***** Saw BeBop in London 1976, at the Roundhouse... The night before I'd seen the Buzzcocks at the Marquee.. Talk about jarring cultures... BBD were fabulous, flawless playing, superb vocals, exquisite sound... Bill's later work could be challenging but his latest work is really good
Great video! I’m trying to learn your strum pattern to incorporate the bass line. I can’t seem to get the same sound when I go for the A string. Any tips?
Shiny! Brilliant! Encore! I have seen Adrian Belew play this lots, even with Bowie and The Bears. I believe he could play it without effects. He is the Twang Bar King™, you know. :) I have some decades old magazine somewhere, I wish I could remember more details. Adrian talked about working out some incredibly difficult bit and when he finally showed (cannot remember, either Fripp or Zappa) that he had mastered the licks, it was like - dude, it took me three tracks to do that riff. So yea, I think Adrian could do it. But IIRC, when I saw Bowie in the late 70s, Carlos Alomar was doing the thumping rhythm with bar chords, Someone did the basic Fripp melody on violin while Belew was all trippy strat feedback goodness. And yea, there was a piano. As much as I like Belew and the Belew era Bowie, the Ziggy Stardust bit was Bowie's best. Kidding, of course. I do not remember what Carlos was doing in the 70s. Adrian, yes, Carlos, no.
***** I've read interviews with Fripp where he says he didn't use an ebow or a gizmotron, he says he just did it with feedback. But I find that hard to believe. I think you're actually right: ebow.
James James There's a live video on youtube of Bowie playing Heroes with Mick Ronson and Queen. You can see Mick using an ebow in that one, and he nails the sound.
You can never have enough Bowie.
Greetings from Australia, love your work mate.
Great stuff..even more from the truly brilliant 1976-1980 Bowie era of Station To Station, Heroes, Lodger, Scary Monsters would be always welcome.
Came for some Bowie, the library of tunes that you've created, just ready for us to come and learn is amazing.
Beautiful work, Maestro.
thanks for this James James. just discovered this song was in the ending scene to one of my favorite shows. i can’t wait to play this :)
Nice work as usual. New guitar goes nicely with the T- shirt...
Mary's is legendary here.
Mary's Club!!!!!! Awesome!
Thank you so much! Great job as usual.
Great deal on the guitar awesome tone!
If you're in a Bowie mood, may I renew my request for Stay from Station to Station?
R.I.P. David Bowie
Thanks JJ. And hope you had a peaceful Memorial Day.
Awesome! Listened to the whole thing
This is so great!
Well done. Always reminds me of Be Bop Deluxe's "Panic in the World". Both recorded at around the same time - must've been something in the air.
MarcBrewer BeBop Deluxe still rocks my world. Charlie Tumahai was such a great bass man. And Bill ... Bill was a guitar god.
***** Saw BeBop in London 1976, at the Roundhouse... The night before I'd seen the Buzzcocks at the Marquee.. Talk about jarring cultures... BBD were fabulous, flawless playing, superb vocals, exquisite sound... Bill's later work could be challenging but his latest work is really good
Steve Stewart-Sturges I grok what you are saying. ;)
This is great, thanks! Would love to see what you do with "Sound + Vision".
You've got a lot of nice guitars. But I especially like your red Tele. Cool!
Love the new guitar and tone. Pick ups?
Great stuff; on the money and THANKS!
I got so into this. Thanks so much for your videos. You shit on the naysayers.
Can you believe there ARE naysayers?
Half the tunes I've learned in the past year come from james
Great video! I’m trying to learn your strum pattern to incorporate the bass line. I can’t seem to get the same sound when I go for the A string. Any tips?
Easy way to play it. Thanks for the post
RIP Bowie.
New guitar sounds great !
Shiny! Brilliant! Encore!
I have seen Adrian Belew play this lots, even with Bowie and The Bears. I believe he could play it without effects. He is the Twang Bar King™, you know. :) I have some decades old magazine somewhere, I wish I could remember more details. Adrian talked about working out some incredibly difficult bit and when he finally showed (cannot remember, either Fripp or Zappa) that he had mastered the licks, it was like - dude, it took me three tracks to do that riff. So yea, I think Adrian could do it.
But IIRC, when I saw Bowie in the late 70s, Carlos Alomar was doing the thumping rhythm with bar chords, Someone did the basic Fripp melody on violin while Belew was all trippy strat feedback goodness. And yea, there was a piano. As much as I like Belew and the Belew era Bowie, the Ziggy Stardust bit was Bowie's best.
Kidding, of course. I do not remember what Carlos was doing in the 70s. Adrian, yes, Carlos, no.
Nice man. Nice.
PS If you are into Bowie, you *must* see The Man Who Fell To Earth. For you youngsters out there, it is a ~76 Nicolas Roeg film.
What kind of guitar is that? A schecter tele? That thing is sick.
Telecaster FMT HH
nice new guitar
Hey Mr. James. Awesome as always. Could you do a demo of the actual guitar part in this song? The slide guitar?
Warsawabruce That's actually played with a gizmotron, not a slide.
***** I've read interviews with Fripp where he says he didn't use an ebow or a gizmotron, he says he just did it with feedback. But I find that hard to believe. I think you're actually right: ebow.
James James There's a live video on youtube of Bowie playing Heroes with Mick Ronson and Queen. You can see Mick using an ebow in that one, and he nails the sound.
James James It could be, I've heard guys play a whole solo with feedback and their whammy bar, Fripp seems like the kind of guy that would do it.
Snake Plissken Of course it can be done. I just don't believe he did it that way. But my opinion doesn't matter.
Are you playing a D6 on that riff?
J.J ever thought of doing a blackberry smoke cover?
You're my Hero of home, man cave cover lessons!
can somebody explain me what he does on the G?
Dude. Did you actually watch the video?
Fret a G and do hammer on-pull offs of index finger on 5 th string
New guitar?
The Walrus Yeah, a Telecaster FMT HH.
James James Cool model, you should introduce it in a video:)
The Walrus I already did.
James James Oh ok, I missed that video then
This video gives you the lead part. Bowie’s recording has multiple guitars and keyboards. ua-cam.com/video/scKffa-_UgY/v-deo.html