Bass Players

[marioed]

Maybe I missed it but I was surprised no one mentioned Donald "Duck" Dunn.

[bluesman]

28 minutes ago, marioed said:

Maybe I missed it but I was surprised no one mentioned Donald "Duck" Dunn.

Jud added him early on.

[botrytis]

Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick and his 12 string bass

 

 

[Ralf11]

No one is inside the Phil Zone??

[botrytis]

 

 

Tal Wilkenfeld has to be on the list.

[AnotherSpin]

37 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

No one is inside the Phil Zone??

 

Did you see the pic in my post (second in the thread)?)))

[WAM]

Let's not forget Charnett Moffett

 

 

[Jud]

20 hours ago, bluesman said:

He’s the glue that’s held hundreds of top bands together. Along with Russ Kunkel on drums, he’s the infrastructure of rock and country legends.

 

A momentary off topic: And Waddy Wachtel on guitar, who Keith Richards, a fair judge of guitar talent, picked to be in his band The X-pensive Winos.

 

Back on topic: Speaking of Keith Richards, I've always liked Darryl Jones, the Stones' "new" bassist, who played with Miles and Sting beforehand.

[bluesman]

On 11/1/2019 at 5:21 PM, Ralf11 said:

Hint: put a glide in your stride 

 

Art Tatum's left hand?

[Ralf11]

nuh unh,  another hint (tho Jud already knows):

 

"Free your mind and your ass will follow"

[bluesman]

2 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

nuh unh,  another hint (tho Jud already knows):

 

"Free your mind and your ass will follow"

Billy Nelson was Funkadelic’s first bass player, so I guess that’s your reference.  I wouldn’t put him up there with the top tier, but I wouldn’t kick him out of my band either.

[Ralf11]

Nope - think special sunglasses....

[marce]

William Earl Collins?

 

[marce]

Juan Garcia-Herreros, Snowy Owl.

Including a drum solo on a drum!

First link is East Of Eden meets Jazz, the second is more  pure jazz.

[marce]

Les Claypool.

Cliff Burton.

Robbie Shakespeare.

 

[sphinxsix]

So many fantastic bass players have been mentioned, few of them look better than Mohini Day though  And she's a very good player as well..

 

 

[Jud]

3 hours ago, marce said:

Les Claypool.

Cliff Burton.

Robbie Shakespeare.

 

 

Wow, how could we not have mentioned Robbie 'til now?

[bluesman]

9 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

Nope - think special sunglasses....

I don’t think Bootsy was on that album. If I remember right, Billy Bass was on the first 4 and that was #2.  I don’t own any, so I can’t look at the cover notes.

[bluesman]

4 hours ago, marce said:

William Earl Collins?

See my response below. I’ll look it up when I get out of bed in a while - I don’t hunk he was on that album.

 

He’s absolutely a great bass player. If he weren’t such a shy wallflower, maybe he’d stand out a bit more..........

[firedog]

No one mentions Paul McCartney? Too familiar?

I'd says he's a fantastic player, very "musical" and apparently not appreciated by many here.

[kumakuma]

Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (NHOP)

[AnotherSpin]

4 hours ago, Jud said:

 

Wow, how could we not have mentioned Robbie 'til now?

 

Only because nobody would mention him without Sly, but OP question was about bass players only.

[sphinxsix]

How come no-one's mentioned him yet.? He's obviously more than a bass player.. 

 

 

Here's one of his formations - Material with Nils Petter Molvaer (at 4:00 the sound of the bass radically changes).

 

 

 

[sphinxsix]

I also think Jean Jacques Burnel of The Stranglers should be mentioned. No other punk bass in the mid 70s sounded like that.

 

 

 

[Ralf11]

11 hours ago, marce said:

William Earl Collins?

 

 

a fine player but not the guy I've dropped hints about

 

@jabbr has mentioned him in other threads...

 

special sunglasses; James Brown's band, Funkadelic & Parliament, his own band...

 

William Earl ...