Who's your favorite Bass player................

A Northern Soul · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:23 pm **Posts:** 3742

krist novoselic. definately one of the most underrated musicians of all time.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:54 am

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:13 pm

Anyone have a favorite upright player

Other than me, of course...

I always thought the guy from Soul Coughing held it down nicely.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

i can't even picture an upright bass in my head without the dude from Reverend Horton Heat popping ito my brain. poor bastard.

Sketch · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:18 pm

Descendents = Karl Alvarez (in their later incarnations anyway)
Soul Coughing = Sebastian Steinberg

Freeman. yes.

Let's not forget our own epa! I haven't heard him live, but the walk is half as good as his talk, he owns.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

Northern Soul Wrote:

krist novoselic. definately one of the most underrated musicians of all time.

and when you think of how tall he is and how low he held his bass, he must have had the longest guitar strap in the history of time.

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:50 pm

Sketch Wrote:

Descendents = Karl Alvarez (in their later incarnations anyway)

my second choice!!!!

especially on Wendy & Marriage.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:52 pm

chase Wrote:

Cotton Wrote:

Matt Freeman

excellent call, i always forget about him.

First guy I thought of. Check out "Axiom" and "Maxwell Murder" for the proof.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:54 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

chase Wrote:

Cotton Wrote:

Matt Freeman

excellent call, i always forget about him.

First guy I thought of. Check out "Axiom" and "Maxwell Murder" for the proof.

isn't he billed as matt something else on some of the early records? or was that someone else entirely?

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

i think he does have a diff. name on the opivy stuff and the rancid s/t, but i can't remember.

d · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:01 pm

John Taylor....

oh, and Bernard Edwards

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

Joe Osborn - studio guy who's played on over 400 Top 40 hits from the early 60's on, Mamas and Papas, etc...

Carol Kaye - same deal as Joe Osborn. both played on Pet Sounds

James Jamerson and Chuck Rainey - House bassists for Motown

Anthony Jackson - another studio cat. Love his stuff with Chaka Khan

Peter Cetera - unstoppable with the first ten or so Chicago albums.

Paul McCartney - I'd kill to play bass as elegantly as he does

Larry Graham - Sly and the Family Stone (listen to the simple 8th note pulse on Everyday People and know that funk isn't about flash, it's about presence and style, and sheer gravity), and Prince.

Eric Carmen - before he pussed out with Hungry Eyes, he used to rock in The Raspberries. Every bass line is a careful study of McCartney and other British Invasion bassists.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:26 pm

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Larry Graham - Sly and the Family Stone (listen to the simple 8th note pulse on Everyday People and know that funk isn't about flash, it's about presence and style, and sheer gravity), and Prince.

"If You Want Me To Stay" may be the greatest bassline of all time. I had LG on my list, too.

spizzle trunk · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:38 pm

matt freeman
the guy in 7 seconds absolutely owns, i just don't know his name
karl alvarez
jason black of hot water music
joe lally
any of those kooky "psychobilly" bands like tiger army and nekromantix have pretty cool upright bassmen

the coolest upright bass maneuver i've seen is the guy from the living end who stands on it while playing. i wasn't able to find any good pics of it, though...

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:43 pm

Northern Soul Wrote:

krist novoselic. definately one of the most underrated musicians of all time.

this is my answer, even though i'm not that familiar with bassists contributions to the music i listen to. krist imprinted a lot onto nirvana's best songs.

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:50 pm

the guy from fishbone. i love the bass solo in "bonin' in the boneyard".

also, medeski, martin or wood (whichever plays bass...i think it's martin?)

paper · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:51 pm

Spoon Zen Wrote:

Mike Watt

Diggity Dawg · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:10 pm

I always thought Tom Petersson from Cheap Trick was really underrated - especially live.

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

elephantstone Wrote:

the guy from fishbone. i love the bass solo in "bonin' in the boneyard".

also, medeski, martin or wood (whichever plays bass...i think it's martin?)

Norwood Fisher

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

Chuck Rainey on 'Green Earrings' (back me up FT!)

Oh, and the Granddaddy of all Bassists - Lloyd Brevitt

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

elephantstone Wrote:

the guy from fishbone. i love the bass solo in "bonin' in the boneyard".

also, medeski, martin or wood (whichever plays bass...i think it's martin?)

Chris Wood.

aerodynamics · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:05 pm

I like these people

Jack Cassidy
Chris Squire
D. Jenifer
Geddy Lee
Robert Deleo
Paul McCartney
Jack Bruce
John Fernandez
Michael Ivins

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

aerodynamics Wrote:

I like these people

Geddy Lee

OF SALESMEN!!!

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:16 pm

Eddie Jackson - Queensryche.

Ex Lion Tamer · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:26 pm

My favorites never get mentioned in these threads...

Brian Ritchie - Violent Femmes
Bruce Thomas - The Attractions
Andy Rourke - The Smiths

in jazz...

Ray Brown

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