Who else lets the ads play through out of respect for Leland? This is the only channel where I do that. Another great story. Was rekt then uplifted, entertained then inspired, Bring on the day!
Don't stop posting videos please, Leland, even after the pandemic is over. I (and probably all of us here) NEED these. We love listening and watching you jam and I personally thrive on your wisdom, brilliance, compassion, narrative craft and flow. Keep them coming! (I'm heavily promoting your channel to many of my music buddies, so you'll probably be receiving a few more subscribers soon!)
As a subscriber, I had a banner pop up on my lock screen that said “Leland Sklar Can’t Stop Loving You” “This is a bit sudden,” I thought. Imagine my embarrassment when I discovered the reality
Just such a blessing to still have a living Legend like Leland Sklar still around with us ....Thanks Mr Sklar for sharing your talent and life journey with us all .
UA-cam has gone completely shameless with these commercial interruptions. FYI: This is a great channel. Mr. Sklar is a legend and the world is a better place because of him.
Genesis is where I first learned about Phil Collins, the entire band blew me away.Then when Peter left and he stepped up to singing lead vocals I was like is there anything this guy can't do ? just a phenomenal talent.
FIVE ads, UA-cam, really? If i didn't adore Leland Sklar so damn much there's no way i would tolerate an ad popping up every three minutes, randomly interrupting people. There were already two before the video started and at least one after. Isn't that more than enough?
Dear Leland. I keep coming back to your daily report, music and above all; great playing. Thank you so much for doing this. You are a huge treasure and a big inspiration.. Sitting in Norway, I must say it makes me worried watching the news about the US and how your leader and his governement choose to act during these devastating and troubled times. Sorry if it's inappropriate saying so. I wish all the best, sincerely.
Being disturbed whilst making videos - the bane of any content creating UA-camr. And I must say the dummy is quite the contortionist ;) Thanks for sharing a light on your music history. It puts a lot of my favourite tracks in an even nicer perspective. Thanks!
Terry Bozzio , wow . Frank Zappa and Dale Bozzio etc . Did you ever get to meet her or Frank ? I got into Lee Rittenour from a friend, Paul, in central NY in the early 80's . Captain Fingers I think it was. Got into Phil before that . Carpet Crawler , I Know What I like etc. Trick of a Tail is seminal. A good friend Mark turned me onto them . It was the last class of the day in 8th grade were we could bring&play albums. Most in the class took the elective for an easy credit/grade. There was a handful of us who did bring albums in . There were two boxed speaker/turntable for the class. One at each end of the room. It was neat to see which music gathered the most people around it. I was that kid Leland who cleaned the phono needle . Phil's music will always hold a special place for me Leland. It was a very dark part of my life when In The air Tonight came out. Those drums awoke something in me . Genesis will be on tour. Hopefully they'll came to the states.
I just subscribed to you yesterday thanks to Rick Beato. So glad I did. Your audio sounds amazing. It can’t be my iPad and Sony headphones. Your bass sounds awesome. I am a closet bass player. By ear, if I know the song, I can pick it up. But I spend more time, yet still casually play acoustic for 50 plus years and finally working on electric. I could listen to your playing and stories all day. My wife and I are retired nurses, in Canada). She has been making cloth masks for people and the local hospital, nearly 800 so far. She is meticulous and knows the right way. And thank you for promoting the proper way to handle yourself in this pandemic. I can’t believe how lazy and stupid some people can be.
End of 2009, at my day-gig/big-box retail. The new manager, Joe, hears that I am a Jazz drummer. One night when he and I are working side by side, he asks me who my favorite drummer is? Me; "You've probably never heard of him. A guy named, Louie Bellson." Joe flips* out! "He used to come over for dinner all the time with Pearl Bailey! My grandfather played with him...Flip Phillips! Saxophone player!". I still have all of the homemade cd's that, Joe gave me of his grandfather, Flip. 😊 I often enjoy degrees of separation...One degree of separation between myself, and my favorite drummer...AND Pearl Bailey, Flip Phillips. Short story...I met Ed Sullivan before the Beatles appearance. In an elevator, he said I was a cute baby. 😇 Thank you again, Leland.
Mr Sklar you are an icon, you’re one of the bassists that made 12 year old me realize that bass is so much fun. now I’m 30 and while my beard may not be as grand, I’m a better player because of you. Thank you
Hi Leland Sklar, thank you for doing this for the humanity. This is a very big blessing and you're a BIG blessing to the music industry. I saw you play LIVE last year, February 1st and 2nd at AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia for Phil Collins' "NOT DEAD YET" LIVE! Concert. What a GUN you are Sir. I really enjoyed the whole Concert. God Almighty bless you Lee. Love you Sir. PLEASE keep rocking our world 😊🎸🎵👏👏💪💪❤
Thank you for your videos. I catch them in the morning here in the UK. Watching you is the first thing I do with a cup of tea to start my day! Thanks again Lee
Dear Leland, Thank you for these postings. The world has many good, gentle people; and it has many hugely talented people; but those who are both - as you are - are truly exceptional and extraordinarily rare. I hope one day to have the privilege of meeting you.
Thanks Leland; another 15 minutes of wonderful entertainment from you and a distraction from my woodshed! My fingers needed a break. Also watched a couple of James Taylor's videos, one of which was 'live' from his home in Montana with his wife and two of his sons. I remember well when Fire and Rain was released. I was in a friend of mine's '54 VW bug in Palo Alto and we had left university for the day and the tune was first released on FM radio. When we got home, my friend James (Brown) picked up his Martin D-28 and played the song through without error! What can I say; humbled to have a friend with such musical genius but he went on to be a great veterinarian (more security) although he still plays to this day while I try to keep up with the rest of you! All the Best, Bryan (from BC, Canada)
that's actually a friend's of theirs Montana hideout where James and the family were...they didn't get out in time so they decided to quarantine up there in Montana stay at that house before they could go back to Massachusetts..that was a real fun one..nice laid-back lot of questions being answered nice stories from James
I was thinking of the old Ray Charles tune called I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU. Then you played this, and I remembered it! Thank you just being you, Lee. You have truly built a community with this channel, and also on Facebook when you’re not in jail. I found out you and my personal bassist and hubby, Mr Bill, have another thing in common. . .both of you classically-trained on piano from age 5. I say that a musical education is a great gift. I left the house yesterday (for the first time in over 50 days) for a medical appointment. I was masked in an N95, of course. Looks like I’m facing eye surgery, and hopefully I can see again after that. I still manage to cook delicious food daily. Veggie Beef Soup today with an Amish Cinnamon Apple Cobbler for the dessert. Remember “desserts” spelled backward is “stressed”. Take good care of yourself. Lori Parrish Niemi
I remember this song. It was a hit record at the time I had to have my beloved boxer put down due to cancer. I had a friend that worked for an animal control that came by the house and picked him up that morning to make it easier on our family. This was the first song on the radio driving to work that morning.Every time I heard this song, it crushed my heart thinking of that sweet animal. Funny how music can take you back to a particular moment in your life. Thanks for the stories you tell and share with us. They are very special to me as I grab on to every word as you tell them. You have had such a wonderful life of performing and meeting so many awesome musicians and the stories are the best.
Thanks for the story and song. I am in Ireland but from the States. Married a wonderful Irish woman I met a few years ago. I was diagnosed with inoperable cancer about a year ago so I have been in isolation most of that time. With the pandemic even more so. Found your UA-cam presence about a month ago and love the stories and such. I have been a big fan since Sweet Baby James. Got to see James at Boston Symphony Hall in the mid 70s but he played solo. I was probably 10 rows back at centered stage. Between songs he kept his head down slightly as he spoke and was rubbing his hands on his jeans as he spoke. At first I thought it was a weird nervous habit then realised that his hands were sweating. He calmed down after a while. Anyway, because he played solo I didn't get to see you, Kooch, Russ, and Craig. I also got to see sister Kate at a small club in Somerville, MA. LOL - Never saw his brothers but had 2 Persian cats named Alex and Livingston. A black lab mix dog named Taj because my ex-wife wouldn't allow me to name him after Grover Washington Jr., and a Dalmatian named Sinead. After my daughter was born I lost pet naming rights. Didn't see your post yesterday and was a bit concerned. Thanks again for everything. Be safe.
Hi lee. Thanks for some South bay memories. In high school I attended many artists at the Jazz Lighthouse on Wednesday student night. $3 and a coke for each of the two sets. 1971-74. I would also ride my bike down there and listen in the alley thru a 2' window, sitting up on my broken down Raleigh 10 speed to get my ear up over the sill in the lighthouse side alley. I saw so many great shows. My favorite was Pharoah Sanders. He had a 6'6" musicians that came out from the back of the club draped in African bells. Talk about an entrance. Dozens of 10' lanyards, up and over each shoulder, percussion bells and conches. Draped over muscular arms in colorful regalia, shaking in 5/4 time. Pharoah, his modal music is so great, was a launching pad to me playing keyboards and congas to get the syncopated phrased pocket. I have played guitar for 55 years and I still love to pull out a comfortable right hand approach to hybrid strums or triple stop guitar parts. I would of been 9 in 64 the year I started playing guitar bought in Sears shopping center after the Ed sullivan shows. So I missed your early days. Love to you and your music that touched me and all my friends.
Thank you Leland for yet another interesting, informative, hilarious and scary video (the "scary" being the Bruno Mars looking guy protruding from your floorboard)
"Played for food.." I hadn't really thought much lately about my early playing years until last week when my son asked me about it. I was in a few bands during High School, started playing the bass at 15 (1976), picking up a Mel Bay "learn the bass" book. My sister's boyfriend was selling his bass and amp, so I picked up the Ampeg Dan Armstrong acrylic bass, and Ampeg SVT with a 4x12 cabinet for $500. By the time I graduated h.s. I was in a band that gigged every weekend around the central part of lower Michigan. My mother moved for better pastures, so I basically went from couch to couch at friends' places, until our light/sound guy and I rented an old house. Lived on Doritos and Dew for the first year. Worked at a gas station part time, pumping gas and changing tires. Moved on to bigger and better things after a few years there...but life was so much easier back then. My cabinet just barely fit in the back of my '69 firebird, and the head and bass were in the front with me. I put 50k miles on that car, getting gigs where I could. Hope nobody gets upset I shared a story. But, watching Leland these last few weeks, have got me reminiscing... Yes, that was a LRB reference. 😁
From a fellow (former, longtime working) musician, who also had his share of adventures (I'm 62) and reminisce often, thanks for sharing your story. Nostalgia is a good thing!
And this is really true Lee... Really true. My father had the double live album Seconds Out in the 1970's. I was only 5, or 6 years old, and I constantly listen to it every week. And as young as I was, learned to drum all of those songs! But that was quite young ha...
Thank you Lee. You've been a godsend during this terrible crisis. Please consider playing some of the jazz recordings you've done. Maybe you could pull out the upright bass for some of it, too. That would be a real treat. Thanks again and keep up the great work!
Watching your Vids is the best thing to do while the pandemic is out of order .. stay home and stay safe you all .. music is always the worth to move on forward ♥️🐞
HS buddy/'76 session-mate, John Jorgensen's dad (prof at Uni of Redlands, took theory from John's mom at SBVC) held a Louis Belsen seminar, which I attended, and which absolutely rocked, and the rest is semi history.. my Jorgensen chapter... that was before John played with Elton, and dozens of other sidemen. Oops, said the songwriter..,.,..
Hi Leland, I've been watching for about a week now and just caught up on yesterday and today's videos. Like all the other viewers, I'm thoroughly enjoying listening to you. I am a bass "owner" ( I can't call myself a musician on a legend's channel) in Michigan and have been listening to your bass lines since James Taylor's Gorilla album. I just wanted to add my thanks to you for putting these videos out while we are all hunkered in our bunkers from this pandemic. The stories and music are very entertaining and I look forward to each new video. So this is my very wordy thank You for what you are doing to help us all get through this health crisis. Stay safe, be well...and RESIST...Lol
That story regarding how you were drafted into playing that Kay upright bass reminds me loosely of how Chicago trombonist James Pankow was drafted into his horn playing, when the most popular instruments for a ten year old were drums, guitar and saxophone. Very thankful that your transition from piano to bass was much more natural. I took for granted that Phil played drums and sang at the same time before my teens. I always loved his material, but I failed to take proper stock in his drumming until I was roughly fourteen, wishing (at first) to be a male Karen Carpenter and found myself trying to sing behind my first set of drums with a headset mic like Phil’s been using since the No Jacket tour (if not longer). That’s when his drumming began impacting me. Interestingly, I arbitrarily associate “Can’t Stop Loving You” with the *Hello, I Must Be Going* ballad “Don’t Let Him Steal year Heart Away”, because I didn’t first hear the latter on the radio until after the former was brand new.
You know, I've also been enjoying watching John Fogerty and listening to him reminisce about some of his favorite memories, and of memorable times and the stories that most of us would otherwise never get to hear. Thanks for sharing your stories with the rest of the world who would otherwise never have the opportunity to meet these people, let alone get to sit down and listen to their stories 👍
Thanks for sharing your experience with Phil and letting us into your home and hear you play. I was wondering if you would share your experience with Hal Blaine. He was the foundation since 1972. Thanks for filling the void during these hard times. Tim
I caught on to PC around Duke period 1980 - I remember running to buy Face Value spring '81 when it came out. Little did I know that I would still be loving that album almost 40 years later. For me, the EWF horn section elevated that album to legendary status. I too dearly miss his drumming. Los Endos forever!
I just finished my little bass workout with a blast through Stratus, and this was waiting for me when I finished! I love these little slices of loveliness, Leland, please keep em coming! Best wishes to you and everybody here enjoying your channel. X x
Hi Lee I have been a fan of Phils for 40 years, since Duke album. I saw you perform with Phil, at the Manchester Apollo uk in 1985 you were both outstanding, and in Liverpool in 2017. Love your videos.
Lee Rit, amazing. Back then I had on record, the captains journey and Rit and some others. I was a big fan. I never even knew about Phil on that later stuff.
I love these videos. I was steered here by Rick Beato. I saw you playing with James Taylor in 1985 on his That's Why I'm Here tour in Portland, Maine. One of the coolest shows I've ever seen. Just a sea of bobbing heads into the music. Stay well.
I can totally relate. I remember at school I wanted to play lead guitar but the teacher suggested to me that I play the Triangle. I immeditely took to the gorgeous sound of that metal "ting" and I've never looked back. I still play it today in our local Salvation Army band.
Hi Leland. Here's a greeting from Denmark. Thank you so much for your fantastic efforts. It really made a difference for me to follow your musical journey through this terrible Corona crisis. It gives a good insight into how an "ordinary" ;-) American experiences the crisis. It has begun to brighten in Denmark, but there is still a long way to go. On the positive side, it has allowed me to introduce my children to my favorite bass player as well as real music of different genres with background knowledge. My family loves your "show me your finger" story but most of all your Santa Claus experience :-) Best regards from the Lars & family.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched the you tube video of you and Phil playing Inside Out👍👍👍👍 Chester is amazing on the drums. It’s one of my favorite videos.
Ron Jon same here, i keep watching it and really dig the part when finally that cam stays steady on Lee, watching how he plays with eyes shut, so into the groove.....pure joy to watch !
I was introduced to Phil with the 1980 Genesis release "Duke". Been a fan ever since, Genesis and solo. Love what you're doing. I look forward to each days story and/or song.
Hey Lee, Similarly: I started drums young, maybe grade 4. I'd tape the Top40 off the radio and shed all week. When it came time to join the school band the teacher said WHO WANTS TO LEARN BASS? and I was like, yeah. In Jr high I found Letterman's show *and MTV* (MuchMusic in Canada) and I joined the cult of sideguy forever. You were one of my guys. That was 35 years and 20 countries ago. Thanks for this. These hangs are lovely.
Leland, Thank you for your videos and the stories of your experiences. I'm a drummer and have appreciated you showing what you played in the projects you worked on, up close. You have been an inspiration me and many others. I remember seeing genesis way back in '73 in the Tower Theater in Philly. Phil was always an inspiration also. They changed my entire path, musically. Thank you again!
A mistake...I met Phil doing a Lee Rittenour in 1980, not 1970......Oooops!!!!!!!
Must have been the album with "Is it you?" as a single featuring Eric Tagg.
Was that the Banded Together album around 1984? I think Phil played on the song “Mandela”. Great album and love your bass playing!
Hi John, it appears you’re spot on. Learn something every day. Nice one
kj bunnyboiler6353 thanks, and that was just from memory 😁
Leland, I would really like you to record some Toto songs on the Falling in Between DVD.
Your work is brilliant! Hugs From Brazil 🇧🇷
Who else lets the ads play through out of respect for Leland? This is the only channel where I do that. Another great story. Was rekt then uplifted, entertained then inspired, Bring on the day!
Don't stop posting videos please, Leland, even after the pandemic is over. I (and probably all of us here) NEED these.
We love listening and watching you jam and I personally thrive on your wisdom, brilliance, compassion, narrative craft and flow. Keep them coming! (I'm heavily promoting your channel to many of my music buddies, so you'll probably be receiving a few more subscribers soon!)
That’s is one of the best drummer related stories I’ve ever heard! “Turns out he owns DW drums” 😂
Awesome. I love watching a master at work.
As a subscriber, I had a banner pop up on my lock screen that said “Leland Sklar Can’t Stop Loving You” “This is a bit sudden,” I thought. Imagine my embarrassment when I discovered the reality
Mark Morris-Jones,
I was HOPING it was personal for me. Geez!
I thought it meant he played with Elvis.
@@violinmke I thought Ray Charles.
Is that so? HA!
Seriously, I thought it had to do with the Ray Charles number, before I remembered that Phil Collins also produced a song with that title.
Just such a blessing to still have a living Legend like Leland Sklar still around with us ....Thanks Mr Sklar for sharing your talent and life journey with us all .
UA-cam has gone completely shameless with these commercial interruptions. FYI: This is a great channel. Mr. Sklar is a legend and the world is a better place because of him.
Genesis is where I first learned about Phil Collins, the entire band blew me away.Then when Peter left and he stepped up to singing lead vocals I was like is there anything this guy can't do ? just a phenomenal talent.
FIVE ads, UA-cam, really? If i didn't adore Leland Sklar so damn much there's no way i would tolerate an ad popping up every three minutes, randomly interrupting people.
There were already two before the video started and at least one after. Isn't that more than enough?
That bass sounds amazing! B string to die for!
Dear Leland. I keep coming back to your daily report, music and above all; great playing. Thank you so much for doing this. You are a huge treasure and a big inspiration.. Sitting in Norway, I must say it makes me worried watching the news about the US and how your leader and his governement choose to act during these devastating and troubled times. Sorry if it's inappropriate saying so. I wish all the best, sincerely.
Believe me, we're worried too Jan, and your voice here is appreciated. And I believe you must post-date the Resist bass diaries, Mr. Wooton :)
Being disturbed whilst making videos - the bane of any content creating UA-camr. And I must say the dummy is quite the contortionist ;)
Thanks for sharing a light on your music history. It puts a lot of my favourite tracks in an even nicer perspective. Thanks!
i can sit here and listen to your stories like 24/7 :)
We can't stop loving you man. Thank you so much for allowing us to see you play and teaching ME how to play the dam thing...
As a drummer, I’m lapping up your drum stories. Thanks Lee
I so look forward to these videos at the end of my very long days. Thanks Leland Sklar.
That’s amazing about Don. It’d blow anyone’s mind.
Now that is a hell of a story!! Yes Louis is credited with the first to play the double bass.
In addition to your playing, I love your stories of the past. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Terry Bozzio , wow . Frank Zappa and Dale Bozzio etc . Did you ever get to meet her or Frank ?
I got into Lee Rittenour from a friend, Paul, in central NY in the early 80's . Captain Fingers I think it was.
Got into Phil before that . Carpet Crawler , I Know What I like etc. Trick of a Tail is seminal.
A good friend Mark turned me onto them . It was the last class of the day in 8th grade were we could bring&play albums.
Most in the class took the elective for an easy credit/grade.
There was a handful of us who did bring albums in .
There were two boxed speaker/turntable for the class.
One at each end of the room.
It was neat to see which music gathered the most people around it.
I was that kid Leland who cleaned the phono needle .
Phil's music will always hold a special place for me Leland.
It was a very dark part of my life when In The air Tonight came out.
Those drums awoke something in me .
Genesis will be on tour.
Hopefully they'll came to the states.
I just subscribed to you yesterday thanks to Rick Beato. So glad I did. Your audio sounds amazing. It can’t be my iPad and Sony headphones. Your bass sounds awesome. I am a closet bass player. By ear, if I know the song, I can pick it up. But I spend more time, yet still casually play acoustic for 50 plus years and finally working on electric. I could listen to your playing and stories all day.
My wife and I are retired nurses, in Canada). She has been making cloth masks for people and the local hospital, nearly 800 so far. She is meticulous and knows the right way. And thank you for promoting the proper way to handle yourself in this pandemic.
I can’t believe how lazy and stupid some people can be.
Love this tune, also the story. And the ad placement was night and day better.
Can't stop loving you Leland. Take care.
Loving these natural videos. Good music, good vibes, good info. Great. Thank you.
End of 2009, at my day-gig/big-box retail. The new manager, Joe, hears that I am a Jazz drummer. One night when he and I are working side by side, he asks me who my favorite drummer is? Me; "You've probably never heard of him. A guy named, Louie Bellson." Joe flips* out! "He used to come over for dinner all the time with Pearl Bailey! My grandfather played with him...Flip Phillips! Saxophone player!". I still have all of the homemade cd's that, Joe gave me of his grandfather, Flip. 😊 I often enjoy degrees of separation...One degree of separation between myself, and my favorite drummer...AND Pearl Bailey, Flip Phillips. Short story...I met Ed Sullivan before the Beatles appearance. In an elevator, he said I was a cute baby. 😇 Thank you again, Leland.
Mr Sklar you are an icon, you’re one of the bassists that made 12 year old me realize that bass is so much fun. now I’m 30 and while my beard may not be as grand, I’m a better player because of you. Thank you
My wife would be thrilled Marcello and Rosanno would make an appearance with you. Continued thanks from southeast Michigan!
Leland, you joined March 23. You have 65k subscribers. Great job! Keep up the great tunes my friend. Stay well.
Leland, the wizard of bass...!
Right On Leland! Your presence is like a breath of fresh air!!
Thank god he was alive!
Hi Leland Sklar, thank you for doing this for the humanity. This is a very big blessing and you're a BIG blessing to the music industry. I saw you play LIVE last year, February 1st and 2nd at AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia for Phil Collins' "NOT DEAD YET" LIVE! Concert. What a GUN you are Sir. I really enjoyed the whole Concert. God Almighty bless you Lee. Love you Sir. PLEASE keep rocking our world 😊🎸🎵👏👏💪💪❤
Leland, I would really like you to record some Toto songs on the Falling in Between DVD.
Your work is brilliant! Hugs from Brazil 🇧🇷
Always thought Phil was an underrated, very distinctive singer. Thanks LS.
Never stop loving him is my life even though I am in heaven
Thank you for your videos. I catch them in the morning here in the UK. Watching you is the first thing I do with a cup of tea to start my day! Thanks again Lee
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was the first time hearing Phil and Genesis in 74... Fan ever since...
Dear Leland, Thank you for these postings. The world has many good, gentle people; and it has many hugely talented people; but those who are both - as you are - are truly exceptional and extraordinarily rare. I hope one day to have the privilege of meeting you.
Me too - fully agree with your views.
I am enjoying your stories of the past, the information is wonderful to learn 🎉❤
It's obvious that Leland can't stop loving us. All the best to you Lee and all fans here! Have a marvellous bass day! ❤🖕
Thanks Leland; another 15 minutes of wonderful entertainment from you and a distraction from my woodshed! My fingers needed a break. Also watched a couple of James Taylor's videos, one of which was 'live' from his home in Montana with his wife and two of his sons. I remember well when Fire and Rain was released. I was in a friend of mine's '54 VW bug in Palo Alto and we had left university for the day and the tune was first released on FM radio. When we got home, my friend James (Brown) picked up his Martin D-28 and played the song through without error! What can I say; humbled to have a friend with such musical genius but he went on to be a great veterinarian (more security) although he still plays to this day while I try to keep up with the rest of you! All the Best, Bryan (from BC, Canada)
that's actually a friend's of theirs Montana hideout where James and the family were...they didn't get out in time so they decided to quarantine up there in Montana stay at that house before they could go back to Massachusetts..that was a real fun one..nice laid-back lot of questions being answered nice stories from James
Feel like I'm the schoolkid listening to the teacher. Keep telling these stories, Lee. I sit entranced.
Today's daily dose of Leland Sklar complete. Thank you, kind sir!
I was thinking of the old Ray Charles tune called I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU. Then you played this, and I remembered it! Thank you just being you, Lee. You have truly built a community with this channel, and also on Facebook when you’re not in jail. I found out you and my personal bassist and hubby, Mr Bill, have another thing in common. . .both of you classically-trained on piano from age 5. I say that a musical education is a great gift. I left the house yesterday (for the first time in over 50 days) for a medical appointment. I was masked in an N95, of course. Looks like I’m facing eye surgery, and hopefully I can see again after that. I still manage to cook delicious food daily. Veggie Beef Soup today with an Amish Cinnamon Apple Cobbler for the dessert. Remember “desserts” spelled backward is “stressed”.
Take good care of yourself.
Lori Parrish Niemi
Best wishes for a great outcome with the surgery........
I’ve had eye surgery ... will be thinking about you!
A gentleman and a scholar!
I remember this song. It was a hit record at the time I had to have my beloved boxer put down due to cancer. I had a friend that worked for an animal control that came by the house and picked him up that morning to make it easier on our family. This was the first song on the radio driving to work that morning.Every time I heard this song, it crushed my heart thinking of that sweet animal. Funny how music can take you back to a particular moment in your life. Thanks for the stories you tell and share with us. They are very special to me as I grab on to every word as you tell them. You have had such a wonderful life of performing and meeting so many awesome musicians and the stories are the best.
Thanks for the story and song. I am in Ireland but from the States. Married a wonderful Irish woman I met a few years ago. I was diagnosed with inoperable cancer about a year ago so I have been in isolation most of that time. With the pandemic even more so. Found your UA-cam presence about a month ago and love the stories and such. I have been a big fan since Sweet Baby James. Got to see James at Boston Symphony Hall in the mid 70s but he played solo. I was probably 10 rows back at centered stage. Between songs he kept his head down slightly as he spoke and was rubbing his hands on his jeans as he spoke. At first I thought it was a weird nervous habit then realised that his hands were sweating. He calmed down after a while. Anyway, because he played solo I didn't get to see you, Kooch, Russ, and Craig. I also got to see sister Kate at a small club in Somerville, MA.
LOL - Never saw his brothers but had 2 Persian cats named Alex and Livingston. A black lab mix dog named Taj because my ex-wife wouldn't allow me to name him after Grover Washington Jr., and a Dalmatian named Sinead. After my daughter was born I lost pet naming rights.
Didn't see your post yesterday and was a bit concerned.
Thanks again for everything. Be safe.
Thanks, Maureen for the reminder of Lee's UA-cam channel! Will have to dig up the interview I did with him in 2012 - he had great travel stories! :-)
Thank you for your service and labor in music and in this media content as well.
Great Don Lombardi story concluding at 4:24, thanks Leland.
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Always loved the key change in this song.
Hi lee. Thanks for some South bay memories. In high school I attended many artists at the Jazz Lighthouse on Wednesday student night. $3 and a coke for each of the two sets. 1971-74. I would also ride my bike down there and listen in the alley thru a 2' window, sitting up on my broken down Raleigh 10 speed to get my ear up over the sill in the lighthouse side alley. I saw so many great shows. My favorite was Pharoah Sanders. He had a 6'6" musicians that came out from the back of the club draped in African bells. Talk about an entrance. Dozens of 10' lanyards, up and over each shoulder, percussion bells and conches. Draped over muscular arms in colorful regalia, shaking in 5/4 time. Pharoah, his modal music is so great, was a launching pad to me playing keyboards and congas to get the syncopated phrased pocket. I have played guitar for 55 years and I still love to pull out a comfortable right hand approach to hybrid strums or triple stop guitar parts. I would of been 9 in 64 the year I started playing guitar bought in Sears shopping center after the Ed sullivan shows. So I missed your early days. Love to you and your music that touched me and all my friends.
Thank you Leland for yet another interesting, informative, hilarious and scary video (the "scary" being the Bruno Mars looking guy protruding from your floorboard)
"Played for food.." I hadn't really thought much lately about my early playing years until last week when my son asked me about it. I was in a few bands during High School, started playing the bass at 15 (1976), picking up a Mel Bay "learn the bass" book. My sister's boyfriend was selling his bass and amp, so I picked up the Ampeg Dan Armstrong acrylic bass, and Ampeg SVT with a 4x12 cabinet for $500. By the time I graduated h.s. I was in a band that gigged every weekend around the central part of lower Michigan. My mother moved for better pastures, so I basically went from couch to couch at friends' places, until our light/sound guy and I rented an old house. Lived on Doritos and Dew for the first year. Worked at a gas station part time, pumping gas and changing tires. Moved on to bigger and better things after a few years there...but life was so much easier back then. My cabinet just barely fit in the back of my '69 firebird, and the head and bass were in the front with me. I put 50k miles on that car, getting gigs where I could. Hope nobody gets upset I shared a story. But, watching Leland these last few weeks, have got me reminiscing...
Yes, that was a LRB reference. 😁
From a fellow (former, longtime working) musician, who also had his share of adventures (I'm 62) and reminisce often, thanks for sharing your story. Nostalgia is a good thing!
@@321snoot Thanks. To the good ole days... 🍻 🍻
Its all good.
Abolutely great story. Thank you, man.
@@clemensmeiss784 Thanks, man!
What a facinating man you are Sir. Take care!
Great video and so much gratitude to front line people! I am grateful to have found you on FB!
Your driving buddy had me laughing out loud when the video came up!! Love you!!! 🧡
Another cool video Lee , us drummers always bounce back 🤘🤘🤘
And this is really true Lee... Really true.
My father had the double live album Seconds Out in the 1970's.
I was only 5, or 6 years old, and I constantly listen to it every week.
And as young as I was, learned to drum all of those songs!
But that was quite young ha...
Thank you Lee. You've been a godsend during this terrible crisis. Please consider playing some of the jazz recordings you've done. Maybe you could pull out the upright bass for some of it, too. That would be a real treat. Thanks again and keep up the great work!
Watching your Vids is the best thing to do while the pandemic is out of order .. stay home and stay safe you all .. music is always the worth to move on forward ♥️🐞
HS buddy/'76 session-mate, John Jorgensen's dad (prof at Uni of Redlands, took theory from John's mom at SBVC) held a Louis Belsen seminar, which I attended, and which absolutely rocked, and the rest is semi history.. my Jorgensen chapter... that was before John played with Elton, and dozens of other sidemen. Oops, said the songwriter..,.,..
Hi Leland, I've been watching for about a week now and just caught up on yesterday and today's videos. Like all the other viewers, I'm thoroughly enjoying listening to you. I am a bass "owner" ( I can't call myself a musician on a legend's channel) in Michigan and have been listening to your bass lines since James Taylor's Gorilla album. I just wanted to add my thanks to you for putting these videos out while we are all hunkered in our bunkers from this pandemic. The stories and music are very entertaining and I look forward to each new video. So this is my very wordy thank You for what you are doing to help us all get through this health crisis. Stay safe, be well...and RESIST...Lol
That story regarding how you were drafted into playing that Kay upright bass reminds me loosely of how Chicago trombonist James Pankow was drafted into his horn playing, when the most popular instruments for a ten year old were drums, guitar and saxophone. Very thankful that your transition from piano to bass was much more natural.
I took for granted that Phil played drums and sang at the same time before my teens. I always loved his material, but I failed to take proper stock in his drumming until I was roughly fourteen, wishing (at first) to be a male Karen Carpenter and found myself trying to sing behind my first set of drums with a headset mic like Phil’s been using since the No Jacket tour (if not longer). That’s when his drumming began impacting me.
Interestingly, I arbitrarily associate “Can’t Stop Loving You” with the *Hello, I Must Be Going* ballad “Don’t Let Him Steal year Heart Away”, because I didn’t first hear the latter on the radio until after the former was brand new.
You know, I've also been enjoying watching John Fogerty and listening to him reminisce about some of his favorite memories, and of memorable times and the stories that most of us would otherwise never get to hear. Thanks for sharing your stories with the rest of the world who would otherwise never have the opportunity to meet these people, let alone get to sit down and listen to their stories 👍
One of my favorite songs!
Thanks for sharing your experience with Phil and letting us into your home and hear you play. I was wondering if you would share your experience with Hal Blaine. He was the foundation since 1972. Thanks for filling the void during these hard times. Tim
I caught on to PC around Duke period 1980 - I remember running to buy Face Value spring '81 when it came out. Little did I know that I would still be loving that album almost 40 years later. For me, the EWF horn section elevated that album to legendary status. I too dearly miss his drumming. Los Endos forever!
Master, master of the Masters!
Your stories help one appreciate life more #Thanks ✨🌿🎭✌🏼
I just finished my little bass workout with a blast through Stratus, and this was waiting for me when I finished! I love these little slices of loveliness, Leland, please keep em coming! Best wishes to you and everybody here enjoying your channel. X x
Phil had some notable appearances on Miami Vice back in the day too. He was great!
Hope you’re back with the guys on the reunion tour.... be sad if you’re not 🎸🎸🎸🎸❤️
Super DW story-wonderful.
Forget that Lee is a legend, if I didn't know that and ran into him at a Denny's, I'd still want to hang with this guy.
One of my favorite Phil ballads.
Hi Lee
I have been a fan of Phils for 40 years, since Duke album.
I saw you perform with Phil, at the Manchester Apollo uk in 1985 you were both outstanding, and in Liverpool in 2017.
Love your videos.
maybe this is phil collin month,, i hope next month will be TOTO. good luck sir
Thanks for being YOU, taters & all
Lee Rit, amazing. Back then I had on record, the captains journey and Rit and some others. I was a big fan. I never even knew about Phil on that later stuff.
Way to go. 👍 great video thank you kindly 🥁🎸
I love these videos. I was steered here by Rick Beato. I saw you playing with James Taylor in 1985 on his That's Why I'm Here tour in Portland, Maine. One of the coolest shows I've ever seen. Just a sea of bobbing heads into the music. Stay well.
Thanks for yet a great show. Bless you!
What a wonderful story.. So glad your friend was alive and well.. And very nice playing on the song..
Keep the stories coming!
Absolute master class. Pure groove essentials. Congrats for such blessing music you play
Just wanted to once again say thank you for being a constant ray of sunshine in these dark days.
We are so fortunate to have you telling the stories and playing. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Lee! Many thanks for all of your videos. Hugs from Germany!
I can totally relate. I remember at school I wanted to play lead guitar but the teacher suggested to me that I play the Triangle. I immeditely took to the gorgeous sound of that metal "ting" and I've never looked back. I still play it today in our local Salvation Army band.
Hi Leland. Here's a greeting from Denmark. Thank you so much for your fantastic efforts. It really made a difference for me to follow your musical journey through this terrible Corona crisis. It gives a good insight into how an "ordinary" ;-) American experiences the crisis. It has begun to brighten in Denmark, but there is still a long way to go. On the positive side, it has allowed me to introduce my children to my favorite bass player as well as real music of different genres with background knowledge. My family loves your "show me your finger" story but most of all your Santa Claus experience :-) Best regards from the Lars & family.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched the you tube video of you and Phil playing Inside Out👍👍👍👍 Chester is amazing on the drums. It’s one of my favorite videos.
Ron Jon same here, i keep watching it and really dig the part when finally that cam stays steady on Lee, watching how he plays with eyes shut, so into the groove.....pure joy to watch !
I was introduced to Phil with the 1980 Genesis release "Duke". Been a fan ever since, Genesis and solo. Love what you're doing. I look forward to each days story and/or song.
Yes, it‘s 9 in the morning here in Austria! Thanks!
You’re obviously an amazingly gifted musician but I’m especially taken by your humility and love for the human race. GBY Leland!
I loved the DW story; very interesting!
Hey Lee,
Similarly: I started drums young, maybe grade 4. I'd tape the Top40 off the radio and shed all week. When it came time to join the school band the teacher said WHO WANTS TO LEARN BASS? and I was like, yeah. In Jr high I found Letterman's show *and MTV* (MuchMusic in Canada) and I joined the cult of sideguy forever. You were one of my guys. That was 35 years and 20 countries ago. Thanks for this. These hangs are lovely.
Leland, Thank you for your videos and the stories of your experiences. I'm a drummer and have appreciated you showing what you played in the projects you worked on, up close. You have been an inspiration me and many others. I remember seeing genesis way back in '73 in the Tower Theater in Philly. Phil was always an inspiration also. They changed my entire path, musically. Thank you again!
Another beautiful song that hits me emotionally. Very good! Awesome. I thank you for these morsels of goodness.