where would you guys rank Jack Bruce?
I think the studio version of Sunshine of Your Love may be one of the best bass tracks ever.
where would you guys rank Jack Bruce?
I think the studio version of Sunshine of Your Love may be one of the best bass tracks ever.
Rick James!
Bitches!
Victor Wooten should not be being left out of the discussion this much.
Peter Hook
Signature sound, copied by approx 1000 folks from The Cure to newer bands like The Killers, Silversun Pickups, etc
Throw in the guy from Yes.
Joe Spampinato
Older guy wrote:
Name more if you like, but they aren't better.
Older, but not wiser......... you forgot Ron Carter. The guys you posted would laugh at you.
why say 'of all time' as if the instrument had been around more than, what, a century or a few, if you count the standup?
i used to play with this guy... one of the best you've never heard of.
Mel Schacher (sp)
Buda Boom Boom Boom
Another one bites the dust.
Precious Roy wrote:
Rabbath used to have his institute where I went to school before Barry Green got exhiled to San Francisco (not a bad exhile, but for losing a princpal chair in the orchestra). Having seen him play, as well as having heard some other great bass players play concerti and big solo parts in the orchestra, I can safely say that the debate over the best electric bass player is far more interesting and worth while than a debate over the best classical bass player. Classical bass is a horrible solo instrument. The upper register (when bowed) sounds like a dying animal. Anything fast or virtuosic just comes out sounding muddled and raspy. And debating who is the best section bass player is like debating who is the best pace maker for a marathon.
I played for a summer bass institute at UMD that was a Rabbath worship week. He's a nice guy. His son's nice too, but quite a weirdo. Classical bass is rather poor as a solo instrument - playing an undergrad DB recital tomorrow night. Miming the piano part would probably be the best course of action, for both balance and tuning issues.
His playing in Beast of Burden is awesome and so is Miss You.[/quote]
And I thought I was the only person alive who got the greatness of the bass line on "Beast of Burden."
The jazz guys are brilliant and I enjoy watching them do things I cannot do. But I would rather listen to a great line in a great song over the flash of some of these guys.
My favorite bass player is Dennis Dunaway of the original Alice Cooper band. Brilliant and under-appreciated.
I didn't see Tony Levin.
Chris Squire!
CLIFF BURTON... G.O.A.T. \m/
Trevor Bolder (Spiders from Mars)
Geddy is #1 for me
Top ten not mentioned yet: Graham Mamby
jjjjjjjjjjjjjjj wrote:
why say 'of all time' as if the instrument had been around more than, what, a century or a few, if you count the standup?
You know what I mean.
And to be more specific, I was talking about rock music. I think what is important is not necessarily only the technical skill, but also the amount of good, catchy basslines they can make. Just a thought. That's why I think Mike Dirnt is awesome. He has been solely responsible for things like longview and the beautiful 'no one knows' bassline (one of Green Day's older songs, look it up).
leehamster wrote:
Graham Mamby
Sorry, that's Maby.
Here's another:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfdKBJ9cFnA