enough to judge his guitar skills fairly for me

The more I look into it, the more I’m convinced that Verdine White is a fraud. Evidences I’ve found so far: 1. I found countless instances during live shows, where his hands are not matching his playing or he’s fixing his hair but the bass line is still going etc. Even in this video, he’s miming. His hands are in a completely wrong position as to what we hear, 1:24 onwards. 2. His solos during live concerts or jam sessions are really awful, it’s like his playing suddenly downgrades as soon as he starts soloing. 3. Maurice White is his brother, which could be how this was covered up for so long 4. His overall technique is terrible when you see it live, makes you wonder how he played songs with elaborate bass lines like “In the Stone” with that technique 5. No, he’s not playing worse because of old age. Real greats like Stanley Clarke, Nathan East, Anthony Jackson etc. are all nearly 70 but you don’t see their playing abilities decline with age.

Que DIOS te bendiga Luois Johnson

This guy looks like Nathan East (the bass player from the band Fourplay and Eric Clapton's bassist)!

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏼🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶God bless Louis