5 Favorite Bassists?

[39-Bassist]

My 5 faves:

Phil Lynott
Brian Wilson
Bob Daisley
Steve Harris
Dee Dee Ramone

[BassPlayer900]

#1: Geddy Lee
#2: John Paul Jones
#3: Flea
#4: Duff McKagan
#5: Krist Novoselic

[HometownLetdown]

If we are talking about so called "legends" id go with the standard

Burton
Lee
Etc.

However, being probably on the younger side of this forum im inclined to pick bassists that I looked up to when learning.

-Mark Hoppus (Blink-182/+44) plays what the music needs and generally fun to watch
-Adam Russell (Story of the Year/D.R.U.G.S) if you have ever seen either of these bands live you will understand
-Tye Zamora (Alien Ant Farm)
-Roger Manganelli (Less Than Jake)
-Jeph Howard (The Used)

[rockosocko]

Jaco
Pino Palladino
John Patitucci
Mark King
Michael Manring

[ON the ONE]

Paul Jackson
George porter
Robbie Shakespeare
Larry Graham
Jamerson senior

Picking only five is a serious challenge.

[lowfreqgeek]

Anthony Jackson
Jimmy Johnson
Abe Laboriel
Will Lee
(probably) John Patitucci - or Marcus Miller, or Nathan East, or...

There's way too many guys who deserve to be on the list, but these are at or near the top for me. I'm most definitely into the "studio" players like these guys - even if some are well known for their own solo work.

[Don Tony]

Mine are all old school rockers 1- Jack Bruce
2- Gary Thain (Uriah Heep)
3-Dennis Dunaway (Alice Cooper Group)
4- Chris Squire
5-Geddy Lee

[cjhamm]

John Wetton, Geezer, Jaco, Mccartney, and Bill Wyman

[FenderHotRod]

1. Bob Daisley
2. James Lomenzo
3. Billy Sheehan
4. Michael Anthony
5. Greg Chaisson

[Artyom73]

No particular order for this one-

Marcus Miller
Victor Wooten
Pete McCullough
Justin Chancellor
Les Claypool

[Turock]

Jack Bruce
Berry Oakley
John Paul Jones
James Jamerson
John Entwhistle

[afzoomie67]

Not in any order:
McCartney (Beatles)
Sting (Police)
Paul Simonon (The Clash)
Entwistle (The Who)
Matt Freeman (Rancid, Op Ivy)

[Roy Vogt]

I guess the criteria is do I buy everything they've done/do:
Jaco
Stanley Clarke
Victor Wooten
Marcus Miller
Brian Bromberg
Honorable Mentions:
Jeff Berlin
Jimmy Haslip
Alain Caron

[HeavyRockBasser]

Jack Bruce
Willie Dixon
JPJ
Noel Redding
Johnny (B Goode) Gayden

[steven1068]

The three B's

Bernard Edwards
Bikithi Khumalo
Bruce Thomas

and of course, Entwistle and Sting

[chuck3]

Jamerson
Ray Brown
Paul Chambers
McCartney for his early work
Chuck Rainey

[gdecamp]

Those who influenced me along the way, in no particular order;

Nathan East
Larry Graham
Rick Danko
Chuck Rainey
Harvey Brooks

[Derek Smalls]

For me, it's:
Bootsy
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Larry Graham
Norman Watt-Roy
Robert Trujillo

[hef89]

In no particular order

Cliff Burton
Steve Harris
Billy Sheehan
Emma Anzai
Alex Webster

[bassthumpersf]

Mike Mesaros
Carmela Thompson
Larry Graham
Mike Watt
Stave Harris