Aqualung Bass Cover HD
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
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HEY!
Happy Birthday to Ian Anderson who was born on this date in 1947.
While it probably needs no introduction, this is the title track off of the “Aqualung” album by “Jethro Tull” which came out in 1971 and featured Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond on bass…or Glenn Cornick even.
I’m playing the early 80’s Guild SB-202 that I had fitted with a Babicz 3 Point Bridge. I’m using just the bridge pick-up and had the tone rolled back a bit.
I’m really a bit fond of my original Aqualung cover. I think the mix was pretty good, considering the way I was recording back then - a small amp, computer speakers, and a desktop microphone. It’s a bit strange to see it and reflect back upon the time it was recorded, as I was around 3-4 weeks into radiation treatments for throat cancer. That’s why the lower half of my face and down my neck is a bright red. I don’t think I was very physically uncomfortable at this point, but the real pain was not far off. It was a pretty stressful time as well as it was preceded by months of doctors appointments, scans, procedures, a surgery, more scans, and culminated if a leave of absence from work. Probably what I like most about the video is how our favorite cat of all-time paid me a visit at the end. I don’t do it as often these days, but I used look up the video and go to the end just to see him. Lynn and I have six cats and love them all, even the ones with severe personality disorders (which is most of them). And we’ve loved the ones we’ve lost over the years as well, but Mr. Butter was truly something special and we were blessed to have had him for the time we did. Everybody loved Butter. If you’re interested, the link to my original Aqualung cover (and Mr. Butter) is below -
• Aqualung Bass Cover
Damn...If I'm looking for a bass cover I always come to you because I know it's right note for note. You are the best!
Haha...thanks a lot!
yes he is.
I saw this upload and I'm like, what? Didn't he upload this before? Man I remember back in high school when I watched you post the original Aqualung cover back in 2011. Seeing Mr. Butter at the end of the video I thought it was a cool touch at the end. I would've never imagined at the time you were going through such a horrible thing like throat cancer. I hope you've beaten that horrible cancer and even if you're fighting it now; I truly wish you nothing but the best.
Seeing this reupload with better camera and audio quality, I think all of us long time followers would love to see you possibly do newer covers of songs you've already done; just food for thought. Seeing you look at the camera and do the "Hey!" again made me happy; I remember loving that part of the video. Hope you have an incredible one!
You look very good!
Didn't know about the
cancer treatment years
ago.Hope you stay healthy now.
Regards
Thanks a lot. Yes, every once and a while I'll go back and re-do one of my favorites that I think will benefit for the enhanced sound and video quality.
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Nailed at always. RIP Glenn Cornick very underrated bass player
Thanks Joe. While the album credits Jeffery Hammond Hammond, I'd bet my bottom dollar that it's Glenn playing.
4:40 "And a cup of tea" 😂
Haha.
Hearing this takes me back to my old job. This song was played on the radio on EVERY graveyard shift.
This song is difficult to play.
You are the bass master.
I hear you.
Thanks so much for the kind words, Warren.
Thank you for helping me see how the base is part of my favourite songs. I hear it but I don’t really appreciate it. 😘👍🏻
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Bass* that’s total disrespect to the instrument. No disrespect to you..
@@DimashCastellucci Oh you’re right! I’ll blame autocorrect but I should have seen that. 👍🏻❤️
@@MyBlueZed 😂
@@MyBlueZed people are great at pointing out mistakes, but they miss out on things that are real and more significant for existing in nature to be honest.
The sun showed just when the solo started. Coincidence, I don't think so.😁
Awesome!
Again! My go to guy for bass lines! Great job, as always!
Awesome! Thanks John!
The big, pink, cyclops looking dude to center right.... That's probably how I look when I'm watching you play. 😆. Have a good weekend man!
You, sir, deserve a like.
PookLowEnd Very kind of you sir. Thank you.
haha. Thank you and, you too!
That guitar solo section is one of the great moments in prog rock history, the interaction between the walking bass and the guitar. Kind of a preview of what Geddy and Alex would bring us a few years later. What's that weird beep at 5:33, though? I thought it was my doorbell at first, until I ran the video back over it to check.
It really is, isn't it? The "beep" was an email notification, I forgot to turn it off.
@@TJH3113 It was either you or Ian Anderson.
Fantastic.... you are awesome keep the video's coming.
Thanks... I'll try.
Another Jethro Tull masterpiece! Thank you for figuring this one out, quite intricate without being show-offish. Ian Anderson used to choose his bass players wisely!
Thanks a lot. Yes, he did.
Listening with headphones in 2023...thought the chime at 5:33 was MY email....LOL....
Awesome cover. Just finished learning the guitar bits, not the solo...yet, but watching this has me thinking I should learn the bass part. Always one of my favourites.
Yeah, I hate when that happens. Thanks Joe and good luck with the rest of the song. It's a classic!
Nice wake up call. Great vid of a timeless classic. Saw Tull multiple times during the late seventies and into the eighties. What a privilege to see this band live. Never a Tull moment. Thanks, have a safe weekend. Curtis
Thanks a lot! "Never a Tull moment." haha.
Most of the time I listen to this rather than the original song because I love the sound of the bass, lol.
I love your covers. Would love if you made a full cover of Thick as a Brick Pt. 1. The bass parts during the guitar solo and the "come on you childhood heroes..." section are my favourite bass moments ever.
Wow, thank you! I'll check it out.
This was so damn fun to watch. Thank you!
I'm glad you liked it. Thanks, Zach.
Only somebody this good can casually take a sip of coffee in the middle of playing Aqualung ... !
I require high levels of caffenation.
the "beep" in 5:34 then your face, priceless!
This was around the time I really started needing to wear glasses.
An awesome cover of an awesome bass line! Aqualung is my favorite Tull album, with Songs from the Wood coming in at a close second!
Thanks a lot.
Love this song
Awesome
Dude 😆🤙 , SO BUSY ! LOL. what a walking workout lol. Outstanding as usual, Buddy.
Uda Man 🕶️🤙 °):
It is a crazy baseline, isn’t it? Thanks Rocky!
Dude! not sure it matters but, Playing 40 plus years i've gotten lazy when I have to learn a song for a gig, You have been my GO TO guy, for on the mark no nonsense bass song lessons.. Thanks for your work. Fantastic job! and GREAT BASS collection!!!
Always happy to help! Thanks a lot Bob and take care!
First-rate cover, man … excellent work.
Thank you kindly!
Awesome bass cover! I think the bass is the coolest part of this song and I love everything about the song.
Thank you very much!
Amazing Troy!
Thanks Joe!
Oh I love this bass! I have a Harley the same color.
Cool. The funny thing is, this bass looks much greener in person than it does when it is photographed (or filmed)...very strange.
A massive song with a massive bass line that will always thrill!
A Guild Bass...But not a B301...What sorcery is THIS??
good to see that you still upload! recently remembered watching your cover of Sledgehammer like 5 years ago and thought I'd check out your channel again.
Haha, yeah, I'm still at it. Sledgehammer is one I'd like to re-do. Thanks for the reminder. And thanks for stopping back.
My total respect🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thanks Paul!
Amazing!!!! Thank you!
Thank you very much.
As always, your so awesome! Thank you so much for the lessons for us, I love learning from your videos! 👍🏻
You rock!
Tho I'm probably older than you, I want to be YOU when I grow up. Beautifully done and I'm really starting to like those Guild basses. Thank you
Be careful what you wish for. Thanks a lot.
Fantastic!
Thank you.
You really pick some great tunes!!!!! thnx again!!!
Glad you like them!
My pleasure.
Excellent !
Many thanks!
That Hammond-Hammond baseline is my favorite element of the song.
Awesome!
So I just received my new custom IEM's. Ironically I was talking with someone today about my "Vinyl Weekends" when my wife goes out of town and I break out all my old vinyl for a love fest. He asked what is the first tune you play and I replied always Aqualung. Anyway I searched for Aqualung on UA-cam to tryout my new IEM's and I figured pick one with some bass. I have to admit, your rendition was stellar!!!! I honestly could not stop smiling. I got so wrapped up in your playing, I even forgot to critique my new investment. VERY well done!
Awesome! I'm glad you liked it and congratulations on your new In-Ears!
Nice, I have that album on vinyl! Started following you because like you, I too attend Bethel Woods religiously.
Cool. Thanks, maybe I'll see you there sometime. Next show is Deep Purple and Priest.
Wow... I now need about two weeks of watching this to be able to play this completely through. Your playing as always excellent and always a pleasure to watch and learn from. Thanks for the great posting and your choice of bass for this song fits perfectly to me. Have a great weekend ✌🏻
Thank you very much.
Was only playing this 20 minutes ago myself. Great cover and props to Mr Butter
Cool! Thanks.
Hey Troy. Thanks for sharing your story and snippets of your life in the comments. I've had so many friends and family members go through thyroid, throat (and many other) types of cancers in the past years. It always punches you in the gut. I am hopeful you are fully recovered. I believe in the power of music and community, regardless of it being physical or virtual. Beautifully executed cover, as always man. Thanks for sharing
Yeah, it was quite the ordeal. I'm coming up on 7 years, which is great, but not taken for granted. Cancer is great about biding its time. Thank you very much for the nice comment.
Sheer genius Troy!Yyour fingers remind me of a gentle spider lightyl touching the strings so beautifully! thanks Troy!!!!!
Haha, thank you.
Great cover once again, just saw Tull on 6-6-18 from the 3rd row. WOW! Never been that close. Good luck on staying cancer free.
Thanks a lot. I usually prefer my seats further back in order to take in the whole show but, every now and then, we'll sit up close and that's always a nice change of pace. In fact, we're going to see The Fixx in a week or two and we got first row for that show.
The Fixx have always been my favorite band. Seen them 12 times ever since the 1980's. I like "Going Without" studio version from the Missing Links Album. Good bass line and fun to play. Thanks.
Awesome !
Thanks!
Seriously these videos are some of the most impressive bass playing I've ever heard. Your tone out of these Guild basses is so perfect that it inspired me to buy an SB-202 like yours. Now if only I had the talent to go with it! Lol. The middle section of Aqualung with the walking bass is MY favorite tone ever. My SB-202 will be candy apple red. And I'm going to have a black abalone pickguard made for it. And it already has the Babicz bridge upgrade.
Thank you very much for the very kind words.
Congratulation on the Guild. I prefer the sound using the only the bridge p/u, if that's any help. I found that the output and tone really suffered when both p/u's are selected.
I've had a couple of pick guards made by "PickguardPlanet". They have all the oddball templates and they do nice work, though the ordering process is a bit cumbersome.
Good on the Babicz upgrade. I've done it too all of my Guilds.
Very apt choice of bass for this cover👍. And well done for playing this so well, walking lines are not easy.
Thanks a lot Daniel!
That was beautiful :p thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love that song ! Beautiful blue Guild... I might had spelt that wrong 😯...... 😁
Thanks.
Another great cover! Thanks again for sharing. Also, thanks for sharing your story with us. I'm glad you can reflect back to what you were going though while recording the original. I'm sure it is very theuraputic for you. I'm a critter fan and enjoy your cat cameos, too.
Thanks for the wonderful comment and the sentiments contained within.
Thank you once again Troy lol
I surely would have worn out several cassettes trying to learn this one back in the day 🤣
See you on the next one!! Many thanks and much appreciated. Your hard work has certainly been my gain!
You are most welcome, once again. I'm very glad you found it helpful, thanks for letting me know.
HIt me! Always loved your JT covers. :)
Thank you kindly.
Awesome work👍
Thank you.
Um abraço aqui de São Paulo - Brasil. Toca demais !!!!
Muito obrigado.
Fight man, never back down! Thank you for your job...no jokes please...love from Italy
Ripeto in italiano, qualora avessi un traduttore... combatti e combatti forte, sei stato una fonte di ispirazione per me e la mia band. Non mollare mai, puoi farcela... abbiamo tutti bisogno di te, ancora ed ancora, fino alla fine. Grazie di tutto
Thank you for the kind words.
Man, your covers are AMAZING
Glad you think so!
Well done. 👍
Thank you James! 👍
Another Great Cover, TJH !!!
Enjoy your channel!!
Thank you very much.
Great job, as always, you crushed it!
Thank you.
Resurrection so glorious - well done!
Thank you kindly.
great job i enjoyed it pete
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you Pete.
Well done for working out that one. Note perfect Sir.
Thank you very much.
5:35 I've been there with unwanted random noises in the end of recordings :P I feel you man! I really love this song and your play style. The bass looks wonderful as well! I'd be glad to hear more Jethro Tull ^-^! Cheers!
Haha...yeah, I hate when that happens too. Thanks, glad you liked it.
Time to check the mailbox! :)
increadible
thank you
I had a B301; played it for years. Wish I had held onto it.
The Guilds are among my favorites.
Ahh Aqualung, such a classic. Always had a soft spot for this album and song. Love the bass line too. I never noticed just how good that basses tone is. Can be bright if you attack it like you do during the louder parts, but so bassy and warm during the slower parts. Very dynamic instrument, sounds beautiful. Well played as per usual! Always the kick in the butt for me to go play I need some days.
Didn't know you were going through cancer in the older video. Hope it's all squared away and you're feeling better! That sounded horrible from what you typed out.
Thanks a lot. Yes, I love these Guild basses. Sorry I waited so long to get one...or 4. Coming up on 7 years cancer-free which is good, but nothing is guaranteed.
Great cover, now that's how its done👍
Thanks.
What a "purty" guitar that is. I used to play around with this back when.... But of course what I played wasn't even 1/10th of what you are laying down. I really need to start playing again. Been a few years since I've had my G&L L-1000 out of the case. Same holds true for my Fender acoustic. Someday I'll see the error in my ways. Thanks for sharing your videos with all of us!
It is actually much more green that how it looks in the video. You'd really be surprised. When I opened the case I was certain the fellow shipped the wrong bass. Please do yourself a favor and have a go at it. Thank you very much.
Great playing! Hope you're doing well, sounds like a whole lotta no fun. We also have many cats we love dearly. One, an ill tempered female named...Butters. We rescued her from certain death. Mother abandoned her at about 3 weeks in 100+ degree heat. She was in our planter box crying. My wife scooped her up and put her on my lap as I sat in my chair. We stared at each other for about 5 seconds before she hissed at me! Been in love with her ever since. She hates us most of the time, but we love her all the same! 🤘😎🤘
Thanks a lot. Yeah, we love the cranky ones as much as the sweet ones as well.
As always................AWESOME Cover Troy,and I too...........was like "Hmmm,I SEEM to recall long ago............a remake of this song he did once BEFORE!?!? " Lol. Glad to see the classics never die!!! (RIP Mr. Butter,we miss you buddy!!!) Sometimes...........2011 seems so short of a time ago............(that's when my only child was born! Just turned 7 in June! ) Yet,other times,it seems so VERY LONG AGO!!! I guess............depending on the actual "Memory",and the meaning and/or relevance of that time,depends on whether it seems a distant time,or a time that just happened!?!? Lol. Anyway..........the "sound" of this updated version,sure improves things,but You played this one just as well NOW,as You did then My Friend!!! Excellent Job!!! :)
Thank you. It really is funny how we perceive the passing of time, isn't it?
TJH3113 Haha,most definitely My Friend!!!
man, your bass sounded wicked sick, great video as always.
your video setup has gotten perfect.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it.
Another really cool, well done cover!
Thanks.
Yup.........I just crushed the bass part during the guitar lead...........time for a sip or two of coffee!!
😂☕️
This video made me O.D. on good karma. Happy 🎂 I.A., RIP Mr. Butter, awesome yet again T. You poor old sod, you see it's only me?
Thank you very much.
Sounds great with the Guild:). Looks like a very comfortable bass to play for sure:). Nice tone.
Thank you. Yes, it is very comfortable but very heavy. The weight doesn't confront me (since I'm a hardcore sitter) but it might be a deal breaker for some people. I'm just using the bridge p/u. IMO it sounds awful with both p/u's selected.
Yeah, I get it with the weight issue I have a few heavy ones in my "herd" too. I have arthritis in my neck and it doesn't help I have a very physical occupation---RDH.
I was never much of a Tull fan but I give credit where it's due. Classic tune right here. Excellent cover my good dude. The bass is amazing in this one and you nailed it as always 😎👍👍👍
#fuckcancer
Yes, a definite classic. Thank you very much.
Great video, as always. Glad you’re on the mend. Rush, Tull and cats! What’s better than that? Cheers
Thanks. "What's better than that?" Not much. Actually, I've heard that Ian Anderson is fond of cats as well.
NICE.
THANKS.
LOVE IT!
Thank you.
Amazing!!!
Thanks a lot.
2:24 *Hey*
Thanks for paying attention.
Amazing cover !
Thank you kindly.
Just seeing this. You did this before. (But this has better sound). This is perfect example of a precisely orchestrated bass part and you got it all! The placement of the harmonies, the varying walking lines that are mostly arpeggios with displaced rhythms and logical voice leading -- it's all almost too perfect not to be worked out beforehand. This had to be a tough one to figure out. There seems to be some discrepancy as to who played bass on the original. Glen Cornick claims he did, but Jeffry Hammond is credited and it seems more his style. Hammond was an interesting talent -- mainly a painter (and a very good one) who supposedly played "hobby bass" but Anderson preferred his personality to Cornicks so, Glen was out, Jeffry was in. (!!!) And man, talk about rising to the occasion! I wonder if all of his parts were written by Anderson and he just executed them to a tee. But perhaps Hammond just had that clean structured approach. His style seems "neater" then Cornick's. (whose playing I love by the way). Anyway, your take inspired me to go back and work out some of those parts. Well done as usual!
Thank you Nelson. To me, it sounds more like Cornick than Hammond. I thought that Hammond’s sound and style was more similar to Glascock’s.
@@TJH3113 The "later day" Tull bass parts did seem extremely tight and well rehearsed. The "walking lines" in Aqualung are very Cornick-esque. I wouldn't be surprised if Anderson didn't give him album credit out of spite. There seemed to be some unfortunate resentment there. At any rate, great job, and now I'm going to check out your Glascock covers. : )
The best!
Thanks.
Well done. I was thinking before I read your notes, this dude (I knew his name was Ian Anderson) has got to be my mother;s age... She is 1946 vintage, so I was close.
Thank you. Is she still touring? haha.
TJH3113 now she goes to festivals and listens to old people music!
I just lost my 15 year old dog. I feel your pain. I’m sure I would have loved Butter
Aw, I'm very sorry for your loss. Butter was an incredible cat and really deserved more time. He lived a very hard life before we got him and it was great to see him blossom after we took him in. He was the sweetest grump you'd ever meet.
Good job Troy!
Thank you.
Thanks for your amazing work, and to share it! i loved aqualung, and because of you i made it! when i listened aqualung, so young was i, (im 58), i didn t think the bass was so hard (i see in concert bass version less difficult played by jethro)
i hope you feel better! thanks a lot
ps= sorry for my english (i m french^^ and when will you play Mr Zappa?)
Thank you.
5:33 *Beep* 😁. I'm sure a similar "beep" can be heard in the Vital Signs cover.
I forgot to turn off the e-mail alerts on my computer. E-mail doesn't work on it anymore, so that's on less thing to worry about.
Hope you get better, just lost my dad to bile duct cancer June 26th... :(
I'm very sorry for your loss.
1:19 to 2:14 the quintessential prog walking bass
It is, isn't it?
That Mr. Butter appearance was perfect since he's the same color as the bass haha.
I know, he was a wonderful, creamy-peach color.
Nice bass
Thanks.
Nice! I see you are using B after G, for instance on walking bass formula start. Isn't that Bb? (sounds like the chord is Gm)
Thanks. I agonized over this for years. I would always play the Bb because the guitar was obviously playing a Gm, but something about it never sounded right. When I did my first cover of this song, I referenced an isolated bass track and discovered that he is actually playing a major scale over a minor chord. The bass is pretty murky sounding, so it doesn't really stand out.
Troy lol Wtfuuuuk...
Those old Tull jams are Badass. What a Band. That Bassline there ??
Getdafuckouttahere lmao 🤣 Talk about BUSY !?!? 😳🤔😆.
Ima do this one in stages lol. Uda Man , Bro 🕶🤙 °): EADG
Thanks!
Yet another fantastic cover but with quite a different tone to your original video but you kept the ‘hey” two minutes in. How are you recording the videos nowadays? I got back from holiday in the US a few days and thought of you as I was flying over New York on the way back to the UK. A slightly different route to the one I was expecting thanks to the storms on the east coast and Delta cancelling my flight from DC. It’s all part of the adventure. Keep up the great work.
Yeah, I do that even when it comes on the radio...can't help myself. You should have dropped by.
Another awesome lesson, thnx. Out of curiosity, do you by any chance own any old school Kramer bass guitars?
Thank you. No, unless you consider the NS2A's Kramers. Technically, they are.
I have a hard time learning,I often play in the wrong register from being half deaf🎶🎩
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you are able to find a way around that problem.
I know Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond is the Tull bassist on this album - but what is the likelihood that he is not responsible for this bass part? it seems very Glenn Cornick to me - and Cornick was still in Tull when the majority of the Aqualung songs were being written. I'm not busting on JHH - but I never got the feeling that he was a musician's musician. My understanding is he got the Tull gig cos he was friends w/IA. And, considering the records that would follow (TAAB, PP, etc.) became more and more musically complex, it seems unlikely to me that JHH was the bassist for anything but the live performances during his tenure in the band. Again, I mean no offense to JHH or the JHH fans out there - I think he brought a very necessary sense of humor to the Tull thing when he came along. And, no one would be happier than me to know that my take on this is way off the mark. Any insights here?
That's exactly what I've always thought. This sounds nothing like Hammond's style or sound to me. If they kicked Cornick to the curb as abruptly as they did, it would not surprise me that they'd cut him out of the credits. I'm not a Tull expert, but I always got the impression that Ian Anderson was as much a shrewd businessman as he was a brilliant musician and he made some pretty draconian decisions as the leader of Tull. Cutting Barr out of the band being the most egregious.
Excellent work as usual, on a side note, I'm sure you have been asked this before, but I gotta know how long did it take you to collect all those masks?
Thank you. I've been collecting the masks for about 25 years. I've slowed down a bit as I have no more room to display them. Most are from DeathStudios.
How to you learn all the bass tracks you play? Do you learn by ear or do you read the actual notations?
I play by ear and memory.