When Worlds Collide

[bovinehost]

Dude on the left is either Charlie Daniels or first-call Nashville bad-ass bassist Craig Young. If you don't know who Craig is, you're missing some serious talent. I guess he's got gold records and whatnot, Lady Antebellum comes to mind and that ridiculous Stingray bass on Jewel's "You Were Meant For Me" and EVERY RECORD EVER RECORDED IN NASHVILLE including some you don't know about but SHOULD, and the guy on the right is me.

Thing is, you hear Nashville, you think country. And that's fair. You should. But Craig has hipped me to so much amazing music that isn't technically about trucks or girls in jeans or drinking beerz down by the river, all made in Nashville. And Craig gets away with MURDER, playing bass on this stuff (he says, "Well, more like assault with a deadly weapon"). Dave Marotta once said to me about Craig, "He's like McCartney but with really great tone."

On tour now with Leann Rimes, so catch him live if you can. Oh, and I sent him a Dargie Bongo (first edition) 5H I think in 1949, which he graciously returned to me in Fort Worth. This may appear in the For Sale thread soon once I go over it, change strings and adjust it and so on so stay tuned.

Oh, and - he's using a Big Al on tour with Leann Rimes. How radical is that?

 

[xjbebop]

Awesomeness. ...

 

[OldManMusic]

Good to see Craig again. Miss him around here...

 

[koogie2k]

Awesome.

 

[muggsy]

Nice! I always enjoyed Craig's posts. And I love his playing.

 

[Big Poppa]

Its easier with these two together...makes for a shorter goat roping

 

[bovinehost]

"A target rich environment', some might say.

 

[Golem]

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"He's like McCartney but with really great tone."

Sezittawl ......


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[MrMusashi]

lady antebellum is interesting because of craig period
mmh.. no better make that an exclamation mark

MrM

 

[Tollywood]

Very cool!

 

[CW Zing]

I'd like to see you two jamming ala Bailey, Sklar, and Hellborg.

At least one "Craig" in this world is a bonafide working bassist (I'm the Craig that is a working bassist via imagination).

 

[nurnay]

Very cool! Love Craig's playing, I had no idea he was the bassist in You Were Meant for Me. My band covers that song, and guess what I use? A Stingray.

 

[TSanders]

Craig was one of my earliest influences. Many of his bass lines have shaped what I hear in my head when creating a bass part. he can groove his ass of, but he also has a different sense of note placement that is really special. He also has some the tasiest chops out there, and those things combined is why hes made a living doing it. Oh yeah and his tone is always great.

Anytime Im asked my biggest influences, the short"ish" list is Pino Palladino, Tommy Shannon, Michael Rhodes, Kevin Swine Grantt, and Craig Young, in no particular order.

All that said, Jackie is a pretty damn good bassist as well. Ive heard enough to KNOW that.

 

[bovinehost]

First, thank you, Travis. In a group like this, I promise you I'm a hack, but I love doing it (and my tone is excellent, which covers a lot of sins).

Second, I highly recommend an album by David Mead (Jr) called "The Luxury of Time" (The Luxury of Time - David Mead). This is wicked smart pop music and I don't mean that stuff you hear on your favorite crappy Sirius station. Craig is all over this thing and as I always tell him, gets away with murder.

Also recommended is Sean McConnell's debut EP (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001RWYALK?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0), which Craig describes as "one of the best records I ever played on that no one will ever hear".

Simply amazingly cool bass work - and great music, proving that Nashvegas is not quite the arid wasteland that even I sometimes think it is. And this ain't country.

Jack