Hey Ken, I'm starting to wonder if we were separated at birth or something given your list of bass favourites, mine also being Squire, Entwistle and Lee, along with a few others big namers like John Paul Jones and Stan the Man.
Others who have been big influences include some fairly unheralded (or even abused!) players like Lemmy (who was my first conscious influence in his Hawkwind days, and who I love to this day, although mention of his name usually goes down like a lead balloon), John McVie of Fleetwood Mac, Sir Paul (my main unconscious - i.e. pre playing- influence), Mike Rutherford of Genesis, Stuart Zender of Jamiroquai, Joey DeMaio (turn it up!)and Leigh Gorman of Bow Wow Wow. Oh, and seeing as I was weaned on big band Jazz and BeBop, although you wouldn't guess it from the list i've just given (my dad is a Jazz trumpet player and wouldn't have any other music on in the house when I was young!), many many jazz guys, from Ray Brown to Neils HHP...in fact my influences run from the ridiculous to the sublime!Lines I love playing at home (I only play originals at gigs etc)are Badia/Boogie Woogie waltz medley (Jaco-8:30) and Come On Come Over (also Jaco), mainly because they're very different stylistically to what I normally do (plus they are damn cool!)Oh, and my favourite bass tone ever is Glenn Hughes on Deep Purple's Made in Europe, but I suppose that's another thread....
