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Fretless players
- Thread starter LadyLoveStingRay5
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I thought this list was incomplete with out Esperanza Spalding .
She's a killer player and had a reputation of being one hang of a person as well.
There was this guy named Jaco Pastorius...
A few of my favorites who weren't exclusive fretless players but whose work inspired me not only to play bass, but fretless-
Here are the players and the specific songs that inspired me-
Guy Pratt- On Icehouse's Measure for Measure album. Standout song- Paradise
Whoever it was who played the fretless bass on The Kingdom from Icehouse's Man of Colours album.
Dan K. Brown - The Fixx's Walkabout album. Standout songs Read Between the Lines and Camphor.
Here are the players and the specific songs that inspired me-
Guy Pratt- On Icehouse's Measure for Measure album. Standout song- Paradise
Whoever it was who played the fretless bass on The Kingdom from Icehouse's Man of Colours album.
Dan K. Brown - The Fixx's Walkabout album. Standout songs Read Between the Lines and Camphor.
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Pre K doesn't count !!!
Im just kidding. She sings and plays both Upright and Fretless so well, as if she has been playing since Kindergarten. Her talent level is pure genius .
Im not exactly sure which school you are speaking of, but clearly she plays fretless now. She has for quite some time.
Ive seen her 3 times in concert since 2008. Sat front row center each time. On every occasion she was on fretless 75% of the time.
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I actually met Michael Manring. He was at a Markbass sponsored event at a music store. Very nice man. I saw Alain Caron twice with UZEB. Some of the best bass guitar playing I have ever seen (and heard too of course). Rick Danko was known to use a fretless Ampere bass on occasion, and wasn't Roz Burrell a fretless player with Bad Company?
She did in a punk band when she was in high school long before she arrived at Berklee.
I had not heard that Boz Burrell underwent a gender transition.
It must have occurred after he played with Rad Company.
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Damn. I didn’t make the list….again
Given it was Ian, I kinda expected Eddie Jackson
It wouldn't have been wrong
It wouldn't have been wrong
