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Favorite Upright Bassists in Rock & Pop

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ackers

Feb 27, 2012
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Firstly - I know this is in the BG section, but it seemed to be the most appropriate considering the audience.

So, as the title says: Who are your favorite bassists who play upright in indie/alternative/rock/pop bands? For the purposes of this discussion, lets forget about Folk, Psychobilly etc - genres where you might reasonably expect an upright.

For starters here's a couple of mine:

Jon Thorne in Lamb
Lamb @ JAZZ:RE:FOUND 2009 - Gold - YouTube

Chris Kelly from Big Strides
Hen Night Limousine - Big Strides - YouTube

The lass from the Guillemots
Guillemots - Made-Up Lovesong #43 - YouTube
 
#2
I wish i could remember (I could look him up on google but am to lazy) the ex bassist for the Stray Cats, Brian Setzers old band.
He has at least one solo CD that is really great. A ton of energy and most the tunes are done right.
The problem I have is I loan out stuff that I want people to check out and some don't return. Time goes by and I forget who borrowed it.
Check 'em out. You won't be disappointed.
Rock-A-Billy with the accent on Rock. Lots of that crisp slapping dog-house pop.

edit: His name is Lee Rocker and the CD has him standing along with his upright.
Now I am going to spend some time going through my CDs to find it although I think someone else
has it burried in their collection.
 

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