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Grassie

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Grassie Experienced

Grassie

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Evening all,

 

So who do you regard as the best guns for hire in our world of low end? Our go-to gurus, those unsung heroes of the bass world that lurk in the background either on rekkid or on stage?

Heres my 5 in no particular order:

 

Gail Ann Dorsey

Guy Pratt

Pino

Tony Levin

Doug Wimbish

 

Some mighty players there, plus some bonafide iconic lines from some (I’m looking at you Pino, Levin, and Pratt). 😎

 

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Reggaebass Grand Master

Reggaebass

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There’s only one non reggae player I follow ,and I think I’ve explored most of his videos and that’s Sean Hurley, he’s an amazing player and seems to be able to just drop right into the groove 

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Paul S Grand Master

Paul S

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8 hours ago, Doddy said:

My current favourites....

Will Lee 

Nathan East

Jimmie Lee Sloas

Steve Pearce

 

 

 

Nice to see him on a list.  He is Hamish Stuart's bass player of choice when he tours, seen him a few times in that context and his playing is just sublime.  One incarnation of the band,called 360 Band, has Steve Ferrone on drums and I reckon that is the best rhythm section I have seen live.

ambient Grand Master

ambient

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Anthony Jackson

Tony Levin

Pino

Leland Sklar


I’m checking out Nate Navarro at the moment too. He’s a very technical player, currently on tour with Porcupine Tree.

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scalpy Mentor

scalpy

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8 hours ago, chris_b said:

Duck Dunn

Wilton Felder

James Jamerson

Nathan East

Tommy Cogbill

Beat me to it!

 

5 is tricky though, so…

Chuck Rainey

Nate Watts

Carol Kaye

Pino

David Hood 

 

…for good measure.

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OliverBlackman Veteran

OliverBlackman

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Adam Blackstone is in the mix for me. But…..
 

I’m told 90% of being a session player is how you are on the hang, how easy you are to get along with and punctuality. There are other added bits such as programming for the production or arranging too, stuff we never get to see from the stage. 
 

Unless you’ve hired them, it’s hard to know how valuable they are outside of the hour or so on stage/ on the records.

lowdown Grand Master

lowdown

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Purely because of the amount of different situations they could all drop into with absolute ease. TV, Film, Albums, Commercials etc:

Of course, all from the golden days of 1st call studio musicians.

 

Neil Stubenhaus

Anthony Jackson

Abe Laboriel

Chuck Rainey

Will Lee

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