Chords for Top 5 Louis Johnson Bass Lines | Michael Jackson, The Brothers Johnson, Quincy Jones | Thomann

Today we are playing [Eb] some Thunder Thumb basslines.
🎵 I'm with [G] all the staff [Eb] 🎵
🎵 All right, _ [C] I'm with the band _
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🎵 Burning, burning, burning, burning 🎵
Hey guys, today we are [D] playing some basslines from Louis Thunder Thumb's Johnson.
Next to Larry Graham and Stanley Clark, he was one of the early slap pioneers.
He was best known for his group the Brothers Johnson
and his session playing on several hit albums in the 1970s and 1980s.
Let's start with the earliest one recorded in 1977.
It is called Strawberry Letter 23 by the Brothers Johnson.
🎵 Hello [G] my [Cm] love, I heard a kiss [Eb] from you 🎵
[Gm] 🎵 You're a [G] romantic, [Cm] sentimental lady, [Dm] I do [Eb] 🎵
[Gm] 🎵 All through the morning [C] rain I gave the sun [Eb] a little [F]
shine [Gm] 🎵
🎵 One [G] fall and one of ours [Cm] went through my [F] mind 🎵
[Gm] 🎵 In the garden I see [Dm] a wonderful flower [F] built [Gm] 🎵
🎵 One girl [G] and her [Cm] cousin is to be _ [F] [Gm] 🎵
🎵 Pretty as they [G] are here, [Dm] so happy and [F] proud [Gm] 🎵
🎵 New flowers have [A] grown on my cherry [Eb] flower _ 🎵
🎵 I feel sunshine sparkle, paint the earth 🎵
🎵 A playground for the laughs, [Bb] if you decide to ask 🎵
🎵 Is it cool, is it cool, _ [Eb] if you don't drive and don't see 🎵
🎵 [C] I'm gonna be with [F] my baby, _ _ _ I'm free 🎵
Louis [Gbm] Johnson's signature sound came from the music man Stingray, which Leo Fender designed.
And in an interview, Louis Johnson said that the bass was especially made for slapping.
And that is why it sounds so heavy.
The next song is on the third album by the Brothers Johnson,
released in _ 1978, and it is called Street Wave.
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[E] _ Louis Johnson's slap technique is really different to what I was used to.
He said that he played with a rhythm machine first,
but at some point the rhythm machine got lost and he had to be his own rhythm machine.
So out of necessity, he created his own kind of slap style.
And this is kind of the same story with Larry Graham,
because he also developed his slap style or his _ playing style out of [D] necessity.
In 1979, he played on the legendary album Off The Wall by Michael Jackson. 🎵 _ _
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_ _ another year later, a really great song by the Brothers Johnson
called Celebrations came out.
I really like this song because first, it is really groovy,
[Em] and second, at the beginning we've got a lot of harmonics.
Check it out. _ _
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[Gbm] Everyone knew how good [Dbm] Louis Johnson's bass [Em] playing was,
so he worked with several artists like Grover Washington, George Benson,
and also Quincy Jones.
The next composition is by Quincy Jones, and it is called Ay No Corrida. _
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[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] If you guys [Gbm] have some free time, I [N] would recommend you to watch the Louis Johnson instructional video,
where he explains his slap technique and he's also telling some stories.
It is really worth [G] it and a lot of fun.
Now it's your turn.
Tell me what is your favorite Louis Johnson bass line.
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Thank you guys for watching.
I hope to see you soon.
Bye!
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