Dunn was the bassist in Eric Clapton's band for Clapton's appearance at Live Aid in 1985. He also used a red 1966 Precision in some of the scenes; a bass stamped "Demo" on the back, which was later fitted with a late '60s Jazz Bass neck. Early life. Dunn was married to his wife, June, until his death. | About a year later, he acquired his first Fender Precision Bass, with sunburst body, rosewood neck, and gold anodized pickguard. The MG's and Dunn's bass lines on songs like Otis Redding's "Respect" and "I Can't Turn You Loose", Sam & Dave's "Hold On, I'm Comin'", and Albert King's "Born Under a Bad Sign" influenced musicians everywhere. This "Jazzision" became the basis for a Lakland Skyline Series signature bass made by the Chicago bass company Lakland nearly 20 years later.[15]. In the 2000s, Dunn was in semi-retirement, although he still performed occasionally with Booker T. & the MG's at clubs and music festivals. In the 1970s, Jones and Cropper left Stax, but Dunn and Jackson stayed with the label. Pop Culture. He would lose this bass when Otis Redding and members of the Bar-Kays were killed in a plane crash, and the bass was on loan to bassist James Alexander. is a nationally syndicated talk show featuring discussion, comedy, and interviews designed to explore what it’s like to live out Steve Brown’s teaching on grace and freedom. The group backed such guitarists as Joe Walsh and David Hidalgo on the main stage at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. "[19], Nix, Don. After Cropper began playing guitar with their friend Charlie Freeman, Dunn decided to learn to play the bass guitar. Official Sites After Cropper began playing guitar with their friend Charlie Freeman, Dunn decided to learn to play the bass guitar. As an instrumental group, they continued to experiment with the album McLemore Avenue (their reworking of the Beatles' Abbey Road) and on their final album, Melting Pot (1971), which featured basslines that to this day serve as a source of inspiration for hip-hop artists. In 1980, with the popular Blues Brothers Band touring regularly, Fender gave Dunn a new bass to try, the company's first active electronics equipped model, the Precision Bass Special. Dunn grew up playing sports and riding his bike with another future professional musician, Steve Cropper. Kevin Mazur / WireImage. [15][16], In 1992, Dunn was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Booker T. & the MG's.[17]. He had been in Japan as part of an ongoing tour with Cropper and Eddie Floyd. [14], While filming "The Blues Brothers," Dunn used a sunburst early ‘70s Fender Precision bass with a rosewood fretboard and a "tortoiseshell" pickguard. [10], On the morning of May 13, 2012, Dunn died in his sleep after finishing his fifth double show[11] at the Blue Note nightclub in Tokyo with Cropper the night before. Dorothy Lucille (Dunn) Kirkham She began her life’s journey on November 26, 1921 in Louisette, Virginia to George Thomas and Augusta (Baethge) Dunn. CBS headquarters in New York. However, CCR ultimately decided to remain a trio from then on. It was a combination that was popular with other top-level players, including Carl Radle, and Billy Cox. During the 1960s, he used a nearly identical 1959 model, but it was outfitted with a rosewood fretboard. In 2017 Dunn was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Bass Player Magazine for his contributions to "the art, craft, and profession of bass playing. | Dunn is married to the former Priscilla Proffitt. He reunited with Cropper as a member of Levon Helm's RCO All Stars and also displayed his quirky Southern humor making two movies with Cropper, former Stax drummer Willie Hall, and Dan Aykroyd, as a member of the Blues Brothers band. #002 is currently on display at the Hard Rock Cafe in Orlando, Florida. In June 2004, Dunn, Cropper, and Jones served as the house band for Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival. Career 1960s: First bands. In 2007 Dunn[18] and members of Booker T. & the MG's (Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper and Lewie Steinberg), along with Barbara Jackson, the widow of Al Jackson, Jr., were given a Lifetime Achievement Grammy award for their contributions to popular music. "That's why Duck Dunn's bass lines are very unique," Cropper said, "They're not locked into somebody's schoolbook somewhere". He played this bass briefly, before gifting it to a friend. Dunn & the MGs were the house band for Bob Dylan's concert celebrating Dylan's 30th anniversary in the music business at Madison Square Garden playing behind Dylan, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Stevie Wonder, Sinéad O'Connor, Eddie Vedder, and Neil Young, who recruited the MGs to tour with him and recorded with Dunn several times since. In 1998, Dunn collaborated with Fender to produce a signature Precision Bass: a candy apple red model based on the late 1950s style, with a gold anodized pickguard, split coil humbucking pickup, maple neck, and vintage hardware. [12], When Dunn was 16, he bought his first bass guitar, a Kay 162 electric bass. Dunn was notable for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G. The Messick High School group added keyboardist Jerry Lee "Smoochy" Smith, singer Ronnie Angel (also known as Stoots), and a budding young horn section in baritone saxophone player Don Nix, tenor saxophone player Charles "Packy" Axton, and trumpeter (and future co-founder of the Memphis Horns) Wayne Jackson. Joanna Gaines, Gabrielle Union and more stars have released picture books for children. | Booker T. and the MG's had performed in concert and jammed in the studio with CCR in the past, and Dunn in particular had become friends with the band members. On television, Dunn was a regular on Broadway Open House. 's and as a session bassist for Stax Records. It was fellow studio legend Bob Glaub who introduced Dunn to the people at Lakland, and based on his "Jazzision" bass from the Blues Brothers movie, the company's Duck Dunn signature model was released (later available as the model 44-64 Custom). ... Steve Ross is the guy,” WCBS anchor Maurice DuBois said. Release Dates and was frequently shown smoking a pipe whilst playing. Over the years, Dunn played through an Ampeg Portaflex, or "Fliptop," B-15 combo (so named for its head that flipped over to store in the cabinet), as well as a Kustom 200 stack, and a Fender rig. Dunn and Cropper arrived in Australia on February 20, 2008, to be Sebastian's backing band for an 18-date concert tour, the Memphis Tour.[8]. Dunn played himself in the 1980 feature The Blues Brothers, where he famously uttered the line, "We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline!" In addition to those of Duck's basses that are displayed at Hard Rock Cafe locations, some are in museums (like the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland), and others are in the hands of private collectors. Filming & Production She also was featured on the TV shows of Perry Como, Bob Hope, Red Skelton Steve Allen, and Ed Sullivan and appeared on The Hollywood Palace and The Bell Telephone Hour. At Stax, Dunn played on thousands of records, including hits by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, Bill Withers, Elvis Presley and many others. Company Credits Dunn is credited with performing on a version of the standard "I Ain't Got Nobody" with Jones, Cropper and Michel Gondry in Gondry's 2008 film Be Kind Rewind. He is best known for his use of an Ampeg SVT head and the company's matching 8×10" cabinet through his endorsement deal with Ampeg. He was the featured bass player on the single "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around", by Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty, from Nicks's debut solo album Bella Donna (1981), and on other tracks by Petty between 1976 and 1981. Eventually, along with drummer Terry Johnson, the four became the Royal Spades. The Dunn family has serial numbers XXX001, XXX002, and XXX003 in their collection. | The actors, who have been married for 25 years, recalled the first time they met and how a decade passed before they finally fell in love. He is a member of the Jefferson County Retired Teachers Association, the Alabama Education Association and the National Education Association. A comedy about the less-than-perfect marriage of Al and Peggy Bundy as they attempt to bring their children up as only they can. British government denies knowing Harry Dunn's 'killer' was a spy: Boris Johnson's spokesman says suspect in crash that killed 19-year-old 'was notified to us as spouse with no official role' It was on one of these basses that Duck played his final shows, and that bass remains with his son Jeff, complete with sweat streaks from his final moments of playing. He was an avid user of thick La Bella flatwound strings, as was James Jamerson. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy and went on to have a distinguished career.Governor Pat Jameson once outlined his resume: "Amphibious, five years Naval … In 1992, he was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s. The instrument never caught on with the buying public, and it was offered only for a brief time. Dunn was born in Memphis, Tennessee.His father nicknamed him "Duck" while watching Disney cartoons with him one day.Dunn grew up playing sports and riding his bike with another future professional musician, Steve Cropper. She married … [7], In 2008, Dunn worked with the Australian soul singer Guy Sebastian touring for The Memphis Album. Over the decades, he was given various basses by friends and admirers, which included models by Travis Bean, Rickenbacker, Gibson, custom builders, and others, but his everyday instrument was always his Precision. He currently serves on the Industrial Development Board and Bessemer Advocacy Center Board of Directors. CBS declined to comment on its coverage of Ross. Arizona during the attacks on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.. Steve McGarrett. Steve Brown, Etc. [4], Booker T. and the M.G. 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He appeared in the 1998 sequel, Blues Brothers 2000, once again playing himself. His father nicknamed him "Duck" while watching Disney cartoons with him one day. Donald "Duck" Dunn (November 24, 1941 – May 13, 2012)[1][2] was an American bass guitarist, session musician, record producer, and songwriter. Peter Dunn is married to his sister-in-law. In 1971, when the rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty left Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), the remaining members discussed with Dunn the possibility of his joining the group, with their current bassist, Stu Cook, moving to guitar. Celebrity parents in print! Dunn went on to play for Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton, Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, and Rod Stewart. 's was founded by Cropper and Booker T. Jones in 1962, with the drummer Al Jackson, Jr.[5] The original bassist, on early hits such as "Green Onions", was Lewie Steinberg; Dunn replaced him in 1965.[6]. He is ranked number 40 on Bass Player magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time".[3]. In the mid-1980s, after nearly three decades, Dunn switched from Fender instruments, and became an endorser for Mississippi-based Peavey. "Memphis Man" Living High, Laying Low (1997, 2015), The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads, Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul, Blues for Elvis – King Does the King's Things, "Legendary Session Bassist Donald 'Duck' Dunn Passes Away at 70", "The 100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time", "Bass Player Donald 'Duck' Dunn Dies in Tokyo", Blue Note Tokyo: Stax!
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