First Song in the Bass

I think I'll write a series of posts based on my "firsts". I have already writen about the first music I liked in the Pop Blues style, the first I liked by Sister Hazel, and so on.

It´s a variation of the same subject, thats the first song I ever played in the bass. It happened in the year 2000 when my big friend Edu Giansante came back to our village. He brought his drums, guitar e and bass with him.

I was only a begginer with the guitar but I wanted to learn to play the bass. I showed him some songs I liked, and he learned by ear one by Bad Religion that started with the bass, and taught me!

Then, this song, far away from my favourites, but still a good song, draws a division line in my "musical life".

Music: Shades of Truth

Band: Bad Religion

Album: No Substance

Release: 1998

I´m not the only one...

It´s weird, but it´s people, it´s human being. People need to feel that are not alone, it´s good to be first one, however it's not always good to be only one who did it!

Ryan Newell has a really particular voice, so does John Popper (Blues Traveler). They have a really particular voice, however they have similar voices and somewhat similar band style.

That was enough for me to missmatch All For You with Blues Traveler. I heard All for you on the radio for the first time few months after a I heard Run Around. For me it was obvious that the song was from the same band.

I researched the song on Google, Yahoo, and many others: "Blues Traveler - All for you". At that time, these search engines weren´t as good as they are now, and I struggled and couldn´t find the lyrics or the mp3.

Few months later, I found out that All for you was a Sister Hazel´s song, and that´s when I started to like the band which became my favourite from that moment on.

Artist: Sister Hazel
Music: All for you
Album: Sister Hazel
Released: 1994

Here´s the unpplugged version.



Here´s someone who missmatched the song.

Ya gotta start somewhere...

Dave Matthews said, and he was right...

Turn it loud
Let it build
We got a long way to go
But you, ya gotta start somewhere
(Dave Matthews Band - I did it)

We really need to start somewhere, there´s no use in expecting to be the best in your first time, to be the best boyfriend in the first relationship, to be the boss in your first job... but there are few other stuff that you can start very well.

One of the most important things about the first one is that you´ll never forget it, you might forget your name, but you may not forget your "firsts".

That´s how it happened, the first song I ever liked in the style I usually call "pop blues" is Blues Traveler - Run Around. It is a remarkable start, because John Popper is probably the greatest harmonica player ever.

I assume that Blues Traveler is an adorable band, with lots amazing tunes, however it´s not one of my top 10 bands (nevertheless this song is possibly in my top 10 tunes). However it gave birth to another passion, that I´ll tell next post.

This song does not bring any specific memory to my mind, but it´s the first, and that´s enough, by the way... it´s powerfull enough to make a bad day turn into a good day!

Artist: Blues Traveler
Music: Run Around
Album: Four
Released: 1994