Who would you say is the funkiest White bass player you have met? I am hoping the subject doesn't touch anyone's tender spots considering how I worded it (which btw was totally "innocent" as it were!) Someone who you would guess was a Black bassist w/o seeing them, but who turned out to be White, Latin, Indian, East Indian, Middle Eastern, etc.
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Funkiest non-Black bassists :)
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I believe the bassist for AWB was Alan. Yeah he's pretty funky. One of the many funky British (Scottish in his case) instrumentalists.
Jim Fielder, on the early Blood, Sweat, and Tears stuff.
Gary Willis on Tribal Tech stuff.
Duck Dunn, on the Stax/Volt sides.
(OP said "you've met," but I take it that's not a requirement..? These are funky players I've copped stuff from.)
Oh, yeah--on some cuts, Jaco had cool fingerstyle funk.
Um...Doug Johns on Pocket Fulla Nasty.
Gary Willis on Tribal Tech stuff.
Duck Dunn, on the Stax/Volt sides.
(OP said "you've met," but I take it that's not a requirement..? These are funky players I've copped stuff from.)
Oh, yeah--on some cuts, Jaco had cool fingerstyle funk.
Um...Doug Johns on Pocket Fulla Nasty.
Wow, really?!
Jim is a killer bassist and super cool guy, met him in Indy in 2005 during a lame attempt at NAMM trying to move the summer show there...
DDD's work with Blues Bros and Booker T is killer.
Also David Hood from Muscle Shoals and Carl Radle....
I don't know if I'd consider Duck Dunn "funky" per se - but definitely had "Groove," like Jamerson.
My Vote goes to Neil Jason from the Brecker Brothers doing Some Skunk Funk live at the North Sea Festival (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IAm0FyDnnM). Go to 5:30 in the clip. Wooten before Wooten could walk.
Watch and funk.
You're welcome.
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My Vote goes to Neil Jason from the Brecker Brothers doing Some Skunk Funk live at the North Sea Festival (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IAm0FyDnnM). Go to 5:30 in the clip. Wooten before Wooten could walk.
Watch and funk.
You're welcome.
Z
As far as Funky goes, I gotta go with Rocco. And as a side note if you don't know who Duck Dunn is, there is quite a treat waiting for you!
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