Jaco Pastorius..one ASS KICKING BASSIST...

[King_Crimson]

beaten to death by a nightclub bouncer in Ft. Lauderdale Florida...September 21. 1987. www.jmdl.com/articles/view.cfm?id=926

[ronzo]

1. I'm seeing a pattern...

Dead, drunk, incredibly talented musicians.

Well, I'll hoist one for Jaco, too.

:toast:

[johnnie]

2. Ever hear his stuff with Ian hunter?

It rocks. The name of the album is All American Alian Boy

[section321]

3. His solo version of "O' Beautiful" was awesome...

I used to be able to "play" it, but of course it never sounded like him. The harmonics were awesome.

And the stuff he did with Weather Report was cool.

Hell, he was one of the most awesome bass players ever!


:toast:

[OneBlueSky]

4. as an aside, that's a pretty interesting website . . .

the Joni Mitchell Discussion List . . . dedicated to possibly the greatest singer/songwriter alive today . . .

[chaska]

5. He was truly a god.

Why in hell does every two bit nobody have to copy every genius player that comes along? Jaco wannabes nearly ruined my love for this man's playing.

Be yourself, or give up the instrument. Hand it freakin' over, Jethro.