Favourite bass player
Discussion
percy said:
Norman Watt-Roy gets my vote.
I've played bass for over 40 years, have seen many wonderfully talented bassists (try SMV for a bass 'supergroup' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMV_(band) ) but Norman stands head and shoulders above all of them for both feel and presence.Been lucky enough to see him a few times, most recently last year with Blockheads, when he collapsed on stage and the gig was cut short. He was back gigging within the week though. He'll go down fighting!
Far from being the 'best' bassist in the world, whatever that means, but by far my favourite.
AdeTuono said:
percy said:
Norman Watt-Roy gets my vote.
I've played bass for over 40 years, have seen many wonderfully talented bassists (try SMV for a bass 'supergroup' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMV_(band) ) but Norman stands head and shoulders above all of them for both feel and presence.Been lucky enough to see him a few times, most recently last year with Blockheads, when he collapsed on stage and the gig was cut short. He was back gigging within the week though. He'll go down fighting!
Far from being the 'best' bassist in the world, whatever that means, but by far my favourite.
for N W-R.Also on my list Leo Lyons out of Ten Years After.
Can't believe no-one likes Chris Squire. I know it says favourite but a lot of those mentioned so far are pretty ordinary and conventional IMO. Chris Squire was one of those who moved things along a lot. Peter Hook was a crap bass player but he did do something different - not sure it was any good though.
Edited by lockhart flawse on Wednesday 30th October 10:52
astrsxi77 said:
Some favorites:
Tetsuo Sakurai (Casiopea)
Tetsuo is an amazing player. Casiopea are a fantastic band, much underrated. The bass chair in Casiopea was always a bit of a revolving door, and Yoshihiro Naruse, the other Casioea bassist, is also a great player. Tetsuo Sakurai (Casiopea)
My favourite player is Jeff Berlin. Honourable mentions go to Alain Caron and Geddy Lee.
Another vote for JJ Burnel here, but there's a lot of very good bass players out there.
For me the Stranglers "sound" has always been the combination of bass and keyboards, both high in the mix, and I think I don't hear a lot of bass on other music because it's often kept quite low.
Norman Watt-Roy is another good choice, yes.
For me the Stranglers "sound" has always been the combination of bass and keyboards, both high in the mix, and I think I don't hear a lot of bass on other music because it's often kept quite low.
Norman Watt-Roy is another good choice, yes.
I have always rated Richard Sinclair for his melodic play but I also really like Bernard Edwards.
Whilst a level 42 fan I'm not that keen on MK as a bass player; the slapping is too extreme for my liking but he actually plays great 'finger' bass as well.
...has anyone heard Rosanna Nicolosi - check her out with Billy Cobham and Brian Auger, very under rated IMHO.
Whilst a level 42 fan I'm not that keen on MK as a bass player; the slapping is too extreme for my liking but he actually plays great 'finger' bass as well.
...has anyone heard Rosanna Nicolosi - check her out with Billy Cobham and Brian Auger, very under rated IMHO.
I've picked up a bass and found it's bloody hard!
So what makes a 'good' bass player? Surely, alll the names mentioned could play all the other songs mentioned. no?
The 'best' players I have ever seen were in two tribute bands.
One is with a Prince tribute band called Endorphin Machine and the other was two years ago at GlastonBUDGET. He was in a Michael Jackson tribute band (MJ was known as 'BEN'), apparently he was also the producer of everything going on musically in the band. He was quite phenomenal.
So what makes a 'good' bass player? Surely, alll the names mentioned could play all the other songs mentioned. no?
The 'best' players I have ever seen were in two tribute bands.
One is with a Prince tribute band called Endorphin Machine and the other was two years ago at GlastonBUDGET. He was in a Michael Jackson tribute band (MJ was known as 'BEN'), apparently he was also the producer of everything going on musically in the band. He was quite phenomenal.
Fastchas said:
So what makes a 'good' bass player? Surely, alll the names mentioned could play all the other songs mentioned. no?
Being able to copy something is not the same as writing the original score.I suspect lots of people can play Chopin - but they're not Chopin. If that makes sense.
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