Steve Bailey & Victor Wooten _"Thumb Start My Harley"

[MrTruckdriver2011]

superman & batman

[Yezmock]

Now don't git me wrong I caan tell steve is a great bass player but he has no business being on the same stage as wooten plus there styles don't mix in my opinion

[splinadero]

Let the drummer breath!!!

[theunhappyzombie]

i saw steve bailey in real life once it was pretty boss

[angLer1337]

I prefer clean bass, but this is pretty good.

[JJVonGuckin]

1.06 - is that supposed to be Iron Man? My wee brother could make a better effort than this while being chased by a pack of wolves

[solexhn]

i would have destroyed steven bailey's amp just for the sake of music. He obliterates victor wooten's groove.

[nemogre]

fuckin monsters!!!!!

[Rattleheadddddd]

please somebody admire the drums solo

[Rizilo]

@Rattleheadddddd Hysterical drumming faces.. :)

[MetalDark93]

is 'iron man' at 1:05 ??

[TheBassistWW]

@MetalDark93 yeah, though of the same thing

[missjanice003]

@MetalDark93 Yup! and "rock and roll" is at the beginning. I also hear joy to the world at 0:55.

[MetalDark93]

@missjanice003 yeeah dude, steve bailey is a genius...

it makes me sad, that other bass players says that he ruined victor's groove, or something...

i think both of them are awessome bass players, doing a insane bass song =]

[drsnyc05]

The one thing that bothers me with some bass players like Steve are all the effects. I always found that tons of effects on player's instruments shows a sign of weakness. I could be wrong, but I really can't seem to grasp what Steve is doing technically because his noisy effects blind his notes. When I listen to Wooten I see something totally different. Much less effects, only needs 4 strings because he can use harmonics to create higher notes and he grooves amazingly. Just the way I see it

[GabrielDhalaman2]

SEARCH FOR SERGIO GROOVE,PEOPLE

ANOTHER BEAST from our days,i would LOVE to see these 2 together some day

[MushroomDisorder]

Wooten got a really AMAZING technique(fingerstyle and slap...and probably pick lol),but I don't like it when he uses these techniques to play so fast.

It just looks like hes going "look how fast I can play".

Wooten is an awesome player,and to be honest,I wish I had his technique(well actually I prefer Bailey's technique much more),but when it gets to slap...Its almost always just fast slap.

Hes and awesome man in generally,just not my cup of tea when playing.

[tombokickass]

@MushroomDisorder in my opinion the fast slap and pop thing sounds awesome. Although I guess you could see it as "showing off" but i still love it.

[deadhead723]

@apesoup that's the way I feel about Les Claypool's playing. He can play fast and good, but I just don't really like his playing.

[solexhn]

this song stands on its own with just wooten's slappah-the-bass and the drummers seizures. steve's six string basstar, guitar-bass guitar...whatever...does not fit with this groove

[IronMaidenFTW696]

i think the drummer is having a stroke...

[paroelius]

freaking out is not ment for only guitarists.that dude shows what there is possible with a bass.Jaco Pastorius did the same.Therefor he has my respect.

[cwestmb]

I was privileged to see and hear Steve Bailey and Vic Wooten on stage together in a recital hall last night. It was wonderful, amazing improvisational jazz! If musicians can make love to their instruments, there was hot stuff going on there last night!

[paroelius]

this is the way bassplayers should do their stuff.it,s funky,it has style.respect.

[bassmanjonah]

Wooten looks like Cleveland in this video, but he is still so so DOPE!

[bassmanjonah]

Victor Wooten looks like Cleveland from Family Guy in this vid. But he's still friggin' dope!

[duboko1]

i always wanted to know how he does that part at 3min and 41 sec,,,,,,,,can anyone help tabs or something

[Naguef]

So to everyone here hating on Bailey for all the effects he's using... have you ever heard him play anything besides this? He almost never does this kind of thing... he's an incredible bassist who produces one of my most amazing, fullest tones a bass can offer in 99% of his work. Why does everyone freak out and say he's crap after hearing him go a little overboard with effects on 1 song?

[iunnox666]

@Naguef Personally I think all those effects sound a lot better with that technical style, hes not playing anything too different than when he plays fast without effects.

[apesoup]

Steve Bailey (while he's technically very good) crosses me as the kind of guy that just practices technique all day. Victor is a musician... and you can feel the difference.

[Humandavid1]

@apesoup I'd say you feel it differently. Are you saying Steve's playing is unemotional?

[apesoup]

@Humandavid1 I'm not sure what it is honestly. I can't get into his playing. I can't feel anything he does. It's just a bunch of random junk to my ears.

[MyLoverg]

minchiaaaa

[crappitypoo]

They should do a "Steve Bailey Shreds" video and not do any funny overdubs...just let him play.

[borstj]

Grisly

[WinIsGod]

man, you think with all that skill he'd be able to play something that doesn't sound like shit

[OpiumMan3]

ugh what is this horrible shit it's giving me a headache

[teea1111]

steve sucks ! what the hell is he doing its not working>

[xizake1]

.baixistas ñ desistam...eles ñ existem...é mentira...!!!

kk..

[Xelanderthomas]

Damn, I guess you don't need a guitar any more - lol

[milothefultz]

So they have good technique, but what good is it when you just do the same harmonic slide thingy every 15 seconds and then do inaudible 32nd notes constantly? It's embarrassing knowing how good these guys could be.

[drg92asturias]

Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move,

Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove

[tdcchaos]

crazy

[teracite]

victor groove :) il est tellement bon ce mec... ça c 'est pour les français .

[pejnismiggle]

LOL DID HE JUST PLAY iron man thats bad ass

[altractors]

Do these guys all buy their clothes from the same jazz musicians fashionable clothes catalogue?! Great playing here though! Does Steve Bailey use an octave pedal or something, or is it just that high coz it's a six string?

[Astrokratov]

@altractors It's a sound of a artificial harmonics. Nothing difficult, but sounds great.

[kagen22222222]

yeah im almost positive he's just using artificial harmonics. Check out Jaco Pastorius playing the intro to "Birdland" if you wanna get into playing higher on the bass. Crazy stuff!

Loved this video though, Gotta love a good slap groove

[happyslappysoong]

@altractors hes playing the artificial harmonics.

[Rizilo]

@altractors He's making artificial harmonics with his index finger

[missjanice003]

@altractors I think it's the false harmonics he's doing with his left hand

[BigSlammah]

@altractors The reason Steve's bass sounds so high is partly because he is playing a 6 string bass, also the distortion makes it sound higher and also he is playing a lot of the notes as harmonics

[OJJVZ]

@altractors yup 6 string goes rather high, he does a lot of harmonics which sound even higher and the distortion makes higher overtones easy to hear.

[gticat1]

Steve Bailey is set aside ,he is a bass player of greatness , you just can't mix him with any one else...yea ..thats goods good init?

[BassManXpeKt]

that drum solo wasnt that great, i mean it was pretty flippin sweet, but not some insane thing

[reedorius]

Best drum solo that i've heard since Edgar winter group's Frankenstein.

[RandomGuyBlake54]

Steve has got a good distortion tone for bass

[vzsozs]

1:24 Is it a plain? Is it a bird? Here it comes! xDDD

[westy980]

omg this is soo damn funky :P

[BOnEhEAdD]

is everyone deaf? IMO the drum solo was the best of all the solos played here - it really came out Greg is the only actual rock player on the stage

[phuzzykrumbstuff]

I think the drum solo would have been better if we didn't have to "see" him..... and if he didn't have to take a solo after two badass bassists just rocked as hard as they did. I mean come on, I wouldn't want to follow Wooten in anything musical.

[scarzz86]

worst drum solo ever!!!

[fefiss86]

funniest drum solo i've seen... lol

[bktarheel]

these guys are out of their mind

[scarzz86]

sounds kind of Iron man 1.10 :D

[scarzz86]

god! they are great!!! O_o

[combcard]

people get very emotional on the internet don't they?

[sawsin69]

1:20 awesome.

[WHATSREALLYGOOD16]

You can be good with a guitar in like 2 or 3 years playing with lessons... bass takes a lot of fucking training and that drives me crazy cuz i love bass and i always want to be better than I am... Victor wooten is a good example of perseverance and talent.

[LokiNTB]

Youre wrong, I too am a bass player but it is no different to any other instrument in the time it takes to master it. This illsuion comes from the lack of awesome bass players in comparison to drummers or guitar players, thus we have less of a subconscious push that drives us to new levels

[WHATSREALLYGOOD16]

Yea i agree with that ! but victor stills a good example of perseverance and talent !

[jrplanet1]

It is a foolish thing to say you can master an instrument!! No one can and will ever master an instrument. If this happens, then there is no reason to go on. I am too a bass player who will always continue to strive for a better technique.

[LokiNTB]

The concept of mastering an instrument is foolish as music is purely subjective and opinion varies from one person to another. Much alike anything else however, "masters" exist as standouts - people who have taken things to a rarely achieved level of skill. You are right that everyone improves, but your literal interpretation of my use of the word "master" was a mistake - no big deal

[phektus]

"This illsuion comes from the lack of awesome bass players in comparison to drummers or guitar players"

Well you could try putting 'standards' into play. It's hard enough to find an OK bassist, let alone really good ones As for guitar/drums... oh well, every town here has a guitar/drum god, and millions more in youtube

There is no illusion - good bassists are actually rare. But, of course, for those who can't differentiate, all bassist are just the same LOL

[LokiNTB]

Fair enough, I haven't really lived in many places so gone to many shows so I can't say exactly how rare an awesome bass player is - you are correct that there are a lot of mediocre ones out there, no question. But still, it is hard to really commune how "rare" a good bass player is I think because, as it is all opinion, it is subjective

[theindiefanclub]

@WHATSREALLYGOOD16 I'm a bass player, and I've been playing 2 years. I've started to learn all this stuff. I'm also self taught.

This may seem like I'm saying you're wrong. But, in fact I'm saying the contrary. I practise 3-5 hours almost every day, and it has only been sleepless nights, angry neighbours, and bleeding fingers that got me here.

[shark1035]

Steve Bailey is a prick, an full of himself......rock on victor!

[RUBBERTHUMB]

steves using a Korg A1 distortion mixed with a clean sound

[leechproject]

Anybody know what kind of distortion Bailey is using in this video? I seriously dig the tone.

[enricgrau]

victor kick ass!!!

[joeglimmix]

i thumb start my girl's clit

[guglio1290]

Diggin' the Led Zeppelin intro.

[raggacore]

Joy To The World at .52

[spamhead2k]

You can see where victor has been slapping lol his bass paint has worn away

[nomakulit]

my comment is only for this video...xD

[logohi212]

I'm sorry, did your mother drop you on your head? I do go along with the sterotype that bassists are just people who couldn't play guitar. But I would never call bass easier, because you remember chords, we jazz bassists remember chords, and we play them in walking paterns. Picking and fingerstyle have nothing to do with it, its just the way it sounds. If you've ever played a bass, you most have not played it right.

[20AceofBass11]

Well, going along with that steriotype makes you less of a bassist, in my mind.

[logohi212]

Well, actually I never enjoyed guitar. When I picked up a bass I saw that I wanted to play bass. And if I am less of a bassist, I made up for it because I play acoustic bass too

[BassDrumsGuitarMasta]

WTF is wrong with you!!! Bassists are not people who couldn't play guitar!!! you are a disgrace to bassists! the difficulty of an instrument doesn't depend on the instrument but what you are trying to play on the instrument. You can't say an instrument is harder then another they are both different! Bass and guitar can't be compared!

[logohi212]

Actually, I had a time where I was picking and I picked guitar first, thought I would like it, but I didn't so I tryed bass and love it. I really should've put it better I knew someone was going to post something stupid about that. Although I may not be very good, I have good tone, and am learning the musicality part of it first, my cycle of fourths and fiths, my penatonic's, and so on. I know they are way different, thats why I liked bass not guitar

[number1seahawkfan]

I agree with everything except for the stereotype. Bass is the first instrument I learned and I did that without as so much picking up a git and now I am teaching myself guitar and its coming pretty easy. Im not saying guitar is easy and Im not saying bass is harder. Every instrument has equal importance.

[logohi212]

yea I don't agree with the stereotype either, although when I tell people that I gave up guitar for bass, thats what people think about me. Its really because I had someone who would teach me about bass for free, walking basslines, music theory, slapping and popping, and just the generals of bass for nothing. I agree with you that bass is not easy and neither is guitar, there were just more chances for me as a bassist.

[number1seahawkfan]

I can respect that

[franmarder]

what the fuck r u saying man?!?!?

[number1seahawkfan]

Except he's playing with artificial harmonics witch is a million times harder than picking it. Especially on a fretless. U probly dont even know what an artificial harmonic is......

[ClaypoolFan69]

Im guessing your a guitarist. Because only a guitarist's giant ego would allow them to put themselves on a golden pedestal. Or your just an ignorant asshole who doesn't even play an instrument and watches MTV like a tool. If you don't play any instrument then shut up and go play Guitar Hero and pretend you know what you're talking about.

[xizake1]

.baixistas ñ desistam...eles ñ existem...é mentira...!!!

kk..

[angLer1337]

@ClaypoolFan69 And I'm guessing you're not a guitarist because I'm replying to a 2 year old comment.

[VaSiLiSTheKiLLeR]

@ClaypoolFan69 hey man i don't have any problem with bassists but you think everyone is selfish except of you

[VaSiLiSTheKiLLeR]

no offense

[pharoahscurse]

i just love a good distorted bass sound.. ^^

[honner89]

mousntros tocan muy cerdo osea tocan demasiado los mejores del planeta

[AardappelEdje]

Steve Bailey and Vai could be brothers!

[nahuelylucy]

sin palabras...

[kalburo29]

new school funk dude!!!!

[PAUL0core]

ahahaha nice

[natel68]

...so how bout them yankees?

[smokinowned]

HAHA, yeah how bout them yankees, lol. love it

[TwistedMisters]

joy to the woorlddd haha

[bdl108]

vic is absolutely amazing...steve..eh just played random crap half the time haah

[rockinonguitar13]

dude steve is the man victor wooten even said as an all around bass player steve is better. Steves intonation on a six string fretless and the harmonics on a fretless are un comparable he is so sick and this is live this isnt a recording and its not random crap its improvising which is a huge part of jazz, you know nothing

[bdl108]

i'm not saying he isn't talented dumbass. i know what improv is. however, his improv doesn't even maintain the key of the song. it's all ad lib. it's so funny because it sounds completely random tho. btw this is not jazz it's funk rock.

[rockinonguitar13]

actually every note was in the key, i dont feel like explaining this to a complete idiot but here we go, he uses alot of leading tones and blue notes which are in turn flat 3 5 and leading tones are the 7. He also memorizes the chord structure so he knows for a fact he is in the key, ive known steve for many years and your the first person to ever say he is out of the key, and it is jazz funk swing blues latin are all catagories in jazz. you would know that if you knew anything about music

[bdl108]

fuck you dipshit i know plenty about music don't need to hear ur rants. i don't think iron man and joy to the world are in the same key..but w/e. yea. it's in a fucked up key switching between minor and major nonstop. and no. funk is not necessarily jazz; it is more upbeat with much more slap than jazz would have.

[rockinonguitar13]

hahahahaha obviously you dont know anything about music, because its not minor and major its half diminished and minor 7th so you got that wrong, funk is upbeat jazz. and you can make any song any key you want thats why the key changes are called circle of 5ths, im done arguing with an idiot who probably flips burger for a living so if you comment me back im not going to reply because you have no clue what your talking about haha maybe ill see you at mcdonalds :]

[bdl108]

actually dumbass i'm going to be a freshman at NYU next year? what have you done with your life besides argue against a comment that was originally meant as a joke. u must have a very unsatisfying life. i don't care what key it's in. i was first chair in my marching band on trumpet and don't really care what u have to say. please stop. i was joking.

[bdl108]

i never said that steve was a bad bassist now did i? i just said his style was very different.

[scarred2112]

Slap is absolutely *not* a requirement for music termed "Funk"...

Tower. Of. Power. I rest my case. One of the greatest funk bands in history, and not a slap to be heard in their "classic" line-up (i.e. with Rocco Prestia). Slap is a good *technique*, but is far overplayed in modern funk and "Smooth Jazz".

[stevster890]

even though i think slap bass is amazing, i completely agree

[Antisyzygy]

@scarred2112 But slap sounds awesome. Its the whole reason many of us pick up a bass for the first time. This Mr. Bailey is playing a Bass like a guitar, and though its novel, is not part of the fundamentals.

[scarred2112]

@Antisyzygy Slap *can* sound awesome when it's not overplayed as the main technique featured on oh-so-many bass "solo albums"... which are basically slap riffs linked together without an ounce of songwriting. If it's the reason you and other picked up the instrument for the first time that's great, but but as a 20+ year "semi-professional" (Studio & Live Sessions, Pro Cover bands, Original Bands...) the usage of slap in solos or "modern funk" is NOWHERE near the amount you'd use in Real Life..

[scarred2112]

@Antisyzygy As for Steve Bailey's part, he's using Effects on his bass - I'd argue that using a pick is closer to "playing a Bass like a guitar" (and I even think that's silly due to all the pickstyle-bashers out there). It's simply *one* of his "styles" when playing Electric Bass... yes, he's a Doubler on Upright (playing both Pizz & Arco) as well, and can absolutely kill playing Jazz Standards. Brian Bromberg does the same "distorted bass", and *no* one questions his fundamentals.

[Antisyzygy]

@scarred2112 Ive played for about 10 years on the bass, longer on the guitar. I have about 45 songs where I play bass on. I wrote about half of them with my friend. Frankly only maybe ten of them have slap in it. I.e. I agree with you, slap is not something one should put on every song. I don't listen to bass solo albums. Its just that Mr. Bailey only plays upper registers in this piece (plays them well) but its not really being a bassist. Maybe hes better when he actually plays bass.

[bdl108]

and btw i don't understand why u need to get all aggro...i was just saying how i felt. and was kinda joking.. man u must need a life.

[slinkypinks]

dude that was an amazing solo

but i prefer the black guy cause he gets that sweet groove going.

[Bassmanj511]

Man, I don't even like distortion on a bass and i still think that was one of the best fretless bass solo ever!!!!!

Victor Wooten was good with is thumping

[tbcass]

That was smooooth distortion, not harsh. Love it!!!

[kalburo29]

when these guys are together anything can happen!....astig!!!! haha

[Loganator456]

WOW... thats awesome.

[maracayan]

esta cancion me gusta burda.. y wooten es un vago vale XD