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THE ONE INFLUENCE?
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An overzealous OCD guitar player that forced me to go to church because he wanted me to learn bass for his band.
I have yet to thank him. Not for the church part.
I have yet to thank him. Not for the church part.
Anthony Jackson... As soon as I heard him on the Grover Washington Jr. DVD- I knew I had to learn to play a groove like that.
Some dude playing an old P bass in the early '70's at a convention I had to attend with my parents. I knew even then.
Famous person? Gotta be Gene Simmons. Even before Steve Harris. I am a child of the seventies, after all...
Famous person? Gotta be Gene Simmons. Even before Steve Harris. I am a child of the seventies, after all...
i think this is actually a two part question.
bassist that subconsciously owned you into playing: james jamerson, obviously. this would actually be the default answer for anyone that was honest with themselves, and wasn't born in '22. anything past that and you're one of us.
bassist that seeps through most in day-to-day playing: simon gallup of the cure. i'm not saying he's the best or the classiest or the fastest. but , that boy knows how to run an entire song from the melodic perspective without wanking himself into oblivion like most "good" 70s/80s bassists did. he plays with economy and taste; two things sorely lacking in a lot of other music where the bass is as prominent in the mix.
besides, isn't he just so darned dreamy?
bassist that subconsciously owned you into playing: james jamerson, obviously. this would actually be the default answer for anyone that was honest with themselves, and wasn't born in '22. anything past that and you're one of us.
bassist that seeps through most in day-to-day playing: simon gallup of the cure. i'm not saying he's the best or the classiest or the fastest. but , that boy knows how to run an entire song from the melodic perspective without wanking himself into oblivion like most "good" 70s/80s bassists did. he plays with economy and taste; two things sorely lacking in a lot of other music where the bass is as prominent in the mix.
besides, isn't he just so darned dreamy?
So hard... either JPJ for the way I play or if I could play like anyone Jonas Hellborg, though Martin Mendez and Geezer made me want to start playing
The first albums I remember listening to, and that my parents tell me I listened to as a very, VERY small child, were by Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and The Grateful Dead. They also say that I had (and still do ) a very strong affinity for Bob Marley.
The first two albums I bought with my own money, as a kid, were One Hot Minute (Chili Peppers) and Nimrod (Green Day).
So I've been listening to bass heavy music most of my life.
My one influence ass a bass player changes. At this point in my life, judging by the songs I write/how I write them as well as how I play and whose style and tone I want to emulate (not copy, of course), I'd have to say Billy Gould of Faith No More.
) a very strong affinity for Bob Marley.The first two albums I bought with my own money, as a kid, were One Hot Minute (Chili Peppers) and Nimrod (Green Day).
So I've been listening to bass heavy music most of my life.
My one influence ass a bass player changes. At this point in my life, judging by the songs I write/how I write them as well as how I play and whose style and tone I want to emulate (not copy, of course
), I'd have to say Billy Gould of Faith No More.
