Your BASS or Guitar player Influences

[TrevorR]

Influenced how I play:

Herbie Flowers (esp War of the Worlds)

Kelly Groucutt (ELO)

Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)

John Whetton (but ASIA-era not any of his other bands)

Neil Murray (Whitesnake)

Tiran Porter (The Doobie Brothers)

Alan Gorrie (AWB)

Roger Glover (Deep Purple)

Randy Hope Taylor (Incognito: much later - late 90s - when started getting into acid jazz and similar)

Inspired but not in a way that changes my playing:

Chris Squire

Geddy Lee

Abraham  Laboriel

John G Perry

 

 

Edited December 24, 2024 by TrevorR

[TrevorR]

On 19/12/2024 at 21:54, Hellzero said:

Me, myself and I. 

So Joan Armatrading then? 😉🤣

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, Mickeyboro said:

I like Camel too. But I just think Sinclair was at his peak with the Hatfields. And having interviewed him for a sleeve note it’s fascinating he felt inferior to the other three musicians.  Evidence that it’s always good to be in a band where everyone is supposedly better than you!

i'll have a listen on youtube now as i'm not too sure i've listened to them. Thanks for the heads up on it tho Mickey. You have a wonderful Christmas and a busy 2025.

Dave 

[Count Bassy]

No particular order:

 

Neil Murray

Andy Fraser

Jerome Rimson

Gary Twigg

Duck Dunn

John Wetton

Martin Turner

 

 

- Not that I can play like any of them!

 

 

[Bagman]

Jerry Jemmott

Anthony Jackson 

Peter Hook

Paul Chambers

Prince

[Terry M.]

On 20/12/2024 at 12:10, Cliff Edge said:

Same here. I have to confess to not being able to name a single bassist beyond McCartney and Wyman when I started playing bass. Probably shows you how long ago that was. And honestly I still couldn’t tell you who plays with what band, even if I am familiar with the name. I have often been asked who my favourite bassist is over the intervening years and I really don’t have an answer. I suppose I’m just weird. 

I'm so pleased I'm not the only bassist that experiences this. I genuinely don't have any bass heroes and it's not meant in a disrespectful way at all. I tend to view music as a collective whole and I focus on the end product rather than individual parts. I'm more likely to have heroes that are producers (Mizell brothers,Quincy Jones) and/or song writers (Stevie Wonder) amongst others. Just me 😊

[Frank Blank]

Bass

• Mick Karn
• Tina Weymouth
• Derek Forbes
• Jah Wobble
• Aston 'Family Man' Barrett

• Tessa Pollitt

• Paul Raven
• Sir Horace Gentleman
• Paul Gardiner
• John Wilson
• Floyd Lawson

Guitar

• Keith Levene
• Geordie Walker
• John McGeoch