Which 3 Bassists Influence Your Bass Lines?

[Deep Thought]

JJ Burnel

Norman Watt-Roy

Stu Morrow (New Model Army)

Honourable mentions for John Entwistle, Mike Mills and Chris Thompson of the Screaming Blue Messiahs.

[Bay Splayer]

Geezer Butler

Geddy Lee

James Jamerson

[phobucket]

I've got a double gig with a rock/pop pianist and roots rock/jam guitarist coming up next week, so right now it is these [s]three [/s] four guys who do a great job of balancing pocket and exploration.


This week:
Dee Murray - Amoreena anyone? This guy deserves massive respect.
Jimmy Haslip - with Bruce Horsby on Hot House - lurv him with the Yellowjackets too, but he fits in well with this group too.
Kenny Gradney - What a pocket! Two Trains is fun, but ckeck out the slow tunes liek Roll Um Easy
Jimmy Johnson - with JT live @ the Beacon - the lines you [i]wish[/i] you came up with

[bluesparky]

For me, it's
1 - Flea,
2 - John Paul Jones
3 - Tim Commerford

Whereas Jaco is an idol of mine and an inspiration, i certainly don't play like him

[paulwillson]

Jon Stockman (Karnivool)

Jean Baudin

Roy Mitchell-Cardenas (mutemath)

I wouldnt say i sound like these either but if i ever get given a piece of music to write bass to i can always get inspired to do some cool phrases after listening to these guys.