Duck Dunn the busiest Bassist of All Time?

TonyFranklinFan · #1 02-03-2010, 03:25 AM

My buddy who is a keyboard player and in his 50's says that Duck Dunn has played with the most number of bands than any other bass player. I say BS..though probably in the top 5 busiest and most credentials not #1 by far. Who do YOU think is, and give me some other names so I can prove him wrong..or is he right?

jerry · #2 02-03-2010, 05:10 AM

Duck's on a lot, but I'm sure cats like Nathen East, Will Lee, leland Sklar etc on are on more recordings.

MrSidecar · #3 02-03-2010, 05:30 AM

I'd opt for Milt Hinton, although double bass. At his highest, this man kept 5 double basses in different places in NYC and taxi-cabbed between them from one recording session to the next. Every day. And that was before there even were bass guitars...

Sidecar

vstrings · #4 02-03-2010, 05:54 AM

Funny how keyboard players in their 50s have a way with words, haven't they!

Of course, "Duck" Dunn is one of the Greats, but there are many others...

If you are talking "just" being busy, I would totally agree with jerry and mention Nathan East, Will Lee, Lee Sklar...
I would add other session giants such as Neil Stubenhaus, Bob Glaub, Tony Levin, Pino Palladino...

If we are talking being members of a band though, I would feel compelled to mention Bootsy Collins with James Brown and P-Funk, session great and Living Colour bass visionary Doug Wimbish and the one and only Darryl Jones, whose rather impressive CV includes...

Miles Davis
Madonna
Sting's utterly phenomenal "Blue Turtles" band
Rolling Stones

tmax · #5 02-03-2010, 06:02 AM

Carole Kaye probably played more sessions than anyone but often gets overlooked.

Roy Vogt · #6 02-03-2010, 06:05 AM

The record for sessions that I've found is Nashville bassist Bob Moore, a member of the original Nashville "A-Team". He played on sessions from the 50s-00s and at nearest estimate played on 20,000 records.
Duck's primarily known for Booker T and the MGs and Memphis Sessions. His other high visibility group would be The Blues Brothers. A great way to check on recording credits is to go to www.allmusic.com and type in a bassists name in "Artists". You'll usually get a credit list, especially with established players.
Here's Duck's credits:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...bfoxqq5ldse~T4
He's a busy, busy guy!
Here's Bob Moore's:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...bfexqqgld6e~T4
Now that's nuts!

DWBass · #7 02-03-2010, 06:51 AM

Well here is Nathan East's..........

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...bfuxqw5ld6e~T4

Roy Vogt · #8 02-03-2010, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by DWBass

Well here is Nathan East's..........

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...bfuxqw5ld6e~T4

Wow! I KNEW he was busy, no wonder he's always smilin'!

dcr · #9 02-03-2010, 06:55 AM

How about Michael Rhodes? Certainly one of Nashville's busiest.

dcr

Roy Vogt · #10 02-03-2010, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by dcr

How about Michael Rhodes? Certainly one of Nashville's busiest.

dcr

Michael's a good friend and a busy, busy guy. He just hasn't logged in the sheer # of years Bob has. Here's Bob's website:
http://www.nashvillesound.net/
I was off-he claims 17,000 sessions....

DWBass · #11 02-03-2010, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by dcr

How about Michael Rhodes? Certainly one of Nashville's busiest.

dcr

Close but he doesn't beat Nathan!

Xavier Zed · #12 02-03-2010, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Roy Vogt

The record for sessions that I've found is Nashville bassist Bob Moore, a member of the original Nashville "A-Team". He played on sessions from the 50s-00s and at nearest estimate played on 20,000 records.
Duck's primarily known for Booker T and the MGs and Memphis Sessions. His other high visibility group would be The Blues Brothers. A great way to check on recording credits is to go to www.allmusic.com and type in a bassists name in "Artists". !

Roy thanks for the intro to this website, just added it to my toolbar. Thanks again mate.

jmccain · #13 02-03-2010, 07:40 AM

Carol Kaye - all the West Coast session and all of the Motown ones...

JTE · #14 02-03-2010, 09:36 AM

Carol Kaye and Joe Osborn probably played more master sessions than Duck. That's because it appears that the LA studio heyday was more of an assembly line process than the more spontaneous way the Stax people worked. Plus The Wrecking Crew did a lot of movies as well as record dates.

John

TMBTC · #15 02-03-2010, 09:43 AM

Bob Babbit has been on a record or two

Honk'n_down-low · #16 02-03-2010, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by tmax

Carole Kaye probably played more sessions than anyone but often gets overlooked.

She even played on sessions where she was not present

TMBTC · #17 02-03-2010, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Honk'n_down-low

She even played on sessions where she was not present

not to mention trying to take credit for sessions she was never at !!!
(sorry Don't want to be a D**k But the truth is the truth)

RexNFX79 · #18 02-03-2010, 09:54 AM

Nathan East seems like he's everywhere.

kesslari · #19 02-03-2010, 10:08 AM

No mention of Chuck Rainey? Another very, very, very busy session guy.

TonyFranklinFan · #20 02-03-2010, 10:13 AM

Ok but these still won't convince him that each of these guys were part of each of these bands as official members....or were they? Still awesome info though for myself, thanks!