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As I said, I’m on vacation this week, so my gain is your pain, which means, I’ll be posting more covers than usual.
Also, as I’ve said, I’ve got a ton of covers on my desktop and often struggle when selecting which one to post. So what I did was look up some info on a bunch of the songs and took note of things like - album release dates, artist birthdays, dates they passed away etc., thus taking the thought out of the selection process. What that boils down to it that a number of my future posts will have an anniversary of some sort attached to them.
That being said, today is the birthday of Ann Wilson, “lead singer, flute player, songwriter, and occasional guitar player” of the band Heart. This song, “Crazy On You” was on their album, “Dreamboat Annie” which was released in 1976 in the US…and 1975 in Canada.
Original Heart bassist, Steve Fossen played bass on this one. I think it’s a great song with a great bass line. He had a really interesting bass tone for the time and wasn’t afraid to let the bass growl a bit. It has a lazy sort of quality to it. I like bass lines that make me think, “How did he think of that?” And this bass line does that in a few spots. The chorus is interesting as it’s more a riff than a progression. I’d even go as far as saying that I think the song has some minor prog elements. What do you think of them apples?
Lynn and I saw Heart a few years back and we both thought they were fantastic. I was never a big fan of theirs but I didn’t dislike them either. Ann’s voice was fantastic - pitch perfect, strong, and powerful. Nancy was great, as was the rest of the band. I remember the bass player playing a few cool vintage looking basses. We went back to see them at a smaller venue later that year and are going to see them again this summer at Bethel Woods where they are playing with Cheap Trick.
So, Happy Birthday Ann Wilson.
I'm playing a Fender Classic 70's Precision which was a Precision bass with a Jazz bass neck to which I added a Jazz p/u in the bridge position.