Rock/Classic Rock songs with walking basslines

Runnerman

Runnerman

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I was listening to "Listen to the Music" by the Doobie Brothers yesterday and I noticed that it has a great walking bass line. It's on my list to learn. But I got thinking that there aren't that many rock songs that have walking lines.



What other rock songs do you know of that have walking bass lines? They should have a substantial portion of the song walking....like verse or chorus or solo at least....not just a walk up or down riff.
 
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The sax and guitar solo section of Thin Lizzy's "Dancing In The Moonlight" has some tasty walkin':



(ooops, really just the fadeout starting at 3:00, thought it was in the middle)
 
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Any blues rock song is probably going to have a walking bass line. Jimmy Reed, SRV, Fabulous TBirds, etc

Eagles—All Night Long
Elvis— Little Sister
Bob Marley—Stir it Up
Dwight Yoakum—Fast as You
 
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Runnerman said:
I was listening to "Listen to the Music" by the Doobie Brothers yesterday and I noticed that it has a great walking bass line. It's on my list to learn. But I got thinking that there aren't that many rock songs that have walking lines.



What other rock songs do you know of that have walking bass lines? They should have a substantial portion of the song walking....like verse or chorus or solo at least....not just a walk up or down riff.
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Which part(s) is "walking"...a lot of it is Root-5 with some tasteful walkups/downs.
:)
 
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Runnerman said:
I was listening to "Listen to the Music" by the Doobie Brothers yesterday and I noticed that it has a great walking bass line. It's on my list to learn. But I got thinking that there aren't that many rock songs that have walking lines.



What other rock songs do you know of that have walking bass lines? They should have a substantial portion of the song walking....like verse or chorus or solo at least....not just a walk up or down riff.
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That's more of a 1-5 line with some passing runs from chord to chord. Not really a walking bass line.

"I Know a Little" by Skynyrd has a good one.

Lots of Stevie Ray Vaughan songs.
 
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