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    How highly do you rate John Deacon?

    And It's Your Thing was released in 1969 and hit number 1 on the US billboard R&B. 10 years later Chic (an R&B band) makes a similar bass part. 1 year later John Deacon makes a similar bass part to both. Fast forward to 2020 and people are in this thread saying Queen owes Nile Rodgers something...
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    Bassists few people talk about...

    Has anyone mentioned Geoff Wright yet? Bassist of the Head Shop who only released one album in 1969. I think his sound taste is impeccable.
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    How highly do you rate John Deacon?

    I made an account just to bring you some pertinent information about that bassline (Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust"). That bassline predates Nile Rodgers and Chic's "Good Times" by at least 10 years. The first occurance of that bassline that I'm aware of was either done by a psychedelic...