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Location: Charlotte NC | How about who is the best looking bass player/newscaster? My vote goes for Jennifer York! :D
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Location: Tennessee | How about the best looking bass player/telecaster?
Sheryl Crow! |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Wellllll, OK.
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Location: South Portland, ME | Paul is absolutely correct, I found several old Garcia acoustic shows on the net, just Jerry and John Kahn and his bass work is astounding. |
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Location: NoVa / Richmond, VA | john myung
victor wooten
geddy lee |
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Location: Ca | I was going to add Chris Squire and Jack Casady to the original list, but several people beat me to it.
Squire, especially, is and was one of the most inovative bassists. Just listen to his parts on Yes' Fragile album not to mention Yes' latest, Magnification, which sadly is already out of print though it is only 3.5 years old.
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| Yeah Chris Squire!
I am not an expert concerning musicians past or present, But I know that this time around, while working on songs as primarily a bass player, I know what songs are the toughest for me to play. So with the limited list of Bass musicians I have tried to copy it would look somthing like this;
Chris Squire
Chris Squire
Chris Squire
Chris Squire, Who by the way has a fantastic voice and sings all the time! Just try to play Heart of the Sunrise, Tempus Fugit or his solo work in Hold Out Your Hand! I have learned these and just figured out "Does it really Happen" ! This guy is a workout every time! Then try and sing what he sings in these songs! There is no one like him on a bass guitar! and that is a Fact. I have a towel I use to wipe the sweat with after playing his songs. He is a TASK! The guy's I am working with can't believe I can play his stuff! I can't believe it either! It takes everything I have do to get through a song.
Just listen to any YES music and follow the bass line you will see many of the songs are completely bass driven! The guitar work of Steve Howe is unbelievable but very often it seems to accompany the bass and does not drive the song!
John Entwistle
Geddy Lee
Paul M.
Sting
Now the list is filled with great bassists but I have not tried music from guy's like
Stanley Clark
Victor Wooten
Flea etc. etc.and on & on
But That photo of Sheryl Crow has me rethinking the whole thing!
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Location: Iowa | John Entwistle
Tony Levin
Larry Graham
Chris Squire
James Jameson
Jack Bruce
Geddy Lee
That should do it. |
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Location: State College, PA | Like a bunch already metioned (and whom I'll metion below), but my single number one favorite is, without doubt, Rick Danko of the Band. Listen closely to him sometime (or dig out Last Waltz - truly the greatest Rock & Roll movie ever made). Look at all the english he puts on his notes - it's a rare note he's not doing something to, either on the way in or on the way to the next one. Magnificent - and not easy to make up - it really just has to be inside you.
Beyond him, I've got to mention Jack Bruce, Felix Papilardi, John Entwistle, and let's not forget Phil Lesh. All of these guys did a whole lot of note shaping.
I believe it was Hendrix doing the bass track on 1983, A Merman I shall Turn to Be. Take another listen to that if you haven't heard it in a while...
Finally, the list is not complete without Charlie Mingus.
Of the above, I've seen Danko, Bruce, Lesh and Mingus. Shook hands and had a picture with Rick Danko and got the chance to thank him personally for the thirty five-plus years I've been listening closely to every note he played.
A couple of months later he ws dead.
Said it earlier in another thread - go see folks when you can....
Thanks -
Michael
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Location: NC | I guess if I had a say the one who comes to mind was once voted as the top rock bassist back in the 80's when MTV was compiling who would make the best damn group ever assembled..........that person was Mark King of the group Level 42 which some of you may have heard of. They were one of my most favorite 80's bands.
He could hit a lick on the bass I must say!
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