forgotten bass heroes

[Richland123]

Some great players mentioned so far

A few more

Chas Chandler - The Animals
Larry Junstrom - .38 Special (he was the original Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist)
Randy Meisner - Eagles, Poco, solo
Jim Kale - The Guess Who
Clyde "Skip" Battin - The Byrds, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Flying Burrito Brothers
Tom Petersson - Cheap Trick
Tommy Shannon - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Fred Turner - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Jim Crichton - Saga
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond - Jethro Tull

 

[Essexbass]

Jim Fielder - Blood Sweat & Tears
Mike Visceglia - Suzanne Vega
Ewan Vernal - Deacon Blue

 

[Tony In Philly]

I also saw them back in the 70's, in Europe, and they were very good indeed. I don't know who the bass player for Gong was, but he was pretty good too. Saw them live back then and liked him alot too.

Mike Howlett maybe?

 

[Rockmusician]

Craig MacGregor. (Listen to Foghat Live). His bass playing is great.

Here is a link

Foghat - Fool For The City Live 1981 Hollywood, Florida [HQ] - YouTube

 

[Dave44]

Berry Oakley - Allman Brothers Band

His live stuff is so groovy........ no wander they could jam for hours.

 

[loopmantra]

+1 on hammond-hammond.
jethro tull is one of the greatest bands ever....
<bouree> is like a homework for many bassists..
also berry oakley,word up

 

[lowendrv]

How about the guy who basically started it all for us Bass guitar players.
Monk Montgomery

 

[Roy Vogt]

Colin Hodgkinson of Back Door.
Check this out and remember it was recorded 4 years before either School Days or Jaco's first solo album.
Back Door - Catcote Rag - YouTube
Here's a bit of a video clip. Lefty with a pick! Gotta love it...
Colin Hodgkinson of Back Door - YouTube

 

[jmela]

Bobby Sheehan, orig bassist in Blues Traveler.

Great player with a nice p-bass sound.

 

[Richland123]

Jack Casady - Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna
Banner Thomas - Molly Hatchet
Lonnie Turner - The Steve Miller Band (various times with the band)
Jerry "Wyzard" Seay - Mother's Finest

 

[lowendrv]

Colin Hodgkinson of Back Door.
Check this out and remember it was recorded 4 years before either School Days or Jaco's first solo album.
Back Door - Catcote Rag - YouTube
Here's a bit of a video clip. Lefty with a pick! Gotta love it...
Colin Hodgkinson of Back Door - YouTube

Also his playing and singing with Jan Hammer group, Late 70's early 80's...

 

[esa372]

Dougie Thomson - Supertramp

+1
...very tasty player, with a great tone.

 

[SDMFJay]

Rudy Sarzo, Eric Avery, Noel Redding, Billy Cox, Trevor Dunn and Jimmy Earl should have/have had more exposure in their prime in my opinion.

 

[bluesbasshound]

Stevie Wonders left hand!

 

[dcr]

James "Hutch" Hutchinson with Bonnie Raitt. One of my faves!dcr

 

[Roscoe East]

The late Randy Jo Hobbs, played bass on Edgar Winter's Frankenstein.

Great player, definitely under the radar...but I'm fairly certain that while Randy Jo Hobbs did play bass on two tracks from They Only Come Out At Night, the tune "Frankenstein" was not one of them. Which means it was either Dan Hartman or Rick Derringer who played bass on "Frankenstein."

(I know "We All Had A Real Good Time" is one of those tunes from that album that Randy played on...can't remember the other one, & I don't have any liner notes handy. Arrgh... Google not helping!)

edit: ah-ha! Found it, courtesy of Mix Magazine: the other tune from They Only Come Out At Night that Randy Jo Hobbs played bass on was "Free Ride", and it was Dan Hartman who played bass on "Frankenstein"
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[BulbousMoses]

Trevor Bolder with David Bowie

 

[bassbrad]

Tom Barney is a great player that gets no props. I have been listening to Steely Dan "Alive In America" and he just nails it down!

 

[vegas532]

Mike Visceglia - Suzanne Vega

It's great to see this mention, Mike is one of my favorite people on the planet, period! Not only a great guy, but the most down to earth, genuinely funny person you could ever meet in a lifetime. Check out his other project Then There Were Two, just bass and vocals in a very intimate setting and great live!

Then There Were Two - Into My Arms - YouTube

 

[The Lemon]

Felix Pappalardi
Tommy Cogbill
Berry Oakley
Billy Cox