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One Bass Player You Think Is Underrated?

#163
Funk$tar said:
Hey TB People!

I wanted to know if any of you out there know of a bass player you think is underrated and deserves more credit than he/she gets!

For me, I believe Tracy Wormworth of the Waitresses is a very underrated bass player! A big influence being the fact I'm black and a women and I just don't see many women like that up on stage or women of any color at all getting credit! She is one hell of a bass player and an awesome one at that!

And Just for a little bonus there is also a VERY VERY underrated player by the name of Joe Dworniak who played for an English Funk group called," I Level." They had a hit back in 82'or 83' called,"Give Me." Great song but the greatest part was the bass line, PLEASE check it out, such an awesome player!

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Thanks And Please Comment!
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You do indeed listen to music that is old for you. Yes Tracy (I didn't know her name until your post) is a totally awesome bass player who gets no credit at all (personal fave bassline - Christmas Wrapping - it started me on a sickness for collecting Xmas Music).
My personal vote for under-rated bass player is Kevin McCormick who played on Melissa Ethridge's early albums. He manages to pack so much groove and flash (which I usually don't care for) into her simple folk-rock anthems that he is probably my first bass playing influence.
Second vote- the rhyming name with yours is entirely coincidence is Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads - unbelievably groovy and inventive bass player. She sometimes gets abused because on some later tours that had other guys (yes guys) play her parts (and even a couple on the records) but that was because she developed tendonitis and could no longer play bass for a while - but they were HER parts.
 
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#164
Root 5 said:
Okay.... so the thread title is ONE bass player...

But... rules are made for the breaking!

John Taylor of Duran Duran

John Deacon of Queen

Michael Anthony of Van Halen. I second the opinion he's better than he was allowed to show.

I could go on and on.
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I think JT gets a LOT of recognition - he was recently name "greatest rock bass player by a popular site (premier guitar?)" But he is awesome. Also, for a straight ahead player I've always read a lot of positive praise for MA.
Both are good players, but I don't think (IMO) under-rated.
 
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danosix said:
I think JT gets a LOT of recognition - he was recently name "greatest rock bass player by a popular site (premier guitar?)" But he is awesome. Also, for a straight ahead player I've always read a lot of positive praise for MA.
Both are good players, but I don't think (IMO) under-rated.
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I agree, John Taylor is a wonderful and talented bassist, but "greatest rock bass player?" I don't even think the music Duran Duran plays is rock, it's mainly New Wave. Still a great player, but there are tons of legendary bassists that are on that level or above it.
 
#171
I'm not really up on who's rated highly, but I don't see these bassists mentioned as much;
(I know it said 'one' bass player. So pick one, I can't.)

Curt Smith - Tears for Fears
Kasim Sultan - Utopia
Mike Levine - Triumph
Boz Burrell - Bad Company, King Crimson
Percy Jones - Brand X
Colin Moulding - XTC
Trevor Bolder - Bowie, Uriah Heep
Pete Trewavas - Marillion
Fran Sheehan - Boston
Guy Berryman - Coldplay
Guy Pratt - Sessioned for a lot of people
Timothy B Schmit - Poco, The Eagles
Pat Badger - Extreme
Patrick O'Hearn - Frank Zappa
Kenny Gradney - Little Feat
Mike Mills - R.E.M.
Julie Slick - Adrian Belew Power Trio
Dougie Thomson - Supertramp
Gord Sinclair - The Tragically Hip

Cheers,
Neal.
 
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He was pretty creative and yet managed the traditional role of bass at the same time.
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#179
Back in the 80's, The Reivers were one of my favorite Austin bands, especially their bassist, Cindy Toth, who could somehow play killer bass, jump around and spin around and look great besides! Yeah, OK, I had a bit of a crush there, sue me already!

My apologies that the sound quality of the video I put here originally was god-awful! Here's some far better samples:

















And you'll have turn up the volume a bit for this one, but it's fun-



About the band in general:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reivers_(band)

They did tour alot back then, so maybe some of you other old fogies will remember them...
 
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