jonnybass Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 If everyone is lining up for Scott Thunes, I think I'd go for Tom Fowlers time with Zappa as I love Roxy and Elsewhere. Or Id want to be Tony Levin...Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel and King Crimson..yes please.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicbassman Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Well, we can all have fantasies, but my (possibly) more realistic wish would be to play a dep gig with Natalie Williams Soul Family........ I keep hoping that Rob Mullarkey (one of my personal bass favourites) will realise he's been double booked, and give me a call........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Probably playing for Hendrix. The first band I played in did loads of Hendrix and it allowed me and the drummer to just jam through the songs and make it different every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Stevie Wonder Michael Jackson The Who Any or all of the above! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 I'm not good enough to play any of my fantasy gigs. I'd be fired in short order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 1 hour ago, acidbass said: Stevie Wonder Michael Jackson The Who Any or all of the above! Not a fan of The Who but it'd have been great to be Nathan Watts gigging with SW. Ditto to be in Louis Johnson's boots playing uptempo songs from Off The Wall and Thriller live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badscrew Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 What would be my bass gig of choice from all of history? - whatever the Chris Wood's gigs are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisba Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Well, I always thought the 2 gigs I would most like to have seen were the Genesis gigs that made up the Seconds Out album, and Ian Dury and The Blockheads in their prime ( not sure when that was though ) So, I guess I would also like to have seen them from a position on the stage with a bass in hand. Can't think of any I'd rather have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 On 28/06/2022 at 13:20, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Since @cetera has nabbed Gene Simmons, I’ll have Scott Thunes’ stint with Frank Zappa. I'm ready if you need a dep for that gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 4 hours ago, Dan Dare said: I'm not good enough to play any of my fantasy gigs. I'd be fired in short order. Me too, but it is a fantasy gig. And in my fantasy Jon Anderson is asking me how on earth I played that amazing bas solo in Ritual during the 77/78 Yes In The Round Tour. And then I wake up and I'm crammed into the alcove of the Duck and Grommit wondering how on earth I played the bass part of Mustang Sally so badly. 😀 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray C Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Sting, early 80’s with The Police at the top of their game, but can I not fight Stewart Copeland between gigs as I think he’d kill me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badscrew Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 I’m sturdier than Stu, can I get this gig please? not sure about singing though, I’ll let that Sting chap do it. Deal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medpb Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Get Japan back together. I could so do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPrawn Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 I’d go for ELO ABBA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer.b Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Little Feat mid 70s 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike f Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 On 29/06/2022 at 11:41, jonnybass said: If everyone is lining up for Scott Thunes, I think I'd go for Tom Fowlers time with Zappa as I love Roxy and Elsewhere. Or Id want to be Tony Levin...Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel and King Crimson..yes please.. Good one! The Roxy lineup was fantastic but I’d also go with Thunes simply because he became my favourite of Frank’s bassists. Also - Billy Gould from Faith No More, or on a different but equally heavy tip.., oh to be Brownmark from Prince and the Revolution. What a band, what a sound and what a spectacle, and of course playing bass for the man himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Bootsy, in the Parliament rather than James Brown, days. It was just about Funkin' For Fun! And obviously shedloads of drugs, which of course would make it very difficult to stand up on those platform boots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike f Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 10 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said: Bootsy, in the Parliament rather than James Brown, days. It was just about Funkin' For Fun! And obviously shedloads of drugs, which of course would make it very difficult to stand up on those platform boots. Ah yes but, Bootsy’s bass had its own gravitational field roughly in equilibrium with that of the Earth’s. Thusly, and it’s a little known fact, Bootsy floated about 5mm off the stage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, mike f said: Bootsy floated about 5mm off the stage I think it may have been considerably more than that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 (edited) Off the top of my head, the bass chair with the original Bad Company lineup, or maybe early Whitesnake. I can't really say Thin Lizzy, as they just wouldn't have been Lizzy without Lynott. I would love to have played with Pat Travers as well. Gov't Mule might be my current dream bass gig of choice... Edited June 30, 2022 by peteb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 On 28/06/2022 at 10:13, Lozz196 said: I think it would be Cliffs role in AC/DC for me. Actually, thinking about this, I'll do you a deal, Lozz; I'll have Mark Evans' gigs, you can take over Cliff's...as long as I can guest spot at the River Plate Stadium... 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 12 minutes ago, Muzz said: Actually, thinking about this, I'll do you a deal, Lozz; I'll have Mark Evans' gigs, you can take over Cliff's...as long as I can guest spot at the River Plate Stadium... 🙂 Seems a deal to me 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said: Bootsy, in the Parliament rather than James Brown, days. It was just about Funkin' For Fun! And obviously shedloads of drugs, which of course would make it very difficult to stand up on those platform boots. I’ll take the James Brown days then! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 14 minutes ago, Nail Soup said: I’ll take the James Brown days then! You'd be most welcome. While they were funky as, I don't think I'd have liked the constant fines for missing a note! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunion Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 (edited) I wouldn’t have minded taking Duck’ Dunns place in the big 6 at Stax records. or a bash at sly and the Family Stone Edited June 30, 2022 by Bunion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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