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Blissfully Keepin' The Groove

 

Electric 4 and 5-String, fretted and fretless bass for your originals or cover band

 

Groove Oriented

Bass Player

Influenced by groove oriented, chart topping styles and deep cuts from the Mid 60's to 70's, Down Tempo Chill music from the early 2000s, high energy dance music and ecstatic devotional music

Old School Soul, Funk, R&B, Motown
Afro-Funk
Reggae
60's British Invasion
60's Psych-pop
Psychedelia
Classic Rock
Jam Band
Ecstatic Devotional Music

Tracks Featuring B. Ram on Bass

A smattering of recordings I’ve done, studio and live (newest at the top)

“Papa Lenny”, aka “Uncle Lenny” is my dad. These studio recordings are a family affair with my brother, Jason, on drums, arrangements and producing. We worked with a handful of phenomenal Bay Area musicians and engineers who are part of “the family” (John Finkbeiner, Myles Boisen, Steve Blum, Lisa Mezzacappa, Corey Wright, and many more)

El Camino Real is a psychedelic groove rock band with Chad Hajjar on vox, guitar, John Roberts on Guitar, Pete Wolgram on Drums, and me on bass. We finished this demo just before the pandemic which canceled our first gig.

Bass Covers

by Bass covers by me

I'm not intending to play these note for note with the original bass lines, but to take the main theme, and play it so that it sounds mostly like something the original player would play while adding a little of my own thing, for better or worse.

About

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It all started when...

Bailey discovered Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin in high school...

Over the years Bailey has honed his style to incorporate bits and pieces from Roger Waters' (Pink Floyd) tastefully executed bass lines; John Paul Jones' (Led Zeppelin) melodic lines that weave through songs; bluesy, edgy grooves from Chas Chandler (The Animals), Noel Redding (Jimi Hendrix), Jack Bruce (Cream) and others; classic Motown and Stax sounds and styles from James Jamerson, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bob Babbitt; deeply laid back grooves of Aston "Family Man" Barrett (Bob Marley and The Wailers) and Robbie Shakespeare (just about every other great roots reggae song recorded); George Porter Jr.'s (The Meters) syncopated accents, and the solid in-the-pocket grooves of James Brown's Fred Thomas, Bernard Odum and Charles Sherrell.

Bailey has played in a variety of bands and projects around the SF Bay. Most recently he’s played with current or former members of local bands Bigelow's Treehouse, B-Dubs and The Players, Humidors, Midnight Nasties, and Steady Eddy and The Shakers.  He has also most recently recorded with Uncle Lenny's Blues Jam and has been involved in singer/songwriter projects with Jonathan Green and Friends, as well as members from Kingpin Rowe and The Grateful Church.  Bailey has also been band leader and bass player for Otis and The Secret Army, playing 60's British Invasion style blues and rock.

Bailey brings professionalism and an easy-to-work with personality to every project.  He is available for live and studio work, including short-term and one-off projects, subbing, local and regional tours, and longer-term projects.  Email Bailey.

 

COntact

Bailey can be reached at
4StringBliss (at) gmail (dot) com

 
 
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