Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About the Beatles

Paul McCartney's Bass Lines (4 Basses)

06.22.2017 - By Will HinesPlay

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This episode is possibly a bad idea: we got four bass players gathered around our recording setup, and then our panelists spent an hour raving about Paul's bass playing. Slides, counter melodies, variety, liveliness, off-tempo, playing in the pocket -- and half the time he was singing the lead vocal, too. Spoiler: We think Paul McCartney is good. Panelists: Thomas Halloran, Will Hines, Adam McCabe, Brett Morris, Joel Spence. And yes there is a jam of our first takes of Beatles songs -- as always in the easy-to-skip post-closing theme position! Though you risk missing Brett's pretty damn great first take of Hey Bulldog and my backwards talking on Rain. No hard feelings.

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