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angelboy
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Post Number: 8
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 3:58 pm:   Edit Post

Best bass players tune to a)listen to and b) play....

Mine would be.......
a)Dumb Sh*t - Leathal Injection/Ice Cube (I think it's a Parlament sample but I don't know which one)
b) Kansas city milkman - Physical Presence/Level 42

I'll remember something better no doubt after I post this!!!
son_of_magni
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Post Number: 9
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 9:02 pm:   Edit Post

Flecktones, Sinister Minister (Victor Wooten)
Anything from the "Pastorious, Metheny, Bley, Ditmas" album (just unbelieveable stuff)
All of Stanley's work on the first RTF album
I could go on for a long time...
bracheen
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Username: bracheen

Post Number: 136
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 11:01 am:   Edit Post

My rule of thumb (pun is not intended) is: If Jack Bruce played it, it's worth listening to and learning.

If we could steal him away from "you know who" over to Alembic that would be just perfect.

Sam
gbarchus
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Post Number: 34
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 11:10 am:   Edit Post

James, Jerry, Jack, Jaco
811952
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Post Number: 64
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 5:44 am:   Edit Post

Paul McCartney, Tony Levin, Chris Squire, Geddy Lee, John Entwistle and of course Jamerson, Babbitt, Clarke and Pastorius. And now that I think about it, John Paul Jones, Jack Bruce and Phil Lesh (he's so melodic). A very unnoticed player from back in the day is Kasim Sultan of Utopia/Todd Rundgren, who is playing guitar for Meat Loaf these days.. Boy oh boy, I sure narrowed that down.. NOT!!
PtJoII
harald_rost
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Username: harald_rost

Post Number: 40
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 6:14 am:   Edit Post

Colin Hodgkinson ... very underrated IMHO - that's why I always put him on such lists.

Harald

palembic
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Post Number: 927
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 6:42 am:   Edit Post

Oh ...huh ...the underrated ones that really influenced me. THAT's difficult because mostly one can't remember the name: Rick Laird (with John Maclaughlin), Larry Taylor (with John Mayall and Canned Heat), John Wetton (Roxy Music), John Prakash (Lou Reed and Alice Cooper), Pino Palladino (Paul Young and Elton John). And ...well ...my "mystery-bass-player". I know him playing on a Steve MIller Band record (yes ..those black round things with a hole in the middle ...). Unfortunately I don't remember the record. We had it at home on tape (those tagliatelli on wheels with magnetic characteristics ...) but all theat is lost and I can't locate the CD version. I think that man influenced me most. I was always trying to play along with that tape. Funny ...I never knew who he was ...

Paul the bad one
rami
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Username: rami

Post Number: 287
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 7:03 am:   Edit Post

In my humble opinion... The greatest living Bass player is Alain Caron.

The most amazing fretless player, slapper, and upright player I've ever seen.

Check out the album "Basse contre Basse" in which he does a duet with Michel Donato, for starters. - You'll be hooked.

Rami

(Message edited by rami on January 20, 2004)
adriaan
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Username: adriaan

Post Number: 104
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 8:17 am:   Edit Post

Hey Paul,

The bass player for the Steve Miller Band in the 70s and 80s would have been Gerald Johnson or Lonnie Turner (between 76 and 81, "Fly like an Eagle" - no, I don't know these things, I just like to Google). You mean the left-handed guy playing a right-handed bass flipped over? Their hits sure had infectious grooves, so I suppose they're both fine players.

Adriaan
son_of_magni
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Username: son_of_magni

Post Number: 17
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 12:04 pm:   Edit Post

Hey, great list. But don't forget Felix Pappalardi from Mountain, and the incredible Alix Blake! Oh yeah, and Steve Swallow, Charlie Haden, Ray Brown, Dave Holland, and Christian McBride.

And of course Mingus...
bassman10096
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Post Number: 69
Registered: 7-2003
Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 2:03 pm:   Edit Post

Finally, somebody else who remembers Felix Pappilardi (a New Jersey kid, I believe)!! I thought I was all alone...
bracheen
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Username: bracheen

Post Number: 149
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 2:13 pm:   Edit Post

Felix was great! He not only produced Wheels of Fire, one of the two best albums ever, but he played several instruments on it as well.
son_of_magni
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Post Number: 18
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 3:51 pm:   Edit Post

Heh, Mountain is one of my favorite rock bands. One of the all time best/classic rock tunes is Mountain's "Travelin' in the Dark" and, of course, "Nantucket Sleighride".

Regarding Leslie West, I think the story was, a friend of Felix (Felix was already a producer at the time) told him he had to come see some bar band. After the show Felix said "I guess they're ok, but man that fat kid can sure play guitar!"

Felix bought his wife a handgun for protection. Sometime later she killed him with it... very sad
811952
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Post Number: 65
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 7:09 pm:   Edit Post

PTBO,
Oh. My. Gosh. My list is incomplete. Wetton is INCREDIBLE. John Prakash is the reason I bought a B.C. Rich way back when. Pino and the Bassist for Steve Miller defined their own sounds. Dee Murray (RIP) was awesome as well. Also, whoever played with Buddy Guy did some really bad-ass playing, and then there's Pete Cetera (listen to Chicago's Dialogue parts I & II for awesome phrasing of the perfect bass line). And Sting builds a good line, as does Kate Bush's bassist (I can't believe I've forgotten his name). And Greg Lake, and David Hungate and Leland Sklar (a good friend does a fair amount of session work with Lee and says he's as nice a guy as you'll ever meet). Tom Fowler, on Overnight Sensation is a master (on an Alembic too), and the guy in Phish... It saddens me that there aren't really any more recent pop/rock players on this list.. :-( As an added bonus for the Hungate fans, I'm told by my session-playing buddy that the bass riff at the end of "Africa" is a "patented" Pete Drake steel guitar riff. Apparently Dave can play them all on bass, and can play a lot of Chet Atkins' stuff as well. Cool..
PtJoII
dannobasso
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Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 115
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 7:37 pm:   Edit Post

For those of you who are not afraid of angry music, check out Mudvayne.Funk, thrash, slap, chords. Killer stuff! Don't forget, Jimmy Johnson, Brian Bromberg (just saw him at NAMM), Anthony Jackson, John Myung, John Patatucci, Alphonso Johnson, Billy Sheehan, Michael Manring, Tony Levin, Victor Wooten, Jimmy Haslip, Kim Stone, Andy West, Dave LaRue, Larry Grahmn, Geddy Lee, Steve Harris, John Alderete just to name a few along with those already mentioned.
Danno, ( waiting on a Distilate and custom Excel 5)
palembic
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Post Number: 933
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 1:03 am:   Edit Post

Brother Adriaan

thanks for looking into that. I really don't know but it is BEFORE "fly like an eagle". I don't know a title or nothing ...I think I wil have to go to a CD-store and just check all the Steve MIller CD's. For us it was just a small box with a tape-wheel in it with a sticker "Steve Miller Band" ...no numbers ...no artists ...nothing.
But (aaaaaaa that good'ol but) ...thanks, I'll go on for the quest for the lost bass-player LOL.

BTW: I forgot Tim Bogert.
Funny is that I know that guy only from just 1 record my nephew had in his basement-bar. It was from a group called "Beck, Bogert & Appice". For me the music was loud and kinda square but Ioved the bass. I never knew until YEARS later who played what in that band. so I didn't know Bogert was a bass-player. My nephew never showed me the sleeve. He just answered my question : "who's playing?" "Beck, Bogert & Appice".

Mmmmmmmm ....
Beck, Bogert & Appice ...
Beck, Bogert & Appice ...

those names on a row ...really SOUNDING ...no???


Paul the bad one ( in a dreamy mood and now rushing to work ...well ...)
kenbass4
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Post Number: 54
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 8:17 am:   Edit Post

Ok, my turn.

Besides the obvious Chris Squire, Geddy Lee, John Entwhistle and Tony Levin, there's a relatively unknown guy by the name of Pete Trewavas from Marillion. He and drummmer Ian Mosley have some of the tightest, most complex rhytmic structure I've ever heard.

Ken (TEO)
hollis
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Post Number: 4
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 12:23 pm:   Edit Post

To quote a tee shirt from a Dead show many moons ago,"More Philling....Lesh Tasty".
dean_m
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Post Number: 259
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 1:32 pm:   Edit Post

Hey Paul,

For a really good fill of classic Tim Bogert, check out any Cactus or Vanilla Fudge cd. I think Rhino Records re-released some classic Cactus stuff. That's true rock and roll bass playing. If you can't find it let me know. I can get it to you.

Sorry about the mis-information of your job description in the other thread. Thanks for correcting me.

Dino (paul the fake one)
dean_m
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Username: dean_m

Post Number: 260
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 1:41 pm:   Edit Post

Hey Danno,

You were at NAMM??? Did you happen to stop by the Ampeg booth any of the days???
dannobasso
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Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 116
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 7:05 pm:   Edit Post

Yep, I were there as a guest of the LP group. I made my rounds and covered the whole ting! My frigging feet were killing me! I didn't really spend too much time in any one place.Not even with the Dean Girls! My friend Mike Albronda was working the Aguilar booth, another pal Bobby was demoing for Korg, the singer in my band Doomtree, Steve Zing was with LP. Jerry Only was at Dean Markley. I got to talk to Billy Sheehan and Mike Khineely.I never feel too comfortable stopping players and giving platitudes. So I just say thanks for the inspiration and enjoyment that they provided me over the years. I also worked the LP40th anniversary show at the Marriot on Saturday. I helped schlep Alphonso's rigg.(Epifani, Demeter, BGW and Boss w/ Modulus 5's fretted and fretless.) Really nice guy. Shiela E's band and family performed. 48 friggin' mikes on 2 snakes were used. 48 channel console for monitors! LA Sound provided the PA. Steve and Dan from Audio Technica provided the Mikes. I set up the new Genz Benz 212 cabs (2) with the new 600 w head and 2 Diablo 212 combos. LP and Toca percussion and DW drums galore. I did have to move a few new 810 Svt cabs for the gig. Notice how many guys use them but never ever have to move them? With all of the great and fancy instruments there, I still love my Alembics best. You might recognize my mug from my website www.doomtree.com
Danno
valvil
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Username: valvil

Post Number: 321
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 8:57 pm:   Edit Post

Mingus, Oscar Pettiford and Jimmy Blanton, who's kinda of the father of us all...the first melodic jazz bass player that broke the "root & foundation" tradition. Pitter Patter Panther is one of the coolest pieces for bass ever, a duet with Duke Ellington recorded in 1940. Blanton changed bass forever; I believe he was 20-21 years old at most. Unfortunately he died of tubercolosis less than 2 years later. A great shame.

Valentino
palembic
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Username: palembic

Post Number: 941
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 12:28 am:   Edit Post

Moder, can you give me/us some CD names where Jimmy Blanton is playing?
Pitter Patter Panther???

Paul the bad one
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 325
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 7:35 am:   Edit Post

Paul; here's a good place to start:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040401221031110530&sql=Bqraxqj5bojfa
palembic
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Username: palembic

Post Number: 946
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 7:58 am:   Edit Post

Gee, thanks Dave!!!!!
bigbadbill
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Post Number: 69
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 11:39 am:   Edit Post

Hey Ken, I'm starting to wonder if we were separated at birth or something given your list of bass favourites, mine also being Squire, Entwistle and Lee, along with a few others big namers like John Paul Jones and Stan the Man.

Others who have been big influences include some fairly unheralded (or even abused!) players like Lemmy (who was my first conscious influence in his Hawkwind days, and who I love to this day, although mention of his name usually goes down like a lead balloon), John McVie of Fleetwood Mac, Sir Paul (my main unconscious - i.e. pre playing- influence), Mike Rutherford of Genesis, Stuart Zender of Jamiroquai, Joey DeMaio (turn it up!)and Leigh Gorman of Bow Wow Wow. Oh, and seeing as I was weaned on big band Jazz and BeBop, although you wouldn't guess it from the list i've just given (my dad is a Jazz trumpet player and wouldn't have any other music on in the house when I was young!), many many jazz guys, from Ray Brown to Neils HHP...in fact my influences run from the ridiculous to the sublime!Lines I love playing at home (I only play originals at gigs etc)are Badia/Boogie Woogie waltz medley (Jaco-8:30) and Come On Come Over (also Jaco), mainly because they're very different stylistically to what I normally do (plus they are damn cool!)Oh, and my favourite bass tone ever is Glenn Hughes on Deep Purple's "Made in Europe", but I suppose that's another thread....
bigbadbill
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Post Number: 70
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 11:45 am:   Edit Post

I can't believe I forgot James...that's Jamerson by the way....
kenbass4
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Username: kenbass4

Post Number: 55
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 11:59 am:   Edit Post

Shaun,

Yeah, I can't beleive I forgot Mike and of course Sir Paul! I remember seeing Genesis on the 10th anniversary of "Supper's Ready" That was when he still played that really cool Shergold Double Neck. In Fact, I can credit Mike Rutherford as leading me to Alembic in the first place. He had an Omega Series I, IIRC

Ken (TEO)
palembic
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Username: palembic

Post Number: 949
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 12:17 pm:   Edit Post

Broter Shaun you were a big help. The "Bow-wow-wow" bass-player was also an inluence on me and unknown by name. Well honest, the evening before yesterday I was trying to play along with "Do you wanna hold me". I said TRYING ...my fingers went in a knot after 10 minutes HA!

Paul the bad one
bracheen
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Username: bracheen

Post Number: 157
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 12:47 pm:   Edit Post

I remember when I could play for 10 minutes straight without having to take a nap afterward.
Those were the days.

Sam
kenbass4
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Post Number: 57
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 7:47 pm:   Edit Post

Sam,

You can remember....what were we talking about again??

:-)
bracheen
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Username: bracheen

Post Number: 159
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 3:46 am:   Edit Post

I don't know Ken, I'm not sure I understood the question when I first read it but am pretty sure we've strayed from the intended path.

Sam
dnburgess
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Username: dnburgess

Post Number: 175
Registered: 1-2003
Posted on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 4:53 am:   Edit Post

Just a few that haven't been mentioned:
Glen Cornick (Jethro Tull, Wild turkey, Paris), Mick Karn (Japan, solo - is the reason why my next bass after the Nightbass will be fretless), Noel Redding, Berry Oakley (Allman Bros), Louis Johnson, Bernard Edwards, Kenny Gradney (Little Feat), Chuck Rainey
willie
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Post Number: 9
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Posted on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 6:24 am:   Edit Post

did anybody mention les claypool
lindoom
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Posted on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 7:13 am:   Edit Post

HOW ABOUT PERCY JONES OF BRAND X ANYONE REMEMBER HIM?
811952
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Post Number: 67
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 7:28 am:   Edit Post

Percy Jones puts the motherbiatch in motherbiatch! Ah, yes, Brand X... Way up there on the list of music I'll never, ever be able to play well. There's a clip of him standing still (relatively speaking) on the BassLobster (http://www.aic.se/basslob/) page..
John the Paul the John one two (and only 900 or so posts shy of Paul TBO)
echo008
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Post Number: 34
Registered: 2-2003
Posted on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 11:05 am:   Edit Post

boogie on reggae woman - Stevie Wonder
damn what a great song!!!
son_of_magni
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Post Number: 21
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 2:18 pm:   Edit Post

Wow, someone else knows about Brand X! Pretty much all downhill for Phil Collins after that. I'm going to have to set up a turntable and play some Brand X tonight...
lindoom
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Posted on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 3:38 pm:   Edit Post

yeah man i did the same thing today unorthodox behaviour what an album it certainly smacks of euphoric hysteria! Percy definatly put the motherbiatch in. another overlooked bassist is Patrick O'hearn and his time with Zappa by the way BABY SNAKES just came out on dvd great live show of the mothers REQUIERED VEIWING by all thats your homework for this weekend
bigideas
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Post Number: 3
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Posted on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 - 2:38 pm:   Edit Post

these are great players, but i'm not seeing Les Claypool anywhere (i'm hoping i missed it). sure his stuff is a little odd, but come on. people learning/playing bass should listen to his stuff just to hear how far you can take bass playing in the opposite direction from most mainstream playing.
palembic
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Username: palembic

Post Number: 976
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 - 3:41 pm:   Edit Post

I just remember I grew into bass, playing along with the "4-way street" live album of CSN&Y. Calvin "Fuzzy" Samules played bass there and did an excellent job later with Steven Stills' Manassas project.

Paul the bad one

Gregory Reeves on "deją vu" was out of my league I discovered.
musikill
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Username: musikill

Post Number: 44
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 3:06 pm:   Edit Post

It would seem that all of the names mentioned above would just about cover it, but I would like to add these five to the list:

Percy Faith - Brand X (I didn't see him mentioned until I looked again) Check out the Live disk from the mid '70's.

Ron Wood - Bass on early Jeff Beck disks. Ron laid down some classic solid motown style lines with a great tube overdrive sound.

Herbie Flowers - Bass for Lou Reed and David Bowie in 70's. Check out David Bowie Live at the Philadelphia Towers (if you can find it - it's out of print). Herbie played solid, melodic lines. Real nice to listen to and right in the pocket.

Billy Cox - Jimi Hendrix

Bootsy Collins - This guy gave even the godfather J.B. a few lessons!

greg


(Message edited by musikill on January 28, 2004)

(Message edited by musikill on January 28, 2004)
dannobasso
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Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 123
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 4:57 pm:   Edit Post

If I'm not mistaken Percy Faith had an orchestra and made music that competed with Mitch Miller, Peter Lemonjello and Perry Como. Percy Jones was the guy who later used Foderas.
If you Claypool fans pick up his latest Primus CD it has a collection of their videos and some live performances. How he can sing and play that stuff is amazing. I used to cover John the fisherman, Wynona and Blue Collared Tweekers. Was Dave Pegg mentioned?
Danno
bracheen
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Username: bracheen

Post Number: 181
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 8:35 am:   Edit Post

I think almost every bass player past or present has been mentioned except....
GEEZER BUTLER
Did you get your question answered, Paul (TAO)?
This is kinda like asking what's the best string.

Sam
bigbadbill
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Username: bigbadbill

Post Number: 76
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 10:04 am:   Edit Post

I saw "Disco Les" and gang supporting Rush on the Roll the Bones tour and he was brilliant, I've got to say. Never before has a bass player had me scratching my head like he did, and as I love really individual players, yep, I was impressed (just bought the DVD actually). And Geezer.... I forgot Geezer.....and Mick Karn!!! By the way, Paul TBO, if you think "Do You wanna Hold Me" is tough, try "Sexy Eiffel Towers", or "Gold He Said";and I believe Leigh (or Leroy as he was known back in the day) had only been playing bass a few years at the time...
alemboid
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Post Number: 32
Registered: 5-2003
Posted on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 11:01 am:   Edit Post

Ralph Armstrong with Jean Luc Ponty. An overlooked master at in the pocket groove playing. Bill the "Bhudda" Dickens will change your life! Richard Bona live is a way to be re-born when it comes to making a bass sing/cry for mercy! I don't recommend Danny Partridge from the Partridge Family TV series...no pocket grooves there ;-)

Bryant
palembic
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Username: palembic

Post Number: 998
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 3:40 pm:   Edit Post

I saw Ralph live in BRussels together with John Mac Laughlin and TMO about 30 yeard ago.

Oh boy ....quite a bassplayer!!!
It was the first time I heard a bass-player using effects on his bass (wah-wah, fuzztones etc...)

Paul the bad one
bracheen
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Username: bracheen

Post Number: 187
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 3:55 pm:   Edit Post

Two more Paul! You can do it, you're almost there!
dannobasso
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Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 127
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 7:37 pm:   Edit Post

Jonahs Hellborg. Saw him with the second incarnation of Mahavishnu playing doubleneck Wal bass. Getting a Distilate 5 on Tuesday, thanks Mica & Susan for your suggestions.

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