5 Legendary Blues Brothers Bass Riffs (orginally by Donald 'Duck' Dunn)

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In this bass guitar lesson, James will teach you 5 legendary Blues Brothers Bass Riffs. You'll learn the riffs of Donald 'Duck' Dunn.

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[garylearo]

I cleaned windows for Duck about 6 years before he passed.a great guy, down to earth, just plain friendly. Had quite a few pictures with him when ever I bought a new guitar. Still clean for his wife and son, Jeff. Miss him!

[jeffsherwood]

By far my favorite bass line riff is from She Caught the Katy, followed by Sweet Home Chicago. Greatest soundtrack ever.

[Ravenholm]

I loved the bass line to "She Caught the Katy" so much, I printed it out and learned to play it on Baritone Sax when I was in high school.

[PhillipAlcock]

Love “She Caught The Katy”. Learned a few years ago for the band I was playing with (remember when we did that?). It’s the next four bars that I always find a problem, and in the transcription I have Duck played them differently each time! That’s what makes learning his Blues Brothers songs hard - the great variations he puts in!

[TheJopor]

James, I watched the film several times and Donald "Duck" Dunn played himself . Your lessons are helpful, I was learning bass lines between 2010/11 then had serious back injury and had to stop working ...a few days ago bought a squire jazz bass ( used), I must point out : your lessons help a great deal. Thanks for what you do for musicians.

[JeffsBassment]

These are great! I've been studying Duck Dunn and his style and am in the process of learning and recording 50 of his bass lines. All 5 of these are on my list!

[bigbeagle]

“Raw-Hide” is a deceptively tricky bass part but love all these, thanks!

[miguelamerico]

Another great DD lesson: that’s 3 from eBass that I can name. Yes and I was a Duck fan without even knowing how far back his career was: most memorable was in Tom Petty and the HB’ Woman In Love (It’s not Me). Then he would share half of the session work in the 80’s on two Clapton albums Money and Cigs and Beyond the Sun. (The other bassist was the incomparable Nathan East.)

[andymarshman]

I've been a bass player since 1964. I was playing British Invasion stuff until my bandmate handed me an Otis Redding album. From that point on I became a student of the Duck. I don't play all his lines exactly the same but he's the person I name as my major influence. I became a Duck style player before I ever heard of Jameson. I would have loved to have met the guy.

[kevinbrianjohnsonmusic]

I had my official first bass lesson tonight. As I was leaving I glanced over at a CD laying on the shelf and it was the Blues Brothers Soundtrack. I'll be keeping the instructor busy for awhile...lol

[andrewwright]

Brilliant lesson again. Thanks for the sheet music PDF it's great

[rob]

Nice one James. I'm enjoying the "5" lines videos you've been putting out lately.

[pentalarclikesit]

I primarily play heavy metal and the like, but one of my bass influences will always be Donald "Duck" Dunn. The only time someone got confused by that when I was talking to other metalheads, the most "stereotypical" metalhead in the group broke in and said, "Nah, makes sense, it's Duck Dunn."

[johnpastorjr]

My two favorite bass lines I like to play from the BB is Everybody Need Somebody to love and Who’s Makin Love

[stephenpatterson]

“Duck” Dunns bass line on Muddy Waters “sugar sweet” on the Fathers and Sons album.

[kijekuyo]

Thanks, I like your approach to teaching.

I'm not much into boutique basses, but that Sadowsky is sure beautiful.

[elizabethvlach]

Thank you! I’m getting my husband to learn riff 5 for me!

[richardsanguinetti]

Ain’t No Sunshine by Bill Withers is my favorite Duck Dunn Bass

[jackcarson]

Seams to be great content! How do I get to PDF's of the music? Thank you.

[gmtgsong]

When I play I try to sound like Donald Duck Dunn, but people always tell me I sound like Donald Duck!