Have at it.
Victor Wooten? Jack Bruce? Stanley Clarke? Les Claypool? Mingus? Entwistle? Michael Henderson? Jaco Pastorius? Jack Cassidy? Bootsy?
Let your personal froths foam and the abuse fly!
Have at it.
Victor Wooten? Jack Bruce? Stanley Clarke? Les Claypool? Mingus? Entwistle? Michael Henderson? Jaco Pastorius? Jack Cassidy? Bootsy?
Let your personal froths foam and the abuse fly!
Not already mentioned: Aston Barrett, Larry Graham, Mark King, Robbie Shakespeare, James Jamerson, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Noel Redding, Willie Dixon, Marcus Miller, Charlie Haden, Paul Chambers, Robert Popwell, Pino Palladino, Sting, Armistead Burwell Smith.
Mark Sandman
alphonso johnson, mark egan, andy west, louis johnson, niels henning orsted pederson, phil chen, fernando saunders, mark king, lots of others I'm forgetting
Colin Greenwood.
Flea seems like he should be in there somewhere.
While Wooten is a consumate technician, I gots to give my props to Jaco Pastorius as my favorite.
__LOVED__ Weather Report back in the day.
Second is probably Bootsy since I'm a complete Parliament/Funkadelic fiend.
Then there's Michael Henderson who started w/Stevei Wonder, but laid down some of my all time favorites with Miles Davis in Jack Johnson, LIve Evil, Bitches Brew, Agharta/Pangea, On The Corner, etc.
Mingus gets the props for touch.
All those other guys I mentioned kind of mash together. Claypool is a nut. Cassidy is really, really under appreciated. And yeah, Larry Graham in Sly's band was fantastic.
And I'll admit I always thought Noel Redding was a putz.
Whoops, yeah, flea is fantastic.
Double whoops squared: forgot John Wetton, bass player for early 70s King Crimson as well as Trey Gunn in the 90s.
And how can I foregt Bill Laswell not only as a bass player, but as a musician who drove to the weird lands of My Life In The Bush of Ghosts, Material and Praxis.
Jonas Helborg
Stu Hamm
Geezer Butler
John Paul Jones
Geddy Lee
Tony Franklin
Percy Jones
John Myung
Cliff Burton
John Entwistle
Robert Trujillo
Holy shit, I forgot to note Hugh Hopper, definitely a pioneer.
Paul Jackson, Bernard Odum, Bakithi Kumalo
i enjoy Phil Lesh
John Entwhistle
Tony Levin
Oteil Burbridge
Tool's Justin Chancellor is rock solid, IMHO.
Still waiting for someone to throw Phil Lesh into the mix. Although not bad he never once blew me away. EDIT: HAHAHAHAHA MMP!
Laswell only played on "America is Waiting," Buster.
Mike Watt
As usual, the big guns have been listed, but who can leave it out one of the most recognizable basslines ever/John Deacon. I also like Andy Rourke and Stuart Zender.
Here is a vote for Ashish Vyas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBknjYX2PaI
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ph...-time-20110331
;)
too many to name but my standouts would be:
Stanley Clarke
Jaco Pastorius
Tony Levin
John Entwistle
John Paul Jones
Les Claypool
Geddy Lee
Flea
Robert Trujillo (INfectious GRooves only)
Louis Johnson
Dammit, was going to put up Noel Redding[/end of thread], but Buster beat me to the joke.
Like 100 names mentioned and no Ron Carter? Guy laid it down for just about everyone who mattered and played on about 10,000 recordings. And still kills it.
PNWBrit, Sting? Is my sarcasm meter broken? I think when he did his pseudo-jazz thing he wasn't even allowed near a bass. Good songwriter, but I've never heard bass players talk about him at all.
2nd edit: ok, I do remember a 'Bass Player' magazine cover with Sting on it, so I'm sure bass players talked about him, but if you're talking about greatest 'players' I still don't see it.
James Jamerson.
Gary Peacock also kills.
edit: didn't see PNW also mentioned Jamerson, but he merits a second. Lotta good guys--there's also this young girl I saw with Jeff Beck who impressed me.
Jimi Hendrix.
Shuggie Otis (not sure he belongs in a bass player thread either, but you can't have too much of him).
and please add Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) to that list
Just sick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVl39LBZGMw
...and clearly someone who studied Mr. Entwistle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5omFFeLEXFE
Fucking amazing Bass player (voted best Rock bassist 5x by Guitar Mag) but too bad he was in such shitty bands.
Tippster; not a Mr. Big fan.
Hell. Yes.Quote:
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Speaking of Yes: Chris Squire.
Nope. I think his bass playing with the Police qualifies as world class. Obviously he's not particularly associated with the instrument now.Quote:
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Talking about his peudo-jazz thing that was Darryl Jones playing bass. Who replaced Wyman in the Stones. He's cleary a far better player than Wyman, but not as good in the Stones as Bill was.
Which is why McCartney gets so many accolades for his Bass work in the Beatles. No he wasn't the flashiest fretman around, but his work fit his music perfectly.
Right. And McCartney changed the way the instrument was used in rock. But I'd think of him (and several hundred other guys) long before Sting would occur to me. I always felt you could have had just about anyone playing bass for The Police or Sting's other bands (when Sting did play bass) to equal or better effect.
I'm also having more trouble with this instrument than others coming up with just one guy I think is most important. There is a group of probably 15-20 guys that I would say were all amazing and influential, but couldn't really settle on just one (or three or five).
In that same vein I nominate Adam Clayton.Quote:
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And Paul Simonon deserves a spot in the 100.
Always thought the guy from Duran Duran was excellent too. Just not cool to say so.
Nathan East.
Richard Cousins from the original Robert Cray band.
Big fan of Davey Faragher from Costello's current band.
His playing style was pretty fundamental to the bands sound though? Spirits in the material world, Voices inside my head, Walking on the Moon, Synchronicity II.... we just talked about about plugging in a "better" player in the Stones and it not being as good.Quote:
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Do you play Dex?
Miroslav Vitous. And oops on Ron Carter and a bunch of others.
Not my place to even try to knock your loves down, but you guys go ahead.
Not in order:
Geddy Lee
Jack Bruce
Sir Paul
Entwistle
Steve Harris
Cliff Burton
Stanley Clarke
Flea
native South Carolianian, James Jamerson
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And I'll admit I always thought Noel Redding was a putz.
he was a guitarist recruited to become a bassist.
I can always spot a guitarist playing bass...
I liked Hendrix' sound better with Billy Cox and Buddy Miles...
One of the Taylors, I'm sure (John? Andy?). Always liked him--played in Power Station, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
Always felt you could drop any other decent player in there and they'd play similar lines without giving it too much thought. I would say Stewart Copeland was a lot more important to their sound than Sting was (as a bass player--of course his voice and songwriting were what made the band).Quote:
His playing style was pretty fundamental to the bands sound though? Spirits in the material world, Voices inside my head, Walking on the Moon, Synchronicity II.... we just talked about about plugging in a "better" player in the Stones and it not being as good.
Will definitely listen a little more closely next time I'm listening to a Police album. Had Ghosts in the Machine on heavy rotation for drives to VT a few years back.Not bass, but my brother does. Always felt they (bass players) were the weirdest of musicians.Quote:
Do you play Dex?
Guitarist buddy of mine posted a FB shot of himself playing bass (with the Green Day guy for the musical) and a bass player friend responded "they all think they can play bass." Which they sort of do. And Noel wasn't great, but especially on the concert stuff I sort of liked some his guitar style bass parts. Story was he got the job partially due to his hair.Quote:
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How about Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order? No other bassist sounds anything like him.
that billy sheehan clip was crazy
george porter jr.
def not top 100, but i always enjoyed robert sledge, of ben folds five. melodious at times, some nasty fuzz work, sick runs. he really filled the sound out for them only being a trio
anyone mention michael "cactus" gordon?
Les by a mile IMO. The stuff the guy can do is with it is rather amazing, especially in his live shows.
Always enjoyed Jamaladeen Tacuma. Rick James was underrated.
Otherwise, you guys have covered it well.
Color me stupid. Got to see Ornette Coleman's Prime Time band in a tiny club in Pioneer Square in the early 80s. Literally less than 50 people and I sat on the edge of the stage next to Jamaaladeen. The guy blew me away, fucking amazing player.Quote:
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Wooten and Stu Zender for sure.
Shoutout to John McVie of Fleetwood Mac (probably not top 100, but great nonetheless)
Died this past Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
"Jake ain't lying though. We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline"