Would you see a Stefan solo tour?

[lockman21]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOMJKl4DcFE

[TrippinNancies1]

Absolutely.

I have no problem paying to see individuals with talent doing what they do best. Stefan is one of my all time favorite bass players, why wouldn't I want to see him perform anytime I was given a chance?

[Dodo36]

Not at this point. Stefan doesn't truly have his own voice on the bass outside of the DMB. Victor, Stanley, Marcus, Me'Shell, Larry Graham - they all have a very distinct voice on the instrument.

For Stefan, there are a lot of modifiers that would have to be there. Who is he playing with? Which club would it even be at? What music would he be playing? Cost?

Stefan is a solid pocket bass player, but not necessarily a headliner. He might be that draw if I knew he was playing sideman for someone else I was on the fence on seeing.

[rickyh24]

Originally Posted by dmbetc

Shocking!

Sweet avatar!

[onetwothree]

Absolutely not

[scrock25]

What? Naw man - I believe you'd get your ass kicked for seeing something like that.

[cry_minarets458]

i would go only to heckle him

[Hilly]

Originally Posted by Dodo36

Stefan doesn't truly have his own voice on the bass outside of the DMB.

Based on what?

[Robio]

Not a chance.

[ToySoldier#34]

hell no

[TheLastPig]

I would be terrified to see the DMB family nut jobs that show up. There was enough at TR3 that freaked me out earlier this year.

[RSSR]

I'd like to see what Stefan would do to fill an hour and a half with music. He really couldn't do very many, if any DMB songs, not sure if he can even sing, I'd only go if he charges $20 or less for a ticket. I already have seen Tim solo and I'm in no hurry to see Tim again, I imagine Stefan would do a similar show instrumentally.

[YouNeverKnow25]

I don't think I'd go watch any bass player play solo.

[robby_idol]

What would his setlist include besides some bass guitar noodling? Watching him Tweet on stage, then delete the tweets, then Tweet something cryptic and passive possibly re: the Ants community?

Pass.

[ToySoldier#34]

Raid Delay
People People tease-
Watchtower Intro
Random classical music piece
Crush Intro

--- set break ---

Dreaming Tree

--- encore ---

Pull up a wooden chair, tweet and post in Trump thread for 20 minutes

[kelchlsm]

Originally Posted by ToySoldier#34

Raid Delay
People People tease-
Watchtower Intro
Random classical music piece
Crush Intro

--- set break ---

Dreaming Tree

--- encore ---

Pull up a wooden chair, tweet and post in Trump thread for 20 minutes

---Encore 2----

Jump up and down to ASTB

[jmc419]

I would consider if he covered sublime.

[daveshookme]

Originally Posted by kelchlsm

---Encore 2----

Jump up and down to ASTB

Will absolutely pay for this.

[ajc_1988]

absolutely not

[thedak]

$5......

Maybe

[cry_minarets458]

based on this thread, has he

1) announced a tour yet

and/or

2) whined about this on twitter yet

[TheLastPig]

Maybe Toast & Jelly is him and he's gauging interest

[Dodo36]

Originally Posted by Hilly

Based on what?

If you listen to Larry Graham playing his bass solo, he has a distinct voice on the instrument.

If you listen to Bootsy Collins playing by himself, you would be able to tell that its Bootsy, baby.

Same with Stanley Clarke, Flea, Marcus Miller, Jack Bruce, Victor Wooten, Rhonda Smith, Willie Weeks, James Jamerson and a number of bass players.

If you listen to Stefan riffing on his own in succession with Jeff Ament and Adam Clayton, you would be hard pressed to pick out who is who unless they played a riff from their recorded catalogue. You would say that all of the players are good, but there's not a defining voice. Not a recurring theme. Not a particular tone set that is particularly loved. And other than a love of phasing, even Sting is mostly unrecognizable when he noodles.

He is a phenomenal pocket player, which not enough people recognize as the bass player's primary role. I would argue he is one of the better pocket players out there. I would love to hear Stefan have a more active role, but on the last album the moment where he was the most present was in the bridge of "Gaucho." He does great supportive and background harmonic lines, but rarely does his line take a more integral role.

[msalter]

Originally Posted by TheLastPig

Maybe Toast & Jelly is him and he's gauging interest

I was kinda thinking the same.

[crashintonickdm]

Originally Posted by Dodo36

If you listen to Larry Graham playing his bass solo, he has a distinct voice on the instrument.

If you listen to Bootsy Collins playing by himself, you would be able to tell that its Bootsy, baby.

Same with Stanley Clarke, Flea, Marcus Miller, Jack Bruce, Victor Wooten, Rhonda Smith, Willie Weeks, James Jamerson and a number of bass players.

If you listen to Stefan riffing on his own in succession with Jeff Ament and Adam Clayton, you would be hard pressed to pick out who is who unless they played a riff from their recorded catalogue. You would say that all of the players are good, but there's not a defining voice. Not a recurring theme. Not a particular tone set that is particularly loved. And other than a love of phasing, even Sting is mostly unrecognizable when he noodles.

He is a phenomenal pocket player, which not enough people recognize as the bass player's primary role. I would argue he is one of the better pocket players out there. I would love to hear Stefan have a more active role, but on the last album the moment where he was the most present was in the bridge of "Gaucho." He does great supportive and background harmonic lines, but rarely does his line take a more integral role.

He won't grasp this. Let him be to man the phones down in cville

[BJisBA41]

I'd go if he stood onstage for an hour and fired off a bunch of passive aggressive tweets about Dave

[420th jimi]

Originally Posted by RSSR

I'd like to see what Stefan would do to fill an hour and a half with music. He really couldn't do very many, if any DMB songs, not sure if he can even sing, I'd only go if he charges $20 or less for a ticket. I already have seen Tim solo and I'm in no hurry to see Tim again, I imagine Stefan would do a similar show instrumentally.

Are you saying that Tim was no good? You're the first person I've ever heard say that. He has mad talent!

[420th jimi]

Originally Posted by YouNeverKnow25

I don't think I'd go watch any bass player play solo.

Victor Wooten is fantastic solo or with his band.

[jenhen27]

Originally Posted by BTBaboon

This has to be the oddest first post I've seen between my time lurking and posting here.

What does this even mean?

It's even better that there were 4 months in between joining and that post.

[NewOrleans]

Would he just play the intro to Crush, Watchtower, some sublime lines, and ASTB?