One of my ALL TIME favorite bassists past away today – Donald “Duck” Dunn.  He’s such a legend, it’s impossible to express how amazing and important he was.  He was funky, solid, interesting, quirky, grooving and also groovin’ – that’s right – groovING and groovIN’.  For real, shaw ’nuff.

I remember the first time I ever saw him, on video, of course.  It was in the Blues Brothers.  Here’s my favorite scene from that movie – Dunn shows up in a green shirt at 0:27.

And then, later, he was on the Eric Clapton record “Behind the Sun,” and the video for “Forever Man” features a slick Dunn.  I totally ate that record up when it came out.  I also recall thinking that I needed a denim trench coat after seeing that video…

What a sad moment.  Much love to his family, and respect to the great master.

R.

PS – ok, really, this is probably my favorite scene in The Blues Brothers, but Dunn isn’t in it.