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The Life Of Bass Legend Herbie Flowers - Walking On The Wild Side
In this deep dive into the life and career of Herbie Flowers, one of the most influential bass guitarists in music history, we explore his iconic contributions to some of the biggest hits of the '70s and '80s. Known for his groundbreaking bass lines on Lou Reed’s "Walk on the Wild Side" and David Bowie’s "Space Oddity", Herbie Flowers has shaped the sound of modern music in ways that continue to resonate today.
This video essay covers Herbie Flowers’ rise to fame, his unique playing style, and his collaboration with legendary artists. Whether you're a bassist, a fan of music history, or someone interested in how music is made, this video offers an insightful look at one of the most skilled and versatile musicians of our time.
Join us as we explore the legacy of Herbie Flowers, the art of bass playing, and the impact of his timeless contributions to rock, pop, and jazz. If you're a fan of in-depth music documentaries, bass guitar tutorials, or channels like Rick Beato, this video is for you!
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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
02:24 Early Years
04:02 Early Career
07:48 Session Ace
13:09 The Bands
16:01 Rockshops
18:21 Later Life
#HerbieFlowers #BassGuitarHistory #MusicHistory #WalkOnTheWildSide #BassLegend #MusicMaking #RickBeato #BassPlayer #MusicDocumentary
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You and Me? - The Exotic Ices Project
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The closing track and video for The Exotic Ices Project's 2nd studio album 'Anthems For Outcasts' releasing 9 November 2024. To stream or buy the album, head to linktr.ee/exoticices
Another Man - The Exotic Ices Project
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Song 9 and video 9 from The Exotic Ices Project's 2nd studio album 'Anthems For Outcasts' releasing 9 November 2024. To follow the band, head to linktr.ee/exoticices Special thanks to The Terrace for allowing us to film there!
Kooky Romance - The Exotic Ices Project
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song 8 and video 8 from The Exotic Ices Project's 2nd album 'Anthems For Outcasts' releasing 9 November 2024. To support the band head to linktr.ee/exoticices
Theatre Under Stars - The Exotic Ices Project
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Song 7 and video 7 from The Exotic Ices Project's 2nd album Anthems For Outcasts, releasing 9 November 2024. To support the band and find out more head to linktr.ee/exoticices
Mr. Bitches Part 2 - The Exotic Ices Project
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Song 6 and video 6 from ‘Anthems For Outcasts’ releasing 9 November 2024. To find out more heard to linktr.ee/exoticices
Pat's Chemical Breakfast - The Exotic Ices Project
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Song 5 and video 5 from The Exotic Ices Project's 2nd album 'Anthems For Outcasts,' releasing 9 November 2024. To support the band and find out more head to linktr.ee/exoticices
Electrolyte Concerto In D Major - The Exotic Ices Project
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The fourth song and video from The Exotic Ices Project’s 2nd album ‘Anthems For Outcasts’ releasing 9 November 2024 To find out more about the band head to linktr.ee/exoticices
Chaos In Motion - The Exotic Ices Project
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Track 3 and video 3 from our upcoming album 'Anthems For Outcasts' releasing 9 November 2024. To listen to and follow us, please go to linktr.ee/exoticices This video was shot entirely on VHS!
Jobson's Hourglass - The Exotic Ices Project
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Track 2 and video 2 from The Exotic Ices Project’s upcoming album ‘Anthems For Outcasts’ releasing November 9th. To find out more on the band go to linktr.ee/exoticices
And Through The Light - The Exotic Ices Project
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Track one from The Exotic Ices Project's second album 'Anthems For Outcasts,' To find out more and support the band click the link below and share! linktr.ee/exoticices
Looking For Someone - The Fascinating Life of Genesis Drummer John Mayhew
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Looking For Someone - The Fascinating Life of Genesis Drummer John Mayhew
Birkdale Field - Guitar Instrumental
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Birkdale Field - Guitar Instrumental
Best Footwig Forward - Profile of an Electric Eccentric
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Best Footwig Forward - Profile of an Electric Eccentric
Did Pink Floyd Steal Their Biggest Hit?
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Drummer Mia: The Unsung Heroes Of ABBA
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The Exotic Ices Project - Sunshine Desserts - Full Video Album
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The Exotic Ices Project - Sunshine Desserts - Full Video Album
The Exotic Ices Project - Disciple (Official Music Video)
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The Exotic Ices Project - Disciple (Official Music Video)
The Story Of U.K. Part One
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The Story Of U.K. Part One
The Insane Story Of Green Day's Cancelled American Idiot Movie
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The Insane Story Of Green Day's Cancelled American Idiot Movie
The Music Video So Offensive It Was Seized By Police
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The Music Video So Offensive It Was Seized By Police
The Fascinating Link Between The Who And Thunderbirds
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The Fascinating Link Between The Who And Thunderbirds
Guitar Snobs Get F**ked - Full EP
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Guitar Snobs Get F ked - Full EP
Day To Day - Ruby Jones and Joanna Grace
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Day To Day - Ruby Jones and Joanna Grace
Machine Metropolis
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Machine Metropolis
Why Isn't This 80s Sci-Fi A Cult Classic?
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Why Isn't This 80s Sci-Fi A Cult Classic?
Queer Bandages - A Story Of Acceptance
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Queer Bandages - A Story Of Acceptance
The Making of Road Games by Allan Holdsworth
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The Making of Road Games by Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth Home Piano Cover
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Allan Holdsworth Home Piano Cover
Vox Humana - On The Line (1987)
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Vox Humana - On The Line (1987)

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @p.aaronjones4174
    @p.aaronjones4174 18 годин тому

    Thanks for putting this together. Session musicians are truly the virtuoso class of what we hear as we go through life.

    • @rubyjones01
      @rubyjones01 8 годин тому

      Thank you for watching my friend!

  • @user-JM1967
    @user-JM1967 2 дні тому

    And about Equinoxe?

  • @srb-ef3zs
    @srb-ef3zs 6 днів тому

    Kudos to Ruby Jones for this post. Watched it 10 times.

  • @srb-ef3zs
    @srb-ef3zs 6 днів тому

    Great clip! Much appreciated. Well done/edited 🎉

  • @93200Jonas
    @93200Jonas 8 днів тому

    C'est quoi ce travelo ? Ahaha 🤣😂 Respect à Jean-Michel Jarre !

  • @DavidMorgan-e1s
    @DavidMorgan-e1s 9 днів тому

    Saw Herbie with Sky in the late seventies .A fabulous gig . Impeccable musicians ,every one of them !

  • @tonylawrence9885
    @tonylawrence9885 9 днів тому

    Thanks Ruby for a great, very much needed and appreciated documentary. In 1968 I was a member of a Liverpool vocal band by the name of The Incrowd. We had a short recording contract on the Deram label. We recorded a number of tracks, two of which as were produced a single : Where in the World/I Can make Love To You. Although we all played instruments on our live gigs, on these recordings we were backed by a 21 piece line-up. Herbie Flowers played bass guitar and other members of Blue Mink were in the line-up.

    • @rubyjones01
      @rubyjones01 9 днів тому

      @@tonylawrence9885 thanks for watching! Wow that’s such an incredible story

  • @frizzlefry5904
    @frizzlefry5904 11 днів тому

    Add Love affair, everlasting love to the list of great bass riffs.

  • @zubrycky
    @zubrycky 12 днів тому

    I was introduced to this one in the late 80s in my old English school during a listening classroom. Since that day I was hooked. I love this movie with all my heart and I personally consider Abbott Reeves as one of the greatest movie villains of all times.

  • @234cheech
    @234cheech 12 днів тому

    his bass on wotw is amaizin

  • @uglycustard1
    @uglycustard1 13 днів тому

    Thanks for this. I’ve followed Herbies Career for over 30 years. I Collected many records he played on..including some pretty obscure stuff. He was and still is a massive influence on my own bass playing as well as my whole approach and attitude towards a composition.

  • @patrickspillane3316
    @patrickspillane3316 13 днів тому

    Another fine documentary and another unsung hero praised with all they deserve ❤

  • @jrchanning
    @jrchanning 13 днів тому

    This was a fantastic watch, great that you are keeping Herbie's name out there, what a player, what a man, a bass legend 😄

    • @rubyjones01
      @rubyjones01 13 днів тому

      @@jrchanning thank you so much for watching my friend!

  • @cliffpearson943
    @cliffpearson943 13 днів тому

    Thanks Ruby - enjoyed that. Herbie has always been a musical hero of mine.

    • @rubyjones01
      @rubyjones01 13 днів тому

      @@cliffpearson943 thanks so much for watching!

  • @CharlieBramald
    @CharlieBramald 14 днів тому

    Epic journalism mateyyyyyy! Love to hear how Sky inspired Electrolyte Concerto In D Major

  • @zookiebudeck3428
    @zookiebudeck3428 14 днів тому

    Oxygene - A Masterpiece! I’m one of this 50Mio, owning a ´76 vinyl. Thank a lot for your in-depth documentary 👌🏻

  • @rubyjones01
    @rubyjones01 14 днів тому

    What’s your favourite Herbie Flowers bassline? Let me know!

    • @benhowcroft9971
      @benhowcroft9971 13 днів тому

      Enjoyed this vid thanks Ruby! If he did the whole transformer, then I love 'Satellite of love' !

    •  13 днів тому

      David Essex - Rock On

    • @rubyjones01
      @rubyjones01 13 днів тому

      An absolute classic!

    •  13 днів тому

      … also, his playing on the Bowie album, David Live, is a masterclass.

    • @rubyjones01
      @rubyjones01 13 днів тому

      Love that version of Space Oddity on there

  • @SkinoSylvain
    @SkinoSylvain 18 днів тому

    And what about Brain Damage (from TDSOTM) with the 1 year older song Grazie Davvero from Italian band Premiata Forniera Marconi ? I felt in trouble when I heard this PFM song for the first time. Your opinion ?

    • @rubyjones01
      @rubyjones01 17 днів тому

      @@SkinoSylvain I need to check this out! I will and let you know 🫡

  • @KeritechElectronics
    @KeritechElectronics 19 днів тому

    You look hot damn cute, I adore your outfits! Glasses, too.

  • @HipHopfan_
    @HipHopfan_ 20 днів тому

    Clicked on this video for JMJ, left because what I saw in the first second🤮

  • @chrisnewman7281
    @chrisnewman7281 20 днів тому

    He may not have been well known, but his father certainly was

  • @danniielle
    @danniielle 24 дні тому

    Beautifully presented video Ruby! 💖 This album quite literally changed the direction of my life. I first heard it on CD in the early 80s at an electronics show. It was playing through some high end, monoblock tube amplifiers through a pair of Martin Logan electrostatic speakers and I had never heard anything like it before, both musically and in terms of audio quality. Oxygene Part II is still my all-time favourite piece of electronic music and it triggered the beginning of my own journey into composing and recording electronic music that continues to this day. This year marks 40 years since I began with an Akai 4000DS MK2 open reel deck, a Studiomaster four track cassette machine and a Roland Juno 6 synthesizer. I recently purchased an original vinyl pressing of Oxygene that has yet to be played. It is surreal holding this record in my hands! I have a decent turntable / stylus / preamp setup that I'm tweaking for best playback at the moment and it will be this system that I first play my unplayed record on. It will be an emotional moment that will probably put tears of joy in my eyes!! ✨️🌟💖🎵💖🌟✨️

  • @SpookyLuvCookie
    @SpookyLuvCookie 26 днів тому

    The fuchsia is in safe hands.

  • @iconicshrubbery
    @iconicshrubbery 27 днів тому

    Q1:Ruby, by any chance, have you been heavily influenced by Walter/ Wendy Carlos? Anyway, fascinating viewing. (Q2: how does YT know i have this out of the music library right now?)

  • @seanfinlay7393
    @seanfinlay7393 28 днів тому

    Excellent,thanks for this video! ❤

  • @Bartolucci711
    @Bartolucci711 29 днів тому

    Very well done Ruby. Absolutely beautiful piece. And I totally dig the dynamics of your playing that you bring to it. 😊

  • @JohnDaubSuperfan369
    @JohnDaubSuperfan369 Місяць тому

    Always loved the songs on Road Games but the production really let's it down. Thankfully Live in Japan 1984 exists, one of the finest live albums ever released, it features *the* definitive takes of many I.O.U. songs. The opener Tokyo Dream especially is a killer, such a beatifully melancholic melody and you can hear the exitement and sheer pleasure of playing in front of a Japanese crowd in Allan's soloing. Wackerman and Johnson are the perfect accompaniment to Holdsworth, even Paul Williams is on top form, thoroughly fantastic stuff!

  • @FLH3official
    @FLH3official Місяць тому

    The Rooftop Concert! 😉

    • @rubyjones01
      @rubyjones01 Місяць тому

      @@FLH3official hopefully Peter Jackson will remaster it for us one day 😜

    • @FLH3official
      @FLH3official Місяць тому

      @@rubyjones01 😁You just need a zealous constable with you on the roof 😁😁 (BTW could be fun for a v2 of this piece)

    • @rubyjones01
      @rubyjones01 29 днів тому

      @ definitely! you can buy the album on physical CD and digital btw if you want to hear more 😎 theexoticicesproject.bandcamp.com/album/anthems-for-outcasts

  • @FLH3official
    @FLH3official Місяць тому

    Thanks for the video. 2:55 the GRM wasn't acualy a real "school" it was, somehow, the equivalent of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop . 9:45 No need of sellotape to play 2 patern styles on a Minipop, just push the 2 buttons. Ma, se no e vero e bene trovato. 😁 (well, don't get me wrong, I'm a genuine Early Jarre fan, I heard the original album in the time it was released, it was just technical precisions)

  • @dmax2643
    @dmax2643 Місяць тому

    Dude WTF is your malfunction 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You look like a mental illness patient on drugs 🤣🤣

  • @empoweryou1
    @empoweryou1 Місяць тому

    I'm on the fence with Vanhalen's influence of Holdsworth. On one hand, he gave the much needed exposure of Allan's brilliance but he also thought he should be able to guide his musical direction which I find arrogant. I've always respected Eddie's amazing skill but have been thoroughly bored by the band's style and skill level of the other band members. Holdsworth, on the other hand insisted on surrounding himself with brilliance, making his music more complete, certainly more interesting. Ted 'the producer' can pound sand.

  • @empoweryou1
    @empoweryou1 Місяць тому

    The high level effort you put into the making of this 'mini doc'? is evident and outstanding. Thank you for your work. Interesting that I'm just now finding it. I saw him once many years ago in Kansas City, Missouri in a very small venue(maybe 50 people)Chad Wackerman was his drummer.

    • @rubyjones01
      @rubyjones01 Місяць тому

      @@empoweryou1 thank you my friend!

  • @spanielspaniels
    @spanielspaniels Місяць тому

    thank you!

  • @matthewhaste
    @matthewhaste Місяць тому

    Catchy and coooookie

  • @Slumbert
    @Slumbert Місяць тому

    Is it just me or did Jarre take a lot from Mike Oldfields first albums? A lot did and do....

  • @pauloldman804
    @pauloldman804 Місяць тому

    tubular bells was also played in full on john peel (or was it just one side?)

  • @dogmatronic
    @dogmatronic Місяць тому

    Great stuff! I doubt that that he wrote Steve’s main guitar solo with tapping - that might have been a Banks inspiration/transcription from a keyboard lead like Hogweed and Salmacis. Steve has said he started tapping to be able to copy keyboard lines.

  • @rogersmerzer3695
    @rogersmerzer3695 Місяць тому

    I can't take seriously a crossdresser. Dude you are pathetic

  • @shirleymental4189
    @shirleymental4189 Місяць тому

    This was very good, thank you. I love Allan but I think he had a tendency for self sabotage. It's well known that he was rarely satisfied with his playing and he would shrug off praise and seemed embarrassed by it. Who knows? I sure don't. PS. I still have my Lab series L5. Great amps.

  • @KeritechElectronics
    @KeritechElectronics Місяць тому

    Lovely!

  • @jimjim1465
    @jimjim1465 Місяць тому

    Can't wait to see your Christmas special Ruby ace ace ace 😊

  • @gregskuza7166
    @gregskuza7166 Місяць тому

    When CDs came out first I wanted it own one (didn’t even have the player and I was in my teens) so I picked the Oxygene which I proudly displayed in my room :)

  • @elementallobsterx
    @elementallobsterx Місяць тому

    great vid, elequently spoken

  • @Slurkz
    @Slurkz Місяць тому

    Total banger! 💟 Stellar production 💫

  • @sikksnakk
    @sikksnakk 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for this exelent tour of one of my favorite bands. I bought sky 1, 2, and 3 when they came out. I'm a guitarist and John Williams had a major influence on my playing style. The band had a sound and feeling to them that still influence me in my musical well beeing.

  • @felipepaez2556
    @felipepaez2556 2 місяці тому

    I think is a great cover.... though the organ adds a quite dramatic dimension, I would low it in the mix, it's too much over the voice, maybe a little echo on the voice would also help to an already great vocal performance... greetings!

  • @AndreasLopez-e1y
    @AndreasLopez-e1y 2 місяці тому

    Love JMJ music, growing up also with Vangelis Still listening and enjoying all earlier albums 😍

  • @sogggyyy
    @sogggyyy 2 місяці тому

    Great video and I learned so much about AH and IOU. I discovered his music while listening to early Bruford records and the first AH LP I picked up was Metal Fatigue. After that I was hooked.

  • @kymvalleygardensdesign5350
    @kymvalleygardensdesign5350 2 місяці тому

    Don't Forget Phil's mate from Flamming Youth, Ronnie Caryl. Apparently, he also played live with the band. I assume it was a 12-string Acoustic that Mick did not own as I have never seen Ant play using an electric 12-string. Some great research here thank you.

  • @d7ario
    @d7ario 2 місяці тому

    Me lleva a acordarme de mi papá q le gustaba y vestía similar por la época me da mucha tristeza escucharlo me traslada a otra época 😢 Amo este álbum y equinoccio