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Richest bassist?

#221
JAUQO III-X said:
For the record I think he was an incredible influence on countless bass players but he like every other bass player in history has not been an influence on all bass players.
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I was mainly speaking about DWBass and Lo End PUNCH, not you, Jauqo. He may not have been an influence on you but at least you have respect. DW seems to have at least a basic respect, but Lo End seems to be lacking a little in the respect department.
 
#222
Wouldn't it be Elvis? I mean since he could play guitar, and as we all know if you can play guitar, then you automatically can play bass so ya, I'm going with Elvis.... Richest bass player by virtue of being a rich guitar player. ;)
 
#223
JimmyM said:
I was mainly speaking about DWBass and Lo End PUNCH, not you, Jauqo. He may not have been an influence on you but at least you have respect. DW seems to have at least a basic respect,
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No Jimmy I understood the question.

JimmyM said:
but Lo End seems to be lacking a little in the respect department.
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That's funny :)
 
#224
JimmyM said:
I was mainly speaking about DWBass and Lo End PUNCH, not you, Jauqo. He may not have been an influence on you but at least you have respect. DW seems to have at least a basic respect, but Lo End seems to be lacking a little in the respect department.
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Why would you think I don't have a respect (or just a basic respect) for Paul McCartney? Just because I don't have the same reverence for him as many others do? Secondly, why would I have to? A person who is just a bleep on my radar and clearly NOT an influence? That's not fair!! I'm sure there are bassists you don't care for or hardly aware of but who have a huge influence on modern bassists. I wouldn't accuse you of not having respect for them! I think you just need to accept that all people do not think like you do!
 
#225
j.a.e.r.i.p said:
i feel like flea has gotta be way up there with the (selling out) more recent releases.
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I bet you're off by hundreds of millions of dollars. The Chili Peppers are certainly one of the most successful contemporary bands and they've earned literally a tiny percentage of what the Beatles generated in merchandise, films, record sales, publishing and performance. I would bet you McCartney cashes bigger checks in one week than Flea sees all year.
 
#226
dean82 said:
Wouldn't it be Elvis? I mean since he could play guitar, and as we all know if you can play guitar, then you automatically can play bass so ya, I'm going with Elvis.... Richest bass player by virtue of being a rich guitar player. ;)
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http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5783772&postcount=50

It could be true...
 
#227
Lo end PUNCH said:
Well I can honestly say that Paul McCartney was NOT an influence at all to my playing, nor the cats that I came up with. I was brought up in urban America, the Beatles didn't even get PLAY on urban radio. In fact the only time I even recognized Paul as a bassist truly, is when I heard "Silly love songs", and that wasn't even the Beatles, I even covered it with a funk ensemble after we "funked" it up a little bit. Coming up in Southfield Michigan we all knew who Jamison was and Chuck Rainey later down the line. MY influences were early soul and funk players such as James Alexander with Otis Redding who was just a teenager and whoever was playing with James Brown at the time. Furthermore I thought the Beatles were corny until the later years, surely in the songwriting department, "I love you yeah, yeah, yeah" just didn't qualify as great songwriting to me. I DO NOT DENY THAT HE HAD AN INFLUENCE on some BASS players, just not as far reaching as one might think, especially in certain parts of the country. Maybe his influence as a nice guy and die hard worker were more apparent than his bass playing.
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I'll take your word for it that you didn't hear the most popular band of all time on the radio much where you grew up but hopefully we can agree that they didn't get to be as popular and as big a seller as they clearly were by not getting radio play time.
 
#228
DWBass said:
I think you meant Dexter (The Awakening) Redding, Otis' son.
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No, I meant James Alexander of the Barkays fame, I dont even think Dexter was born at the time, Dex and his brother, also a member of the Reddings was just out of their teen years when the Reddings first hit, Otis was long gone by then. JimmyM you should reread my post, yes I said the Beatles were corny to ME, around my neck of the woods, they were to many people, just didn't fly in urban areas. I didn't HAVE to like them, neither does anyone else and that my friend is truth, NOT disrespect.
 
#235
pbass2 said:
I have to admit, I've never heard of this cat until now. I looked him up--what's he got going on that would make you inclined to pick him for richest (which must mean either busiest, or most highly paid, or both) session player? Enlighten me!
I would have no idea who to pick (maybe Pino?), as has been mentioned, session players usually don't make nearly as much as we would like to think. I do union sessions for scale in LA, and from what I see, even the top dogs gotta work ALL the time to get by.
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John Peña is a session player for many artists, he's probably in Nashville. He is hard to find info on, but he's a smokin' player. Richest session player is the category I put him in. If I am wrong, I'll stand corrected if anyone knows more than I do. I was just guessing on that one.
 
#236
Furthermore I thought the Beatles were corny until the later years, surely in the songwriting department, "I love you yeah, yeah, yeah" just didn't qualify as great songwriting to me.
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I think 'She Loves You' as well as many, many of their earlier tunes we wonderrfully crafted pop songs. Many of them, including 'She Loves You' hold up very well. And compared to what was being offered in 1964 it was outstanding.
 
#237
kevbass5 said:
and i just saw the absurd statement that there's "nothing jaw dropping about his bass playing"

Paul is easily the most influential and copied player out there. He set the gold standard for taste, tone, feel and melody. Maybe you need to take a closer listen to the music.
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Fine, let me clarify my statement: IMO, there is nothing jaw dropping about his bass playing.

Sorry to offend anyone, but Sir Paul just doesn't blow my mind. Sure he's a talented man, if you include all of his "accomplishments". But strictly as a bass player, I can't identify with him as an "influence" on a personal level.

Gold standard? I didn't know that there was one. Explain that to me. I think that many other professional bass players would seriously challenge that "Gold Standard" any day of the year. It's all subjective, just like this topic here. He may be the richest musician that happens to be a bass player.

Again, don't flame me for posting MY opinion.
 

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