Favourite bass player

Favourite bass player

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hman

7,487 posts

196 months

Tuesday 29th October 2019
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Flea
Jaco
Mark king
This is not an exhaustive list

astrsxi77

302 posts

223 months

Tuesday 29th October 2019
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Some favorites:

Mark King (Level 42)
Tetsuo Sakurai (Casiopea)
Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd/Brian Ferry/sessions)
Geddy Lee (Rush)
Leland Sklar (Toto/Phil Collins/sessions)
Anthony Jackson (sessions)
Marcus Miller (sessions)
Mike Porcaro (Toto)
George Anderson Jr (Shakatak)
Nathan East (Eric Clapton/Toto/Phil Collins/sessions)
Sting (The Police/Sting)
Bernard Edwards (Chic)
John Taylor (Duran Duran/The Power Station)
Jaz Lochrie (Go West/Bad Company)
Pino Paladino (Paul Young/The Who/sessions)




irocfan

40,876 posts

192 months

Tuesday 29th October 2019
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Geddy Lee

Geezer Butler

darreni

3,858 posts

272 months

Tuesday 29th October 2019
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Mick Karn

CAPP0

19,672 posts

205 months

Tuesday 29th October 2019
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darreni said:
Mick Karn
Good call!

percy

671 posts

271 months

Tuesday 29th October 2019
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Norman Watt-Roy gets my vote.

J.R.B.

320 posts

194 months

Tuesday 29th October 2019
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Already mentioned but Jerry Barnes

cherryowen

11,768 posts

206 months

Tuesday 29th October 2019
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Bernard Edwards
Guy Pratt
Bootsy Collins
John Paul Jones

spyder dryver

1,330 posts

218 months

Tuesday 29th October 2019
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astrsxi77 said:
Some favorites:

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Anthony Jackson
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The highlight on your list.

SAB888

3,260 posts

209 months

Tuesday 29th October 2019
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Geezer Butler, seen him many times and he is amazing live.

thebraketester

14,338 posts

140 months

Wednesday 30th October 2019
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Jimmy haslip.

Christian Mcbride.

Avashai Cohen.

In no particular order.

John deacon should really be on any bass players list too.

Edited by thebraketester on Wednesday 30th October 00:21

Ray Luxury-Yacht

8,910 posts

218 months

Wednesday 30th October 2019
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astrsxi77 said:
Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd/Brian Ferry/sessions)
Another good shout. Been following his career ever since I heard Madonna's 'Like a Prayer' in the 80's and thought to myself, "wow, that bassline is cool, I wonder who that is..?"

He's also quite funny in a 'haha' way - he does standup comedy-type shows too. Check his stuff out. A very all-round talented man.

bigpriest

1,629 posts

132 months

Wednesday 30th October 2019
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Peter Hook
Steve Hanley
Andy Rourke

paua

5,894 posts

145 months

Wednesday 30th October 2019
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Surprised nobody has yet mentioned Jack Bruce.

hman

7,487 posts

196 months

Wednesday 30th October 2019
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Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
astrsxi77 said:
Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd/Brian Ferry/sessions)
Another good shout. Been following his career ever since I heard Madonna's 'Like a Prayer' in the 80's and thought to myself, "wow, that bassline is cool, I wonder who that is..?"

He's also quite funny in a 'haha' way - he does standup comedy-type shows too. Check his stuff out. A very all-round talented man.
The bass line to like a prayer is like 6 (plodding) notes though...

Dinlowgoon

919 posts

171 months

Wednesday 30th October 2019
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Stanley Clarke
Jean-Jacques Burnel
Mark King

So

26,604 posts

224 months

Wednesday 30th October 2019
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CAPP0 said:
Mark King must be well up there.
+1

take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey

5,390 posts

57 months

Wednesday 30th October 2019
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cml24 said:
12TS said:
Peter Hook from Joy Division / New Order.
Gets my vote!
First person that sprang to mind for me. But he's not actually that good. JD is my favourite band though.

NDA

21,750 posts

227 months

Wednesday 30th October 2019
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Nathan East
Pino Paladino
Jaco Pastorius

astrsxi77

302 posts

223 months

Wednesday 30th October 2019
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Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Another good shout. Been following his career ever since I heard Madonna's 'Like a Prayer' in the 80's and thought to myself, "wow, that bassline is cool, I wonder who that is..?"

He's also quite funny in a 'haha' way - he does standup comedy-type shows too. Check his stuff out. A very all-round talented man.
Always loved the bass parts of Jacko’s Earth Song and Jimmy Nail’s Ain’t No Dout. Turns out they have a common link!