Eric Krasno, Soulive

[Bob Mc]

Saw this guy playing with the funky Meters this past Saturday and really liked his playing. I'm a big fM fan and have seen Brain Stoltz with them mostly, and while I think he's a great player, he could get a little too shreddy for me. Last year Ian Neville sat in on a few tunes and I was underwhelmed.
Eric was old school cool and stayed in the pocket. Great tone (Ibanez 335, Mesa Dual Retcifier).

I had heard the live Soulive CD ("Soulive") years ago but wasn't really all that impressed, can anyone recommend a few recordings?
Bob

 

[staxman]

I saw Soulive at the Stax 50th Celebration Concert in Memphis last year, The band was debuting their first release on the freshly revived Stax label-- almost sounded like the group Living Colour. I prefer their older Booker T/Meters-inspired B-3 instrumentals such as on their early albums.

Go to http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:ajfixqujldse~T2 to hear samples from almost all their releases. I recommend starting at the beginning and working forward to discover where on their musical evolution your tastes fit in. Hope this helps.

 

[1293]

Try http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Aetree%20AND%20creator%3A%22Soulive%22

 

[Bob Mc]

"almost sounded like the group Living Colour"

Yikes! Glad I asked.
I will sit down tonight and check those samples out guys, thanks.

 

[Praxis]

Soulive

Great stuff!

 

[Bob Mc]

Yeah, maybe I did'nt give that live CD enough of a chance.
The show I saw was recorded the show but I don't see it available yet, hopefully the boys agreed to it.

I can never add much of value when soloing over those Meters grooves, I'd like to cop a few of Krasno's ideas.

 

[greggorypeccary]

I saw Soulive at the Stax 50th Celebration Concert in Memphis last year, The band was debuting their first release on the freshly revived Stax label-- almost sounded like the group Living Colour. I prefer their older Booker T/Meters-inspired B-3 instrumentals such as on their early albums.

Living Colour is the last thing I'd compare their latest CD to. It really has the old school grooves with the addition of soulful vocals.

I used to dig the Evans Brothers when they played with Peter Prince in Moon Boot Lover in the early 90's.

 

[staxman]

Certainly didn't mean the Living Colour reference as a slam or an indication of their latest release. However, they played at an after-party for the Stax shindig and they rocked out in a grungy, distorted Living Colour style-- decidedly NOT in a Funky Meters sort of way the original poster was digging at the gig he saw.

 

[DustinG]

Just published a newsletter issue focused on Krasno's and his playing style:

https://vividguitar.co/newsletter/the-eric-krasno-edition/

 

[Old Plank]

I remember the album based on Rubber Soul - "Rubber Soulive" was fun ... will have to revisit that one today, thanks for the reminder!

 

[Spudly]

I like Soulive - Soulive.
Really, any of their early 2000s material is pretty similar. If you want a more lavish production then the later 2000s material is it.

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

Both he & John Mayer were tutored by the great Tomo Fujita. An excellent teacher & player.