| Author | Message | ||
| smokin_dave
Advanced Member Username: smokin_dave Post Number: 346 Registered: 10-2002 |
See ya' on the other side.R.I.P. Duck Dunn | ||
| eligilam
Advanced Member Username: eligilam Post Number: 374 Registered: 2-2006 |
I'll be spinning my old Blues Brothers LP today in tribute. RIP | ||
| smokinbear
Intermediate Member Username: smokinbear Post Number: 152 Registered: 11-2008 |
Man this is really starting to get to me, my dog dies this week and now Duck????? How many more??? I'll be listening to all the Stax stuff this week.. ;.-( | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 2479 Registered: 5-2009 |
Duck Dunn , was and is still one of my Electric Bass heros . R.I.P. Sir______ | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1844 Registered: 11-2004 |
One of the best now gone...think I will play along to 'Green Onions' | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5150 Registered: 7-2004 |
I just saw this and told my wife. She said "who's Donald 'Duck' Dunn?" I started listing some of his accomplishments, then just said "You've probably heard him playing bass more than anyone else. He's played with everybody!" The bass player on the soundtrack of my youth. May the Four Winds Blow You Safely Home. Bill, tgo | ||
| tubeperson
Advanced Member Username: tubeperson Post Number: 274 Registered: 5-2005 |
I was never a fan of Fender basses until I heard James Jamerson and Donald "Duck" Dunn. I highly recommend his instruction book, "What Duck Done", for a great understanding of the Stax etc. approach to rhythm. The Blues Brothers movie becomes even more enjoyable for the opportunity to hear him and Steve Cropper, the Dynamic duo of Rock play and record together. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10690 Registered: 5-2002 |
Green Onions, Booker T & and the MG's. | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1215 Registered: 10-2006 |
I learned something new today; while that's obviously Duck on the video Dave posted, the original version of "Green Onions" (as well as the rest of the 1st & 2nd M.G.s albums) had Lewie Steinberg on bass - Mr. Dunn replaced him in '64. I'd always thought that was him on G.O. Well, he did enough else(as Bill points out, "...heard him more than anyone else"). A monumental loss. Peter | ||
| peoplechipper
Advanced Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 281 Registered: 2-2009 |
Aw man, that sucks...so many greats are dropping like flies right now, I hate to think who's next... | ||
| slawie
Advanced Member Username: slawie Post Number: 394 Registered: 8-2002 |
Rest In Peace | ||
| dnburgess
Senior Member Username: dnburgess Post Number: 680 Registered: 1-2003 |
He died in his sleep. Aged 70. After playing a night of shows at the Tokyo Blue Note. What a great way to go!! | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3176 Registered: 10-2002 |
One of my heroes. We played 'Everybody needs somebody' at last night's gig as an impromptue tribute. I doubt if any of the audience understood my dedication though. Graeme | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 1846 Registered: 11-2004 |
jacko..unsung heroes comes to mind. Although all these names are like the alphabet to us, to non bass players ie the joe public, it means nothing to them | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 818 Registered: 6-2006 |
Yikes - just heard about this . . . :-( Glad to hear he passed after a show and in his sleep. Another legend - I am going to load up my pipe, clamp it in my jaw and jam some Blues Brothers! Give one up for the triple D! | ||
| alemberic
Intermediate Member Username: alemberic Post Number: 110 Registered: 6-2006 |
God bless Duck Dunn, one of the early bass icons, who still "brought it" right until the end. RIP Eric | ||
| pace
Senior Member Username: pace Post Number: 849 Registered: 4-2004 |
Sad news indeed...... I found out at a gig on Sunday. Strangely enough it was a venue that Matt Murphy use to play all the time.... Once we got going, I was laughing to myself as to how many "Blues Brothers" tunes are in our sets..... No rawhide though...... RIP Duck | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1865 Registered: 9-2002 |
Being my age, and being raised in East Texas, I'm just old enough to remember separate water fountains, schools, the 'back of the bus' days. At a very early age, I just knew that segregation was wrong. When the waves of black music washed over me, from Motown to Duck's Stax/Volt era, Muscle Shoals, etc., it was even more obvious to me that I couldn't like the music but hate the players and creators. I once heard an interview where Smokey Robinson said that he thought 'all those white kids at Motown tour shows, buying the records, listening to us on the radio' did more to end segregation than anything else, and I'd certainly agree with him. I was/am a huge BT/MG's fan, and when, back then, I learned it was two white guys and two black guys, I was just amazed. Soul music had a huge effect on me, and the Duck Dunns and David Hoods are a big part of who I am as a player. Duck and Steve and Booker all tell road stories of them being on the road and having to stay in either separate hotels, or Duck and Steve would stay with them at the 'colored-only' hotels. Same problem getting into diners, using the can at the gas station, you name it. Of course, they were traveling with Sam + Dave, or Rufus Thomas, or Otis, so maybe that helped . . . Was a hoot to see them in the BB movies, and was glad a lot of people who aren't 'record jacket readers' like me finally got to see WHO played on those records, and hopefully they got paid better than 'double scale' ! So I don't miss that world, but gee do I miss that music, and I'll sure miss Duck Dunn. J o e y |
