146 - The Sean Hurley Interview: Behind John Mayer's Iconic Bass Lines

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🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

The year is 2006 and John Mayer has just recorded a landmark album that will put his new trio on the map. Drummer/producer Steve Jordan had the great idea of bringing Willie Weeks AND Pino Palladino in to play bass on one track, with Pino adding his own accompaniment to Week’s muted 8th note figure. When Sean Hurley landed the bass gig with John Mayer in 2008, he combined both bass lines! So in today's interview, Sean is going to break it down note-for-note for you – and show you how t...

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0:00.0	A lot of the guitar players often have to do double duty.
0:11.1	It was the one time where I could go, well, I'm more, I'm capable of more than just drooling and playing one note at a time.
0:18.4	So let me see.
0:20.5	And lo and a behold, it worked.
0:22.8	We are here today with the legendary Sean Hurley,
0:27.3	busy session and touring Los Angeles bass player.
0:30.0	And I am such a fan.
0:31.9	I wrote down all of these names.
0:33.7	Are you ready?
0:34.2	Are you ready to feel embarrassed?
0:36.9	And yeah, here we go.
0:37.7	Lana Del Rey, Lizzie McAlpine, Alanis Morissette, Ringo Star, Robin Thick, Alicia Keys, Gwen
0:44.8	Stefani, Jason Raz, the list goes on and on. But what we are here to do today is talk to Sean
0:52.7	about these iconic baselines of John Mayer.
0:57.7	And we have them queued up.
0:59.7	And we are going to break them down.
1:01.6	Some of these baselines have been played by David Labriere.
1:05.0	I hope I'm pronouncing that correctly.
1:06.7	Sean, am I pronouncing that correctly?
1:07.9	Correct.
1:08.7	Yep.
1:09.0	People call him De La.
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