Routed in the Blues

Various tracks featuring bass solos, or solo bass or emphasising bass

Solo Bass

Bill Boethius, Alone, Unadulterated

At the well 

Bill Boethius Osborn; guitars

Composed, performed, arranged & produced by Bill Boethius Osborn

At the Well

Sat down in the front room to play a short 2x12 bar blues on my mother's birthday, thinking of when she was a barmaid. 

Bill Boethius: guitars, [Ibanez Gax70 guitar & Boss wah wah], voice


Composed, performed and produced by Bill Boethius

12 bar maid shorts

A Murmuration of Starlings

"The Egerton Manuscript listed a 'murmuracyon' back in 1468 & most subsequent lists from the 15th Cent include this entry. As with many terms describing flocks of birds this one is inspired by the sound the birds make when they flock together."
[Chloe Rhodes]

Bill Boethius: guitars.
Guitar used is a Fender Stratocaster hardtail.

Composed, performed & produced by Bill Boethius

A Murmuration of Starlings

A long withdrawn murmuration as my Autumn passed into Winter.
Partly inspired by the feel of the 'Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu, Rabbit' album.

Bill Boethius: guitars, bass, drum machine


Composed, performed & produced by Bill Boethius

After Autumn

A delta blues bottleneck guitar meets a guitar synth on the Venus Delta

Bill Boethius: slide guitar, guitar synth

Composed, performed & produced by Bill Boethius

Nail Norns

Some low down thumping.

Live loop bass solo - no overdubs

Bill Boethius: 5 string bass

Composed, performed, produced by Bill Boethius

Bassed

Just wallow in the deep bass tones

Bill Boethius; bass

Composed, performed & produced by Bill Boethius

TBird Turtle

A slide prelude ...

Bill Boethius: lap steel, electric, acoustic & bass guitars

Composed, performed & produced by Bill Boethius

The Moonshine of my Soul

A quick improv for lovers of low frequencies [LOLF]
Dedicated to Roger Glover in recognition of his work on Fireball, Gemini Suite & Machine Head.

Bill Boethius: 5 string bass

Composed, performed & produced by Bill Boethius