A Taste of Honey: Boogie Oogie Oogie (1978)
Like it or not, disco produced some great bass lines. Jeff Kerestes shared this music video of A Taste of Honey, featuring bassist/vocalist Janice-Marie Johnson, on our Facebook page.
The song, “Boogie Oogie Oogie,” is a classic example of groovy bass from the ’70s.
“I just came across this video,” Jeff said. “Classic bass line! Great female bass player.”
Agreed!
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disco, or some of it at least was quite funky. I love the way Janice plays the bass (not necessary the singing.. but she still can sing much better than myself)!
Oh! What a Fun Time that was!!! 1978! I was there!!
I would have given anything to be born earlier and experienced disco first hand
Singing bass player. Always impressive IMO :)
For some reason it’s very hard to notice other band members in this clip :)
oh .. and a very cool bass line… I always digged this song :)
PURE RESPECT!!!! IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY AND SING AT THE SAME TIME!!! (caps on purpose!) “Listen to my bass, yeah!”
That was hot!!! I remember learning to play that in the late 70’s. took me a while to believe it wasn’t gimmick, that she really played the bass, and sing too….
U AN (OG) T
I was in college when this song came out. Unfortunately I wasn’t interested in playing the bass at that time, but I sure was interested in Janice-Marie Johnson. Seeing this video reminded me why. She was a good lookin woman.