BILLY COX Red House Live At Woodstock || Bass Lesson (No.184)

[@keefbrad]

As always Greg you are simply the best on all levels of teaching and communication. Brilliant tabs for all levels.

[@GregsBassShed]

Thanks Keef, glad you like the lesson!

[@anbyeastbank319]

Fantastic comparison and explanation, thank you Greg!

[@GregsBassShed]

Cheers Anby

[@Ghost_Vulgarian]

Another great lesson on this version of the tune. I'll tackle the piece after lunch. Thanks for the knowledge, Greg.

[@GregsBassShed]

Enjoy! Hope your lunch was nice! 😀

[@Ghost_Vulgarian]

@@GregsBassShed A chicken and blue Stilton sandwich with tomatoes and green olives. My food tastes are like my music tastes... Varied. Listening to Robin Trower, Bridge of Sighs album when driving. 🎶

[@GregsBassShed]

@@Ghost_Vulgarian sounds like a sandwich I need to try!

[@fearsomemumbler9946]

I agree with your point on the articulation, I've always kept it quite dynamic when playing this depending how much of a tangent my guitarist is going off on. I must have played it a thousand times and I don't think I've played it the same way twice as we just let it flow. That's what I like about loads of these blues tunes, you don't have to play it exactly how it was, just stick to the loose framework of the chord progression and let it flow and see what happens.

[@GregsBassShed]

Exactly that. It's great to get creative and not to feel that you have to play the bass line note for note 👍

[@Iconoplastt]

Great stuff and love the details !

[@GregsBassShed]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@dennis-1983]

Hey Greg I found a sure fire way to transcribe bass parts. Use software such as "Amazing Slow Downer", kick the song up an octave so the bass sounds like a guitar, then use a guitar to figure out the notes. If you play along and hit a bad note, you will hear it right away. And slow it down to hear more clearly. Works every time.

[@GregsBassShed]

That sounds like a good option Dennis, thanks for sharing 👍

[@davegilbertmusic]

I think that it's great that you compared Noel's style to that of Billy Cox on a Hendrix classic standard like Red House! I absolutely love Billy's playing and feel he was Jimi's best bassist by far! A couple of things that I wanted to point out were, that on the original live 8:33 version of Red House at Woodstock, Jimi broke a high E string not long after his 1st guitar solo and rather than switch guitars, his equipment manager Eric Barrett changed the string while Hendrix kept the guitar on and fellow guitarist Larry Lee took a few solos. You can see Jimi nodding to Larry in the film. The "official" release however has all of Lee's solos removed which brings the song down to 5:18. If you search youtube, you should be able find the original longer version. Secondly, Jimi is not tuned down a half step at Woodstock. A quick sit down with Purple Haze or Hey Joe from there and you'll realize they're pretty close to A 440 as both of those songs are clearly in E. I bring this up because that makes the Woodstock version of Red House actually played in Bb. Not a huge difference from playing it in B on a bass but it's good to be able to play this stuff in all keys! Thanks again 👍

[@GregsBassShed]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Great bit of extra intel from you, thanks for that 👍

[@thejlp9894]

Great lesson Greg I like this bass line the best and you presented it perfectly cheers 👌

[@GregsBassShed]

Thanks JLP

[@philipdarbyshire3517]

Another great one Greg. Love to see you doing the great bass lines of Etta James / Beth Hart "I'd rather go blind" 😍

[@GregsBassShed]

Really nice choice Philip. I’ve got that pretty high up on my list already. I fell in love with that bass line when I played it at a gig once. It’s simple, yet so effective. The Beth Hart version is brilliant too.

[@philipdarbyshire3517]

My eyes are peeled!!! Thanks. Philip

[@quantumbassguitarchannel1159]

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[@GregsBassShed]

Cheers man 🎸👍