160 - The HIDDEN Genius behind Bob Marley’s Bass Lines (6 ICONIC examples)

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🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Throughout the 1970s until Bob Marley’s last sessions and live shows in late 1980, the bass lines of Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett played a primary role in introducing the sound of reggae’s one-drop rhythm to audiences around the world. His full-bodied bass tone was a signature part of the Wailers sound! From Get Up Stand Up, to One Drop and beyond, in today’s video we’re taking a look at the 6 Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett bass lines you must have in your collection!

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0:00.0	Dude, let's talk about reggae.
0:02.2	Let's do our best job.
0:03.7	Look, we know.
0:04.9	We don't look like, you know, you're a couple of reggae masters.
0:09.9	That's true.
0:11.1	You know, I'm just going to call it out, I know.
0:13.3	But we've played reggae on some gigs, and we are a huge fan, huge fan of the late great Aston Family Man Barrett, who I believe was the unsung hero of Bob Marley and the Whalers actually for a bunch of different reasons.
0:28.3	And I was researching for this video earlier today.
0:32.7	And like I've listened to Bob Marley in the Wethers before.
0:35.4	I've played a bunch of their tracks, as I was saying.
0:38.0	Before, I've actually was part of a reggae band for a while, believe it or not.
0:43.1	And I've got a fun story about that as well, me getting shouted at it on stage.
0:48.4	Nice.
0:49.1	Yeah, true, true.
0:50.3	In a loving way, but definitely shouted it on stage.
0:53.8	And, but I was like revisiting their bass lines this morning and, and his work.
0:58.7	And it's just outrageous.
1:01.1	Yes.
1:02.2	Outrageous.
1:02.8	He really is not only the unsung hero of Bob Marley and the Wailers, because he was like
1:07.4	the bass player, but he was also the musical director for the band.
1:10.5	He also with the
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