bass player influence history linking...(for fun, I guess)

[FiveStringsNme]

I was wondering........can you guys link some bassists to other bassists...the ones that are clearly influenced by another bassist that was clearly influenced by another bassist that was influenced ...and so on until..influenced by an innovator...get what I mean?

I just wanna see some opinions towards who was influenced by who and so on...

and honestly, I'm too nervous to set the example, but it'd be like a family tree linking or something like that....

 

[Brad Johnson]

Everything began with Peter Tork.

 

[Mike N]

Originally posted by Brad Johnson
Everything began with Peter Tork.

No Brad, youve got it all wrong.
It was Al Gore.
Just ask him, he'll tell you.

 

[Brad Johnson]

While Algore did indeed invent the modern-day electric bass, Mr. Tork was da man.

Just ask Bootsy, Carol Kaye, Ralphe Armstrong, Mario Cippola, that guy from White Snake... all the greats agree.

 

[Marty Forrer]

I am who I am today because of Peter Tork.....

 

[FiveStringsNme]

him and Leo are our daddies

man..that didn't sound right but blah

Tork pretty much puts this in a nutshell

 

[BigWig Will]

I like to thing of Bill the Cat as the father of modern bass-playing

 

[Woodchuck]

Carol Kaye played all of Peter Tork's lines.

 

[TRIPSTER]

I would say that from Peter Tork bass things evolved to Danny Partrige. Don't forget that Greg Brady was one of the most influential guitarists of the 70's. Nope, can't forget that guy.

 

[20db pad]

Originally posted by TRIPP_DOGGY_DOGG
I would say that from Peter Tork bass things evolved to Danny Partrige. Don't forget that Greg Brady was one of the most influential guitarists of the 70's. Nope, can't forget that guy.

I'd bet Tommy Tedesco played all of Greg Brady's stuff

For guys that really didn't play a lot of bass, Tork and Partridge influenced a lot of people to pick up the instrument. FWIW, Peter is a sharp vocalist, guitarist, and pianist in real life. This can be seen at current Monkees shows or with his own band, Shoe Suede Blues.

I think a reasonable line of influence is James Jamerson > Anthony Jackson > Melvin Lee Davis.

 

[Brad Johnson]

Tork owns you all.

 

[TRIPSTER]

Saturday's Child Rules!

 

[darkjoker667]

jack bruce-geezer butler

that's all I got

 

[DaveBeny]

Allmusic.com has a tree of key electric bass players - can't say I particularly agree with it, but here you go:

Electric Bass Pioneers

Monk Montgomery (electric bass with Lionel Hampton in 1953)

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Electric Bass Innovator

Jaco Pastorius

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Key Electric Bassists

Stanley Clarke; Steve Swallow; Eberhard Weber; John Patitucci; Tyrone Brown (with Max Roach since 1984); Jamaaladeen Tacuma; Albert MacDowell; Alphonso Johnson; Mark Egan; Victor Bailey; Brian Bromberg; Marcus Miller; Gerald Veasley; Bill Laswell; Bob Cranshaw (with Sonny Rollins)

 

[Gabu]

I think in Metallica's Ride the Lightning, the credit Rush as an influence. Rush was heavily influenced by Led Zeppelin. From a JPJ website, his primary influences were: Charlie Mingus, Ray Brown, and Scott LeFaro. He said he didn't have any rock influences because you couldn't hear bass on rock records in the early sixties.

 

[DaveBeny]

Originally posted by Gabu
From a JPJ website, his primary influences were: Charlie Mingus, Ray Brown, and Scott LeFaro. He said he didn't have any rock influences because you couldn't here bass on rock records in the early sixties.

In the interviews with him that I have read, JPJ always' rates James Jamerson as a major influence as well. JPJ reckons that his success as a session player in the '60s was down to the fact that he was the only player on the scene able to take a chord sheet and quickly come up with a bassline that had that Jamerson-Motown feeling.

 

[The Mock Turtle Regulator]

James Jamerson- Bernard Edwards- Stuart Zender?

Larry Graham- Stanley Clarke- Mark King?

 

[Dondi]

Originally posted by Woodchuck
Carol Kaye played all of Peter Tork's lines.

Being the fountain of useless knowledge that I am, I recall that the credits on at least the "Monkees' Headquarters", album listed the great Joe Osborne on bass. (Check out the song, "You Just May be the One"; great bass riff)Its possible that Carol Kaye played on the first few Monkees' singles, but she's been found to have lots of questionable recollections on what sessions she played on in the 1960's.

 

[JimK]

I have the Headquarters cd in my hands...these Monkees' re-issues have very extensive liner notes.
Anyway, Chip Douglas(NOT the cat from My Three Sons) is the bassist on this record, though John London is credited with "The Girl I knew Somewhere" & "All Off Your Toys".
IMO, tha bass' tone & 'feel' on this disc really smacks of McCartney.

Headquarters, the Monkess' 3rd album, was a rebellion of sorts against the production machine of Don Kirshner. On this album, the Monkees insisted on playing their own instruments.
Gotta give 'em credit...they did the album in 3 months(considered a long time back then) & Mickey hadda learn how to play drums.


Kaye may have played on the Kirshner material.

 

[JimK]

Back on topic-

Jimmy Blanton ----------> Everybody else who ever picked up either an URB or an electric bass.