Rock/Classic Rock songs with walking basslines

[Richland123]

Loggins & Messina - Your Mama Don't Dance

 

[dr doofie]

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.

Is Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder a walking bassline? He sorta solos in unison w horn section
Maybe I don’t know what I’m talking about

 

[dr doofie]

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.

Now I understand walking bassline
You Give Love a Bad Name
Livin on a Prayer

 

[Nanaki]

I think I need to loosen up my definition of a walking line, looking at some of these suggestions

 

[dr doofie]

Wow some great examples posted so far.
I'm scared to post this one since I got called on my original post but the fast verse and the guitar solo in Aqualung seem pretty walky to me. Listen at 2:24 and 3:45

You can get called but you’re under no obligation to answer...

 

[dr doofie]

I think I need to loosen up my definition of a walking line, looking at some of these suggestions

Yeah I had no idea what I was spouting about technically; I think I need to tighten my definition

 

[Biggbass]

Drive My Car
Hey Joe

 

[Gyver]

 

[Richland123]

Rock Around The Clock has some upright bass walking lines.

The original version by Sonny Dae and His Knights



The big hit version by Bill Haley & His Comets

 

[sowilson]

I really need to learn this and I just can't do it....help

I learned Crazy Little Thing Called Love on 5 string and IIRC it was all doable up the neck. I then switch to playing it on a 4 string fretless and you spend part of the time close to root and the rest of the time up the neck. It took me awhile to learn but the recording of it is very nice so you can hear everything he's doing. Lot's of fun to play once you have it down.

 

[DavC]

wanna learn to walk ... SRV bassist - Tommy Shannon

 

[bearhart74]

Their is a nice walking part in Stormy Monday from Live at the Filmore by the ABB

 

[Pauly 4001]

This one gets kinda walking in a shuffling boogie way:

 

[John Patten]

Check the solo break on Lenny Kravitz’s “Are You Gonna Go My Way”...

 

[nightchef]

I've always thought the two things that define a walking bass line are:

1) Even quarter-note rhythm
2) Primarily stepwise motion (i.e., shuffle blues lines that are mostly outlining triads don't really qualify)

So (for example) Macca's lines on "All My Loving" and the chorus of "I'm a Loser" would qualify, but "Helen Wheels" wouldn't. But maybe I'm defining it too tightly?

 

[DJ Bebop]

If 6 was 9...

 

[mattj1stc]

Here's one I just learned.

 

[Richland123]

XTC - Mayor of Simpleton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeHv7PQz9r4

 

[FunkHead]

Not til the end but a very cool walk indeed.

 

[Kingmixer325]

All My Loving by The Beatles - Macca’s walking from the git-go, moves out of it for the bridge, breaks into a country flavored walk for the guitar lead then back to walking it on out.