Had a copy of The Butterfly Ball on cassette and sadly "cassette" things happened to it. That was it, thought it was gone forever. Passing through a friend's town the Cafe we were meeting at was just down from a record store and I was running early. 25th (30th?) anniversary release of The Butterfly Ball on CD! Happy days.
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Bassists few people talk about...
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Had a copy of The Butterfly Ball on cassette and sadly "cassette" things happened to it. That was it, thought it was gone forever. Passing through a friend's town the Cafe we were meeting at was just down from a record store and I was running early. 25th (30th?) anniversary release of The Butterfly Ball on CD! Happy days.
I'm sure he has been said, but Mike Dirnt. Along with Paul McCartney, he is one of only a handful of bass players where when you hum the song, you are humming the bass line. That is RARE.
I think a lot of people sort of disqualify him because he plays with a pick, which is stupid for all sorts of reasons, but not the point of the thread
I think a lot of people sort of disqualify him because he plays with a pick, which is stupid for all sorts of reasons, but not the point of the thread
Janik Top, Bernard Pagonotti, Phillipe Boussonet, John Greaves, Richard Sinclair
Ron Blair for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Very smooth flowing style and some nice high note stuff.
Rob Grange for Ted Nugent. GREAT player on Tooth, Fang, and Claw.
John Seigler for Todd Rundgren's Utopia and Hall & Oates. Very imaginative and precise.
Rob Grange for Ted Nugent. GREAT player on Tooth, Fang, and Claw.
John Seigler for Todd Rundgren's Utopia and Hall & Oates. Very imaginative and precise.
Tony Butler of '80s Celtic-folk-influenced Scottish rock band Big Country (also worked with The Pretenders, Daltry/Townsend and others). His playing included great, driving pick work.
Also Herbie Flowers (loads of session with some of the biggest '60s and '70s names including Lou Reed's 'Walk On The Wild Side', later bassist with Sky) and Nick Seymour of Crowded House.
Also Herbie Flowers (loads of session with some of the biggest '60s and '70s names including Lou Reed's 'Walk On The Wild Side', later bassist with Sky) and Nick Seymour of Crowded House.
Someone beat me to it. Tony Butler. Tony also has that rare distinction of playing in a band where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Alan Spenner, bass player for Joe Cocker's Grease Band at Woodstock, some Roxy Music, Kokomo and others. Died of a heart attack quite a while ago at 43, but he recorded this when he was around 21, which still boggles my mind.
Also, on acoustic upright, Paul Kowert with the progressive bluegrass band, the Punch Brothers
Bruce Thomas who played with Elvis Costello. He's talked about, just not nearly enough.
My vote goes to Tiran Porter, Doobie Bros. bassist through their break through days, Michael McDonald period and back to the original lineup. Though he wasn't the actual original bassist when they started out, he was the one through most of their hits and beyond. A bassist with soul, R & B groove who could seriously rock with the best of them!
