Sick Lix
Sick Lix #60 – Joe Dart
From the first moment that I heard this lick, I had to stop what I was doing and learn it. Joe is su...
Sick Lix #59 – Marcus Miller
It’s a simple lick, but it cracks a smile on my face every time. Thanks Marcus!
Sick Lix #58 – Noel Redding
This record was stomping grounds for me when I was learning how to play bass – Noel’s pl...
Sick Lix #57 – Dave LaRue (Kayla)
My brother-in-law introduced me to this band Flying Colors, and I immediately fell in love with the ...
Sick Lix #56 – Flea (Behind the Sun)
I remember hearing this song back in the mid 90’s – I was probably 7 or 8 years old and ...
Sick Lix #55 – Pino Palladino (Wait Until Tomorrow)
Pino Palladino is, without doubt, one of the greatest bass players of all time. He’s also a ma...
Sick Lix: Joe Dart (Cory Wong)
I practiced this Sick Lick over and over and over, and I still don’t think I’m doing it ...
Sick Lix: Eben D’Amico (At Your Funeral)
This particular record by Saves the Day is a personal favorite of mine – the bass playing is j...
Sick Lix: Adam Nitti (Skitzo)
Adam Nitti has long since been a hero of mine ever since I first met him at one of Victor WootenR...
Sick Lix: Roger Lima (Automatic)
In the 7th grade my friend Ken brought me this Less Than Jake CD and told me to try and learn this s...
Sick Lix: Stanley Clarke (School Days)
This record needs no introduction. This is the best song in the world, hands down. It is singularly ...
Sick Lix: Chris Squire (Long Distance Runaround)
My dad first introduced me to this song when I was about 10, and I just could not wrap my head aroun...
Sick Lix: Hunter Burgan (Catch a Hot One)
I got this record for my 14th birthday because I was the biggest AFI fan. I’ve always adored H...
Sick Lix: Dan Briggs (Astral Body)
I first discovered Between the Buried and Me when I was 17 years old, working at a record store (I j...
Sick Lix: Stuart Zender (Scam)
Jamiroquai needs no introduction here at The Bassist, and neither does the groove and sickness that ...
Sick Lix: Fat Mike (The Idiots are Taking Over)
NOFX is one of my favorite punk rock bands, and Fat Mike never fails to amuse me! I’m not a ve...
Sick Lix: Jaco Pastorius (Soul Intro)
Jaco is not only the King of Bass, but also the King of Sick Lix! And probably the king of a lot of ...
Sick Lix #43 – Maurice Fitzgerald (We’re Blessed)
This was a request from one of you, so ask and you shall receive! I had a hard time finding out who ...
Sick Lix: Geddy Lee (Free Will)
This was the first bass solo that I ever “learned.” I didn’t actually learn it not...
Sick Lix: Flea (Higher Ground)
Flea has and always will be one of my favorite bass players. He was such an inspiration and a huge i...
Sick Lix: Tony Williams (Stuck in the Middle With You)
I’ve always adored playing this song. It reminds me of how my father plays bass, and my drumme...
Sick Lix: Ed Breckenridge (Hoods on Peregrine)
This record was a big deal for me; 2003 was the year I started dating my wife, the year I quit high ...
Sick Lix: Gerald Johnson (Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma)
I had never heard this song until it came on the radio in a restaurant I was at. I wrote it down on ...
Sick Lix: Tim Foreman (Selling the News)
I love Tim Foreman. If I could trade places with any bass player in the world it would be him; I lov...
Sick Lix: Jamareo Artis (Uptown Funk)
You know this song, but did you know that Jamareo Artis is one of the Sickest bass players on the pl...
Sick Lix: Randy Bradbury (Final Day)
This Pennywise record, Full Circle, changed my life as an 11 year old punk skater who was dabbling i...
Sick Lix: Victor Wooten (Crack it Way Open)
I feel I will always be indebted to Victor Wooten. The head of this tune is so awesome that I heard ...
Sick Lix: John Paul Jones (Ramble On)
This is perhaps the greatest bass line of all time. It’s my father’s favorite, actually....
Sick Lix: Muzz Skillings (Cult of Personality)
I remember rocking out to this song in my uncle’s garage back in the early 90’s. He woul...
Sick Lix: Chuck Rainey (Do You Remember)
Someone commented on one of these Sick Lix videos recently saying that I should check out The Crusad...
Sick Lix: Roger Lima (All My Best Friends are Metalheads)
Roger Lima was one of my earliest influences as a young, budding bassist. I still can’t play m...
Sick Lix: Tal Wilkenfeld (BC)
I fell in love with Tal’s effortless tone and melodicism from the very first time that I heard...
Sick Lix: Chris Aiken (Velvet Alley)
I’ve always been a Strung Out fan, and that’s not just because they hail from the neighb...
Sick Lix: Donald "Duck" Dunn (She Caught the Katy)
The Blues Brothers is and always will be one of my favorite movies of all time. Watching it almost w...
Sick Lix: Robert Sledge (Do It Anyway)
A young student brought this song to my attention some years ago, being a huge Ben Folds fan. I alwa...
Sick Lix: Nathan Watts & Stevie Wonder (Isn’t She Lovely)
Apparently this song was originally recorded by Nathan Watts but then overdubbed on synth bass by St...
Sick Lix: Curt Smith (Head Over Heels)
Donnie Darko is a favorite movie of my wife and I. This song (and the whole soundtrack, really) brou...
Sick Lix: James Jamerson (I Can’t Get Next To You)
The man, the myth and the legend! James Jamerson is the greatest bass player you’ve never hear...
Sick Lix: Stanley Clarke (Spain)
Stanley is the reason that I play bass; he’s truly a Sick force to be reckoned with and this t...
Sick Lix: Steven Dail (Stein’s Theme)
Project 86 was one of my favorite bands back in high school, and I always adored this Sick Lick. I l...
Sick Lix: Verdine White (Shining Star)
Verdine White is responsible for this Sickest of Lix that has weaved it’s way into every funk ...
Sick Lix: Wilton Felder (I Want You Back)
How can you not smile while you play this groove? It’s magic. Try to be sad while you listen t...
Sick Lix: Ed Breckenridge (To What End)
This was the song that initially turned me on to Thrice back when I was in high school. I recall my ...
Sick Lix: Jon Walker (Mad As Rabbits)
This Panic! at the Disco record is one of my all-time favorite records. I love the approach that the...
Sick Lix: Anthony Jackson #2 (Move Me No Mountain)
Here’s part two to last week’s Sick Lix. Anthony Jackson is the King of Groove, the Prin...
Sick Lix: Anthony Jackson #1 (Move Me No Mountain)
Here’s a classic gem featuring one of the greatest bass players of all time. You’ll need...
Sick Lix: The Time Has Come
Worship music seems to leave the bass player in the dust more often than not, but not on this tune! ...
Sick Lix: Paul Turner (Smoke and Mirrors)
I love Jamiroquai so much that it actually makes me sad that I can’t dance, because there̵...
Sick Lix: Paul Bushnell (Haven’t Met You Yet)
This lick makes me smile every time. I literally laugh out loud because it makes me feel so good. Wh...
Sick Lix: Tim Foreman (Shake This Feeling)
I got my first Switchfoot cassette (ya, I’ve been a fan for that long!) back in 1998, and my l...
Sick Lix: Adam Nitti (Antisocialmedia)
I first met Adam at a masterclass he did in Nashville when I was 17. I fell in love with his techniq...
Sick Lix: Jason Harper (Cheat Me)
Dogwood was one of my favorite bands back when I was a youngster, and their 2000 release Building a ...
Sick Lix: Joe Dart (Welcome to Vulf Records)
I became a HUGE fan from the moment I first heard Vulfpeck. They’re creative, innovative, uniq...
Sick Lix: Big Ol’ Game
I wish that I knew who this bass player was, because his pocket is killer on this tune, and the enti...
Sick Lix: Forget You
I fell in love with this tune the moment I heard it, and the groove is strong with this player. I do...
Sick Lix: Nathan Watts (Sir Duke)
Groove legend Nathan Watts absolutely destroys this Stevie Wonder song, along with the rest of the b...
Sick Lix: Don Ciccone (December, 1963)
Don Ciccone, from the band The Four Seasons, plays not only one of my favorite grooves of all time, ...
Sick Lix: Ed Breckenridge (Stare at the Sun)
Ed Breckenridge, from the band Thrice, has been one of my favorite bass players since I was 15 years...
Sick Lix: John Billings #2 (Happy Song)
Here’s another sick lick from John Billings on the tune, Happy Song, from Victor Wooten’...
Sick Lix: John Billings #1 (Happy Song)
Here’s a sick lick from John Billings on the tune, Happy Song, from Victor Wooten’s Palm...
