Favorite Band with no Bass Player?

[bassmanbucko]

Guys...I got a reality check for ya...fieldy does play bass, just a unique way Give it up.

Yes, I know he plays the bass. I'm just poking fun at the fact that he looks like he's jerkin' his lovepump while he does it

 

[Only]

You knew someone was going to say it, it was just a question of when.

Today was my day to be the "FREEBIRD!!" guy we all know from gigs.

 

[bassmanbucko]

...Today was my day to be the "FREEBIRD!!" guy we all know from gigs.

Whenever some moron at my band's shows yells that out, my guitarist just gives him the finger and says "This doesn't cost you a dime!" but I'd rather hear that than some moron play Stairway to Heaven again (unless said "moron" turned out to be Jimmy Page, in which case, I'd let it pass)

 

[Hambone]

Getting BACK to the topic...

Mine would have to be Ramsey Lewis and the Urban Knights - Organ/Synth, Piano, Drums.

 

[Osama_Spears]

Jaco is ok...

 

[keb]

Hmmm, ummm... Kraftwerk I suppose.

 

[Tom Howland]

No Bass Player= No Band?

 

[watspan]

I like a lot of hammond organ jazz where the left hand and the foot pedals cover the bass. I also really dig Charlie Hunter--i guess there is a bass there, it's just the bottom 2 or 3 strings of his guitar--the guy is awesome! I've heard good things about the bennavente russo duo, but have not heard their stuff.

 

[Nick man]

Sleater-Kinney

The Doors are probably "the best" but I dont really get too into them most of the time.

 

[charles21o7]

Keane-Nice trio of drums , piano and vocals

and of course the Doors , who indeed did hire studio bassists, but live , they were powered by the pure bass of morrisons voice and the keyboards distorted bass lines.

 

[nowhereian]

The Doors, very simply.

+1. definitely.

 

[Eyescream]

like so totaly teh White Stripes!!!!11!!! remeber folks, they are like bringing back the blues or what not.

Except that the blues never left, and as a matter of fact were doing just fine without those hacks.

 

[jobu3]

Gotta go with the Doors... One of my all time favorite bands. Ray had some fantastic tone! I consider him an inspiration.

 

[seansbrew]

OK, no one has mentioned Soulive, they are a great band with no bass player, check out their website.

www.soulive.com

 

[vbass]

I believe the first post mentioned them.

 

[seansbrew]

Right you are vbass, must have skipped over it, anyway these guys are awesome.

 

[elros]

Genesis.

Well, it might be subject to debate, of course, but Mike is really a guitar player; he plays bass only when he must, it seems.
Many of the older Genesis songs have no "real" bass much of the time. Sometimes bass is provided by the Moog Taurus bass pedals.

So I sort of concider Genesis to be a band without a bass player. And they're definetly my favourite.

 

[DaveBeny]

A classic record with no bassist - Larry Young's 'Unity'

Larry Young - organ
Woody Shaw - trumpet
Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone
Elvin Jones - drums

 

[Rich Piche]

There was a band in the seventies, "ATOMIC ROOSTER". The album "DEATH WALKS BEHIND YOU" is real cool.

 

[Juneau]

Right you are vbass, must have skipped over it, anyway these guys are awesome.

If your ever interested in some more recordings of them you may not have, hit me up on PM sometime, Ill send ya a link to get a bunch of their stuff. Im on a mission to spread the soulive word singlehandedly if need be lol.