Mario's Bass Solo - Japan

[x1abel1x]

CooL

[enm97]

Honestly, I don't think James Dean was THIS cool!!!!

[familyguysongs1]

Also one more thing, what brand bass is that its beautiful and I've been looking at buying one for my tribute band to Huey Lewis.

[familyguysongs1]

@parkercal1 thanks. I hope thats not a sin to not know what bass it is cause I'm new to the bass guitar scene haha

[GVike]

@familyguysongs1 Looks like a Spector.

[MrSkovbakke]

@familyguysongs1 Looks more like a Warwick to me. Don't know the series though.

[MrGziss]

loved it!

 great footage man!

[MMAJ07]

Ich finde denn irgendwie anders als die anderen. Er ist viel verschlossenser als die anderen. ....oder nicht???

[livingdead0825]

Highest y-. ..base solo　(-。-)y-゜゜゜

I went to see live to which you were on the register on the second day in Tokyo of this Japanese tour of Huey Lewis And The News.

[syn707]

I'm an oldie ...I followed Mario's brother who was an incredible guitar player...you may have heard of one of the original San Francisco "sound" bands called, The Quicksilver Messenger Service...his playing gave it the sound. Mario, your brother rocked ..and I still listen to him. Peace to you.

[balancepiston]

is that a spector? great bass work here. nice sound, beautiful bass

[Mr06david100]

Definition of cool:

Mario Cipollina

The man rocks!

[DementedAugmented]

i love huey and the news.. this guy rocks!!

[mitchman721]

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE TO GET THIS WHOLE PERFORMANCE!?

[ASASHANYA]

Kicks ass!

[dmljm2]

I Love when Mario lights that cigg lol What a Awesome Bass Player , My Favorite Instrument ! I saw Huey Lewis and The News back in 91' down here in south florida and Mario was Kicking Ass ! Thumbs Up Mario and Thanks for posting My Friend !

TCB DANNY

[wrestler6271995]

i am learning this on bass right now AHH i cant be mario

[SobriquetF1]

Listen up, li'l childrens! This man is a bass god... and either your salvation or damnation is upon you! heehee! ;^)

[irishmikelley]

Man... When i was a kid, guys like Mario had TRUE style and tallent... Now-a-days its all computerized beats or sampled crap... I salute yah Mario [ thumbs-up if you salute mario as well ]

[tocaracer06]

Hey Mario, been kinda interested in learning this riff. Planning on posting any tutorials?

[WhereMyChicken]

A healthy Mario is GREAT Mario and all of those who find joy in him and his talents.

[drhillaryharris]

Apparently Huey succesfully sued Ray Parker Junior for stealing the New Drug riff and using it to create the Ghostbusters theme.

[scarred2112]

@drhillaryharris ...but because there was a Non-Disclosure Clause in the Settlement between the two, when Huey brought it up in their 2001 "Behind The Music" episode Ray Parker Jr. had grounds to file countersuit for Breaching Confidentiality. Judgement: they're both idiots. ;-)

...and cool solo from a non-technical bassist. I actually bought some thumbpicks a few years ago to see if I could switch quickly between playing finger-and-pickstyle the way Mario does here. It's an nice technique.

[masternate61]

awesome, why did he ever leave the band?

[BubbaGanoush2]

Mario is one of the coolest cats from any band I've ever liked.

[nebadon]

Check at 1:43. Mario plays riff like "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" - AC DC

[By1000ARG]

the biginning of the video appears to be GHOSTBUSTERS!

[soeffingwhat]

@By1000ARG - The Song is 'New Drug', and it sounds like the theme tune to Ghostbusters cos the riff was 'borrowed' (or some way 'ripped off') from New Drug.

[dharmaseed]

Wow, first time I've ever seen a bass player use a thumb plectrum. Aren't those usually used for banjos?

[KDevilUsed]

so hot! really looks like John here. .<3

[WEIR4EVER]

RoarMan. Love it! They got 'cool' down pat in that family....

Love the Bass engine on new vid, Mario. RoarMachine lol

Have a good one, Bro'

[stephpo70]

Mario was always the epitome of cool!

[vonroden]

Awsome

[EliteDL]

does anyone know of a program that i can just put in this audio an dit tells me the notes he uses

[BillFurlong]

I bet that program would be pretty nifty

[AFNYOAQIS]

prolly an iphone app lol

[gawpertron]

Learn to play man, Its not hard, listen to it and train your ears and recognise the patterns, here is a clue it's in A, now do the rest yourself.

[MarioCipollina]

@EliteDL I'd be glad to tell you exactly what I'm doing. Contact me on Facebook - we'll be friends! M

[DogPatch1149]

Mario Cippolina.

Coolest. Bassist. EVER.

'Nuff said.

[EliteDL]

where can i find a bass tab for this

[peteandurnot]

You can't, you should try learning it by Ear

[locovel10]

thanks for this post he was always so reserved I never saw him stand out

Mario was awesome  - - the epitome of a bass player

[bearcave76]

Great solo! I always loved Mario's sound and bass lines. I also always loved his thumbpicking technique. Very unique. I believe Mario's one of the most underrated bassists ever. John Pierce is good (who Huey has with him now), but he's no Mario.

[01tnql]

cool mario

[bluestreakbuck]

C'mon bass players are always the coolest member of the band, love his face at :33, what? My turn? Reminds me of Zoot on the Muppets, 80's are still cool

[hgaaff]

In my opinion Mario's way of playing is really unique. Using a fingerpick like his late brother, strumming and pickin'. He is the king of bass ghost-notes and tight as a sequencer! And still the coolest bassplayer on earth. There is a God!

[DanyNicola]

He has heritage from my town in Italy

[Nevarrus]

Personally think Geezer Butler or John Entwistle is the most badass bassists; Entwistle with no doubt begin the best one ever.

Mario's groovy though! Awesome.

[MrStephie84]

Smoking looks sooo stupid nowadays, but it will always look COOL on MARIO, because he's the coolest bass player ever (sorry Adam Clayton!)

[fabric89]

thats so true..his attitide is so freaking amazing!!!

[aenima264]

You don't watch good movies, do you?

[MarioCipollina]

ENTWHISTLE RULES FOREVER!!!!!

[buscasololoesencial]

I meant seen or heard :-)

[buscasololoesencial]

Awesome !! never seen or watched a solo by Mario. Could you PLEASE post the whole song !!! Tank you

[01tnql]

mario is too freakin cool.

[LRedhot23]

Agree...Mario has to be the coolest bass player.

[unviciouscircle]

How could he be anything but great...look at how great his older brother was..true genius...true legend ...still greatly missed

[vicsade2003]

One of the Greatest Bass Players on the Planet and this Clip Proves it !!!!!!!

[jerome31200]

mario rules

[peteandurnot]

Yes, the exact Date of the Show was Dec 31st 1989, a New Years Eve Show. Theres a Video of them covering Thin Lizzy's The Boys Are Back in Town from the same show, on Youtube now.

[Richi3995]

exelent solo mario

his personality is cool

xd

bye

[evo1137]

Judging based on Chris and Johnny's hair I'm going to say this is from the Hard At Play tour in either 1991 or '92.

[priggeauc]

I can't remember a R & R bass player that had this kind of stage presence during concerts.

[mathstew]

Never realized how good this guy is. The thumb-pick combined with the finger plucking is really interesting.

[LalberoDelProsciutto]

mitico quest'assolo mi fa impazzire

[Palpatin77]

Killer bass solo. Is this available anywhere on VHS or DVD? I'd love to see the whole performance.

[mitchman721]

i watch this every time i come on youtube lmao its so FRIGGIN AWESOME!!!!!!!!

[mitchman721]

i luv this vid!!!! it's one of the best sounding bass solo's EVER! i listened to it probly more than 50 times already lol

[latrellwashington]

Good bass player but this guy is a total fag. He hangs out at SF Jacks in San Francisco and jerks off with a bunch of homos.

[peteandurnot]

What year is this from?

[WhosTardus]

peteandurnot: hard to say....its a bit confusing, but its either from the 87 "Fore" tour or the 91-92 "Hard at Play" tour. Judging by the grey patterned speaker cabs, Im goin' with the 87 tour.

[mitchman721]

NVM i'm stupid lol i found out who this is lol

[WhosTardus]

Mario is the reason I first picked up a Fender Jazz bass in 1984....and I still play everyday.

[mariolurchbass]

go to my site and write - o. k. ?

[greasytruckers]

Man this is awesome. Where's the rest....pleeeeeese.

Any way thanks for the tease

[peteandurnot]

I have to ask is this available on Video or DVD?

[Faroutdog]

Thanks, Some BadAss Bass, got more.

Dog

[Stylus01]

He's soooo cool. ^^

[mariolurchbass]

oh baby

[checopatines]

Awesome, the finest on the field!

[mariolurchbass]

hey, you rule

[DocLathropBrown]

Mario, this is the greatest single thing I've ever seen.

We need this concert to get a home video release. Like, now.

[mariolurchbass]

thanks. I appreciate it