How did Oteil start to play Little Martha in his bass solo?
Oteil says, “There was a time when every night before I went to bed I’d listen to ‘Little Martha,'” he said. “It’s just such a soothing song, so peaceful. It’s funny, I still don’t know why they removed the bass line from the (“Eat A Peach”) version. It’s really beautiful what Berry did in there.’ “Anyway, one morning I woke up and for some reason I woke up to that melody and my first thought was, ‘I wonder if there’s a way to figure this out on the bass.’ When I finally figured it out, I went into soundcheck. Dickey and Gregg and those guys never do soundcheck, so I just played it for the crew, basically. And I asked Bud Snyder what he thought. He said he loved it, but he also said, ‘I can see how Dickey is not gonna like that.’ “But I decided to do it anyway. And that first night, I was so scared. I mean, I was scared just to pull the six-string out. But I did it, and Dickey, well, he loved it, which is really what I was shooting for.
Oteil says, “There was a time when every night before I went to bed I’d listen to ‘Little Martha,'” he said. “It’s just such a soothing song, so peaceful. It’s funny, I still don’t know why they removed the bass line from the (“Eat A Peach”) version. It’s really beautiful what Berry did in there.’ “Anyway, one morning I woke up and for some reason I woke up to that melody and my first thought was, ‘I wonder if there’s a way to figure this out on the bass.’ When I finally figured it out, I went into soundcheck. Dickey and Gregg and those guys never do soundcheck, so I just played it for the crew, basically. And I asked Bud Snyder what he thought. He said he loved it, but he also said, ‘I can see how Dickey is not gonna like that.’ “But I decided to do it anyway. And that first night, I was so scared. I mean, I was scared just to pull the six-string out. But I did it, and Dickey, well, he loved it, which is really what I was shooting for. And the crowd reaction – I was never prepared for
