In Reply to: Poll question: Dead or alive please list 5 best bass players in the history of rock `n roll. posted by javajive on April 29, 2004 at 03:11:07:
Jack Bruce
Andy Frazer (Free). Very under rated IMHO
Tony Levin
Danny Thompson (with John Martyn. It's double bass but who's counting)
Chris Squire
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Poll question: Dead or alive please list 5 best bass players in the history of rock `n roll. - javajive 03:11:07 04/29/04 (54)
- Jaco Pastorius, Geddy Lee, Billy Sheehan, Tony Levin and Stu Hamm (nt) - Urizen 13:47:57 05/15/04 (0)
- Re: Poll question: Dead or alive please list 5 best bass players in the history of rock `n roll. - tamarack triangle 10:01:40 05/11/04 (0)
- John Paul Jones, Geddy Lee, Tony Levin, John Entwistle & Flea! - vinyl*junkie 12:30:37 05/07/04 (0)
- Re: Poll question: Dead or alive please list 5 best bass players in the history of rock `n roll. - The Duke 10:49:41 05/07/04 (0)
- John Paul Jones from Zepplin, he is a great musician ,playing keyboards and mandilin as well as bass guitar(nt) - fortysomething 13:38:00 05/06/04 (0)
- Re: Poll question: Dead or alive please list 5 best bass players in the history of rock `n roll. - Tim V 19:33:35 05/04/04 (0)
- Slim Jim Phantom - YECH 16:16:29 05/03/04 (0)
- Great answers, but where's Jack Cassidy of Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane? - Bill Galbraith 06:12:14 05/02/04 (2)
- Right here!!! - dwill123 06:29:58 05/02/04 (1)
- Wow, he looks better now. nt - Jackaro 22:54:30 05/04/04 (0)
- mike watt, peter hook, holger czukay (nt) - kurdi 08:14:47 05/01/04 (0)
- Here's my list - taco 05:00:55 05/01/04 (0)
- Mick Karn - Bunt 09:50:05 04/30/04 (1)
- Your description made me think of... - Dusty Chalk 20:26:56 04/30/04 (0)
- Lemmy. Bill Laswell. NT - J.R. 06:45:01 04/30/04 (0)
- Many reggae bassmen are as good as or better than most of these guys listed so far. - J.R. 06:43:17 04/30/04 (1)
- Don't forget "Family Man" from BMW (nt) - PdL 08:04:01 04/30/04 (0)
- My take.............losta good ones so I'll list some veterans.... - danj 23:49:31 04/29/04 (4)
- Re: My take.............losta good ones so I'll list some veterans.... - Dman 05:07:04 04/30/04 (3)
- It might have been Carol Kaye on bass for Motown. - dwill123 14:45:23 05/02/04 (0)
- Thanks......he was truly one of the greats........(nt) - danj 16:48:28 05/01/04 (0)
- Re: See J. Jamerson in "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" DVD...(nt) - mkuller 14:45:34 04/30/04 (0)
- eschewing the obvious - Dusty Chalk 21:37:10 04/29/04 (1)
- Some others, off the beaten path.... - Ex Lion Tamer 05:35:42 04/30/04 (0)
- Berry Oakley - clingman71 15:12:53 04/29/04 (0)
- Stu Hamm - newsjeff 14:49:14 04/29/04 (4)
- Re: Stu Hamm - fortysomething 18:26:43 05/05/04 (0)
- Dean Peer - Ex Lion Tamer 05:25:04 04/30/04 (1)
- Re: Dean Peer - phatty 11:56:51 05/05/04 (0)
- Good call and M. Manring too - Hyfi 18:08:52 04/29/04 (0)
- My faves! - 6 meters DX 13:33:52 04/29/04 (0)
- Re: You're forgetting Mark King of Level 42... - mkuller 10:50:02 04/29/04 (1)
- Oh yeah---he's great! - mishmashmusic 11:22:10 04/29/04 (0)
- Mine are: - John_the_Scot 09:11:33 04/29/04 (0)
- Wright/Watt/Simonon/Claypool/Sandman - Steve J H 09:09:34 04/29/04 (2)
- NoMeansNo! - chickenlogic 00:43:42 04/30/04 (1)
- I forgot Norman Watt-Roy (Blockheads) - anyone else got a space? (nt) - Steve J H 09:56:00 05/02/04 (0)
- Hard to imagine a list without Geddy Lee or Steve Harris nt - mishmashmusic 07:34:56 04/29/04 (2)
- I had them both on mine. (nt) - Redwing 06:57:22 05/05/04 (0)
- Re: Hard to imagine a list without Geddy Lee or Steve Harris nt - Dmac 09:41:26 04/29/04 (0)
- Re: Poll question: Dead or alive please list 5 best bass players ... - dwill123 06:06:12 04/29/04 (0)
- My favorites are - Redwing 05:11:13 04/29/04 (0)
- Re: Poll question: Dead or alive please list 5 best bass players in the history of rock `n roll. - Hyfi 04:11:38 04/29/04 (0)
- Re: Poll question: Dead or alive please list 5 best bass players in the history of rock `n roll. - J 03:54:41 04/29/04 (10)
- What!! How could you leave Sid Vicious off your list, J? - Rob Doorack 07:32:55 04/30/04 (6)
- Not that he has a great pedigree, but Jah Wobble is worth a quick mention... - Chris Garrett 16:02:41 05/05/04 (0)
- Re: What!! How could you leave Sid Vicious off your list, J? - Bassetized 09:23:28 04/30/04 (4)
- Re: What!! How could you leave Sid Vicious off your list, J? - Rob Doorack 09:40:06 04/30/04 (3)
- Re: What!! How could you leave Sid Vicious off your list, J? - Bassetized 13:04:15 04/30/04 (2)
- How could I - J 14:58:26 04/30/04 (1)
- Re: How could I - Bassetized 23:56:39 04/30/04 (0)
- why no brian? - TA 12:16:40 04/29/04 (1)
- Re: why no brian? - J 14:09:00 04/29/04 (0)
- In line with J's comments..... - PdL 04:24:55 04/29/04 (0)
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- Mine are: - John_the_Scot 09:11:33 04/29/04 (0)