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Freebird Album Version-Drums And Bass

R.E.M.Ed KingThe La's
1990s1999InterviewIsolated TrackRare

For all you Drummers and Bass Players, this is the isolated Bass and Drum tracks from the album version of Free Bird. Ed King and Bob Burns school us on the proper way to play it..... As a matter of fact, the last two songs we recorded, “Free Bird” & “Simple Man” contain my bass parts that are very far removed from all of the other bass parts on that album. Mainly because I had caught the vision from Leon of how the bass should be played for this band." THE ED KING INTERVIEW by Michael Buffalo Smith June 1999

About R.E.M.

R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. R.E.M. was noted for Buck's arpeggiated "jangle" guitar playing; Stipe's distinctive vocal style, unique stage presence, and cryptic lyrics; Mills's countermelodic bass lines and backing vocals; and Berry's tight, economical drumming. In the early 1990s, other alternative rock acts suc...

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