Donald "duck" dunn passes away

[SteveO]

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Look at your music collection and see how many albums
have "Duck Dunn - bass" on them!!!!!

Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune


CHICAGO — Donald “Duck” Dunn, who died Sunday at age 70
in Tokyo only hours after playing his final show with
longtime friend Steve Cropper, was part of one of soul
music’s greatest rhythm sections.
Dunn was a self-taught bass player who had been playing
in bands with Cropper since they were both in high school
together in Memphis. A call from Cropper brought Dunn to
Stax Records in 1964, where he become part of Booker T
and the MG’s, a biracial quartet that played on some of
the era’s biggest hits.
With Cropper, Dunn, keyboardist Booker T. Jones and
drummer Al Jackson Jr., the MG’s were self-effacing
masters of groove and melodic concision. Jackson had a
habit of playing slightly behind the beat, giving the
rhythm a swinging feel while building tension that would
resolve with a well-placed fill by any one of the
musicians, or an interjection from a vocalist. Dunn’s
bass playing served the song just as selflessly, bridging
melody and rhythm without ever calling attention to
itself.
Though not often heralded as the singers whose names were
featured on the singles and album covers, Jackson’s drums
and Dunn’s bass were critical elements in virtually every
track cut at Stax, including hits by Otis Redding (“I
Can’t Turn You Loose”), Wilson Pickett (“In the Midnight
Hour”) and Eddie Floyd (“Knock on Wood”). Dunn’s
willingness to serve the song, rather than his ego, led
to an endless array of job offers in the decades since he
left Stax. He contributed to recordings and tours by
artists including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Muddy Waters,
Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks,
among others.
Dunn, like the rhythm section he served, was a largely
unsung musical hero. Here are the best soul rhythm
sections of all time:
—Booker T. and the MG’s: The house band on countless hits
for the Stax label out of Memphis, the MG’s provided a
harder edged response to Motown’s more refined chart
dominance during the ‘60s. The bass-drums interaction of
“Duck” Dunn and Al Jackson Jr. remains the gold standard
in soul.

—The Funk Brothers: The Motown rhythm section during the
‘60s and ‘70s had a busier but no less potent and
influential style than the MG’s, with more of a jazz
background bubbling through in the playing of bassist
James Jamerson and drummer Benny Benjamin.

—The J.B.’s: James Brown’s backing band in the ‘70s
included bassist William “Bootsy” Collins and drummer
John “Jabo” Starks on the deepest funk of the singer’s
career, including “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex
Machine” and “Super Bad.”

—The Meters: Bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer
Zigaboo Modeliste defined New Orleans’ funk, slicing up
beats and syncopations for classic sides by the likes of
Dr. John and Lee Dorsey.
—Muscle Shoals: The northern Alabama town of Muscle
Shoals became a soul epicenter in the ‘60s and ‘70s,
thanks to the work of the studio’s peerless house band,
which included bassist David Hood and drummer Roger
Hawkins. Their work can be heard on hits by everyone from
the Staple Singers to Paul Simon.

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[Music Head]

Look at your music collection and see how many albums
have "Duck Dunn - bass" on them!!!!!

ok, but this could take awhile

[quayy]

without the duck dunns of the musical world their would be no musical world.............worth listening to

[PennyLane]

What a legend, really. Working on so many works of art, it is just extraordinary.

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[clapineswat]

Bad news for all of us.

[jazzboCR]

For more on this complete artist (he did as much behind the scenes as in front--producer, talent co-ordinator, songwriter, talent hunter and encourager), see this: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/donald-du...0000180850
ADD Not to cheat anybody out of the hunt but here's his discography: http://www.duckdunn.com/discography.html