BEE GEES Maurice Gibb bass playing influenced by a BEATLE #short
Gibb's influences were the Beatles, the Everly Brothers, Cliff Richard, Paul Anka and the Mills Brothers. According to Gibb, he listened to the Beatles' early records when he was a child and was later influenced by Paul McCartney's bass guitar-playing. Talking about the song "Have You Heard the Word" by the Fut, on which Gibb sang and played bass, he said that "We were just getting ready to do some tracks and we were just doing nothing and I was fartin' around on the bass. I was a big Paul freak. He was a great teacher for me."[34] Gibb added that "I could play every bass lick he [McCartney] played", especially "Michelle", saying that its bass-line was "really tasteful stuff, and way ahead, way ahead of his time".[ #musicislife #icon #beegees #beatles
About Maurice Gibb
Maurice Gibb, CBE (born December 22, 1949, Douglas, Isle of Man, UK – died January 21, 2003, Miami Beach, Florida, USA) was a British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer who achieved fame as a member of the group the [a97664]. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994. Son of Hugh & Barbara Gibb, twin brother of [a179142] and brother of Lesley Gibb, [a151481] and [a213331]. From 18 February 1969 to 21 August 1975 he was married to Lulu. He married his s...
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