Rock/Classic Rock songs with walking basslines

[Michedelic]

Might as well start at the beginning, because none of that other stuff would exist without this...

 

[dalkowski]

Good pull!

@Richland123 has a knack, if not a gift.

I'll toss in "Riders on the Storm" and "Billy Jean"

 

[Michedelic]

One of my all time favorites:

Accept no substitute...


...and while we're here...

 

[dbsfgyd1]

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.

Helen, Hell on Wheels..Wings for one.

About 90% of anything Sir Paul played.

 

[TreySonagras]

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

 

[lbbc]

Dennis Dunaway one of the most under rated bass players of all time. Dennis and Mel (Grand Funk RR) made me want to be a bass player

Me too!

 

[maxschrek]

 

[Ric5]

 

[pingvuiini]

How about 'Big Ten Inch' from Aerosmith and 'Kid' from the Pretenders??

 

[two fingers]

Sanford Townsend Band - Smoke From a Distant Fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCWVuCCWqzQ

That's just a great freaking song!

 

[Runnerman]

Yes, this...how could I forget!
I believe this is Scholz's bassline too. He was such an incredible musician and writer.

 

[40Hz]

I was listening to "Listen to the Music" by the Doobie Brothers yesterday and I noticed that it has a great walking bass line.

I think it might be closer to what jazzers call a “two feel” since there’s a lot of root/fifth combinations whereas a walking bass line is more a rhythmic combination that’s primarily made up of the scale tones found within the chords in each measure (supplemented with passing tones) such that the bass line moves up and down in a mostly chromatic manner on a 4/4 beat.

But there’s also differences of opinion as to what constitutes a “real walking bass line” versus a bass line that has a “walking feel.” So I wouldn’t get too hung up if somebody splits hairs with you about it. It’s all good.

 

[bassliner50]

 

[JPaulGeddy]

For as oft-maligned as it is, 'Keep Your Hands to Yourself' has a pretty nice walking line.

 

[SturmUndDrang]

Jimi Hendrix "If 6 was 9"
God rest his soul but I doubt Noel Redding played that walking line.

 

[bassfran]

Producer Chip Douglas on the bass-

"Sock it to me!"

 

[ahc]

At 3:00 and 4:23 there's some cooking up tempo minor key walking through Freddy Hubbard's solos.

 

[fishdreams]

As a walking bass pattern for the core riff, how about this

 

[Herbie Chesnutt]

These get into the ballpark.

Surfbat by 45 Grave


Bitchin Camero by Dead Milkmen

 

[Richland123]

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Pride And Joy