John Entwistle Acoustic Bass solo

[Bassivor]

...Kicks my ass

[mike64]

shut the fuck up. entwistle, JPJ, bruce, flea, pastorius, lee, burton, mccartney, etc. they all were great and they were the best bassists for their bands

[roibasses]

I can find 5 better player in the local guitar shop on any Saturday afternoon. What a scam.

[MajorHavoc321]

Died full of coke in bed with a prostitute. What a way to go.

[robzbobz]

@playadominical I never said I was wrong or right about anything. What I was trying to say is that I don't like when people compare and say "oh this guy is soo much better than this guy". And believe me I have plenty of things to do with my life. So why don't we just leave it at that.

[zatan130]

It actually sounds like Hans Zimmer "borrowed" this for Pirates of the Caribbean. >.>

[spudmuffin99]

@zatan130 Actually, I think this is an old tune. Public ownership, you know? But yeah this is pretty awesome

[zatan130]

@spudmuffin99 "Behind Blue Eyes"? That's a The Who song.

[spudmuffin99]

@zatan130 how is that "Behind Blue Eyes"?

[zatan130]

@spudmuffin99 Ummm, he's solo improv-ing, obviously.

[74jailbreaker]

Amazing. God rest his soul.

[alphabetgreen1996]

Playing acoustic bass without the faster action of an electric bass and with all the effects to cover up your mistakes really sorts out the men from the boys, and John Entwistle here has proved that he is the grandmaster of his game. Townshend was the luckiest guitarist/songwriter of his generation to have a rhythm section with the best bassist of all time and the best drummer of all time (Keith Moon) to back him up.

[Fender1976uk]

good comment!! I'm an electric guitar player myself and I use very basic effects! some guitar players ask me why I don't have tons of delay and effects!! I always say 'best for people to hear your actually playing more than anything' :) I'm not into the modern coldplay type one note thing? I like classic rock sounds with balls

[Luckyhat66]

John is the man!!

[mmmbilly]

sounds like the best folk festival ever!

[4to88strings]

Damn I miss Big John!!!

[hendrix0004]

Jack Bruce had the worst bass tone ever. that gibson bass sounded pathetic. Entwistle could kick his arse

[luuk1356]

Geddy Geddy Geddy!

[entwistle4ever]

"The who are overrated" says shomanca. Really? As a live act? I know you don't mean that. Or do you? Pretty tough to top The Who circa Live At Leeds. I'm not just saying that as a fan. Listen to what critics and other big time musicians say. You don't think much of Townshend as a songwriter? Not everything Pete wrote was a pearl. What do you mean by "overrated"?

[4to88strings]

@entwistle4ever I'm not sure what idiot your are replying to but someone actually said Townsend can't write? What a moron. The Who is undoubtedly one of the best assemblage of musicians ever. Right up there with The Beatles Floyd Yes Rush

Cream etc etc And Townsend is a freakin genius. I mean, just the album Who's Next has some of the best writing of the century. How about Tommy Quadrophenia etc

Some people are just idiots and you and I have to deal with their stupidity ...just sayin'.

[peterbiltroy]

R.I.P. The Ox!

[entwistle4ever]

You have to play in a way tha fits what the rest of the band is doing. No point in you standing out in a bad way. Do you want Keith Moon in Led Zeppelin or Motorhead? No. Fate brought the members of The Who together to be arguably the greatest live band of all time. I'm not just saying that coz I'm a fan. Listen to "Live At Leeds." It's all there. Before Entwistle arrrived on the scene no one knew what a bass guitar was or sounded like. After The Ox, they bloody well knew! Cheers.

[shomanca]

@entwistle4ever the who are overrated, and so is Entwistle - Jack Bruce invented modern electric bass guitar

[TheMarine1314]

@shomanca Hell no dude. Can Jack Bruce play a bass like that? im sure but you never hear of it. If anybody invented the modern electric bass it was John Paul Jones.

[VideoMask93]

@TheMarine1314 What about Paul McCartney and James Jamerson?

[TheOneMrStoBird]

@TheMarine1314 kidding me? if anyone invented the modern electric bass it was Jaco Pastorious.

[chichipotle]

Flea can eat shit next to this guy.

[MrAxelTrouble]

The man could do no wrong! I'm tellin ya!

[wrenwright]

Snore.

[tkaczyk1995]

Sounds like Pirates of the Caribbean may have ripped this off a little?..

[ClassicRockMan95]

@tkaczyk1995 nah, he's john entwistle

[hitopsful]

@tkaczyk1995 lol this vid is from 1994

[tkaczyk1995]

@hitopsful ...Giving the Pirates of the Caribbean's composer 9 years to copy the tune.

[sturoc0]

RIP J.E. !

[darinbar]

First for me, I've never seen an acoustic bass. Not that impressed.

[sandkastenacc]

im disappointed :/

[1Sifting]

@sandkastenacc im dissapointed with your mom.

[ung427]

Flea's got a different style, that would be awesome if Entwistle was still alive and he and Flea could have a bass off! Each following the other at their own creative improvisations and see who bows out. It probably would go on for days!

[MultiGuitarrist]

who is the man that sings?

[norcosmale]

the best bassist ever, no body could play like the old ox

[hyrkhzahkzyrb]

Hi there. Im just here for my daily view.

[irena7777777]

He's great but so is Geddy Lee. Les Claypool is amazing as well

[Gruntfuttock100]

That's why John was the daddy!!

[stormin300]

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice!

[robert9369]

@stormin300 No, you would have to go to New York.

[432ps1]

The Ox.

[MasterMarf]

this song and the song state of massachusetts sound little bit same :)

[ACDCbassist]

@MasterMarf

absolutely :D

I wondered, which song it was :D

[steamrollerblues]

By FAR the best Bassist of all-time !! Look at the other musicians. They are just laughing at how stupid his playing is

[diagreen]

HOLY SHIT.

[Becix97]

Much better than Flea!

[anshaya100]

@Becix97 who the fuck is that Flea?

[pietrobarca]

@Becix97 it's true but they have completly different styles

[ZeBrawler123]

@Becix97 don't you insult Flea

[Becix97]

@ZeBrawler123 i haven't insuted one of most over-rated bassist! (btw Cliff Burton is more overrated than flea). Try to listen to Chris Squire and Geddy Lee!

[ZeBrawler123]

@Becix97 I'm just going to say Flea is still very good, even though there are better ones out there, even though that's what I was trying to say before.

[Becix97]

@ZeBrawler123 yeah, i know, Flea is good! I haven't say that he's bad! He's good but not the best!

[ThisMortalCoil64]

@Becix97 Agreed, but I do love Flea :P And his stay-simple-so-the-complexity-­means-something approach is a great philosophy on a whole mess of instruments. Although Entwhistle was completely unparalleled on the bass in rock, in my eyes.

[Becix97]

@ThisMortalCoil64 yeah, flea is good, i said only that is a little overrated... anyway Entwistle is the man!

[BrutalBrutalDude]

@Becix97 fuck you bush, this is bull shit

[Becix97]

@BrutalBrutalDude don't be angry, i think that cliff burton is more overrated than flea!

[BrutalBrutalDude]

@Becix97 yer but he is still the best bass player to play for mettalica atleast in style

[robzbobz]

@Becix97 it's people like you (that turn everything into a contest) that ruin music

[playadominical]

@robzbobz it's people like you who ruin youtube by filling the comments with idiotic posts about how other people are wrong and you are right. get something else to do with your life.

[samelewis]

The Who and The Chieftains, that would have been an excellent concert.

[Akira625]

Plugged or unplugged, he's badass!

[123fourk]

On an acoustic bass, nonetheless. Do you have any idea how much more difficult it is to work the strings of an acoustic bass than that of a solid body electric? Quite a bit more difficult, actually.

[ExTrEmExMaRiiNe]

I WANT that bass

[meokanako]

@ExTrEmExMaRiiNe I think its a Harper. I bought a 2nd hand one.

[JNDGuitarman]

@meokanako It's actually an Ovation.

[oberfour1]

@ExTrEmExMaRiiNe That bass is not worth shit without the man playing it.

It probably sounds like shit in the hands of anyone else.

[hohohovey]

RIP. WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD TIMES GONE? ALMOST ALL OF THE REAL ROCK STARS ARE @ THAT GR8 GIG IN THE SKY. KIND OF SOMBERS ONES MOOD. TIME TO REFLECT, RECOGNIZE & RESPECT. TOO MANY WANNA BEES, POSERS & PRETENDERS TRYING TO GET RICH AND/OR FAMOUS W/OUT AN OUNCE OF INTEGRITY LET ALONE TALENT. NO OFFENSE TO THE BLOOD SPITTING DEVIL GUY MARKETING MOGUL AND BASICALLY ALL AROUND DOUCHE BAG KISS AIR BASSIST GENE SIMMONS. IT'S BETTER TO BURN OUT THAN FADE AWAY, RUST NEVER SLEEPS. WHO THE FUCK R U?

[probrojeffro]

Do you ever see any base player play like this? Some come close, but there's no one like the Ox.

[andjara182]

it's...b-beautiful

[staunched]

Pity so short, is this a Roger project? Big set of instruments from what I can tell, good stuff though ;)

[YeHeyEyJey]

MAMAW!

[kdw456]

The Ox!!!,,,,

[mike66768]

wow!!!!!

[andzwe]

It doesn't really matter that it's an acoustic, he's still very recognizable. Such an appealing, personal style. Nowadays musicians are technically often very accomplished, but they tend to sound the same, because of a similar training. I miss this sort of distinctive musicians.

[carmaj156]

Today a felt like having my jaw on the floor, and I though "hey! let's hear a John Entwstle solo!!"

[achunjacksinxp]

Victor wooten and jaco pastourious would kick his ass!!

[Berserkedy]

@achunjacksinxp no, they wouldn't. fuck off.

[yodaspriest1]

@achunjacksinxp No.

[babbleon12]

Actually what's funny is, he has the same exact style here that Townshend does: sloppy, mistake-ridden, powerful, medlodic, assertive. Same as Keith Moon. Those three guys were on a wavelength only they got. Supposedly other musicians didn't like jamming with them much, but The Who was of the same mind. You'd like to think that's why they could never fully break up.

[babbleon12]

Oh my god. I could not be a bigger who fan, and I already knew that Entwistle was and IS the best rock bassist in history. but this is some other level shit. I have never seen anything like this.

[Murreh]

@babbleon12 Jesus. I like John Entwistle, but I don't rate him higher than say John Paul Jones.

[abt7217tc]

@Murreh but he's better, so its kinda hard not to.

[YouzTube99]

JE rox -- whatever he plays. The rhythm just dances.

Fabio, thanks so much for posting this! You might want to add Chieftains to the tags so fans can find it more easily.

[MrTheox97]

love this!!! =))

[thegreenberryalv]

And then, John Entwistle just created the Pirates of the Carribean's theme.

[ericx777]

My god, he even makes an acoustic sound angry! Love and miss ya OX!

[Cyllmegil]

Hum... His playing style is legendary right? I don't understand why. In that vid, he is approximately playing a melody... But for sure, someone can enlight me.

[thegreenberryalv]

@Cyllmegil He created the "typewriter", the precursor style of the slap & pop invented by larry graham. Entwistle also changed the vision of the bassist in the scene by his style, formerly unknowned. Set apart that, no big thing...

[Cyllmegil]

@thegreenberryalv

Thanks dude, I didn't know this bass player and why he's in history. However, I still don't like the sound he has in this video, but who cares?

[hyzeronhisrizer]

@Cyllmegil I think you need to watch a lot more Who / Entwistle videos to fully appreciate the mastery he has / had for the bass! Just like any other instrument, there are many, many fantastic players out there....but it was his approach to the bass....like a guitar players vision, that made John Entwistle different! His knickname was Thunderfingers....watch him on Won't Get Fooled Again.....crazy!!! Power, precision, finesse, taste....speed....the man had it all!

[Cyllmegil]

@hyzeronhisrizer

Thanks for sharing your love man. I will watch Won't Get Fooled.

[XtrmMcjohnson]

Did he just play the theme to Pirates of the Carribean?

[thegreenberryalv]

@XtrmMcjohnson I think Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer just created the Entwistle's solo bass into the Pirates of the Carribean's theme.

[Cidantis]

FAGGOT

[shaggymattrocks]

@Cidantis

we know you are

[Cidantis]

@shaggymattrocks good one. your lack of brain cells leads me to believe you are black.

[shaggymattrocks]

@Cidantis

Dude just take your hate for eveyone eles in the worlds somewhere eles. this isnt the place to show how much you hate black people.

[Cidantis]

@shaggymattrocks FUCK YOU!! I HATE FAGGOTS NOT NIGGERS! the slopes are okay i guess

[lummond]

Great playing - and more proof that acoustic bass guitars are just electrics with funny bodies

[montezillo]

Awesome

[9VoltProductions]

Spread this around guys, not enough views

[lechkrasucki]

Best bassist in the history. Period.

[drledsabbath]

@lechkrasucki And Steve Harris too.

[lechkrasucki]

@drledsabbath There are many points of view, there is no bad one, but from my point of view there is only John. Basically he made me play bass guitar, I never took any lessons and played and learned while listening to him.

[drledsabbath]

@lechkrasucki Yeah I know, and I agree too. In fact Steve and John are the best to me. And if you like John only, that's cool too.

[Murreh]

@lechkrasucki Nah.

[Nekronaut321]

@lechkrasucki i somehow you have heard enough to be the judge of that.

[youhavegeniusshins]

Hands down the best rock and roll bassist ever! Not my personal favorite, but still, rediculously good. He makes it all look so effortless.

[IHARTPIE]

Wow that is awesome, I always new he was one of the best Bass Players on the planet.

Rip John.

[cubinicano]

divine bass playing ..

what bass is he playing on?

[Fr3r0oOcKkk]

@cubinicano from --Cray if you want-- (It's hard)

[john683011]

@Fr3r0oOcKkk It's Behind Blue Eyes. Roger did it with The Chieftains in 1994. This was the Carnegie Hall performance.

[Fr3r0oOcKkk]

@john683011 Yeah, I saw that later but the AMAZING BASS is from Cry if you want

[john683011]

@Fr3r0oOcKkk Not certain of which amazing bass you speak of. The performance in the video is "Behind Blue Eyes" with The Chieftains from 1994. His solo is, in fact, pretty close to the recorded version of this that Roger did with The Chieftains on one of their albums.

Nothing to do with "Cry If You Want," which was a great song but one The Who rarely ever performed after 1982, together or solo.

[Fr3r0oOcKkk]

@john683011 Fine, but the song reminds me Cry if you want

[john683011]

@Fr3r0oOcKkk I hear you. A great song. They did a version of that on the '82 tour in Toronto. The clip is on here somewhere. Wonderful song. An underrated gem.

[elvicholudo]

@cubinicano OVATION bass

[CoolDogRAE]

look at the expressions on everyones face they're laughing at his godlyness THIS BASS SOLO IS SICK

[ClassicRockMan95]

whoever disliked this is gay

[foreverthewho]

didnt knew the played acoustic too, nice!

[fatcatbuzz]

That was pretty bad ass. 

[dacancelmofam]

Ovation

[scartissue94]

WOW. I've never seen this before!! It's so cool! 8D

[atgskater14]

This was his first time performing with an acoustic bass. I think it's safe to say he did pretty damn good for himself

[OrionsOllon]

What kind of bass is he playing on here?

[malcolmyoungi]

@OrionsOllon it has the markings of ovation but i could be wrong

[OrionsOllon]

@malcolmyoungi Ah Thank you for the information! ^^

[thankyoupourlavideo]

Man, I miss him.

[russell111]

Respect to that.

[NaDiArOcKnRoLl]

waw bravo..

[andyg3]

love it!