Just How Old is This Guy?

To my fellow "old guys", do you need any more encouragement then this to get back to the wood shed? Amazing young talent.




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The Other Side Of Billy Sheehan, Niacin

While most people know Billy Sheehan through his "shredding" work with rock acts like Mr. Big, Talas and Steve Vai among others, I have grown to really appreciate the work he does with the trio "Niacin". This takes the classic jazz trio of keys, bass and drums to another level. With Joe Novello on organ and Dennis Chambers on drums Niacin has found a niche with a set list that includes popular standards from Vanilla Fudge to Weather Report tunes as well as Niacin originals.

Here is my all time favorite Niacin cover tune Weather Reports "Birdland"



This one is Niacin's "Klaghorn"



Some of my "older" readers might remember this cover of the Vanilla Fudge tune "You Keep Me Hanging On". Great tune!

Victor Wooten - Lesson On Bass Technique Part 2

Continuing with Victors series of lessons Part 2 starts with him talking about influences on his playing. Stanley, Jaco, Larry Graham....and now Victor Wooten influencing us. Make sure to pause the lesson and learn some of these licks he is playing from these masters. I have a note book with most of these tunes in them and I try to work on them from time to time just to keep them fresh. We get busy with playing and life and forget to keep the riffs in our "arsenal". The note book helps me to from forgetting these great tunes. So as always take your time and if you did not do lesson 1 scroll down the page and do it first.