Searching for non-prog fretless bass music

[ba-dum-ba-dum]

I've noticed that in my seach for good music that incorporates fretless electric bass, i have a hard time avoiding the prog-fusion stuff. Don't get me wrong, i love a lot of it (like jaco and percy jone's tunnels...when the damn midi vibes guy shuts up...) and I understand there are historical reasons for this... but must it AWAYS be this way?

Can someone point me to some fretless electric bass stuff that isn't all jock-progged out? Consider this... I hate Dream Theater .

I look forward to your recommendations.

[davetakis]

jack bruce's solo recordings. especially "how's tricks".

[nysbob]

I used a fretless on the majority of the tracks on this record -

New Bears CD EUREKA

[Yvon]

tony levin in some peter gabriel song.

[Baryonyx]

Jonas Hellborg on the album "Elegant Punk". The song "Rise" by Public Image Ltd. Rise is on Youtube, check it out.

[WJGreer]

Check out Kai Eckhardt on the Bill Douglas CD "Sky". It's mellow and meditative, but not exactly progressive. Sort of a world-jazz thing.

[James Hart]

The Firm & Blue Murder!

Hard Rock with Tony Franklin fretless

[James Hart]

Originally Posted by nysbob

I used a fretless on the majority of the tracks on this record -

New Bears CD EUREKA

GREAT disc! I've been enjoying my copy!

[Jumbotron]

Fishbone's later albums. Early PIL.

[Mike Flynn]

Michael Manring's Soliloquy solo album has pretty damn wonderful fretless on it -

Jeff Schmidt playing like a monster here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF4sJHBIYEo

My fretless take on the Wayne Shorter tune Footprints:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK4ygaUqMjM

hope you dig some of that stuff

Mike

[Passinwind]

Originally Posted by ba-dum-ba-dum

Can someone point me to some fretless electric bass stuff that isn't all jock-progged out?

How about Bill Wyman and Rick Danko's fretless work for starters?

[KPJ]

Boz Burrell in Bad Company.

[ba-dum-ba-dum]

Thankyou everyone for the suggestions. The Jeff Schmidt thing.... kinda what i was avoiding, but holy crap! Thank you for pointing me to that. Inspiring.... More please

Blue Murder? heh, i remember seeing them in the MTV once, in the late 80s... all that hair Do all roads lead to Whitesnake?

[Subculture13]

Originally Posted by James Hart

The Firm & Blue Murder!

Hard Rock with Tony Franklin fretless

+1

Anything with Tony Franklin.

I'd also check out some Pearl Jam. Jeff Ament used fretless on some pretty rocking tunes, not just the softer stuff. He's always been a big fretless influence of mine.

[NKUSigEp]

Jeff Ament with Pearl Jam uses fretless on a few songs...not sure which ones though.

[Subculture13]

Originally Posted by NKUSigEp

Jeff Ament with Pearl Jam uses fretless on a few songs...not sure which ones though.

Black, Evenflow and Breathe are my favs, but I lost interest in them after a few albums, so there may be alot more examples by now.

[the low one]

"She's In parties" plus lots more by Bauhaus

[ba-dum-ba-dum]

Originally Posted by the low one

"She's In parties" plus lots more by Bauhaus

I love Bauhaus! I had no he used a fretless in that track?!

[the low one]

Originally Posted by ba-dum-ba-dum

I love Bauhaus! I had no he used a fretless in that track?!

I think David Jay of Bauhaus played a fretless P bass on everything. Looked and sounded great.

[ba-dum-ba-dum]

Wow, i never even thought to think if he used fretless... but that explains that "siren" type sound at the beginning and end of "double dare".

Sweet. I must look further into this.