Author Topic: Best Bass Player of All Time (Read 1266 times)

811952 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 08, 2007, 09:52:08 AM »

NHOP was phenomenal. I got to see him in Montreux with Oscar Peterson, and they did a bunch of Harry Nilsson tunes. It was heaven.

I can't believe nobody's called me out on the Wyman/Miss You post already...

Olie's right on the money. The list is endless. Lately I've been listening to a lot of Audioslave. Broken City has one of the coolest basslines (in the chorus) that I've heard in a long time.

John

flaxattack · « **Reply #16 on:** December 08, 2007, 10:20:10 AM »

I AM THE BEST
AND SO IS EVERYBODY ON THE SITE WHO PLAYS BASS

aint that right guys?

eligilam · « **Reply #17 on:** December 08, 2007, 10:58:34 AM »

Cliff Burton.
Harley Flannagan.
Martin Lopez.
Juan Alderete.

5stringho · « **Reply #18 on:** December 08, 2007, 11:18:19 AM »

Hey, John;

Maybe I'm all wet on this, but didn't Keith Richards play the Bass line on Miss You? I know he's done a lot of the Stone's recorded bass lines......?But is is pretty cool!
Mike, Tho

811952 · « **Reply #19 on:** December 08, 2007, 12:26:58 PM »

Mike,

Close, but no cookie. Billy Preston played it after unsuccessfully trying to teach it to Wyman!

It's the best bass line in a 'Stones song ever, imho..

John

jacko · « **Reply #20 on:** December 08, 2007, 12:39:22 PM »

You could be right Mike. Richards certainly played bass on Sympathy for the devil leaving wyman to wave his tamourine (as seen in jean luc godard's movie). No wonder wyman looked miserable all the time.
As for the original question, it may have been better to ask who would be one's favourite bassist although that's just as difficult a question to answer, especially when I (for one) enjoy a huge variety of music.
Anyhow, for rock i'd maybe choose Squire or entwistle or levin or john paul jones or pete agnew or john myung or phil lesh. For Jazz, the list is never ending. I love marcus, stanley, victor and berlin but i also love miroslav vitous, paul chambers and ron carter. Jimmy johnson manages to fit into just about any genre that asks him; then there are the funk players like tm stevens, bootsy and verdine white. Oops, almost left paul Mccartney out of a list that can't be complete anyway!

Graeme

5stringho · « **Reply #21 on:** December 08, 2007, 01:21:34 PM »

Dang. No cookie again :[ Best. Now, that's a realtive term. Best, meaning most proficient and innovative on the instrument overall(Jaco, Stanley) or upright (Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, John Pattiticci) Jazz (Victor, Marcus, Jonas Helborg), Groovemeisters (James Jemerson, Chuck Rainey) or just your personal, listen-to-em-and-learn-all-U-can favorites (Allen Woody, John Entwistle, and one of the most underrated of all time, Leon Wilkeson)? It's all good, even if you happen to be blown away by Sid Vicious....

Mike, Tho

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danny_bryant · « **Reply #22 on:** December 08, 2007, 01:40:46 PM »

Well, I think that Mark King should be in the top 10 guys. I have never heard someone sing and play like that. Listen to Love Games, Chinese Way, etc. The guy is a monster. Entwistle is still my all time favorite. The Real Me is a monster and I really like Sister Disco live in Chicago.

olieoliver · « **Reply #23 on:** December 08, 2007, 01:58:35 PM »

HEY-Ho, Your right on about Leon, then again I've always been a big Skynard fan.

I think Leon Wilkeson, Dusty Hill and Tommy Shannon are all great groove players. Can't ever think any one of the three playing a solo but every time I've heard them live they were always right in that groove with the drummer.

O

bigredbass · « **Reply #24 on:** December 08, 2007, 03:32:25 PM »

Different horses for different courses. Lots of guys I admire at one thing would stink at something else. Would they really show up on the radar had they not been in the band/situation the record company decided to push?

And as much as I can think of a list of certain favorites from my heart, intellectually I'd lean towards the Carol Kayes and Neil Steubenhaus' and Will Lees in terms of having to play the right thing, right now, when the red light goes on, in a master session, the Grammy broadcast, or any number of other 'NO second take' situations, whether it's jazz or pop or country or movie/TV soundtracks.

And of course, that's in modern times: Remember, anything cut prior to the early 60's was recorded all at once, mono, no track stacking or touch-ups. Giants REALLY walked the earth in those days !

J o e y

bigredbass · « **Reply #25 on:** December 08, 2007, 03:34:51 PM »

And . . . . this ain't the Olympics. If there were some empirical scoring system, you might arrive at a 'best'. I still hope that art ain't like that . . . yet.

J o e y

spose · « **Reply #26 on:** December 08, 2007, 04:56:22 PM »

I'm with flax...
I'M THE BEST!

George Porter Jr is pretty good too

rami · « **Reply #27 on:** December 08, 2007, 05:41:44 PM »

I vote for J.S. Bach - those Cello (a.k.a. electric Bass) Preludes, Suites, Sonatas and Partitas are out of this world.

Otherwise, I agree with Flax... I'm a legend in my own mind!

davr35 · « **Reply #28 on:** December 08, 2007, 10:20:00 PM »

I am the best bass player in my house although my 5 year old gives me a run for my money at times

5stringho · « **Reply #29 on:** December 09, 2007, 05:12:22 AM »

Hey, Spose!

Man I can't believe I forgot to mention George Porter, Jr. What a monster! I saw him with Gov't Mule a few years back, and he did a SLAMMIN solo on Mule. As he was KILLIN' it, he broke his D string. Kept on playin, never missed a beat. Amazing

BCooool,Mike, Tho