Great groove/jam-band bassists/recordings/albums/songs?

[jerry]

I like Moe! They have a new album coming out next tuesday

[FLOYDtheBARBER]

Originally posted by jerry
I like Moe! They have a new album coming out next tuesday

really??? i'm defintely gonna have to check that out...

[josecosta]

One of the greatest bass lines I've ever heard was from John Paul Jones. The first Led Zeppelin cd is filled with a great bass on the blues tracks. Also the BBC Sessions is great!

[Jeff Moote]

Here's one that is kinda in a defferent vein than the others (maybe that's what you want): look into "The New Deal" I suppose their self titled is a good start. They're synth, bass, and drums and do breakbeat/house stuff but very improv and I like them a lot. They're fairly local to me, but they tour the continent constantly. www.thenewdeal.ca might help.

[lushfreak]

You guys rock! (Cheesy, but true.)

I've spent the past couple of weeks tracking down music from your recomendations and there's some excellent stuff our there. I still haven't found material from every band, but my favs so far are Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Aquarium Rescue Unit, and Galactic.

BTW, I've been focusing on finding high-quality live recordings. If there are any tapers, traders, or fans of live music out there, check out furthurnet.org for access to a VAST network of live music available for download. I found five ARU shows through their file-swapping network! (The software is still in beta, but it's worked flawlessly under Mac OS X.)

P.S. Oteil is the man!

[FLOYDtheBARBER]

did you check out nugs.net? they have some GREAT live recordings there, i believe.
http://www.nugs.net/stash.asp
glad you dig jazz odyssey; those guys are crazy-good.

[edit: okay, i was checkin' out nugs, and for some reason almost all the shows say that they're currently unavailable for download i am perplexed]

[fclefgeoff]

Jazz Is Dead
Widespread Panic
Gov't Mule
Galactic
String Cheese Incident
Derek Trucks Band