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forgotten bass heroes

#123
Dickie Peterson - Blue Cheer

Rinus Gerritsen - Golden Earring

Rutger Gunnarsson - ABBA

Keith "Sabu" Crier - GQ

Burke Shelley - Budgie

Kirk Coakley - T-Connection

Ronnie Baker - Philly session bassist

Rick Grech - Traffic
 
#126
low thumper said:
Ronald Lapread from Kool and The Gang
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I thought his name was Ronald Bell?


low thumper said:
Patrick Ohearn from Missing Persons and Zappa
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Ooh, yeah, there's a guy with some serious jazz chops. He totally tears up the upright bass on the solo in "The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution" from the Sleep Dirt album. Played with Dexter Gordon before he joined Zappa's band.
 
#127
A few guys that I have a lot of respect for that don't get much mention have been listed by others; Jon Camp, George Biondo and Tom Fowler. I'll throw in Boz Burrell and Greg Arama (Amboy Dukes, really a great bass player and a big early influence on my playing, check out his stellar work on the Migration album). Both gone but not forgotten!
 
#132
What a fun thread!

Here's my 2 cents on what's been said:

Jon Camp and Greg Lake are excellent players but, IMHO, fall into the realm of guitar players who play bass. That being said, I love Renaissance and without any lead guitar player, Jon's bass really supports the entire band. (Although he was not very good at soloing.)

+1 on Graham Maby. I've seen Joe Jackson many times and his playing is spot on every song every note. Really solid. I'm glad a lot of people threw his name out.

Someone mentioned Peter Cetera...great player...

Never knew that Alan Spenner did the bass work on Jesus Christ Superstar. There's some wonderful lines in that show although I don't know if he wrote them.

Both Glen Cornick and Jeffrey Hammond from Tull get my vote as well.

Stevie Wonder's left hand - LOL! And true! What an amazing talent!

Don't know how Jack Casady, Leland Sklar and Jack Bruce got mentioned. Most bass players know who these guys are...

Patrick O'Hearn and Tom Fowler are both amazing. A lot of Zappa's stuff is insane and they both have a solid resume of other work that is incredible.

Finally, I know that he gets mentioned here and there and, yes, falls under people who played guitar first and, yes, may not be a technical genius, but Colin Greenwood (from Radio Head) is one very tasty player.

Thanks for letting me ramble!
 
#133
how about left hand of Thelonious Monk? i like it much better than left hand of Stevie Wonder...
or even left hand of Jay Mcshann,awesome kansas city stomp style piano player,i think he s vastly underratted as a jazz player...
on the other hand,elviss bassist,i think Billy Black is the name,also forgotten.maybe not a complete bassist with technical superiority,but pretty darn good...
 
#137
Megazap63 said:
Graham Maby from Joe Jackson's band - not super flash but a strong, solid groove player.
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Seconded on that one - great melodic sense a driving tone.

There's a great passage in Joe Jackson's autobiography in which he writes about seeing Graham before joining him in Arms & Legs. He was impressed that it seemed that Graham was leading the drummer rather than the other way around.
 

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