Bass Player: David Hood

David Hood (born September 21, 1943) hales from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He also plays the trombone. He is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.

Hood started his career playing with the Mystics and as a backup musician at FAME Studios. He went on to co-found Muscle Shoals Sound Studio where he produced songs for Willie Nelson, Cher and others. He played bass on albums by Boz Scaggs, Joe Cocker, Albert King, Aretha Franklin, Cat Stevens, Peabo Bryson, Wendy Waldmand, Julian Lennon, Paul Simon, Lulu, Shirley Brown, Glenn Frey, Patti Austin, Joan Baez, Tony Joe White, Linda Ronstadt, Paul Anka, Rod Stewart, Solomon Burke, J.J. Cale, Art Garfunkel, Bob Seger, Shelby Lynne, Leon Russell, Traffic, The Staple Singers, Etta James and many, many more.  

The transcription, requested through this website, is of the tune ‘Whale Meat Again’ from the 1974 Jim Capaldi album of the same name. A simple sequence in 6:8, there are some challenges but nothing major.