November 26th 2023

I said in the last update that I had another Rush album almost ready to go, and I did. It was their 1977 release, A Farewell To Kings... Until I checked my transcription of Cygnus x-1 against the recording. It took a few weeks to sort it out but I finally managed to get it right (I think/hope!). Anyway, give it a try and see what you think. The tracks in album order are - A Farewell To Kings, Xanadu, Closer To The Heart, Cinderella Man, Madrigal and the magnum opus that is Cygnus x-1 Book I: The Voyage. That should keep you busy until the next addition to the website.

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October 22nd 2023

Well, it's been a while since I last added to the website so it seems like I should add some more basslines for you to play with. I've got the Marching Out album from Yngwie Malmsteen but as it's the whole thing, see the post below for details.

Well, as I said earlier this year, I've joined a 1960s tribute band so there's a couple of hits from that era... Beggin' by the Four Tops was covered not long ago by someone 'modern' (Don't know who and can't be arsed to Google it!), so you might recognise that one. It's quite a catchy little number and simple to play, so have some fun with that one. As a kid I used to watch the Monkees TV programme during the school summer holidays and grew to love some of their material. One of the standout tracks was Pleasant Valley Sunday (originally a folk-y song about suburban tedium written by Carole King) which has a great bass part and is surprisingly complex for what sounds like a straightforward bubblegum pop song. It's got quite a fast tempo and is great fun to play, so enjoy wrapping your fingers around that one. The sixties wouldn't be complete without The Beatles and the Stones, so I've added I Feel Fine and Under My Thumb. Both are simple to play.

Now we move on to some more modern songs (Are 70s and 80s still modern?). First up is Tina Turner's big hit The Best (yeah, there's no 'Simply' in the title). Two Alannah Myles songs - Lover Of Mine and Black Velvet which has a five string detuned a semitone. Big Country scored a hit back in the 80s with a song called Chance and chances are you'll recognise the song, even if you don't recognise the title. Richie Blackmore's Rainbow had a lovely track called Do You Close Your Eyes? and you can open your eyes, download and play it. I think at this point we need more Ozzy, so here's the wonderfully punchy Desire and the masterpiece title track to his early 90s album No More Tears. More of that album is in the pipeline so remember to bookmark this website, and follow/like the Facebook page to keep informed of new updates.

Talking of masterpieces, I have added the Iron Maiden epic Fear Of The Dark to round off this update. Lots of notes in that one to keep your fingers busy.

October 22nd 2023

As I promised above, here's the full Marching Out album from Yngwie Malmsteen. Lots of harmonic minor riffs to enjoy here and I use some of them for dexterity exercises too. Tracks as they appear on the album in order are...

I'll See The Light Tonight, Don't Let It End, Disciples of Hell, I Am a Viking, Overture 1383, Anguish and Fear, On the Run Again, Soldier Without Faith, Caught in the Middle and Marching Out.

Enjoy this one and I'll see you back here soon for more bassy goodness. I even have another Rush album almost ready to go, and you know how much you love a bit of Geddy.

June 16th 2023

Rush are always a popular addition to Bob's Basslines so here's another great Rush album for you to play along to - Hold Your Fire.

Here we find Rush in full "synth" mode and Geddy plays some really interesting basslines which will keep your fingers busy and happy for most of the album. I say "most" because this album contains the song Tai Shan, which appears to be their least liked song by fans of the band. Tai Shan is still fun to play as it's done on a fretless so there's lots of opportunity to make it interesting to play by using loads of slides and left-hand vibrato. It also has the track Lock And Key which I think is the only time that Geddy used a 5-string bass. Prime mover has an interesting note that grows in length by an eighth note with each pass.

Anyway, on to the 10 tracks that are on the album, in order of appearance...

We start with Force Ten, then move on to Time Stand Still, Open Secrets, Second Nature, Prime Mover, Lock And Key, Mission, Turn The Page, Tai Shan and finishing off is High Water.

Have fun playing these basslines, there's still a few more Rush albums in my collection which I'll put up when I've finished converting them to .pdf. As usual - if you haven't bookmarked the website and the Facebook page, then do so in order to find out when the next batch of basslines are released. Let all your bass playing buddies know that I don't use cookies, I don't charge for the transcriptions, there are no irritating pop-ups or adverts, No sign-ups or log-ins required either. See you next time for more great low-end Bob's Basslines.

June 3rd 2023

I think it's time for some Ozzy. I always preferred Ozzy's solo work over his Black Sabbath stuff, and here's one of my favourite albums; Bark At The Moon. There's some lovely Bob Daisley basslines for you to play, including a couple of nice slide-y fretless pieces so let's have a look at the track listing...

in album order we have Rock 'n Roll Rebel, Bark At The Moon, You're No Different, Now You See It (Now You Don't), Forever (which was know as Centre Of Eternity in the US), So Tired, Waiting For Darkness, and Spiders. For some weird reason, Spiders is tabbed on the Songsterr website as 3/4 time. No idea why that happened, but here it is transcribed Bobs Basslines style (or 'properly' as I like to call it). I have started work on transferring Ozzy's No More Tears album, I haven't worked out all of the tracks but I'll put up what I have soon. I'm not sure what I'm going to put up next time but if you have anything you'd like to see then let me know at bob@bobsbasslines.com.

Don't forget to bookmark this website, follow on Facebook and let all your bass-playing friends know about bobsbasslines.com. Tell them that I don't use cookies, I don't charge for the music, there aren't any annoying popups, absolutely NO ads and you don't need to sign up or log in. Just download and start playing along to some fantastic music. See you next time for more brilliant basslines.

May 19th 2023

Greetings, bass bashers and welcome back to Bob's Basslines. Today's update is all Judie Tzuke, and consists of the complete I Am The Phoenix album and a selection of some of her best songs from the next 6 albums that she released. I've always been partial to a bit of Tzuke since I first heard For You on the radio back in 1978 and she was popular among with rock music fans in her early days, probably because her band was a great live rock outfit as can be heard on the Road Noise live album. Along with songwriting partner and gurn-meister Mike Paxman on guitar, she had Jeff Rich on drums and John 'Rhino' Edwards on bass who both went on to play with Status Quo. John Edwards was a big influence on my playing and today's update includes a great bass solo. Judie's first two albums were the first full albums that I ever sat down and transcribed. I still play along to them, and Judie is still creating wonderful music to this day on her own Big Moon label. You can find all her stuff at her website Tzuke.com and I highly recommend having a little Tzuke in your music collection. Anyway, enough of the Tzuke advert and let's have a look at what's been uploaded for you...

I Am The Phoenix in track order is Black Furs, Higher And Higher, Fate's Wheels, Come Hell Or Waters High, You Were The Place, City Of Swimming Pools, You Are The Phoenix, The Flesh Is Weak, and I never Know Where My Heart Is. The rest of the tracks in alphabetical order are; Everything Will Come, Heaven Can Wait, a cover of the old Free track The Hunter, In Another Country, Katiera Island (Live) with that wonderful bass solo in the middle, Now There Is No Love At All, Racing Against Time, Run To Win, Shoot From The Heart, This Side Of Heaven, Turning Stones, We'll Go Dreaming, and finally, Judie's fantastic take on the Marvin Gaye classic You.

More stuff coming soon so remember to like/follow on Facebook and if you haven't already done so, then bookmark the website. No sign-ups, no ads, no annoying cookie popups and no charges - just great basslines for you to download and play along to. See you soon for more low end goodies!

April 5th 2023

I've had lots of music to learn for the new band so updates to the website are quite sparse at the moment. Hopefully, things will be back to normal pretty soon and I'll be back to uploading something every week. In the meantime, here's six new tracks for you to get your fingers back on the bass. I love a bit of Annihilator so there are three of their songs to play in this batch. The Edge is quite an easy one to warm up with, and then come the challenging ones from the Never, Neverland album ie. The Fun Palace and Sixes And Sevens. I started transcribing the whole album and never got round to finishing it. There are another 3 or 4 incomplete songs hanging around that I'll upload if anyone wants to see them. Just let me know on the Facebook page or drop me an email at bob@bobsbasslines.com and I'll get them digitised and added to the site. If not then I may go back at some point and finish working on them anyway.

Foo Fighters get another look-in this time with D.O.A. which was a song that we started looking at and never got around to playing live. Don't Stop Me Now from Queen is next and it's a guaranteed floor-filler. Finally we have Fire To Ice which is a Thunder track from their Laughing On Judgement Day album. This is a lovely, bouncy fun song to play and has some great bass runs in it too.

More stuff coming soon so remember to like/follow on Facebook, and if you haven't already done so - bookmark the website. No sign-ups, no ads, no annoying cookie popups and no charges - just great basslines for you to download and play along to. See you soon for more low end goodness!

March 8th 2023

As I promised last month, it's time for another Rush album. This time it's Presto from 1989 which marked the end of the band's synth-y period and the start of a new guitar-centric sound. I think I remember that Alex Lifeson was feeling a little sidelined and wanted a bit more to do. It's not one of my favourite albums but the opening track has some fantastic riffs with lots of pull-off work - shame that the rest of the album has some quite pedestrian basslines (I call them mid-tempo dirges!), and there seems to be a lot of eighths on the root, but I know that some Rush fans are very fond of this work and will enjoy playing along to these songs.

The songs in album order are... Show Don't Tell, Chain Lightning, The Pass, War Paint, Scars, Presto, Superconductor, Anagram (For Mongo), Red Tide, Hand Over Fist, Available Light.

I know that lots of you love the Rush transcriptions, and I still have plenty more Rush to come, but I'll give them a rest for a while and put something else up for the next few updates. As usual, let me know on bob@bobsbasslines.com or the Facebook page if there's something specific that you'd like to see, and bookmark the the website for quick access. Stay low and I'll see you all next time.

February 12th 2023

It's been a while but here's a few more songs to keep your fingers on the fretboard. I haven't posted much lately as I've just joined a new band and I've been cramming the set into my head, ready for my first gig next weekend. It's a 60s tribute band and I've included a couple of set songs in this update, so expect a few more of that sort of thing coming soon. Anyway, todays mini-update is seven songs long and we kick off with my first Journey song - Anyway You Want It. That's followed by one of the Darkness' album tracks - Black Shuck. We have more Ozzy to play, in the form of Thank God For The Bomb from the Ultimate Sin album and then there's a run of 60s classics... The Monkees' Daydream Believer, next up is Jeff Beck and Hi Ho Silver Lining, Swiftly followed by My Girl which was a massive hit for The Temptations, and I'm finishing off with Roy Orbison's Oh, Pretty Woman.

Last month's Rush album seemed to go down well with everyone and I do have another one almost ready to go, so that should be up in a week or two - remember to like/follow the Facebook page and bookmark the website so you can check it out.

January 4th 2023

Happy New Year everybody! ...and what better way to kick off 2023 than with one of Rush's most popular albums. Yes, it's the complete Moving Pictures album, the one with Tom Sawyer on it. Moving Pictures was the 8th studio album and was on the cusp of Rush moving away from their heavily prog rock influenced stuff, towards the synth-y style that they had in the 80s and 90s. It's still quite a bit prog but the tracks on this album are sounding a bit more first-listen friendly, slick & polished and Geddy is approaching his peak.

In album order, the songs are - Tom Sawyer, Red Barchetta, YYZ, Limelight, The Camera Eye, Witch Hunt and Vital Signs.

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