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Old 10-27-2011, 10:48 AM
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Name some funky 5 string players?

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Seems like the funk masters slap, pop and click on a 4 string.

Theres Rick Anderson of the Tubes and........???
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Old 10-27-2011, 11:07 AM
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Ricky Showalter...used to be in Liquid Soul.
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Old 10-27-2011, 12:16 PM
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It's the player, not the instrument.

You want proof??? Nate Watts. Funky on a Ray, an Aria, a Jazz, a P-bass, or an Alleva-Coppollo 5er. Or any other bass, or keyboard, he plays.
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Gary Grainger. Saw him with Victor a few years ago playing a 5 string.
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Flea. IMHO,I think his best work,by f-a-r has been Blood Sugar Sex Magik. I just love his playing style on a 5-string. I really wish he'd go back to playing a 5'er exclusively.
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Old 10-27-2011, 03:58 PM
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Oh yeah, his playing is AMAZING on Omar Hakim's CD Rhythm Deep [1990].
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Old 10-27-2011, 04:05 PM
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Mike Gordon of Phish funks as hard as they come.
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Old 10-27-2011, 06:54 PM
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That's a very long list!

Reggie Young Reggie Young Rehearsal "Play For Me" - YouTube

Dexter Redding The Reddings - The Awakening (1980) - YouTube

Robert Vizvari Eugene Botos project and Eric Marienthal-bass solo(tribute to level 42) - YouTube

Sharay Reed Sharay Reed @ Music Concert in Chicago - YouTube

Wes Stephenson Revive Us Again (James Brown Funk) - YouTube

Tamas Barabas Revive Us Again (James Brown Funk) - YouTube


Carl Carter Carvin SB5000 Funk Loop - YouTube


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Old 10-28-2011, 08:32 AM
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Mike Gordon of Phish funks as hard as they come.
+1,000,000
Also, that Victor Wooten guy has been known to bring the funk on occasion, and is now playing the 5 pretty regularly.
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Old 10-28-2011, 08:39 AM
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Oh man, I don't know how many times I've watched that video. Here's another one (he looks a bit younger here, but still super funky lol):

Sharay Reed @ Chicago Gospel Musician Jam - YouTube

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Old 10-28-2011, 08:46 AM
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Mike Gordon of Phish funks as hard as they come.
I disagree. I like his playing, but I wouldn't consider him a funk player. He's from the Phil Lesh school, and as much as I love his playing, it's not funk.
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