Influential bass players

[bottomfeed]

Not talking about the obvious here..Jaco, Stanley, Marcus etc.. but who flicked your bass switch.....that isn't so we'll known?

For me..

Lemmy
Lothar Meid
Percy Jones
Mike Howlett
Meshell Ndegeocello
Pino Palladino
Bernard Edwards
Aron Hodek
Ellen Alaverdyan
Philippe Bussonnet...

yes I know  Pino is well known... But I first heard him with Gary Newman..blew me away! 

Bernard also. . so appreciate his ways since Chic go out with that guy who overplays on everything! 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 16, 2021 by bottomfeed

[Barking Spiders]

I'm not much into fusion or jazz but they've thrown up a fair few fave players worth anyone's time checking out....Armand Sabal Lecco, Kai Eckhardt, Scott Ambush and Gerald Veasley. 

 

[Bilbo]

My four were always Jaco, Percy Jones, Jeff Berlin and Jimmy Johnson. 

Then Dave Holland, Ron Carter, Marc Johnson, Charlie Haden, Paul Chambers, Martin Brierley, John Giblin, Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Steve Harris, Anthony Jackson, John Patitucci, Dudley Phillips, Renaud Garcia-Fons and a few dozen other people. 

[ambient]

Michael Manring, then Steve Lawson a short time later. Until then I’d been frustrated that people saw bass as serving a function, rather than an instrument in its own right.

[Lozz196]

Bruce Foxton

JJ Burnel

Glen Matlock

Ali McCordie

John Deacon

Duff McKagan

Sami Yaffa

Mark “Bedders” Bedford

 

[Reggaebass]

Robbie Shakespeare 

flabba holt 

Aston Barrett 
Earl Falconer 

[Iron1]

As a kid, Gene Simmons.

As music taste matured, Cliff Burton. 

Today, Cliff and Jo Bench. 

[Dad3353]

Jack Casady

Ashley Hutchings

Danny Thompson

Phil Lesh

Mark Andes

Dave Pegg

 

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[TheGreek]

When I was at school my Art teacher, Mr Smalley (I'm sure he smoked dope!) had an amazing taste in music and would play albums during lessons.

This is where I first heard Weather Report and Stanley Clarke - didn't appreciate the music as much as I do now but it certainly inspired my love of the Bass guitar. 

[ezbass]

Pino, notably his ‘80s fretless work.

Tony Levin, his work with Peter Gabriel

Roscoe Beck, he worked with Robben Ford & Eric Johnson, 2 of my all time favourite guitarists.

Chris Childs, better known for being a member of Thunder, but I used to see him regularly at a local music venue playing with Bad Influence.

[Sarah5string]

There definitely needs to be more ladies in these lists, gents!

[Guest]

2 hours ago, bottomfeed said:

who flicked your bass switch

 

[Fishfacefour]

Joseph lucky Scott with curtis mayfield - fluidity, soul and tone

Jah wobble - weight and how bass can drive a wide range of music

Paul Jackson - the groove 

Robbie Shakespeare - the attitude 

[DawnPatroller]

15 minutes ago, Sarah5string said:

There definitely needs to be more ladies in these lists, gents!

🙂

 

[NAS Bass]

Massive influences on the young me:

Jim Lea - all those early Slade rockers

Dennis Dunaway - for every track on the Schools Out LP

[Bilbo]

30 minutes ago, ezbass said:

Pino, notably his ‘80s fretless work.

Tony Levin, his work with Peter Gabriel

Roscoe Beck, he worked with Robben Ford & Eric Johnson, 2 of my all time favourite guitarists.

Chris Childs, better known for being a member of Thunder, but I used to see him regularly at a local music venue playing with Bad Influence.

Chris Childs was from Cardiff wasn't he? I think I saw him at the Four Bars Inn once. Played a Status? 

[funkypenguin]

All of these less well known players influence different facets of my playing  

Scott Ambush

Munir Hossn

Damian Erskine

John D'Ercole

Evan Marien

Tony Grey

Nick Blacka

Rich Brown

Me'shell N'degeocello

[Frank Blank]

46 minutes ago, Sarah5string said:

There definitely needs to be more ladies in these lists, gents!

Tessa Pollitt.

Gaye Advert

 

[BreadBin]

Norman Watt-Roy

Hansford Rowe

Flea

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[Doctor J]

Tony Choy

Roger Patterson

Troy Gregory

Billy Gould

Geezer

Doug Wimbish

Muzz Skillings

Bernard Edwards

Cliff Williams

 

[drTStingray]

What…….. 19 posts in and no Andy Fraser

This must be one of the fattest bass sounds ever - and with regard to another thread, is helpful when there are guitar solos 😏

https://youtu.be/0gQ3u6qIn1s

Ps won’t embed - such a good live sound

 

Edited June 16, 2021 by Dad3353

[TransistorBassMan]

Paul Gardiner 

Lou Howard

Tony Butler 

Duck Dunn 

Sir Horace Gentleman

Barry Adamson 

Rick Barrio Dill

Jamie Stewart 

Mark Bedford 

Jackie Jackson 

Simon Gallup

Rob Jones (The Bass Thing)

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[Merton]

Cass Lewis

Robert DeLeo

and more but it’s early and my brain isn’t yet switched on

[itu]

- international bands: Tina Weymouth, Suzi Quattro, Sting (fretless), Wilbur Bascomb (J. Beck - Wired), Billy Sheehan, many less known studio bassists

- rare exports: Pekka Pohjola, Jonas Hellborg, Tom Kennedy

- double speciality: Edgar Meyer, Marc Johnson

 

 

[ezbass]

10 hours ago, Bilbo said:

Chris Childs was from Cardiff wasn't he? I think I saw him at the Four Bars Inn once. Played a Status? 

I’m afraid not, at least not my one. He’s an Essex boy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Childs_(bassist)