holy feck. you guys still haven't moved this thread anywhere worthwhile in 18 pages?
Richest - money would be Macca, but not from his playing
who from playing? What about classical orchestra players. I bet some of them bring in $200K a year, and have time to play elsewhere...
of course royalties and performance and this and that when it's down to the music biz puts sting up there too, but the BASS PLAYER rather than the MULTI-TALENTED SONGWRITER would take Macca and Sting out of the running.
So what about Phil Lesh?
he's been touring off and on since '65, playing at least a hundred shows a year (maybe not this year) and Grateful Dead Productions is a huge business.
Deadheads spawned their own economy that spread around the USA. There's loads of money because Phil kept droppin' bombs through the '80's and '90's
Phil has more directly affected more people than Macca or Sting - just by the sheer volume of people at GD concerts...now some of that might have been the acid - but he affected the affected as well as the sober and helped give thousands of people jobs that wouldn't have much opportunity otherwise.
So in many ways, this guy is the richest bassist - but maybe not to an accountant.
Richest - money would be Macca, but not from his playing
who from playing? What about classical orchestra players. I bet some of them bring in $200K a year, and have time to play elsewhere...
of course royalties and performance and this and that when it's down to the music biz puts sting up there too, but the BASS PLAYER rather than the MULTI-TALENTED SONGWRITER would take Macca and Sting out of the running.
So what about Phil Lesh?
he's been touring off and on since '65, playing at least a hundred shows a year (maybe not this year) and Grateful Dead Productions is a huge business.
Deadheads spawned their own economy that spread around the USA. There's loads of money because Phil kept droppin' bombs through the '80's and '90's
Phil has more directly affected more people than Macca or Sting - just by the sheer volume of people at GD concerts...now some of that might have been the acid - but he affected the affected as well as the sober and helped give thousands of people jobs that wouldn't have much opportunity otherwise.
So in many ways, this guy is the richest bassist - but maybe not to an accountant.
