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Favourite Prog Bassist?
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John Greaves (National Health)
Bernard Pagnotti (Magma)
Enrique Jardines (Absolute Zero, no the OTHER Absolute Zero!)
Your the second mentioning Ray Shulman, is there other Gentle Giant affiliated folks?
Saw them 3 or 4 times with their at least 30 instruments onstage which flew from one into another, genius.
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Killer! Thanks for sharing!!
I've seen Dan many times over the years, going back to 1971 (last time was in 2012). Fine bassist, but certainly not what I would consider a prog bassist.
Your the second mentioning Ray Shulman, is there other Gentle Giant affiliated folks?
Saw them 3 or 4 times with their at least 30 instruments onstage which flew from one into another, genius.
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There were a bunch of us talking about him in another thread about why some progressive music sounds dated. Don't have time to look it up but you could probably find that in a search on prog and dated.
Great song, perfect cheezy 80s video too. Beggs has bass for days though, I didn't know he plays with Steven Wilson nowadays.
Also check out his slightly ...emphasis on slightly ...more commercial band, The Mute Gods:
Is this a trick question? If I don't answer Geddy, do the prog police come and cart me off to a re-education camp? Definitely seems like a trap. So, to avoid all that, Geddy. I do appreciate Rush's sense of humor - as a kid, I didn't get them, now I do - I think both Rush and I matured to where we "get" each other.
But I will add Greg Lake - in the difficulty category. I can play some of Geddy's lines fairly well without too much effort, but ELP stuff I always found impractically....hard. I suppose if I played in a prog rock tribute band, I would slog through their stuff and eventually learn it, but it's never been something I could put on and play with. The good news is, if you do learn a line from an ELP song, you get to play it twice. If you don't understand what I'm talking about, put on any ELP album.
Oh, and Chris Squire, of course. My first bass was a 4001, because....it was 1978, and if you were around then, you understand. When I bought a second bass, I found out...Ricks aren't really my thing, but as my only bass it was my thing for a couple of years. Although I don't play a Rick anymore, and I certainly don't play like Chris, that snarl that he had...that's exactly my tone when things get going.
But I will add Greg Lake - in the difficulty category. I can play some of Geddy's lines fairly well without too much effort, but ELP stuff I always found impractically....hard. I suppose if I played in a prog rock tribute band, I would slog through their stuff and eventually learn it, but it's never been something I could put on and play with. The good news is, if you do learn a line from an ELP song, you get to play it twice. If you don't understand what I'm talking about, put on any ELP album.
Oh, and Chris Squire, of course. My first bass was a 4001, because....it was 1978, and if you were around then, you understand. When I bought a second bass, I found out...Ricks aren't really my thing, but as my only bass it was my thing for a couple of years. Although I don't play a Rick anymore, and I certainly don't play like Chris, that snarl that he had...that's exactly my tone when things get going.
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Well, what would you consider him? I have always felt that Glass Harp was a prog rock/power trio band. Maybe our definitions are different....
Rock bassist. Glass Harp has always been a rock band with some softer folk music elements to them.
At least, around here that's what GH has been.
At least, around here that's what GH has been.
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Watching Yes, live at the Apollo from 2016. Lee Pomeroy is pretty impressive, and doing it all on a left-handed bass strung like a right-handed bass. Wild to watch him play.
