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Bass on Rubber Soul - How is Paul McCartney so good?

Paul McCartney
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Transcriptions of every bass line on Rubber Soul (standard notation and tab) are available at: https://www.patreon.com/c/beatlesbasslines/shop Paul McCartney’s bass playing on the Beatles’ 1965 album Rubber Soul is outstanding and is light years ahead of his playing on the previous album Help, which had been released only 4 months earlier. For more on McCartney's Rubber Soul bass lines, check this out: https://youtu.be/Z1hZQ1ADQVk More Beatles and McCartney bass content: @BeatlesBassLines Bass covers of every song from Rubber Soul: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIfbsiuSI062Ud03daPiS11BFeHxtbJj3 #thebeatles #paulmccartney #bassplayer #rubbersoul #bass

About Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. McCartney is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing, versatile tenor vocal range and musical eclecticism, exploring genres ranging from pre-rock and roll pop to classical, ballads and electronica. His songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most successful in musi...

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