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Donald 'Duck' Dunn Was Black! DONALD “DUCK” DUNN "I would have liked to have been on the road more but the record company wanted us in the studio. Man, we were recording almost a hit a day for a while there. But I never knew how popular that music was until I came to England with Otis Redding in 1967." He adds with a chuckle: "I think most of the English people thought I was a pick-up bass player. Without being racist they probably thought that being affiliated with that music, Donald 'Duck' Dunn was black!" Biografia Cresciuto a Memphis, fa presto conoscenza con il coetaneo Steve Cropper con cui condividerà fin dall'adolescenza la passione e la carriera musicale. Infatti mentre frequentavano la Messick High School erano già membri del gruppo The Mar-keys, con i quali hanno registrato nel 1961 il loro primo singolo "Last Night". Ha collaborato anche al disco blues "Fathers & Sons" di Muddy Wa- ters, con una super-band riunita per l'occasione (Donald "Duck" Dunn al basso, Muddy Waters chitarra e voce, Otis Spann al piano, Paul Butterfield all'armonica,Mike Bloomfield alla chi- tarra, Sam Lay alla batteria). È stato uno dei primi musicisti di ri- ferimento di Jaco Pastorius. È morto la notte del 13 maggio 2012 nel sonno, dopo aver appena terminato un doppio show in Giappone nel pieno del suo tour con l'eterno amico Steve Cropper EQUIPAGGIAMENTO Per quanto riguarda il basso Duck Dunn ha usato da sempre fender precision (con corde “La bella Jamerson set”),in particolare:Fender Precision del 1958 con tastiera in acero; ha avuto anche un RE 57 con il manico di un P del '71 e un P del '67 con il manico di un Jazz Bass; era endorser lakland con 2 modelli signature. Amplificatori: Kustom 200 con casse JBL D140 Ampeg SVT Ampeg Fliptop o i classici Fender Bassman Showman. ANALISI DELLO STILE Duck Dunn impiega di base lo stile a 2 o 3 dita rimanendo generalmente col pollice sul pick-up.Spesso utilizza l’unghia per simulare il suono del plettro come in “You don’t know like i know” e “Kansas city” con Albert King. Nelle sue linee è presente un grande uso della scala pentatonica maggiore;in particolar modo in “She caught the katy” nella versione dei Blues Brothers : Sul piano ritmico Duck fa grande uso di crome e semicrome dando ai brani un andamento incalzante,come nel brano “Who’s making love” Altra caratteristica fondamentale delle sue linee è l’uso dei cromatismi che sarà fonte d’ispirazione per bassisti successivi,come Jaco Pastorius. Di seguito viene riportato il ritornello di “piece of my heart” di Delaney & Bonnie: A Donald Duck Dunn va il merito di aver cambiato la musica R&B,pop,soul(per la casa discografica STAX)grazie alla sua grande abilità nel creare riff .Uno dei più famosi ed importanti è “Green Onions” dall’omonimo album registrato con Booker T. & the M.G.’s nel 1962. Discografia] Booker T & the MG's Green Onions(1962) • Soul Dressing (1965) • And Now!(1966) • In the Christmas Spirit (1966) • Hip Hug-Her(1967) • Back to Back(1967) [Live] • Doin’ Our Thing(1968) • Soul Limbo (1968) • Uptigh (1969) [Original Soundtrack] • The Booker T Set (1969) • McLemore Avenue (1970) • Melting Pot (1971) • Universal Language (1977) • That’s The Way it Should Be (1994) Blues Brothers Studio & live • 1978 – Briefcase Full of Blues • 1980 – The Blues Brothers Original Soundtrack Recording • 1980 – Made in America • 1980 – Live!in Montreux (The Blues Brothers Band) • 1992 – Red,White & Blues (The Blues Brothers Band) • 1997 – Live From Chicago’s House of Blues (Blues Brothers and Friends) • 1998 – Blues Brothers 2000:Original Motion Picture Sound- track Raccolte • 1981 – Best of The Blues Brothers • 1988 – Everybody Needs Blues Brothers • 1992 – The Definitive Collection • 1995 – The Very Best Of Blues Brothers • 1998- The Blues Brothers Complete • 2003 – The Essentials 2005 – Gimme Some Lovin & Other Hits Con: William Bell:”the Soul of a Bell” Eddie Floyd:”Knock on Wood” Albert King:”King of Blues Guitar” Freddie King:”Getting Ready…” The Mar-Keys:”The Great Memphis Sound” Wilson Pickett:”The Exciting Wilson Pickett” Otis Redding:”The Best of Otis Redding” Sam & Dave:”The Best of Sam & Dave” Johnnie Taylor:”Who’s Making Love” Carla Thomas:”Carla” Rufus Thomas:”Walking the Dog” Muddy Waters:”Fathers & Sons” Filmografia • Saturday Night Live (1978) • The Blues Brothers (1980) • Blues Brothers-Il Mito Continua (1998) .
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