HBD Larry Graham (Sly Stone, Graham Central Station, Prince)

[ginormous]

The Godfather of slap bass!

He was born Larry Graham, Jr. on August 14, 1946, in Beaumont, Texas USA.

Bootsy Collins, Verdine White and LG at the 2011 NAMM show, from his official website (link) :

Larry and the current incarnation of GCS on Dutch radio, playing Maroon 5 (I daresay, better than they did!)



From the 1980s: Larry tells the story of how he got his thumb on it.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: HBD Larry Graham (Sly Stone, Graham Central Station, Prince)

Happenin Bassday. :bigok:

 

[Chickenwings]

Re: HBD Larry Graham (Sly Stone, Graham Central Station, Prince)

love larry tha G. He rules.

 

[Wattage]

Re: HBD Larry Graham (Sly Stone, Graham Central Station, Prince)

Cool!

 

[ginormous]

Re: HBD Larry Graham (Sly Stone, Graham Central Station, Prince)

Bump for 2014!

This song is The Jam, literally.
The drum break was sampled for "Pump Up The Volume".


Larry and his band on Soul Train, back in the day.
Can You Handle It?