arthurhenry Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 [quote name='MisterT' timestamp='1485603865' post='3225213'] Just looking at the Bootsy pic I posted there and do the white folks stick out much? He reminds me of... [size=3]</slightdrift>[/size] [/quote] ? Quote
SpondonBassed Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 [quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1485555508' post='3224986'] Could someone define the meaning of cool in this context? I'm assuming we're all not just giving our personal heroes a name check, and that [u]'cool' doesn't have to mean supremely gifted[/u] either? [/quote] I agree. Quote
skej21 Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) Plenty of the ones already mentioned... Plus these two Nik West - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1wzwRRToAw Ndegeocello - [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idtkbioKcnY[/media] Edited January 28, 2017 by skej21 Quote
Number6 Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 I know he's been mentioned previously but Phil Lynott has to be the coolest bass player of all time..... Quote
julesb Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1485608910' post='3225276'] Jeffrey Hammond. [/quote] The winner, surely. Wasn't it Jeffrey Hammond Hammond? Legend. Quote
seashell Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 [quote name='stuckinthepod' timestamp='1485523560' post='3224612'] Andy Fraser, he didn't even have to play to look cool. Effortless. See here, perhaps the greatest ever "cool" performance by a rock band imho Free - All Right Now - Isle of Wight Festival '70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpLv4M4paSI [/quote] This. Quote
josie Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Carmine Rojas. Utterly chilled laying down amazing solid grooves holding together all h*ll breaking loose on stage around him. Victoria Smith, bass player with Will Wilde and many others. Again exudes relaxed cool, with basslines that are just a bit more complex than needed but never too fussy. My current role model. http://www.victoriasmith.info/ Quote
Barking Spiders Posted January 29, 2017 Author Posted January 29, 2017 (edited) Someone asks, what makes a 'cool' bass player. Well... 1 .not having a bassface for starters 2. not sweating profusely 3. being able to playing complex lines without looking at the fretboard, but preferably being able to have a drink/ciggie/chat with bands mates while doing so 4. not having a foot on the monitor 5. not doing the devil horn thing / saluting the crowd / sticking out your tongue Edited January 29, 2017 by Barking Spiders Quote
jacko Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 Bootsy tries too hard to be cool to actually BE cool. Hutch Hutchinson manages to be cool without even trying. Quote
fiatcoupe432 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1485552199' post='3224960'] Thundercat. One of the coolest human beings alive. Who also happens to be a bass player. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBpwKNbcuMA[/media] [/quote] really enjoyed that Quote
Cyrene Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 [quote name='Barking Spiders' timestamp='1485704465' post='3225944'] Someone asks, what makes a 'cool' bass player. Well... 1 .not having a bassface for starters 2. not sweating profusely 3. being able to playing complex lines without looking at the fretboard, but preferably being able to have a drink/ciggie/chat with bands mates while doing so 4. not having a foot on the monitor 5. not doing the devil horn thing / saluting the crowd / sticking out your tongue [/quote] Definitive. Quote
Painy Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Hmmm. I think using the stage name 'Thundercat' might reduce his overall level of coolness somewhat though. Kinda reminds me of that drummer Thunderstick that used to play with Samson. He definitely wasn't cool! Edited January 31, 2017 by Painy Quote
Cathode_Follower Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 Chris Wood has to be up there. Impeccable groove, note choice and placement. When he gets really into it and he starts doing that leggy shuffle sort of dance, the man oozes cool. Quote
kendall Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 Quite a few as bass players are inherently cool. 1. Duff 2. John Taylor 3. Rex Brown 4. Frank Bello Quote
howdenspur Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 Tina Weymouth, Phil Lynott and Paul Gray (Eddie and the Hot Rods phase) for me. Quote
SpondonBassed Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 [quote name='Painy' timestamp='1485875225' post='3227405'] Hmmm. I think using the stage name 'Thundercat' might reduce his overall level of coolness somewhat though. [/quote] Next you'll be saying that this isn't cool... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcGNqrAtsgg I dunno, you whipper-snappers. Quote
Cathode_Follower Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 Tina Weymouth, good shout! Anyone mentioned John Paul Jones yet? The other three got all the attention but JPJ was the coolest. Quote
SICbass Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 Putting the monstrous chops aside (they are irrelevant to this thread IMO) Richard Bona is very funny and has a great rapport with the audience. Quote
LayDownThaFunk Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 'Technical' players really aren't cool... Anyone who plays a 5 string is not cool. Sid, JJ, Duff. Maybe Timmy C. Quote
SpondonBassed Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 [quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1485974523' post='3228200'] 'Technical' players really aren't cool... Anyone who plays a 5 string is not cool. [/quote] I sort of agree with your first point but I'd suggest an amendment to your second point. Five string B E A D G - Cool Five string E A D G C - not In my humble opinion. Quote
jazzyvee Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 Richard Cousins from the Robert Cray Band [url="https://youtu.be/Ra2Qndv_xeE"]https://youtu.be/Ra2Qndv_xeE[/url] [url="https://youtu.be/Ra2Qndv_xeE"]https://youtu.be/Ra2Qndv_xeE[/url] Quote
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