Over the Past Few Months I have been Featuring 10 Different Bass Players in my "Who's The Greatest Funk Bass Player" Poll, there has been 126 Votes so Far, and if you are Not One of them Voter's, Please Vote Now! (over to your Right). The Ten Bass Players are as Follows (Written in Order of the Poll, Top to Bottom), Press the Name's to see their Individual Post's I have Written on them, including Bio's and their Best Tracks:
Here's the 186th Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, it Called "Disco Classics" its been Mixed by DJ Colin Cruz and it Features some Great Tracks From: The Jammers, Billy Griffin, Evelyn King, Fat Larrys Band and George Duke.
For a Full Track Listing go to Colin Cruz's Podomatic Page! Related articles
The Time was now around September of 1988, and Two Things were Happening in our Life, Firstly I had the Bankruptcy Hearing to Sort Out and I was Looking for a New Job! I had a Choice of 2 Different Jobs I would have Preferred to get at that Time, One was a Chef or the other was a Butcher, the Kids were 10 and 8 Years Old, so I Needed if Possible to get a Day Time Job, so it was Looking Likely I was going to go back into Butchery! As for the Bankruptcy, Everything was just about Sorted out, apart from the Money, I had to Pay to go Bankrupt, I think at that Time it was £100, which I did Eventually find, Cant Remember how I got this, but I did!
So One Late Septembers Day I had to go to Norwich for the Bankruptcy Hearing, One thing I do Recall is, I was Not Suppose to have a Car, so I went to Norwich Early and Parked Near the City Centre and had to Walk to the Building in Chapel Field Road, which was about 15 Minutes Away, I Cant Really Remember too much of what happened, all I can Recall is being Told what I can do and what I Cant do Financially, for about the Next 7 Years! After about 2 Hours of Listening to all that, I was on the way Home to see Susan and the Kids, as was Very Glad that all the Stuff was Over! But as it Turned Out, that Day was the Start of a lot of Financial cr@p We were going to Suffer over the Next Few Years!
On the Job Front, I was Very Lucky, because the Local County Council were Advertising for a Cooks Job, about 10 Minutes from where we Lived, so I Phoned up for All the Details, and was Told all about the Job over the Phone, it Sounded Great, 8am to 3pm, 5 Week Days a Week! This was the Ideal Job for me, I had Never had a Chefs Job Before where I got all Nights and Bank Holidays Off, so I asked the Centre Manager to Send me an Application Form.
But there was only a Couple of Draw-Backs with this Job, I could see, and they were, I was going to be a called a Cook instead of a Chef, that was No Problem and Secondly they had Never had a Male Cook before, they had always been Female, so it was going to be Difficult in getting in there, in the First Place! ======================================================= Now for Some Music, Around Late 1988, The Best Female Soul Singer "Anita Baker" Released her 3rd Solo Album to Date, on the Elektra Record Label, it was called "Giving You The Best I Got"
The Album Reached Number One on both Pop and R&B Charts in the US and it also Charted in the Uk at Number 9! The Second Single Release from the Album was a Great Track called "Just Because" what a Great Track this was, it Reached Number 1 on the R&B Chart and Number 14 on the "Hot 100" Chart. The Song was Written by Alex Brown, Sammy McKinney and Michael O'Hara and Produced by Michael J Powell, he was the Founder Member of "Chapter 8" who Anita Baker had Sung with a Few Years Earlier! "Just Because Lyrics"
When I think about how much I'm loving you No limitations, no set of regimented rules I'm amazed how much this love has touched my life And the commitment that we share is a welcome sacrifice This must be, sweet fatal attraction My life-long date with destiny Love this strong, it just brings out the passion I never knew was here in me I love you just because I love you just because Just because I do, my darlin' Emotions more than words can help me say I love you, baby, just because you're you Just because you're you You're a diamond in my mind. a treasure found A precious gem to me. you're so nice to have around I'm so glad I took the path that led to this And it's amazin' loving you, I'm doin' things I never thought I'd do I don't know, there ain't no explanation Of why I'm sharin' love at last this way I won't try to work out all my reasons I'II use these words to simply say I love you just because I love you just because Just because I do, my darlin' Emotions more than words can help me say I love you, baby, just because you're you I love you just because I love you just because Just because I do, my darlin' Emotions more than words can help me say I love you, baby. Could it be that there's more to this than meets the eye Maybe that's the reason why All I know is when I'm in your arms it feels all right I'II hold you tight and I come alive I love you just because I love you just because Just because I do, my darlin' Emotions more than words can help me say I love you, baby, just because you're you [til fade]
Here's the 185th Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, it Called "MixTape #4" its been Mixed by Fog City Soul Radio and it Features some Great Tracks From: Ohio Players, The Moments, Mtume, Earl Klugh, Lamont Dozier, Chi-Lites, DJ Rogers and Eddie Kendricks.
In this Series of Posts, I will Writing about the Artist's who are in My "Who's the Greatest Funk Bass Player" Poll.
The Poll is over to the Right of the Blog, its been Running for a Few Month's, so if You haven't already Voted, Please do so!
In these Post's, I will write a few Facts, Figures, Stats and Interesting Stuff on the Artist in Question, I will also include a Playlist of their Greatest Songs.
I will Write a Post on Each Artist, One Every Other Week, This Week is the 10th and Last Artist on the List!
The Band has now Released 14 Albums from 1990 to the Present Day, the Last One being 2012, VW has also been involved with " 2 Albums with "Bass Extensions" 2 albums with "Vital Tech Tones" and One with "Greg Howe"
He has also Released 9 Solo Albums, between 1996 and 2012,
but the Best Project he has been Involved with, was S.M.V Back in 2008, he Recorded and Toured with Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller!
Over the Last Few Years Victor Wooten has Won Many Awards for his Bass Playing including "Bass Player of the Year" by the Magazine "Bass Player" in Fact he Won this Award for 3 Years Running, No other Bass Player has Ever Achieved this, he has also won 5 Grammy Awards!
A Selection of Victor Wooten Tracks
The Full Album by SMV... THUNDER
Victor's Jam Live! SMV PLAYING THUNDER LIVE, VICTOR WOOTEN, MARCUS MILLER AND STANLEY CLARKE
