Level 42's 'Mr Pink' - bass cover by Scott Whitley (Feat piccolo bass)

Cover of the amazing Level42 tune,Mr Pink by Big Country's current bassist, Scot Whitley. Featuring his signature model SWB-Pro and SWB-1 piccolo bass tuned!!

Scott has played or recorded with Steve Cropper, The Animals, The Casuals, Ric Lee's Natural Born Swingers, Linda Gail Lewis, Maggie Bell, Dave Berry, Eric Bell, The Rubettes, Chris Farlowe, Zoot Money, The Boomtown Rats, The Chip Kendall Band, Roo Walker, Philippa Hanna, Paul Guard, Dawn Elektra, Rob Livesey, Will Tang as well as fronting his own band - The Scott Whitley Quartet.

In these videos he shares his wealth of bass knowledge accumulated over more than 25 years of bass playing.

[lloyddarbon]

I thought I could play Mr. Pink before I saw this, turns out I was actualy playing 'Mr. Plank'. Excellent, inspirational, thankyou for uploading.

[OldGuyOnBass]

How can a third of the Likes be thumbs down?! Must be the whiners who know they'll never reach this level of playing ability. Awesome job, sir!

[petedevlin]

How have I only just discovered this? Fantastic take on an absolute classic and I absolutely love the piccolo on this!

[robertbirsinger]

Scott Whitley is a damn monster slap player. Great stamina on this tune. Makes me want to learn it. Slowly

[carlangas]

I love Level 42 and Big Country. Both are amazing bands!!!👍👍👍🎸

[stolepop]

whats up with these dislikes? this is pretty neat

[winstontk]

Although I am a fan of Mark King, I don't particularly like this kind of music. But WOW!!! I was transfixed here for the full duration. This was really incredible. Thank you, Scott!

[greatwhite]

I can't believe my YouTube built in algorithm system that sends me various & ongoing searches for what I've been looking at & though a life long fan & I love playing Mr Pink, it's odd that the amount of times I've watched Mr Pink played by Mark or those doing bass covers like this gentleman...

Great sound my man & you nailed this bass cover...

Ps

I will add that for anyone wanting to learn this bass line to go & listen to the album version, as Mark plays it slower on the album but like many bands when they tour they'll play certain songs at a slower or faster bpm

This was usually done to fit in more song's whether they were instrumentals or songs Mark & Mike sang on...

Excellent Sound & Playing

All The Best Scott

[jeffreyostrom]

Oh my lord that was incredible…..that little solo was to cool

[Basstank]

Damn, i love your videos! I will get my Chowny in a few days, can't await it. Keep up your amazing work, huge regards from germany!

[ivanmicallef]

It doesn't get any better than this .BRAVO

[iestynrogers]

luving this fair play!!! especially being a die hard level 42 fan...

[pipkins]

You make it look so easy Scott. Great vid!

[MensiBensi]

Incredible well played!!! I absolutely enjoyed the whole video.
I've never listened to somthing like that! 👍✌

[martinheath]

So good I was expecting the dot markers to burst into light all by themselves! 😊

[jameswhite]

This is one of my favourite MK basslines to listen to and play and this version is flawless! Beautiful work!!

[progrocker]

This was awesome. Thanks for your video. Must have taken you a while to learn this, it's so complex, but brilliant.

[Steviec]

Stunning. Loved that sliding harmonic! :)

[Edmonds]

Fantastic performance, so tight. I own a SWB-1, I put a set of tapewounds on it.
The tones and the action are incredible. I love it.

[DrJohnners]

Needs more gaffer tape! Good work, sir, loving those sneaky triplets.