Your relatively unsung bass hero

[far0n]

Frank Blair. What bass is that by the way ? Aria of some sort ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-FpVyVJyP4&feature=related

[discreet]

Holger Czukay of CAN... and his Mustang.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QLL2j8ZtxE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QLL2j8ZtxE[/url]

[Clarky]

Martyn P Casey of the Bad Seeds ... with his beat-up old Precision

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYyl78qQPVI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYyl78qQPVI[/url]

[nick]

[i]My unsung bass heroes are:[/i][list]
[*][i]Alan Spenner - Roxy Music, Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack, Kokomo...[/i]
[*][i]George Murray - Bowie's 'Low', 'Scary Monsters..' 'Lodger' , 'Heroes', Iggy Pop 'Idiot'[/i]
[*][i]James Eller - The The, Julian Cope, Nick Lowe...[/i]
[/list]

[legoman]

One that often springs to mind is Colin Moulding from XTC, not ever one to blow your socks off technique-wise, but could pen a nice bassline and formed a very underrated songwriting partnership with Andy Partridge

[RhysP]

[quote name='far0n' timestamp='1331310635' post='1571249']
Frank Blair. What bass is that by the way ? Aria of some sort ?
[/quote]

Couldn't see it well enough to make it out, but I know he used to be a Carvin endorsee so it might be one of those.

Anyway, FAR nicer than the bass is the awesome Sea Foam Green Hamer SS2 that Eddie Martinez is playing!

[RhysP]

[quote name='nick' timestamp='1331313997' post='1571317']
[i]George Murray - Bowie's 'Low', 'Scary Monsters..' 'Lodger' , 'Heroes', Iggy Pop 'Idiot'[/i]
[/quote]

Great choice - George Murray & Dennis Davis were a killer rhythm section on the Bowie stuff, especially the live album "Stage".

[Gust0o]

Rex Brown, Pantera - here abandoning his trusty Spectors...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDACorIaxNw&ob=av2e

[lowdown]

Ronald [Ronnie] Baker.



Garry

[oggiesnr]

As a one-time folkie my list includes those around when I started playing -

Danny Thompson - the maestro on upright bass, Pentangle, Richard Thompson and just about anyone
Barry Lyons - Mr Fox, Five Hand Reel. Beautiful lyric bass player, tunes are him.
Phil Murray - Jack the Lad, Hedgehog Pie. How to play jigs and reels on bass.

Steve

[apa]

[quote name='legoman' timestamp='1331314988' post='1571343']
One that often springs to mind is Colin Moulding from XTC, not ever one to blow your socks off technique-wise, but could pen a nice bassline and formed a very underrated songwriting partnership with Andy Partridge
[/quote]

Absolutely. One of my heros is Colin. Beautiful stuff. And Ill give a nod to Terry Chambers, exellent drummer.

A

[Bilbo]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYc2jR5yGDs&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLFE5B7AAEB570B894[/media]

Kermit Driscoll with Bill Frisell. Really creative bass player with chops he never displays.

[Cyrene]

joanna bolme.

[Roland Rock]

You'll either love this or hate it. Lonnie Plaxico
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWJPb2IrRg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWJPb2IrRg[/url]

[Kirky]

Jeff Prystowsky from the Low Anthem.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiigQgy8JD4[/media]

Edited March 9, 2012 by Kirky

[Musky]

One of the guys that made me want to play bass - Burke Shelley.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wplM94jTI3s[/youtube]

And Dave Sims. I just love that tone and rhythmic playing.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoxXKKQYJYQ[/youtube]

[louisthebass]

I'll go with:
Mike Visceglia - Suzanne Vega.
Ewan Vernal - Deacon Blue / Capercaille / Fish.
Tom Barney - Steely Dan.
Jim Fielder - BS&T.

[RandomProddy]

Alex James - would he be considered unsung?

[mike f]

Max Bennett - the [i]other [/i]bass player on Hejira.

Scott Thunes, again.

Prince.

[Wooks79]

Totally Laurence O'Keefe every time. Dark Star we're such a massive influence on me when I first joined a band, and are still one of my favourite bands to this day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygYznTSMIw0

[silentbob]

Don't know his name, but i'm really liking the guy who plays with The Wombats at the moment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U4KSoPkwoY

[clarkpegasus4001]

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1331329252' post='1571635']
One of the guys that made me want to play bass - Burke Shelley.[/quote]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wplM94jTI3s[/media]

Ha, a man after my own heart obviously!

[Cow]

Alex Griffin, 'lead' bassist of Ned's Atomic Dustbin.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmD08Na5VKI[/media]

[Jellyfish]

John Myung. Although a lot of people know him, his name isn't thrown around much because it's not obvious to most people how talented he really is. For me, he's the epitome of what a bassist should be. Technical enough to play virtually anything in the band that he plays with, but smart enough to know that simple things sound just as good as complicated things sometimes.

[paul_5]

[quote name='Cow' timestamp='1331344852' post='1571799']
Alex Griffin, 'lead' bassist of Ned's Atomic Dustbin.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmD08Na5VKI[/media]
[/quote]

Hooray for Ned's! More bands should have two bass players. If that happened then we could all gig every night - win.