Funkiest non-Black bassists :)

[RD]

Rhonda Smith gets pretty funky!
RD

 

[whocaresnotme]

As has been mentioned several times, ROCCO. No matter what race we are talking about. Rocco is the very definition of funk.

 

[ExaltBass]

I have to chime in with this. Willie Weeks was just an awesome player, totally smooth one of my favorites for sure. As for as color and funk goes, funk is colorblind, its all about the feel.

I guess that was my point. Thanks for being more succinct.

 

[youngin]

This guy!
... I apologize in advance
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[abstractart06]

I wish I had never seen that!

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Rhonda Smith gets pretty funky!
RD

She's black too. We are not all literally black.

 

[waynobass]

Someone please close this thread. It's dopey.

But the video link in #85 is a w e s o m e !

 

[needmoney]

Willis, and he can burn like a mofo too.

 

[deaf pea]

I believe the bassist for AWB was Alan. Yeah he's pretty funky. One of the many funky British (Scottish in his case) instrumentalists.

Actually, both Alan G AND Hamish S played bass on AWB LP's . . . they both played guitars on them, too, IIRC

...DDD's work with Blues Bros and Booker T is killer...

Don't forget that Duck (and the rest of the MG's) backed up Wilson Pickett, too!

...Also David Hood from Muscle Shoals and Carl Radle....

Yeah . . . funky white dudes . . . . . .

 

[Hutzbordello]

the bassist from Grand Funk, Mel something i think

Noel Redding..........uh..........

 

[bassclef04]

Mark King

 

[Supertanker]

My good friend Doug Johns!

http://www.dougjohns.com/

I wish I had 1% of what he's got!

 

[fenderfunker]

I do believe that Doug Johns is a 'non-black' funky dude.

^^^I do have 1% of what Doug has. I own a bass and an amp.

 

[leegreenman]

duck dunn or david hood.

 

[TFunkadelic]

Someone please close this thread. It's dopey.

But the video link in #85 is a w e s o m e !

I think this thread is gross but I don't think it should be closed. The more these kinds of misguided ideas are aired out, the sooner they'll go away for good.

 

[bassguy74]

I think this thread is gross but I don't think it should be closed. The more these kinds of misguided ideas are aired out, the sooner they'll go away for good.

What misguided idea?

 

[bassguy74]

Can you tell me what Black sounds like? Then maybe I could hear the world from your point of view, I mean Funk is funk and there is no blacker or whiter or whatever way of being funky. You didn't touch my tender spot but this is really pushing the envelope of appropriate. You are basically saying Black bassist are funkier than non black bassist with some exceptions.

Don't get riled up. I figured people were going to at least a little bit, and unsurprisingly.... But anyway, that was not my intent. There's other people on the thread that have mentioned that they noticed the same thing that I based the question off of. Sorry if that's sparkin you off...

 

[bassguy74]

are you serious?

Yes I was, dude. Why else would I have asked the question? LOL

 

[bassguy74]

You managed to offend me. What does funkiness have to do with ethnicity? You may as well say, "He doesn't sound black, does he?" or "She's a good dancer, for a white chick."

Whatever. People always manage to get offended... I said at the start that I was just asking what I felt was an innocent question, did I not? Or did you not see that? I guess you didn't....

 

[OhulahanBass]

Rocco Rocco Rocco!

I deserve a treat, I'm gonna go check out Duck Dunn!

Rocco!