spectoremg Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Prompted by the recent Adam Clayton post (re The Edge playing bass occasionally) who else do we know of who's taken on the regular bass players parts? Ronnie Wood - bass on Maggie May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Didn't Keith Richards play on a few Stones songs? Much to the irritation of the bass player, who's name escapes me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDaveTheBass Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Noddy Holder sometimes played Jim Lea's bass while Jim was sawing away at his fiddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Steven Wilson play bass occasionally when Nick Beggs is playing Chapman stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Hendrix on All Along the Watchtower. As if the three solos, all round general arrangement and reinterpretation wasn't enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Both John Lennon and George Harrison played bass in The Beatles. Its John On Long & winding Road and George on She Said, She Said. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVsiIxE_6OM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Levon Helm played bass in The Band sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Dave Gilmour quite often played bass on Floyd recordings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6v6 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Tom Petty, e.g on the Travelling Willburies and some other stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu-khag Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 [quote name='Graham' timestamp='1455192980' post='2976829'] Didn't Keith Richards play on a few Stones songs? Much to the irritation of the bass player, who's name escapes me [/quote] I'm sure I read Keith played bass on sympathy for the devil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1455191857' post='2976814'] Prompted by the recent Adam Clayton post (re The Edge playing bass occasionally) who else do we know of who's taken on the regular bass players parts? Ronnie Wood - bass on Maggie May. [/quote] Wasn't Ron(nie) Wood actually a pretty regular bass player? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colgraff Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 [quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1455192767' post='2976825'] Mark Plati played Ashes to Ashes in Bowie's live band as Gail Ann Dorsey isn't a fan of slap. Gail played six string instead. [/quote] I didn't know that. When I saw them in the late 90s she played it, but maybe there was no one else available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nada Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 David St Hubbins and Nigel Tufnell both played bass on Big Bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) [quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1455195329' post='2976897'] Dave Gilmour quite often played bass on Floyd recordings. [/quote] More often than not, I think. There was a running joke between DG and Roger Waters, who regularly thanked our Dave for getting him in the 'Best Bass Player' chart in Melody Maker. Edited February 11, 2016 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 [quote name='Graham' timestamp='1455192980' post='2976829'] Didn't Keith Richards play on a few Stones songs? Much to the irritation of the bass player, who's name escapes me [/quote] Apparently on a fair few, though from Keefs book Bill Wyman never seemed that bothered - apparently his attitude was, you`ve written the lines, where`s the point of teaching me, just record them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Bill Nelson's pretty handy on Bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) Aimee Mann swaps and changes between guitar and bass across a live set... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbX2jAgQOgY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbX2jAgQOgY[/url] Edited February 11, 2016 by TrevorR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul h Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Scag Ricketts played bass on the first three Manta Ray's Broken Basket records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveFry Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 The Beach Boys did a tour between Dec 64 and March 65 without Brian Wilson . They enlisted Glen Campbell to play bass and sing the falsetto harmonies . -- At the same time . Respec' ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Paul Simon plays bass on 'You Can Call Me Al' - the part is played on a six string bass and decorates alongside the familiar groove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1455222634' post='2977275'] Apparently on a fair few, though from Keefs book Bill Wyman never seemed that bothered - apparently his attitude was, you`ve written the lines, where`s the point of teaching me, just record them. [/quote] Ah, I remember reading a story where they'd been in the studio, Wyman had gone off for lunch, came back and found the bass had been recorded and wasn't happy. I could easily have got that wrong though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No lust in Jazz Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Joe Strummer played bass on Guns of Brixton when Paul Simenon took vocals - well live anyway [media]http://youtu.be/GOt-qMfsy7c[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 How could I forget Stephen Stills? Bass on the first CSN album, and occasionally at their gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 David St Hubbins AND Nigel Tufnell on Big Bottoms. Does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Sheryl Crow played bass for a while onstage I believe. As did Bryan Adams at one point with a trimmed down band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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