Boston - Rock and Roll Band (Isolated Rhythm Section)

[@jmcrae825]

That my friends is how you lay down a fkn bass track!

[@Direditor11]

it's actually Jim Masdea on drums and Tom Scholz on bass. :)

[@williamccolwartjr6683]

How do you know that u r lucky to have this cut its groovy

[@michaelr.4734]

He knows this because it is in the liner notes of the first Boston album.that Jim Masdea plays drums on this song. On the first album, the only song that the five members actually played on together is "Let me take you home tonight".

[@williamccolwartjr6683]

Thanks for the info !!

[@davidstewart4310]

William Colwart jr and Fran done bass on FOREPLAY to.

[@fmbighair]

Wow, why did tom play all the bass tracks?

[@SilentBob1089]

OMG I've literally been looking for this so i can learn the last chorus to this song!!! THANK YOU!!

[@TheOneAboveAll]

That is Tom Scholz on bass

[@seanjameswallace]

Love this!!!

[@timersk1]

That is Jim Masdea playing drums not Sib. RRB is the only song on the album with Jim playing. Sib recreated note for note all Jim's drum arrangements on the others through the insistence of the record company.

[@chrishartshorn1460]

Nice to see someone knows their stuff. Glad to see Jim Masdea get the credit he deserves.

[@slide4180]

Makes you wonder the record co. insisted that Jim be replaced with Sib. The latter had a cleaner, lighter sound, maybe?

[@fmbighair]

Tim Erskine why did the record company insist on replacing Jim’s playing if only to have sib play Jim’s note for note parts?

[@WhyTheHorseface]

fmbighair why would the company want to involve another player and pay another person for work that was already done well? Doesn’t make sense.

[@CDiPaola04]

@@slide4180 Well the dude who originally commented said that Sib recreated Jim's notes. But I've listened to all the demos of Jim's playing I can find, and although he definitely laid the foundation for every song, Sib played a lot tighter and more unique fills which worked better IMO. Personally, I think both were vital and the songs wouldn't have been the same if both of them weren't present on this album.

[@BBHemisnJets]

Awesome work- we need a GreatDrumSections channel. ! That would be great.!!

[@AndreasGeffarth]

Thanks for this track! The first Boston album is one of my absolute favorites and I'm always impressed by Brad Delp's vocals, the rhythm section, the overall sound of the album and the great and timeless songs in general! Regarding the rhythm section, I would also like to recommend you a completely different album: "Live" by James Taylor (1993). What drummer Carlos Vega and bassist Jimmy Johnson play there together and also live is simply phenomenal (for me). "Country Road" is one of my favorites on the album in this regard. All the best! Andreas :)

[@michelelaraia7358]

Guten Tag!

[@timersk1]

And that is Tom Scholz bass playing. Fran only played bass on the second half of Long Time and in the california recording studio where Take you home tonight was recorded.

[@MrCherrygrovedude]

Whitie Powers dwayne johnson is somoan i believe dude. What does it matter what race he is? Humans have been mixing for thousands of years.

[@dsnodgrass4843]

I'd almost believe it on this track; bc it's stiffer and much less supple than Sheehan could play. But Scholz is a notorious control-freak and grudge-holder; so one can't trust his word, and by extension, yours.

[@davidstewart4310]

Tim Erskine fran done foreplay to yeh ;-)

[@abbiebeast]

Great tight - RIP Sidd

[@michelelaraia7358]

First song side two.

[@marcusjasso2600]

Hell yeah !! 😊

[@marvy1118]

Please do this with ALL of the songs from their first two albums! This isn't the song to show the bassist's talents. "It's Easy" would be one good example of that.

[@richardacevedo4095]

and in California...Barry, Brad, Fran and Sib also recorded "Disco Maddness!" written by Sib Hashian...this song kicks #$$!

[@davidstewart4310]

richard acevedo was that when they done LET ME TAKE YOU HOME TONIGHT?

[@jeffreyblack9850]

That is Jim Masdea on drums...

[@joe6096]

You could almost mistake bass line for John Paul Jones, and I mean that as a compliment to Scholz. Very jazzy, bluesy, and thick. Similar to Jones' playing style using octave notes. Tom Scholz is so underrated as a musician, song writer, arranger, producer. The dude can do it all!!!!

[@sarge6870]

Yeah...he can do it ALL (like destroy a band on the way up)!

[@marvy1118]

@gwallisonjr Sholz wrote on liner notes that he did the bass parts, not Sheehan.

[@reithstrat30]

Hello... Excelent job... Please up load piece of mind... Same... Without guitars... Thanx

[@jimsteigerwalt2625]

peace of mind

[@MrJingres]

@marvy1118 @gwallisonjr I agree entirely. This is clearly a player using a pick (ie Scholz). Sheehan uses his fingers as the photo clearly shows.

[@yactabay]

@marvy1118 Yes, do this for all songs on first album but for the second as well. I'm one of the few Boston fans that feels the second album is on par with the first and not just also good. In fact, the song It's Easy that you mentioned is off the second album.

[@matthenekk]

I cannot figure out for the life of me why the rock band video game charts triple rides on the pre chorus and chorus. My research led me here. I can almost hear some during the first chorus but everywhere else just seems like standard quarter rides

[@matthenekk]

It’s super fun to play with triples and good practice but I just don’t hear them

[@kamalasar3536]

Scholz played all the bass on all the Boston albums

[@StNick-xd8tx]

I thought it was only the first album that he played bass on.

[@66Polarbear]

It's Fran on bass in Let Me Take You Home Tonight, and on the Foreplay part of Long Time.

[@joedecker3900]

Not on the Don’t Look Back song

[@Roberta_Esposito]

aint nuthin like DRUMS n BASS!!!!!!!!🔊🔊🔊🔊

[@chad509]

Mr. Jim from the early punk rock band the misfits?

[@geraldhartley]

Please fix the description of this video. This is NOT Sib Hashian or Fran Sheehan. This is Jim Masdea on drums and Tom Scholz on bass. Everyone deserves to know who they are actually listening to.

[@Kathayne636]

Awesome bassline. Don't give a fuck if a "guitar player" or a "bass player" wrote it.

[@MrTbone860]

Cool to find an isolated part for this song. P.S. Who uses a pick on a bass? That's just asking for trouble. Long live slap bass!

[@badpapaband]

it was recorded playing with a pick yee haw.!!! ha ha

[@JOHNWLOUCKS]

I never played much with a pick but bassists who did:Entwistle, Squire, McCartney and many others. Enwistle used a pick and fingers depending on the song.

[@yactabay]

By the way, you made the clip by mistakenly leaving off where the guitar plays alone at the very beginning of the song. That would be blank space but it was needed here to not have to go into a computer program to add silence at the beginning to play along with as the drums and bass come in at the beginning. Thanks anyway. Remember, gang. There's one backing track with all the original vocals plus the rhythm guitar playing ONLY while you are playing the lead parts yourself live.

[@pmwc1159]

Kind of ironic you have an AC/DC logo as your avatar. Cliff Williams plays with a pick! Good bassists know what to use to fit the style of the song (pick, fingers, slap/pop).

[@electrickithara]

What order do think the original song's tracks were laid down?

[@chrishartshorn1460]

I can tell you that “Hitch a Ride” was the first song Tom Shulz & Jim Masdea messes around with.

[@responsibleparty]

How was this obtained?

[@JimWhitakerMusic]

This is probably from the Rockband game. All of the songs in Rockband were encoded in separate tracks from the original master recordings, so the game can alter the volume of individual instruments. The individual tracks can be extracted from the rockband files to do stuff like this.

[@luvbasses5487]

Here’s what I’m hearing here- A very prominent guitarist laying down a masterful plectrum style bass line....knowing EXACTLY what to play when and where cuz he’s the composer of the songs! It’s the one-man show that is Tom Scholz. Truly inspiring playing- on ALL fronts.

[@BITESIZEJONES]

Agreed. Maybe to the rest of the band thought he was a dick but from what I understand the greatest creators don't let anyone or anything stop their dreams.

[@RSTI191]

Too bad that's not Fran Sheehan you are listening to..

[@bayquake]

One of the fan sites credits Tom Scholz with most of the instrumentation on the first album. After watching all the live tracks from the 70's, I have to say that the bass live is far superior to the bass on the albums. And Fran is on bass in those concerts.

[@rodneylee4026]

Yeah, if you like a bass that's rushing ahead of everything else and over-playing like a mad man.

[@gwallisonjr]

Actually, all the credit should be given to Fran Sheehan. He was phenomenal bassist and had been performing for just about his entire life. The rumor that Tom Scholz played a lot of the bass parts was just that, a rumor. Probably started by rabid Scholz fans, and why not? Scholz was amazing, as well, but credit should be given where credit is due. Sheehan rocked it.

[@davidstewart4310]

gwallisonjr Tom actually done most of the bass on the first 2 Boston albums....not Fran.... but Fran is by far a better player.

[@pgestudio75]

You contradict yourself here. You claim "credit should be given where credit is due", yet ironically in the same breath you claim that "all the credit should be given to Fran Sheehan". Spoiler alert: It's described on the Boston 2006 Remaster linear notes that Scholz plays bass parts on every song on that first album with the only two exceptions of 'Let me take you home tonight' and 'Foreplay' ( not Long time )...which were Sheehan. Remind us how this is "rumor" and not fact? In terms of solely bass, if you want to give credit where credit is due, then grant Scholz with the deserved credits for the bass parts on the album and grant Sheehan for his contributions on the two exceptions. Simple as that. Only one making rumors seems to be you. Don't get me wrong, Sheehan is an amazing musician and bassist and I highly admire his talents. Let's just not credit him for something he didn't compose or perform on the album.

[@BITESIZEJONES]

He may have rocked it live but he had no input in the writing process basically a Hired Gun

[@boriskarloff3270]

Hashian didn't play a note on the record.

[@chrishartshorn1460]

Not true

[@MarySamsonite]

This is literally the only song he didn’t play on.