Whom would you wanna hang out with?

[Roscoe East]

Originally Posted by Bio-Bassist

Now whom would you wanna spend a day with? It doesn't exactly have to be a bassist, or if they're dead or not

Lottsa porn stars I'd put on that list...
...seriously.

But also:
- Igor Stravinsky (composer)
- Elliott Carter (composer)
- Charles Bukowski (poet/author/drunk)
- Daniel Dennett (philosopher/neuroscientist/professor/author)
- Carl Sagan (astronomer/physicist)
- Richard Feynman (physicist)
- Robert Fripp (guitarist)
- Pat Martino (guitarist)
- Mark Dresser (upright bassist)
- Mick Jagger (rock star)
- Ben Franklin (polymath)
- Laurie Anderson (performance artist/musician)
- Jane Siberry (singer/composer)

No electric bassists, oddly.

[FatCity]

I would like to sit at a pub in London and have a few pints with Geezer and Steve Harris. If Bob Daisley and Neil Murray could join us, that would be great.

[PipeRain]

Originally Posted by Ben Rose

Archie Goodwin

Satisfactory!

[PipeRain]

Musically? I'd like to spend a day with Jason Newsted, David Ellefson, Joey Taylor, Jim Nicholson, Jeff Bellew, Greg Minier, Alex Lifeson, Liam Howlett, Tommy Victor, Page Hamilton, Justin Broaderick and a host of others....

[Barca_bass]

Originally Posted by Emilym80

John Lyndon (Johnny Rotten)- I don't even like the Sex Pistols, or punk for that matter, but he seems like he'd be a real hoot. Provided he doesn't think you're stupid :/
As for bassists, I'd want to hang out with my main influences and thank them and talk to them about how they played/play bass-
Geddy Lee- I'd just want to thank him, particularly for using so many low-high open and 7th fret e (the note)s, so many pairs of sixteenth notes and so many variations on a descending scale in d. anyway...
Jaco- I'd like to chat to him for a bit about composition and soloing. Then I'd want to talk to guys like John Paul Jones, Jack Bruce and, in particular Mick Grondahl, Chris Squire and Mike Rutherford and ask them how the hell they came up with some of their lines.
So there you have it

Since you mention Grondahl, I would like to add the rest of Jeff Buckley in this. Mickey, Matt, Jeff, and Michael would all be great to talk to. Parker Kindred as well, but not as much as the other guys. Also, JPJ, Flea, Tim Commerford, Les Claypool, Grohl, Geddy and many more

[Clark Dark]

Doug Rauch
Phil Gould
Curtis Mayfield
Charles Mingus
and that girl wearing the "I don't care" tee shirt in the column to the left.

[Oneirogenic]

Michael Manring, Ravi Shankar, Bjork, Anoushka Shankar, Julianna Barwick, Alanis Morisette, Tori Amos, the guys from Tool.

The ladies I listed I respect musically, seem cool to hang out with, are absolutely gorgeous and I have huge crushes on. My wife knows and she's OK with it

[Trayster2]

Joan Jett

[scottfeldstein]

I maintain a running "fantasy party invitee" list. My rule was that they all had to be living. Dig it.

Xeni Jardin
William Gibson
Robert Reich
Paul Krugman
Neil Gaiman
Amanda Palmer
John Hodgman
Bjork
Anthony Bourdain
Tom Magliozzi
Ray Magliozzi
Al Franken
Richard Dawkins
Greta Christina
Jon Stewart
Hayao Miyazaki
Shigeru Miyamoto
Michael Moore
Bono
Morgan Spurlock
Eugene Hutz
Jamie Oliver
Hilary Clinton
Bill Clinton
Terry Gross
Amy Crehore
Bill Murray
Miho Hatori
Wayne Coyne
Imogen Heap
Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam
Tim Cook
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Rachel Maddow
Suze Randall
Ezra Klein
David Sedaris
Jack Black
Johnny Depp
Helena Bonham Carter
Peter Jackson
Brian “BT” Transeau
Scarlett Johansson
Peter Dinklage
Marilyn Manson
Stephen King
Sam Harris
Harrison Ford
Snoop Dogg
Sarah Silverman

[SquierJazz72]

They seem like such a great trio of guys, not just in their music, but in their friendship and respect for each other, and their dedication. I would have to say Alex, Geddy, and Neil.

[hdracer]

Duck Dunn to talk bass playing and some history of music.

Lemmy and Kid Rock to talk about parting on the road and banging chicks.

[phillybass101]

TM Stevens. Not the shocka zulu TM but the one who used to play with Michael Walden on cuts like I shoulda loved ya and Tonight.

Randy Jackson. Not the new one the fat one when he too played with Michael Walden on songs like Divine Emotions, Take it to the bossman, You ought to love me.

Doug Rauch

[Cycho]

I want to hang out with anyone who uses "who" and "whom" correctly. Ending a sentence with a preposition is not a problem.

[Konigstiger22]

Rhydian Dafydd
Nikki Monninger
Duck Dunn
Les Claypool

[Clark Dark]

I'd also for one day like some studio time with Ryuga Uchida
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWQ7YAoaswI

and Senri Kawaguchi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoPdawLnGY8

just for the fun of it...live music has a bright future

[rapidfirerob]

Scarlett Johansson. A few hours would be fine.
Stanley Clarke for a good hang.

[scottfeldstein]

Originally Posted by rapidfirerob

Scarlett Johansson. A few hours would be fine.

Isn't that the truth.

[BawanaRik]

This can be disappointing. I just read the Jack Bruce Bio that's out and I can deal with the partying but it seem the guy is bitter. I don't think I would like to see a guy that I worshipped and see that he's bitter. Even a song like White Room about going through withdrawal wasn't bitter. And She Was Like a Bearded Rainbow was a celebration.

I've spoken to some guys that have made the choice to play full time. Many seem happy with the choice. A unifiying thread is that many musicians aren't business men.


I think this is what happened to his career. He went from so many fantasitc colors make me feel so grand to Rope Ladder to the Moon.

All that being said Al Kooper is an interesting guy. In fact thanks for reminding me that That I have been meaning to read one of his bios.

Or Akira Kurosawa. This guy was deep. If not him The Buddha.

[Shakin-Slim]

Dead: Trane
Living: Robert Glasper

[scottfeldstein]

Originally Posted by BawanaRik

The Buddha.

I who love Buddhism (at least the less dogmatic, more experiential varieties) would rather have a lazy afternoon with Carl Sagan than a year with the Buddha.