Artist:Dierks Bentley Bassist:Jimmy Carter Free Download About the song: Jimmy Carter for president! Seriously though, groove and tone and fills and… everything is simply superb on this track by Dierks Bentley. Jimmy Carter and Steve Brewster are the rhythm section on a few of Dierks Bentleys records and I can see why; the energy of … Continue reading What Was I Thinking
Artist:Josh Turner Bassist:Kevin "Swine" Grantt Free Download About the song: Daaaaamn. Kevin "Swine" Grantt has some serious chops. Those deadnotes in the chorus just drive that two feel really hard against Shannon Forrests superb brush work. But even the straight ahead variation in the verses are cool. Definitely worth the hard work to get this … Continue reading Would You Go With Me
Artist:Rascal Flatts Bassist:Jay DeMarcus Free Download About the song: Life Is A Highway was originally written by Tom Cochrane in the 80's but not released until 1991 on his Mad Mad World album. The Rascal Flatts cover was released on the Cars soundtrack and a few months later on their Me and My Gang album … Continue reading Life Is A Highway
Artist:Zac Brown Band Bassist:John Driskell Hopkins Free Download About the song: Chicken Fried was written by Zac Brown and Wyatt Durrette and was initially recorded in 2003. There's a story behind that: "We had this song Chicken Fried, we put it on a CD in '05. This band, The Lost Trailers had called and said … Continue reading Chicken Fried
Artist:Keith Urban Bassist:Jimmie Lee Sloas Free Download About the song: Jimmie Lee Sloas absolutely slays on Days Go By. Played on a detuned bass (DGCF), there are lines that are only fully possible due to the open D and G strings, particularly the fills on the bridge (bar 68). There is also a lot of … Continue reading Days Go By
Artist:Taylor Swift Bassist:Tim Marks Free Download About the song: This was a request from my 6 year old daughter. It was on my list and she loves singing along with it, so she insisted that this one was next. You Belong With Me starts off with a banjo ostinato and then the bass enters with … Continue reading You Belong With Me
Artist:Jason Aldean Bassist:Tully Kennedy Free Download About the song: According to Country Weekly magazine, songwriter Bridgette Tatum got together with fellow songwriter Danny Myrick after thinking of a groove "that she didn't want to forget." Tully Kennedy uses the same white P/J Sadowsky bass on all tracks in the studio. The tone on this track … Continue reading She’s Country
Artist:Sugarland Bassist:Paul Bushnell Free Download About the song: Paul Bushnell's list of credits is huge, from Shakira to The Commitments. As always, his basslines are on point. And on this occasion, he whips out some pretty sexy fills between grooves on this cheeky song from Sugarland. In particular, check out bars 22, 40, 44 and … Continue reading It Happens
Artist:Keith Urban Bassist:Jimmie Lee Sloas Free Download About the song: This song has always captured my interest. Whether its the beautiful melodic fills in bars 5, the breakdown in bars 90-94 or just the subtle variations, JLS is the man. In true session musician style, he also played on The System Has Failed album by … Continue reading You’re My Better Half
Artist:Vince Gill Bassist:Willie Weeks Free Download About the song: This song by Vince Gill carries a beautiful sentiment and is supported by some serious craft. It varies tempo between the verses and choruses and each has distinct sonic characteristics, but the bit that blew me away was the the rhythms that Willie Weeks pulled out … Continue reading Whippoorwill River
