Steely Dan - Josie [BASS COVER] - with notation and tabs

[@DougBernsBass]

step 1: learn by ear step 2: watch BennyTheBassman cover to fix all the little things you missed learning by ear

[@matthewmwangi181]

Exactly

[@michaelb.42112]

This and Peg are so much fun to play and have so many similarities. If you can play one, then you can play the other. That chromatic drop from D to C then to G to F is so badass and rocks.

[@ryadachaibou8098]

Really makes you appreciate the astounding work on this song. Pure class and originality.

[@toyiotawithlove]

cheers Chuck is an amazing bass player and you did a great job showing how it's done

[@Ithumpify]

It seems complicated when you first listen but to me it's because of how they stack the chords. Once I could hear you play it I had to laugh it is so perfect. Thanks

[@chillaliesamilla]

Geil. Das versüßt mir meine Weihnachtsferien! Mit den Noten - perfekt! Danke🎉

[@keithlightningrogers1053]

Chuck Rainey...OMG now wonder Steely Dan has such cool bass lines. He is in a video for right-hand bass technique where he is using all his fingers with alternate picking patterns like they each were guitar picks. The only person I ever seen use such a bass technique.

[@bassistdc]

Chuck Rainey is a genius! Excellent job Benny!

[@ncorva]

Nice! This Bass line is so slick. I love it

[@RC-Flight]

Very nice, thanks for taking the time to make this video! 🇨🇦

[@jeremyflemingii929]

😲 I can't believe he did the tab on this song perfect!!! Every Note!!! This song, oh my gosh it's not really hard... it's tricky...I learned 50% from teacher and 100% by ear. Yeah that's 150% because when you go into this song, there's no stopping until the end! AWSOME COVER 👍

[@fivestring65ify]

I've been wanting to learn this one for a long time. This will help me greatly. I love the way you position the camera so that we can see what you are doing on the fretboard.

[@mrdrenalin69]

I love songs from this era! The bands had real musicians, back then.

[@kane6529]

Great Band 🤩 there’s some exceptional new bands too just won’t be hearing them on the radio now a days is all but we have unlimited access on KZbin

[@marklongshore4860]

What a great transcription of a big song. I can play through it but I need to polish it. Our band is learning Josie. Thanks much.

[@WesWatson1]

One of my favorites!! Damn - well done, bravo!!!

[@kevinayres4469]

Awesome cover!! And what a fun song to play.......thanks for the tabs!!!

[@christopherbelmonte721]

Fantastic! Been wanting to learn this for a while. Another great one is Drop it in the Slot by Tower Of Power.

[@JonnyProsser]

Oustanding work man! Saved me a lot of time figuring this out 😁

[@markmolnar7014]

Love it, well done my friend - you have inspired me to learn that awesome bass line!

[@johnbeard3733]

I want to know who originally thought up this bass line. Oh my, are you kidding me!!! Genius

[@rittwage]

This is a very good cover. It's really hard to play behind on these songs (funk/R&B style) if you are from the Rock world and not used to it... You are close! He is also always sneaking in diads you can only hear on a really nice stereo/speakers or headphones.

[@auralfury]

great cover, your version makes it easy to follow and understand..good volume and closeup of the frets..tabs help tho i play only by ear/feel..lol

[@jeremyflemingii929]

😲 ohh my gosh I love that baseline!!! Only song like that where you can really slap it if you wanted to! 👍

[@OldBeatleMan]

Excellent work .... Thank you for sharing....

[@oldmanofcotati]

I pretend to be a guitar player. I loved this lesson. Thank you.

[@paulsherman9144]

Man you are a stud. Thanks for clearing this up for me.

[@sleepque6194]

Thank a lot for teaching me one of the greats man appreciate the work you're doing

[@treblok]

Thanks.. saved me some time for sure.. YOU ROCK!!!

[@La_sagne]

2 words: so good!

[@HRpuffnstuff23]

outrageously fantastic!

[@zaoink]

Great Job !!! Thank you !!

[@hahabass]

Brilliantly done! Loved that.

[@jerrymammoser9101]

So sweet. Yeah, Walter and Chuck put that one together. Something, aint it?

[@3rduncle]

If you like this, check out Chuck Rainey's work with Donald Byrd on tracks like Think twice. The guy's an absolute master and one the best of the 70s hired guns.

[@RobertWadlow292]

Thanks man. I liked playing this one and with the help of this tab it made it that much easier to figure out

[@ianrobinson3038]

Sounds pretty accurate to me. Thank you!

[@Fxingenieria]

Espectacular !!!

[@HRpuffnstuff23]

Fantastic

[@perfume-tengoku2455]

pristine groove

[@DavidMills-i6e]

nice job!! Thank you!

[@modernmusicstudio303]

This is a great video!

[@thomasmarengi2951]

Very cool! Thanks for the lesson.

[@michaelharris7030]

hell yeah brother

[@GlennGoryl]

Thank you!

[@zhartsog666]

Dude! Nuff said.

[@davidbutler8543]

Great tutorial. Thanks man!

[@ML-nj4qi]

This bass line reminds me of Astroglide..yea like that.

[@dronaircampo5150]

Perfect!

[@Bassman1964]

Fantastic job, just discovering your channel (yes i subscribed 😊) was just told i needed to learn this & Reelin for a project in 2 days, had the groove & feel down and probably could have faked it well but too much went into that Bass part for me not to nail it, thank you for an amazingly produced tutorial

[@dougdixson]

Thank you

[@davetuttle9701]

Excellent 👍

[@gabriechinabass]

Great sound man!!!

[@BennyTheBassman]

Thank you!!

[@argie9914]

JP's blackbird? Also, great video my dude

[@ericburd]

The hard part about this bass line has NOTHING to do with technique...the hard part is how Chuck Rainey made this bass part so damn melodic!!!

[@suzh4187]

😊❤

[@gustamyo]

Nice Chanel! Wich software you've been using to hear bass clearly?

[@BennyTheBassman]

Thanks Gustavo! Appreciate it man. I use a program appropriately called "Transcribe!" to slow down the music when I'm lifting it. As for hearing bass clearly, that's just my ears, and a lot of practice doing it.

[@thomasfozzi8488]

awesome, what type of strings are you using?

[@pedullabass]

Is there an error on the tab.. looks like the double stop D string 11 G string 11 both sliding to the 12.. but looks like you and others are playing D string 13 G string 11 sliding D string to 14 G string to 12?

[@raygibson3627]

P)laying a Fender and wearing a Gibson Shirt... My last name is Gibson I play a Fender. Nice job BTW

[@murphymoe9220]

Bravo know the

[@GuitarGod3711]

Hey Benny! Big fan of your channel. I found out you live in Toronto. I'm actually moving to Toronto for graduate school and I've wanted to get into the live music scene since I'm a bass player. I mainly play electric and upright jazz, but I can play pretty much anything. Do you have any recommendations or tips? Thanks in advance.

[@DeclansMusic]

Horseshoe tavern.

[@BennyTheBassman]

Hey Kyle! Cool! Toronto is a great city. I really hope you're able to find success here. Are you going to graduate school...for music? Or something else? Because I'd say the single best way to make great and lasting contacts here is by attending some form of post-secondary music program. You just meet so many people that way and are immediately opened up to lots of opportunities. Other than that, there are several good jams around the city, and lots of very cool weekly gigs that sport some of Toronto's finest musicians just playing in bars.. a great place to meet people. Happy to go into more detail about that with you. When do you make the move? P.S. like Declan said, the Horseshoe is a legendary Toronto venue. Been around forever.

[@GuitarGod3711]

@@BennyTheBassman Thanks for the reply. I'm going for my masters in Divinity and Theology and I'm moving in December. I have a professor here at the school I'm currently at who's toured all over the place with Wynton Marsalis and Lincoln Center and he gave me some names of players in the GTA who are always looking for new guys to play with.

[@michaelb.42112]

Lucky !!!! Land of RUSH. I'd LOVE to move to Canada. USA is a woke joke now.

[@PINK-SATIN]

@@michaelb.42112 sounds like a you problem

[@funkygroove1836]

+ FFFUNKY!

[@retired4365]

Why would you play that section in the first position? Playing it half wrong.

[@Fxingenieria]

Espectacular, I would Join to your channel if you open it