New Lace Sleeves Bass Cover

[@brucethomas6886]

Whisper it quietly, TJ, but that is the one track I actually played with a pick! I always wish I hadn't, though

[@ArtistsOnlyMusic]

Miss you Bruce ... Would love to see an interview with You & Rick Beato and / or Scott Devine www.youtube.com/@devinebass @rickbeato ⭐ Thank you TJ for posting this great song !

[@AdamFriedberg]

I always liked the clickiness of the bassline in this song, guess that's down to the pick to a degree ... Clubland had it too iirc but maybe I'm just thinking of the video with closeups of you picking the Bass VI

[@TJH3113]

Was it really just the one song? It's hard to imagine, with as many songs as there are in the EC&TA catalog, that you'd have used it just once. While you're here, have you ever seen this... I've been meaning to pass it along for a while now - psychobabble200.blogspot.com/2013/08/ten-great-bruce-thomas-basslines.html I've done 6 of the 10 (some published/some of the ready line).

[@AdamFriedberg]

@@TJH3113 that's a good list, but needs to be fleshed out with 90 more In Bruce's defense, while I've never met EC, in every live video I've seen from the 70s-80s he's remarkably sweaty Just glad I didn't have front row seats

[@charlessouthworth8175]

Sir Bruce, you’re the greatest 🙏

[@TheStuport]

I cannot tell you Troy just how many tunes you have turned me onto from Artists and Bands that I have followed for decades. There are a TON of Artists and Bands that I have listened and played select tunes, mostly favorites of mine. A Fan but not to the extent of owning everything they ever published. There are just a "Few" who qualify to fill my Mt. Rushmore...RUSH, David Bowie, Elton John (1969--1975), Steely Dan, and many more whose Resume's are flawless in my World! Hope you do follow up with Mr. Thomas and ask about the possibility of using a pick here and there! My favorite part of this post Troy?....when you told us @ 5:52... "I really liked those parts...and I hope you did too"! WE DID! ❤ MOO From COW-lumbus, Ohio 👋

[@alexmacleod3728]

Bruce Thomas for Prime Minister

[@canalesworks1247]

I'm American but BT has my vote.

[@brucethomas6886]

Thanks. You could do worse ...that's fairly obvious at the moment. :)

[@TJH3113]

"A bass in every pot!"

[@NickTann]

Oh yes!

[@TJH3113]

OH YEAH!

[@MusicJustin15]

This was first Bruce Thomas bass line I learned how to play. I refused to play with a pick though. Ha. Thanks for all your Bruce Thomas covers.

[@brucethomas6886]

You were right not to use a pick. I'd just been on a sunny holiday and was feeling lazy.

[@TJH3113]

Wow, you picked a doozy... well, most of them are doozies, aren't they?

[@fundleman2878]

I havent even wached the video yet but i know its going to be Aces!

[@TJH3113]

Well, thanks for the vote of confidence!

[@charlessouthworth8175]

YES! TRUST! Fantastic Sir 👍

[@TJH3113]

What an album! Thank you.

[@brianmodafferi4064]

So happy! Thank you so much ❤️

[@TJH3113]

Any time! I hope it's helpful.

[@perrysar5954]

The best sounding bass in TJ's collection!!!... now which is the craziest wackiest mask?... lol❤

[@TJH3113]

It is one of my favorites! My favorite mask is the Salem's Lot/Barlow mask. It was the first one I bought from DeathStudios nearly 30 years ago.

[@artrogers3985]

That bass has a fantastic sound for that tune. Thanks Troy 🎸

[@TJH3113]

Love this bass!

[@WimRijksen]

Thanks Troy. I laughed at the tiny slip up around 3:25, I could almost hear you even with the microphone off. 😊

[@TJH3113]

For the record, I said "Fudge".

[@DeeshBassChannel]

@@TJH3113😅

[@placidian]

I shall eagerly await the Purple deep cut! =D

[@TJH3113]

Soon.

[@jonathanchevallier7046]

Well done Troy, it's a very nice bassline. I didn't know this song at all, so it's a discovery too. ;-)

[@TJH3113]

Many thanks! I'm always amazed at the gems I find just by going down their playlist. And they've got an incredibly large catalog. That's what happens when you average 14 songs an album.

[@handidrummed]

I love this song. About 10 years ago I wrote Bruce and asked if he played with a pick on this song. He had.

[@TJH3113]

That's great to hear! Check the comments in this thread, Bruce cited in a couple of times.

[@DeeshBassChannel]

Always great to hear you cover a BT bassline, Troy! ❤ Trust, and Punch the Clock are great albums. Maybe I’ll pull a bass out of the closet and try to do a playalong. I will use a pick, though.😊

[@TJH3113]

I'm glad you liked it. It's amazing, how many great songs they had! Have fun!

[@paulatkin7679]

Great Bruce cover as always Troy. I know you get tons of requests for songs but I just listened again to Robert Palmer's fantastic 70s song "Every Kind Of People" with the sublime late Bob Babbit on bass - surely one to consider? Please...

[@TJH3113]

Thank you very much. I checked it out and bought it. We'll see if it sticks.

[@Tracer9GTRider8]

That's an awesome cover! I hope you'll treat us to that Deep Purple "deep tack" as well...Deep Tracks is my absolute favorite SiriusXM channel and I'm probably listening to it 99% of the time I'm home or in the car.

[@TJH3113]

Thanks! Yeah, I'll put it up in the near future. It was "Wasted Sunsets" off of Perfect Strangers... great song, but it's not Highway Star.

[@Tracer9GTRider8]

@TJH3113 I love that album & that is definitely a deep track! I'm looking forward to it!

[@marvinewilliams8281]

Hi Troy, thanks for reaching out! I'll post a longer message when I can. We're trying voice dictation again. 😊 I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

[@TJH3113]

It was a treat speaking with you, Marvine. I look forward to hearing from you, but don't push yourself too hard. Lynn and I went up the road and had Thanksgiving with Mom and my sister, Kelly. It was nice and quiet... for the most part. Those ladies can talk!

[@staxzdemon]

Great Growl on that one ! :D

[@TJH3113]

This bass certainly came with some growl.

[@cathtech15able]

Awesome as usual, Troy! Just a shameless request for The Police - Main in a suitcase. Happy Holidays.

[@TJH3113]

Thank you. I'll check it out.

[@AdamFriedberg]

For me Elvis lost it a long time ago, shortly after he started taking himself seriously as a crooner or whatever. When he lost Bruce he lost all hope. I was lucky enough to have seen them with Bruce 3 times in the 80's, last time 86 I think, always excellent especially Bruce

[@canalesworks1247]

I am a bit biased because I've developed a friendship with Bruce but I could not agree more. Bruce was the backbone of the Attractions sound. EC was never technically a great singer. It was the fire and drive of his voice, the punk energy, that made it compelling. Once he decided that he was truly a "real singer" he lost his edge and blew up "the best band in the world." The other guys have worked with him but they too don't seem to have the creative freedom that they had in their prime years. Steve Naive wrote an opera. EC and Sting sing on it. Sting was okay because he sang like "Sting." EC tried to sound "like an opera singer" and the result was awful. The man cracked and strained his way through the entire thing. It's sad because the opera is pretty good.

[@KestyJoe]

Saw him at Tanglewood a couple of summers ago. He sounded terrible. I agree - he’s forgotten what rock ‘n roll is about and thinks he’s Burt Bacharach.

[@TJH3113]

@KestyJoe, We saw him 4 times before this show and things were getting progressively worse each time. The 3rd time we saw him was more in line of what you described. He still sounded pretty good and the show got off to a great start, but then less than a third of the way through he switched over to the Burt Bacharach material and lost the crown. He never got them back. This show, he played all the bangers, but just sounded horrible.

[@AdamFriedberg]

@@TJH3113 that Bachrach album, while it had some nice songs, seems to have gone right to his head. At least it wasn't Pavarotti

[@KestyJoe]

@@AdamFriedberg LOL

[@Twobarpsi]

Good jam Troy! The beginning is tricky!

[@TJH3113]

It is!

[@peakyblinder777]

Please do The Stranglers - something better change , or No more heroes 🙏❤️🎸🎶

[@TJH3113]

I'll check them out... thanks for the suggestion.

[@commonsenserhetoric]

私はコステロとアトラクションズが大好きです　ブルーストーマスのベースが大好きです👍　私はピックでしか弾けません😭 最近チャンネル登録しましたこのチャンネルに出会えて嬉しいです　ノーアクションのプレイ聴きたいです！　日本語コメントしました🙏

[@TJH3113]

私もです！ピックを使って演奏できたらいいのに。私の好きなプレイヤーのほとんどはピックを使っていましたが、私が演奏を始めた頃は「本物のベース奏者は指で演奏する」という強い思いがありました。ご覧いただき、コメントしていただき、本当にありがとうございました。お元気で。

[@maccxoph]

how about a bruce book!

[@TJH3113]

Do you mean a book of transcriptions?

[@BertisGuitar]

EC's recent shows in Sydney drew the same response - as you know, his fans are rusted on and it was clearly painful for them to witness his vocal decline. Many were attributing it to his bout with Covid..?

[@TJH3113]

It's a shame, but it happens to the best of them... Ian Anderson, Bon Jovi, Geddy Lee... there's more that I can't think of off the top of my head. Some know when to pull the plug and some don't.