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I know I've asked this question before, but unfortunately never got a reply.....
probably because no-one knew, but given there has been a few new faces since, maybe this time, someone will finally be able to answer me

Does anyone know the name of the piece below

40 years ago today, MTV made it's debut with it's first music video. How many of you remember watching? MTV is not the same cool network it once was. You rarely see music videos on it today, or possibly none. Feel free to post some of your favorite music videos you remember watching on MTV through the years.

Conventional electric bass playing uses the extended fingers to pluck the strings the same way an upright (concert double bass) is played from generations ago. 'Slap' is a more recent style of bass guitar playing that involves a downward striking the lower pitched strings (slap) with the thumb. The player's hand is cupped to upwardly pluck the higher pitched strings with the index, middle and ring fingers creating a syncopated rhythm. The slap effect has a brighter sound than normal playing and makes the bassist stand out sonically.

That said... I've been following an Italian musician, Davide Biale who runs a YouTube channel by the handle Davie504. He does a variety of videos that support SLAP.
Extremely popular, his channel has 9.77 million subscribers and his videos get millions of plays. Davie is talented, comical, informative and many other things. Distorted face effects, rain for sadness, sparks of energy when the users slap him to make things happen are typical in his videos. So is the click-bait and challenges with other YouTubers. His signature video sign-off is a slap followed by a few seconds of 'emotional support' to pretend he's listening to the viewer and offering advice.

One of my favorite videos is his solo slap performance with chords and tapping style. I know he plays piano and guitar very well, he downplays this as bass is the only 'real' instrument in the world. This is the 'raw' solo version. There are a few videos with other musicians adding flavor to his bass track.

I must have been eleven when my dad took me to a music store/pawn shop to buy my first guitar. It was $17 and we didn't have the cash to pay for it at one time. They trusted my dad to return later to pay the balance.

It was a no-name steel string Spanish guitar with a wound G-string.
The metal used in guitar strings before the 1970's wasn't very high tech. The first 2 strings (E and B) were solid and the other 4 (G, D, A, E) were solid with a bronze winding. The reason for this is a solid string of a thick diameter is nearly impossible to bend.

Electric guitars were increasingly popular and string manufacturers were experimenting with different metals to create strings of different factors giving guitarists choices they never had before. Thickness (string gauge) tone, style of play were some of the factors guitarists were seeking in a set of strings.

I remember strings would rust if you kept your guitar in a humid environment.
I tried stainless steel strings once (that didn't rust) but they were so hard to play they burned at my callouses.

The main guitar manufacturers (Fender and Gibson) had their own brand, but in the late 60's another string company Ernie Ball emerged. Ernie's product was superior in metal and string gauge. Slinky became a house name for strings that were easy to bend and play the popular styles. One factor in Slinky strings was the thinner unwound G-string.

I read somewhere that Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck were dissatisfied with the guitar strings available and used thin gauge banjo strings. That helped them achieve a 'twangy' sound the heavier strings couldn't create.

Being left-handed it's unusual to walk into a guitar store and find left handed guitars on the rack. 20+ years ago I found a cheap Indonesian made Fender Stratocaster style guitar, left-handed so I bought it. For the most part, it's an ornament in my collection and today I noticed the strings were really high. Inspection showed the wood cracked there the bolts hold the bridge assembly. Okay, I removed the strings and bridge and did some surgery with toothpicks and super glue. Amazed at the amount of dust and corrosion, this guitar didn't get much care from me. I bought strings earlier this year... it's time.

I wiped a few years of dust off the guitar and with the bridge back to it's normal position it's playable with extra light gauge slinky strings. Unwound G and all...

Down memory lane

The diva singer and the diva singer/songwriter

Surely everybody is familiar with the song "Little Darlin" by the Diamonds. It was a colossal hit for them in the mid 50's. Around the time this song was being played to death I was still living in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan. I happened to be surfing the AM band looking for something a little less popular and more earthy to listen to. My quest took me to the higher frequencies where most of the black music fans were hanging out and one night "Little Darlin" came on but it wasn't the one by the Diamonds, it was the Original by a group called the "Gladiolas". At first it sounded kind of like a bunch of teenagers singing on the street but after a minute or so I was totally hooked on this version. I later learned that Maurice Williams of "The Zodiacs" wrote this song and was the lead singer on this release.

I was up early for a client meeting west of me and on the way back (heading east) I passed a private school with 'golf course grass' along the front of the property. We are getting radical changes in temperature this time of the year. Afternoons register 105F degrees in the car and 78F degrees this morning. Combined with daily rains, the humidity is very high.
The entire lawn was covered with dew that glistened in the sunlight. It appeared white like a fresh dusting of show and disappeared as the angle of the sun changed.

The song Morning Dew was covered by many. Written by Canadian singer Bonnie Dobson and released in 1962. I first heard the Jeff Beck version on his 1968 album Truth that featured Rod Stewart on vocals.

Your time machine is fueled up and ready to transport you back to 1959. You may not have even been born yet. Enjoy your visit.