Best Bass Players

At least somebody thought to laugh and not take me seriously.

 

Maybe not the best technically, but I was always keen to the playing of Phil Lynott.

 

Another vote for Stanley Clarke.

 

I never take you seriously.

 

Here's a great clip of 311's P-Nut, my vote a couple pages ago.

 

Ah well played then. I just thought you were listing any famous bass player you could think of. Well played.

 

Entwistle in his prime. Love the stories about how when "My Generation" was being recorded, they had to run out and buy a new Danelectro bass every time they tried to make it all the way through a take, because he kept busting the strings on every take and that particular model of bass had permanently mounted strings -- you literally had to return it to the factory to replace a string.

Bill Wyman was great during the prime of the Stones, too. The best part of "Honky Tonk Women" is the roller-coaster bass run near the end which carries the whole song home to the big hoot-holler climax. "Satisfaction" and "Jumping Jack Flash" are also driven as much by Wyman as Keith Richards.

And McCartney was the only member of the Beatles who was actually a technically good (actually, great) musician. Effectively, he plays what amounts to a co-bass lead on many of their songs. When he went solo, he went even further in this direction with songs such as "Band On The Run," "Junior's Farm," "Mrs. Vanderbilt" and a bunch of others.

And, of course, no discussion of bassists ever is complete without a mention of James Jamerson, Motown's God of Bass. Listen to "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" for the proof. I would say "end of thread," but ... : :

 

Wait... should anyone who gives us a steaming pile of shit like Amber

be in this conversation?

Good Lord, how can that compare to

?

I know Rush is an acquired taste. I just have not acquired the taste for 311.

At 3:25 of this song a kid is playing air base in the crowd!!!!!!

You can say that a group might have three musicians as gifted as Rush, but there is no way you can say a group has more control of their instruments than these guys. I will take as good as, but better than Rush? Never.

 

A member of Stan's gang fixes Duff McKagen's guitar . . .

 

Exactly. Zeke and I have very similar music tastes. The only one I would add is John McVie.

 

Anybody mention Leland Sklar? He's probably better known for his beard, but he's played with everybody.

 

a true megalomaniac and all, but Sting was (... is?) decent