Leonard Smalls Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 'Nother one... Amin Ali, son of drummer Rashid Ali. Proper groover, here keeping it funky with Calvin Weston while James Blood and George Adams go crazy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey D Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 More funk. Lamont Johnson from Detroit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 18 minutes ago, Mikey D said: More funk. Lamont Johnson from Detroit. He can certainly play. Is that a fretless Gibson Grabber? I didn't realise they existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 17 minutes ago, SteveXFR said: He can certainly play. Is that a fretless Gibson Grabber? I didn't realise they existed. Ripper, not Grabber. Definitely was available as a factory fretless back in the day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHunt Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 One guy I think doesn’t get nearly the recognition he deserves is Leon Wilkeson of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Sadly departed at the tender age of 49 due to, ahem…. Chronic liver and lung disease. Heavily influenced by Paul McCartney and it really comes through in his playing. His sound often quite high in the mix on a lot of their material, surprisingly for a band primarily known for their guitar players. I wish I could say he is one of my influences but that would imply that my playing is on the same planet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Trevor Dunn of Mr Bungle is also a great unsung hero... Here's a bit of their latest "new" material, a Van Halen cover with Dave Lomardo on drums: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 On 19/03/2022 at 22:42, Maude said: Three that immediately spring to mind are Gabe Nelson (Cake), Stuart Morrow (New Model Army) and Billy Gould (Faith No More). Stuart Morrow is absolutely fantastic. Gabe Nelson lays it down like a boss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I've gotta give a big heads up to Michael Dempsey, original bass player with The Cure and then with The Associates. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudpup Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 One of my faves was TM Stevens. A total monster groove player.......there's nothing difficult in this video other than sitting in exactly the right place and injecting energy into a band that's at their peak... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudpup Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 And here's Stevie again with another amazing bass player - he knows where to find them.....check out the solo at 3:00 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Stuart Hill, Shudder To Think STT rhythm section went through two excellent drummers (Adam Wade/Jawbox and Kevin March/Dambusters) and the clip below features the quite wonderful Nathan Larson on guitar. This unedited clip from MTV's 120 Minutes is pretty awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Garry Twigg. Jerome Rimson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezz55 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Tiran Porter - Doobie Brothers: China Grove (From the album "The Captain and Me") China Grove Mark Clarke - Colosseum: Valentyne Suite (From Colosseum - Rockpalast (2003) ; starts at 17' 18") Valentyne Suite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 After my clip of The Associates, here's another fine Scottish band from the same era, The Cocteau Twins. Integral to their deep sound beneath Liz Frasier's otherworldly voice is Simon Raymonde's bass playing. Check it out here Finally another fave player from the 80s post punk era, David Allen formerly of Gang of Four then Shriekback, one of the most underrated Brit bands of the 80s. It's the tone, which I've still being try to figure out for decades 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 Cocteau twins regularly get played on 6music and every time I hear them I think I should check out more of their music and then never get around to it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Belly Evans Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Muzz Skillings. Cracking bass player in a brilliant band......until, bizarrely, Doug Wimbish joined. Didn't like their stuff with him on bass at all. Love Tackhead though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Alfonso Carey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Belly Evans Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Cordell 'Boogie' Mosson. One of the funkiest of all time..... https://youtu.be/e-VxBaWRzSU 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Owen said: Alfonso Carey Funny enough, I stumbled across a live performance with Alfonso Carey a couple of days ago (The Ritchie Family). I believe this was Alfonso as well. Edited March 22, 2022 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Re Dave Allen and Shriekback, this photo is from exactly the period of 'My Spine is the Bass Line'. When Dave was in the Gang of Four, he had his basses made by the same luthier in Leeds as me (I was a leftie so had no choice whatsoever at that time). However, by the time he was in Shriekback, he was playing whatever G&L this on is: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 Here's another underrated rock bassist. Lou Barlow from Dinosaur Jr. Just being heard over Jay Mascis is quite an achievement and Lou is playing somewhere in between bass and rhythm guitar. Without his bass, Jay's guitar would just sound like random noodling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassie Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 William Cashion - Future Islands Jeremy Toback’s work with Brad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 John Giblin Jet Harris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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