"HAIR" Larry Graham, funky bass line

[bardonuts]

you make it seem so easy! your right hand technique looks amazing too... so relaxed. cheers!

[JazzBass7]

Bro....lefty or not.....like Larry or not....you've got people listening to what you're saying through that fine instrument. Keep it up and God bless man!

[dowsemeister]

@JazzBass7 Thanks! much appreciated.

[Stumpo111]

Why did you stop. I was just getting into it. :)

[SouthPawBass74]

from one lefty bass man to another ...funk it up baby...yessssss

[tdhero]

i listened to this like 7 times lol. SO catchy.

[TheCreativeJournal]

Man, this made my day! I watched Larry Graham perform in Paris last week online and found your video of "Hair." Thanks for posting it and keep on being "Funky" on the bass!

[dowsemeister]

@TheCreativeJournal Hey thanks for your comment

[TheCreativeJournal]

@dowsemeister Give me the link to your new JBass channel so, I can check out your new version!

[dowsemeister]

@TheCreativeJournal Actually that was my updated version on my new JBass. I scrapped the one before.

Sorry to raise expectations of a better version.

I doubt that I could play it any better but thanks again for your enthusiasm!

[CreativeSoulTV]

@dowsemeister It's really great, I thought you had made a new version. I just wanted to hear you play the whole song :)

[Tariqalhajri]

Lefty power! i play right handed guitars upside down :P my brother calls me retarded

[LeChatDeNoir13]

Yes! Lefty power!

[dowsemeister]

@LeChatDeNoir13 Yes Lefty power

[bftiger75]

people ask me everywhere, is that really all your hair, i just tell them if it aint, sure don't mean that naw i caint ... HAIR LYRICS BY LARRY GRAHAM OF GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION, OAKLAND, CALI.

[dowsemeister]

@bftiger75 Yeah man!

thanks for the cool lyrics. I think Larry lives across in Sausalito these days?

[drummafagod]

nice

[dowsemeister2]

thanks

[peletonkambing]

Hey a lefty like me!

[SuperK9111]

nice bro.. left handed funk

[christopherking]

cool as

[arethas99]

Fantastic! Thx. I look forward to it!

[arethas99]

I love this. Any chance you might help out a youngster like me and post another video of this same groove so the camera is in time with your playing? I really want to see the fingering without the shuttering of the camera. I know you probably dont have the time, but I would sure love it.

[dowsemeister]

Hi arethas99, Yes I will give it a try. I have a newer cam now and I can play it a bit slower for you.

Cheers!

[christianplysgtr]

Im a guitar player i think ur awsome, how would u say ur exp  playing with frank marino was?

[dowsemeister2]

Hi christianplysgtr, thanks for the comments.

Playing with Frank was a great experience. He knew every note the whole band was playing tour after tour. It was the greatest challenge for me to create the right groove and choice of notes for Frank to build his solos from.

So many magical moments when we would just crack up laughing on stage. He dug where I was coming from. Sort of R&B fused into Rock. We played alot of jazz and talked about it for hours. The best times of my life!

[Henw]

that was nothin' but phat and tasty

[spyderman57]

great job dude you sound like a old school pro. they don't make funk like that anymore

[pps234]

i wish i could slap and pop like that

[hwoodj20]

Can't ..stop...listening. Soooo... much ....GROOVE

[Ipang69]

Wow! Catchy!

[hwoodj20]

Where are all of you funky ass bass players hiding. I can't find any in my dry ass city.

[BassVolta]

Haha! you must live in Palmdale, CA

[hwoodj20]

That sounds better that Waco, Tx. Where everybody ONLY listens to crap, oh I mean rap music

[hwoodj20]

Don't get me wrong, it has it's perks, but nobody wants to be creative (except for lots of metal heads and county players) nothing down right funky like this.

[BluezBro604]

damn too cool...love it!

[rpink7]

dude your cool in my book..............

[MCFace07]

This is baby-making music!!!

[thefloppyking]

ooh im bending over theres so much groove

[ChuckieDeG]

Good job, man. That bass is pretty sexy as well. I want one just like it.

[mycrackersrgone]

exactly what i was looking for when i searched funky bass lines :D

[shiftymeister]

so wierd to see a jazz bass going the other way :-D I love it

[weedwomenrock]

D-A-M-N!

[Ryoku1989]

Another leftie out there with slap skills! Nice, man.

[crimsonblad5]

finally another lefty!

hoorah

agreed!

i wish i had slap skill z @_@

[mexton]

DAMN HE'S FUNKY

[cataclysm4]

nice tone dude! keep it up ;)

[limeyamos]

If you plugged your bass directly into a recording device, I recommend you reduce the volume on your active bass, this will help get rid of the input gain clipping/distortion. Active basses are known for this when recording direct.

[dowsemeister2]

Hello limeyamos, Thankyou for your comment.

I actually spent hours dialing in the level. The volume was so low during recording.

I could barely hear it!

Not having proper recording equipment makes me strive to play better, therefore enhancing character to the performance.

[SqueezeMyLemonBabe]

Oo lefty like me, I have a lefty Fender Jazz as well, except its a natural finish. Nice playing bro! Wish I could slap lol, never practice slapping.

[evilocity22]

Nice skillz

[devo1Q]

good job!!

[Dellerss]

well, I guess that's the first time I've seen Hair on a left hand bass :P nice playing btw

[PhillyBassMonster]

haha i envy lefties...its like a magic trick when they play a right handed bass...plus the ladys love it...lol

[PhillyBassMonster]

o snap a lefty...i guess you got tired of playing basses upside down...lol

[dowsemeister2]

You guessed right!!!!lol

[Pudsy440]

Hey, I just learned this one (it's a great bass line) ... I think you have one of the best sounding versions on YouTube! Good job, nice playin'!

[4lain67]

Nice.

I think i have the same bass.

American deluxe?

[dowsemeister2]

Yes, American Deluxe

[funkymand]

nice playing~cool

[bbBassYo]

MAN, not quite larry? youve nailed the sound dude. maybe larry's a bit more "set free" but you really nailed this one!

5 stars

[dowsemeister2]

I appreciate the comments bbBassYo, It's not quite what's on the album. Over the years it sort of morphed into my own version.

[geawf]

dude, tabs

[dowsemeister2]

I regret to say I don't do tabs. I'm an old fart, Tabs were not around when I was playing all the time. I could write the music though.

[lalalaevil]

please do

[geawf]

woah, that's weird. i guess i've just sort of assumed that they've been around since the beginning of time. i don't know how to read music, but i would happily learn because i love this song

[skypoptic]

lefty bassist! i creamed myself! also, requesting tabs

[jahstp]

ya man it dose make u dizzy haaa thts weird goo dbass playin though

[mAtt5110]

long live the lefty bassists!

[dowsemeister2]

I hear that!!!

[travman102]

is that the american deluxe model?

[dowsemeister2]

Yes, The lefty version, I love it!

[travman102]

im getting one soon :) excellent playing btw

[Zeitgeist74]

I don't know, man, but the editing/camerawork is a little delayed. I'm getting dizzy. Or it could be that I'm a little drunk, too. :/ Otherwise, sounds great!

[niclashbg]

love it man ! 5 stars.

[xiz90]

Is it only me or do anyone else feel dizzy after watching a lefty?

Anyway awesome playing!

[CaseyPatula]

yea lol...

[adam872]

Nice playing, but is it perhaps a little fast?

[dowsemeister2]

I did play it a little fast I must admit.

[bendacko2003]

i can't find these tabs anywhere. thank you SO much for posting.

[gobassgo1]

"... there's a little stiffness.." without a metronome it's easy to understand.

"...Could you play it for me so I could hear your groove??? " gentleman, forget the competiton, please !

[Clong89]

i think it's a highway 1 jbass

[dowsemeister2]

It's not a Highway 1, it's an American Deluxe.

[vintagejazzbass]

there are 4 knobs and a larger horn its american deluxe

[Clong89]

you're right, i just noticed no satin finish

[bbBassYo]

man NICE, you really got the larry sound, but still nog larry as you said. still youve got some skills! nice man

[k1llerinstinct]

Cool... finaly i actually see a good left handed player

[jonesde254]

is that a fender standard jazz??

[dofane]

excellent - go the lefties!!!!

[whoseurgranny]

thats sick man....never seen a lefty play any LG! got the tabs, I can't find Lg tabs anywhere hardly

[MarloweDK]

You have a great groove:-)

[thekev506]

note for note perfect, but the rhythm's too straight! you need to make it loose and all over the place to get that groove

[dowsemeister]

Thanks for the comment. I didn't improvise at all so there's a little stiffness there I must admit! Could you play it for me so I could hear your groove???

[thekev506]

i'm trying to get a decent webvid setup so i can record, so watch this space :P just play around with the accents and let the rhythm swing, listen to silly putty by stanley clarke and you'll get what i mean

[dowsemeister]

2 different songs mate! Hair's got that driving 16th feel, like a freight train coming at you. It's been 30 years since I played Silly Putty, but it's a lot slower and slinkier.

[aliceevelyn]

you only get the real groove with a funky drummer

[Macman783118]

Man your Bass tones Awesome so much punch.....what are you going through? whats your gear?

[dowsemeister]

Nothing! Just a mini jack into my lap top. The J Bass is active, so it helps.

[dookiemoole]

your bass is active right? is there any way i can get that sound using a outbox preamp such as the sansamp bass driver?

[dowsemeister]

Yes it's active.... Yes the sansamp, or Sadowsky pre amp/DI box with a Fender Jazz will get that sound.

[timmhg]

So fine!

[Icephoenix2007]

Nice! and you're a lefty thats a first for me to see on bass. Very well played, keep it up! 5/5

[dowsemeister]

Thnkyou. I appreciate your comments.

[AyatollahWatts]

dope!

[spectorplayer]

Nice man!

[fjazzbass]

what did you use to learn that song? Just by ear or a book?

[dowsemeister]

I picked it up by ear, but I put my own little twist to it.

[nhoney10]

well done