I love the Dead and I love Phil Lesh's bass playing. But I can't name one memorable Phil Lesh bassline. Yeah I know he's got perfect pitch and all. But with all that talent and skill, his bass playing compliments the other instruments in a way that the bass 'line' is lost. It's a different story with Clint Takeda of Curanderos (also of Bardo Pond). On this limited lathe cut LP, Clint lays down a damn memorable and moody bass line and sticks with it. There are interesting variations but he sticks with a heavy bass groove that would be at home on Tokyo Flashback comps and also has the heaviness of a Parson Sound groove. Scott Verastro (Bardo's touring percussionist and Kohoutek impresario) finds the groove on his kit immediatley as the line is being solidified. Michael Gibbons (Bardo Pond), on guitar, wails in kind of a Neil Young meets Les Rallizes Denudes kinda way, but the whole jam is a lot sludgier and check it out the B side is an instrumental take on 'Danger Bird' written by the man himself, Neil Young. Sick guitar wipe out at the end too.
This lathe cut is ultra-limited. I think only 25 copies were cut and its kinda pricey as lathes are...but if you want some real quality sludge psych from the Bardo / Kohoutek gang, it doesn't get much better than this!
No comments:
Post a Comment