Even in the wake of John Entwistle’s thunderous bass solo on the Who’s 1965 hit My Generation, bass guitar solos have remained pretty rare. We thick-stringers usually have to turn to the worlds of jazz and fusion to enjoy extended flights of low-end fancy.
There are exceptions, however, and tracks that embrace lengthy bass-in-the-spotlight features occasionally bubble into the mainstream consciousness: Bob Babbitt’s improv on Dennis Coffey’s Scorpio and Willie Weeks’ carefully crafted creation on Donny Hathaway’s live version of Voices Inside (Everything is Everything) immediately spring to mind.
