Terence "Geezer" Butler was born on July 17th 1949 and turns 71 today. He's one of the most influential bassists in heavy metal with his very unique sound and melodic playing. He recorded 17 albums with Black Sabbath and also wrote a lot of the lyrics. I transcribed "Children Of The Grave" from the third studio album "Masters Of Reality" (1971). Here's an isolated bass track:
Here are the first four pages of my transcription:
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"55 years ago on 10th July 1965, The Rolling Stones started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’, the group’s first chart-topper there. Keith Richards has said that he came up with the guitar riff in his sleep, waking up in the middle of the night. The guitarist then recorded the riff and the words “I can’t get no satisfaction” on his portable cassette recorder and promptly fell back to sleep. He later said when he listened back to the recording in the morning, there was about two minutes of acoustic guitar before you could hear him drop the pick and then Richards snoring for the next forty minutes.
Here are the first two pages of my transcription of Bill Wyman's original bassline:
The track has been widely covered by numerous acts. Two of the best versions were done by Otis Redding(with Duck Dunn on bass) and by Aretha Franklin (featuring Tommy Cogbill on bass).
Here are the first two pages of the transcription to Otis Reddings version:
And finally the first two pages of Tommy Cogbills extraordinary bassline:
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