Any good funk bassists and their bands?

tony hall with dumpstaphunk

 

Larry Graham - Graham Central Station
Louis Johnson - Brothers Johnson
and another you might like, but not really old school funk Stuart Zender with Jamiroquai.

 

George Porter Jr.- The Meters
Rocco Prestia- Tower of Power
Get yourself a James Brown anthology and lock yourself in your room for a week.

 

James Brown

Commodores
Gap Band
Earth, Wind and Fire
Parliament/Funkadelic
Ohio Players
War
Mandrill
Sly and the Family Stone
Kool And The Gang

 

+1 Yep there you go. A word of warning though Rocco Prestia = RSI (at least when you're starting out)

 

Stuart Zender - Jamiroquai? Absolute beast of a bassist.

 

Dig up some ConFunkSHun.

Cedric Martin on bass.

 

word

 

nick daniels IMO is the funkier of the two.

but regardless- dumpstaphunk is the funkiest band, from the funkiest city. youd be crazy not to see them if they come near your town. the nastiest funk, hands down.

 

Funk would not even exist without James Jamerson.

 

+1... CFS is an incredible band !

I would also mention the great Leon Sylvers III, Mark Adams (Slave) and Orlando Phillips (Starpoint).

 

absolutely. the guy is insane.

 

Head over to Youtube and search for "funk". Lotsa great videos to check out.

Also, here are some links you might want to check out:
~Funk, Slap, Groove, R&B
Links to over 20 funk,groove and R&B bassists

TB's Funk 101 list of funk tunes
TB's Old School Funk tunes suggestions

Muted Grooves by Joaquin des Pres
Classic Funk and R&B by Joaquin des Pres
"Funk Bass" by TB member Jonster (John Liebman)
R&B/Funk book
"Standing in the Shadows of Motown" James Jamerson book/CD
Funk Bass Bible
New funk groups
Modern Funk bassists

The late, great, James Jamerson
Get that dead flatwound string sound

TB slap bass references/links
Over 60 slap/funk lessons by MarlowDK
Video lessons w/Dmanlamius

Look for Books/Videos from:
F. R. Prestia/Tower of Power
Anthony Vitti
Alex Sklarevski
Bill Dickens
Tony Oppenheim
Larry Graham

 

great effin post

 

I'd recommend Anthony Vitti's books. He's got a couple on Funk basslines. They come with complete transcribed basslines and a cd so you can check your reading/feel. He's a teacher at Berklee. I have Vol 1 and it's enough to keep me busy for quite a while.

As for players, I'd add to the list....
Galactic
Lettuce
New Mastersounds
Greyboy Allstars
Oteil Burbridge on just about anything 'cause damn he's funky!
Jaco (of course) Come On, Come Over comes to mind
I'll 2nd or 3rd Jamiriquai... tight rhythm section
George Porter Jr WITH Stanton Moore... great bass + great drums= badass

those are some of my favs

 

the chilis just came back,so theyre back in the game...hopefully

 

I have to vote first for the Godfather of Soul - James Brown and his band. I saw him live once in the early 1980s at the Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans.

And any George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic/P-Funk Allstars music. Bootsy Collins is in there too. I've seen all of them live too


Dave