Ok but can we appreciate how curved Larry Graham’s slapping thumb is

@ElliotThusE

Жыл бұрын

Is having a curved slapping thumb a good thing?

@aaronf2467

Жыл бұрын

Appreciated

@ElliotThusE

Жыл бұрын

@@aaronf2467 does it have any advantages for slapping or benefits?

@nilespeshay1734

Жыл бұрын

Hitchhiker's thumb.

@punk2769

Жыл бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@caseyhamm4292Realy ? Man I have Hitchhikers thumbs I’m so lucky !

✨BEHS✨

@Real_Risky

Жыл бұрын

cool 😎

@cjstato

Жыл бұрын

Love the way KZread says: "translate to English" 😂

@pancakeguy1

Жыл бұрын

@@cjstato what does it translate to?

@cjstato

Жыл бұрын

​@@pancakeguy1it doesn't change it at all, disappointingly so. BEHS.😂

@merlinaudubon6202

Жыл бұрын

...as we know it todeh..

The story behind the invention of slap was actually when the drummer didn't show up at a performance, causing Larry to use a new percussive technique in the place of him.

@OGEdger

Жыл бұрын

I heard that he invented slap when he use to play music with his mom. She was on piano and he was on bass. They had no drummer so he decided to play percussion with his bass.

@raineveeraine

Жыл бұрын

​@@OGEdgerthat's what i heard too

@cliffords2315

Жыл бұрын

Thats the real story

@czarnpg

Жыл бұрын

I Heard an Interview with Larry explaining This.

@n34z3r

2 ай бұрын

​@@OGEdgeryes!

Worth noting that Larry Graham is Drake’s uncle

@paulmryglod4802

Жыл бұрын

Ohhhhhh cool to know!

@gren3515

Жыл бұрын

Wow, music history!

@symbiosisai

Жыл бұрын

Which proves talent doesn't always run in the family

@up-set1451

Жыл бұрын

​@@symbiosisaiouch

@akbuckets272

Жыл бұрын

​@@symbiosisailmao

I can't explain it but this guy seems like in a video game he'd be a secondary character. Like an ally that follows you around the map

@heather2503

Жыл бұрын

I tgink it may be the voice

@numsiskit

Жыл бұрын

😆 I get it

@metallsnubben

Жыл бұрын

Bard skill trainer

@EughProductionsTM

Жыл бұрын

Well yea he’s a bassist

@allrequiredfields

Жыл бұрын

I'm too high for this comment 😅

Drake is the kinda guy who's uncle would smack the goofy out a bass for the first time.

@Kreedster

Жыл бұрын

This has nothing to do with drake the fuck

@jjmah7

Жыл бұрын

That’s so tight bruh

@cwavy89

Жыл бұрын

🤓

@RJGAMEZ-vu4zv

Жыл бұрын

@@cwavy89 🤓

@gwarfan1994

Жыл бұрын

brbr deng

>slap bass technique for electric bass was first recorded in 1969 É P I C O

@carsbass6903

Жыл бұрын

Nice

@brunolins1330

Жыл бұрын

Slap the bass if you liked it

@sreekar5691

Жыл бұрын

slap like now

@TheGreatFapsby

Жыл бұрын

The year the US gov't filmed a fake moon landing and convinced millions of people that we are ahead of the nazis

@lastbard

Жыл бұрын

nice

1) Larry calls it Thumpin' and Pluckin' 2) The first "slap" ("Thumpin") song was Sly and the Family Stone's 1st hit, "Dance To The Music" 3) The first "Slap and Pop" (Thumpin' and Pluckin') tune "thank you falletinme be mice elf agin"

@HeyYaaaaaaaa

6 ай бұрын

Yes we watched the video

slap bass makes grooves instantly funky

@scorpionwins6378

Ай бұрын

Heck yeah, gimme that sweet FUNK

It's wild that Larry Grahm is Drake's uncle.

@novacorps2468

18 күн бұрын

No, Drake is Larry Graham's nephew

Larry is also an excellent vocalist. He's the definition of music.

Btw Larry Graham is Drake's uncle

@yuruem2thereturn44

Жыл бұрын

Dang you beat me to it

@mangiiiabeats3213

Жыл бұрын

wtffffff crazyyyy

@kashoutlenox

Жыл бұрын

yeah his dad was also a drummer for pretty famous musicians

@granitesevan6243

Жыл бұрын

​@@kashoutlenoxIt makes his absolute lack of talent all the more bizarre

@smoothlyabrasive9805

Жыл бұрын

Ok.. but can DRAK thump the bass get tar!

Ok but the upright is FIRE 🔥

@FlatlandMando

Жыл бұрын

still used in some bands to excellent effect

Larry's a Legend.

All the slap greats, Mark King, Bootsy, Flea, Marcus Miller... They all point to Larry Graham as the inventor of slapping and popping electric bass 🙏🙏

@Matt-fm8ej

Жыл бұрын

Les Claypool

First time I heard this song was in Skate (2 or 3) and remembered how funky it sounded. The bassline was legendary

@99mustang_

Жыл бұрын

It's was skate 2 and yeah that where I heard it

@insxmnialas1637

Жыл бұрын

@bluspringtrap9396 masterpiece!

@wteg4356

8 ай бұрын

Wow, you guys are young.

📌My cousin; and one of my grandfather's first cousins. RIP Grandpa "Boochie" Graham.🌹✌🏽

1969 was just the perfect year for this

@kuraibaka9771

2 ай бұрын

It is pretty nice

BEHS great video!

I got my first bass !

@aleksgtonchev3955

Ай бұрын

nice

Of course slap bass was invented in '69

@televinv8062

Жыл бұрын

👋🍑👋 lol

He called it "thumpin' and pluckin'"

Larry isn't just special because he popularized slapping, but he was really fantastic at it. The "Hair" riff is just insanity.

and thus jerry seinfeld is born

@jasonalmendra3823

5 ай бұрын

Conceived

Imagine being the first guy to do a technique that would become a definitive style? Amazing really.

'Thump Bass' People !!!

Thank you for reminding me to listen to some roots funk music. Feels so damn good!

"Thank you for letting me be myself, again." Yessss!

@ruthparker1140

Жыл бұрын

("Sgt.J.") woe... Lol. I, Did that tooo lol. I, Didn't know someone else did it? Lol. Well not a Bad Thing to Apritiate Sly. And, The Family Stone. 😁👍🍻✌️🕊️ I'm a white guy. Whom formally a working Musician. AM Radio 📻. And, Television, 📺 When I, Was a Kid allowed me pick &, choose, Enjoy Alot of Different Tunes, Groups. And, Bands. How Ever... FM Hard Rock, and, Some lighter, acoustic stuff ad well. There are parts if the 70's. And, 80's I miss. And, Some I, Don't. 🍻✌️🕊️ Some times The Auto Correct Ticks Me Off! Lol.

@ruthparker1140

Жыл бұрын

("Sgt.J."). Hmmm i, Suppose you get what I, Mean. I, Played mostly Hard Rock. But, Still kinda Mix it up, When I, Listen to music. Thanks. Getting A Lil late. And, Kinda Tired. Lol.✌️

@indestarbright9646

Жыл бұрын

Larry Graham was the bassist in Sly and the Family Stone. And I lived for Graham Central Station in the seventies.

Black people have invented everything good in music since the beginning. Love it!

@nightjaronthegate

Жыл бұрын

Untrue and racist.

@hectormendoza7261

Жыл бұрын

@@Helgrimr nobody started a race war but you since I didn't say anything depicting about any other race, but here you come to the rescue for white/western culture when nobody said anything bad about it. I just stated my opinion, and Im not even black, Im a latino with european heritage too.

@thebigun.

8 ай бұрын

pedal steel guitar is one of the best inventions, criminally underrated.

@JoyHarrison

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for saying this. Many of us have been announcing this, but some people try to shut us up or say it's a lie. I have been echoing your sentiments, especially whenever I see discrimination against Black artists. You're a real one. Stay blessed.

@3deltaangle

3 ай бұрын

when will people stop categorizing others as black, white, latino or whatever? god thats so dumb...

I've loved this song for years, but didn't know it was the first song that introduced slapping. Such a cool thing to learn

Love that double bass slap sound no cap

@blaisemacpherson7637

6 ай бұрын

That did look like it might have been a double bass but that style is more commonly played on the tololoche which is slightly smaller than the English double bass. The real kick is it the tololoche uses fat nylon Spanish strings that make the tone a little softer and the slap a little harder. Definitely KZread tololoche. If you liked the bad here you will love tololoche.

the BEHS mahrines

Thank you fo lettin’ me be myself again.

@user-vg3yc6gk5f

7 ай бұрын

Actually, it was Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

"Slap bass sounded like this" Actually kinda went hard tbh

yeah that is an African style used in Gambar ( instrument like a modern bass)

@sowhat...

Жыл бұрын

gambar is an African instrument? which is an African style?

My grandma taught Larry how to slap a da Bass in 1968 🤩

@siliconiusantogramaphantis2122

Жыл бұрын

You wish.

@ruthparker1140

Жыл бұрын

("Sgt.J."). Ha, Ha! Bootsie is athat you? I, Recognize Those Sun Glasses. So, You in Drag Pretending to be Your Grandma..? Lol.🍻✌️🕊️

Larry Graham we thank you for being yo self, as we "dance to the music" of Sly and the family Stone.

And another pioneer of music which many have no idea of whom they are copying. From Sly and the Family Stone to Graham Central Station.Larry Graham forever

You have very clean technique with your fingers, thumb, a pick, and while your slapping! Much respect from my end!

@tonygabagool

Жыл бұрын

Pick tone>

love it... on the one, bro

The “Beh-Ace”

Yup, he was well equipped.......if only I was alive back then my panties would have been on the stage! 😂..... That's right ladies it ain't the shoe size but the thumb 👍🏼 ...Yeah I went THERE.... Lighten up! 🎸❤🎸😁

that pick sounds good!

E P I C

I love that song, I didn’t know it was the first slap bass, not only the first but one of the best, definitely the funkiest!

Another fun fact Larry Graham is a Jehovah’s Witness and is the person who converted Prince to become one

@ithan0404

Жыл бұрын

wait, prince became a Jehovah witness??? didnt know that :0

@KrisSchwarz98

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't surpise me, apparently even religion couldn't save Prince from his drug addiction, still hella talented and gifted dudes 🤣

@KevyNova

6 ай бұрын

@@ithan0404yes, Prince and Larry even went door to door handing out booklets. No joke.

And now I have some opening to a Paul Simon ditty in my head for some reason!! 😂😂😂

Larry Graham, such a talented musician. His bass chops and feel are stunning and he also has a great singing voice.

My inner Primus comes out anytime I hear slap bass

I still don’t understand one thing guys: Is the slap bass technique literally just hitting the strings with your thumb?

@fortuneosho8137

Ай бұрын

Yes basically having a slap fight with your string

@FailureToBe

Ай бұрын

Kinda, for your thumb you move your wrist to where your thumb hits through the string and you pluck with your fingers

Well I'm early great video as always 🎉

@madwarrior3771

Жыл бұрын

hi early I'm dad

MAN,, FUNK IS THA SHIT!!! LARRY GRAHAM, A GENIUS!!

Toquese un corrido con tololoche, viejón

You make it sound as though upright basses are extinct.

Larry’s thumb goes through the string, he doesn’t “slap” - he “thumps”- his own words

There is an 80's video of Larry doing a tutorial, called something like "Right Hand Slap Bass Technique". Man, I can watch the first 30 seconds of that over and over! Cool stuff...true pioneer!

Graham's wasn't the first. However as a style, he popularized the technique so he truly deserves the title of the pioneer of slap bass.

@HeyYaaaaaaaa

6 ай бұрын

So who was it then

Sounds like every American comedy show from the 80's and 90's

@Mialamorena1

9 ай бұрын

Thieves

I really thought behs was its own thing💀

Slapa bass.

Graham was one of the greats. I saw him with his band Graham Central Station in '75 at the Crater Festival in Honolulu. He also pioneered the use of the voice box while he was with Sly and the Family Stone.

New Count Day #210 of BEHgging for Necrobutcher's BEHS tone

Larry was the EVH of bass

That riff is totally badass. I wonder if the bassline for "Superstition" could be improvised to something inspired by this.

Now the upright slap bass is a staple in Mexican music

@GorillaWithAPhone

3 ай бұрын

Definitely.

BASS❌ BEHS✅

Hot diggity, that sounds so good. 🤌

This is really interesting thanks!

a lot of corridos artists use slapping on an upright bass instead of having a drummer. very unique sound

Danny: Slap bass Captions: slap bear 😂

SLAPP BEHS 🤙🏾

Larry was the damn man!!

That line from Thank U is just as fresh as ever.

I have one of those red japanese epiphones with humbuckers!

@LegendofJeffJCS

Жыл бұрын

Sweet

He was the King of the slap

I’m 62, and still wanting to learn to play slap bass!

Thankyoufolettinmebemyselfagain!😊........RIPLG!

God the slap on the double bass sounds so good

The forbidden rule, using a pic you did it now the bass fans are coming for you

I play with my thumb I feel recognized for once

Larry is a legend! I saw him open for Prince and he was mind-blowingly good.

"or a pick" Davie504: That's illegal!!!

@blaisemacpherson7637

6 ай бұрын

Davie504 won't even play a tololoche. Not a real bad player

I want to thank you for letting me be myself

Thowin' that thumb!!! Lol awesome

I want to thank you (larry Graham) for slapping the Behs

For some reason when he played that Larry Graham, I was getting ready to start looking for the song it sound good

Sounds so funky! I’ve always played with a pick and can’t even play with fingers but I’m by no means good

His accent makes it even worth watching

"The first slap bass riff ever recorded!" aaaaand it doesn't let us hear the original audio. KZread classic.

Nice Dude!

I love playing BEHS

love the magazine cover of that song too

AHHHHH I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTIN ME BE MYSELF AGAIN

@lebiph9303

Ай бұрын

Jake the overwhelming time pressure

BEHS

From 0:11-0:25 what hes playing is one of the coolest bass rhythms ive heard

Well well well…… like a moth to a flame…

There is a special place in heck for people who play bass with a pick. BEHS!

It's worth mentioning that Larry Graham is no other than Steve Harvey who travelled back in time.

No way. I loved this song in skate 2 for a reason huh. I just knew that bass line was legendary from the start. Never knew how much so.

Sit you're mistaken, thats clearly a picture of one of the Wayans brothers getting ready for a new role.