Underrated bass lines

Dude, it's a great thread. I've been wracking my brain trying to come up with something special to contribute. All I've got is that singular moment when Stefan Lessard plays the slide down and the dirty, greasy, floppy, I-wish-I-had-that-kind-of-timing SPLAT in "Ants Marching" at 4:04 -
I've been talking about that note for YEARS.

 

The basslines in some of The Association song is underrated, Brian Cole is a great bassist, but I haven't seen his name mentioned.

 

Pretty much anything Meshell Ndegeocello does, here's a start:

 

So I know this may not be the original bass line, but this guy's cover of "Toxic" really rocks

 

Here is a lost classic.....The Jam. Funky and catchy!

 

Much as I hate saying it...Most anything I've heard by ABBA.....

 

I like the bassline from "Time After Time".

 

Please, listen to Graham Maby's playing on "Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive"...Nuff Said...

 

I would say just about anything Graham Maby played on the albums "Look Sharp" and "I'm The Man". Especially his bass solo on "Baby Stick Around" and the staccato picking on "Time". Also, just about anything Randy Jo Hobbs played on Johnny Winter's "Still Alive and Well" and "Johnny Winter And-Live" albums. Just listen to what he does during Johnny's guitar solo on "Still Alive and Well" and the end runs on the live track of "Jumping Jack Flash" . There are many gems such as the Pretenders tunes "Kid" (sounds like that old classic "More"). Also the song "Precious" (in the middle of that song he does a cool run from A to C) and "The Wait". Simple yet perfect.

 

I know I could look it up, but is your man the same bassist that played on Johnny Winter's "Hey, Where's your Brother At"? That stuff is the poopiee! Graham Maby is the only bassist I want to invite to my 60th birthday party...in June...

 

I believe the bass player on that 1992 album was Jeff Ganz. I'm not sure if he ever played with Johnny. However, Tommy Shannon did some great work, especially on "Be Careful With A Fool". As previously stated, all of these guys played some noteworthy stuff. Especially since most bass lines those cats played were largely their own creations inspired by the great musicians with whom they were playing.

 

And...you're right. I'd really dig seeing him at any of my birthdays. The next one is the double-nickle. On a side note: That looks like a Fireglo 4001 from the 60's you're using for your avatar? Nice!!!

 

In fact, my Ric is a 1973 4001, in 'Oxblood'...I was told that I got it so cheap because it had been hanging on the wall for a year, waiting for me... The salesman told me that there were only 300 in the world...imagine that? I was the first guy who was 'willing to live with' the color.

 

I am enamoured with theses guys. All horn tones & uptown structures. These are a challenge to pick apart but gratifying to solve. The bassist is an ace. In some videos, he's sporting a black Precision with a matching headstock. Hope you all enjoy this:

 

Bill Church from Montrose. Love his tone and clean playing.

 

OK, not a "greatest" bass line, but as a newbie, I am trying to pick fairly easy songs that I love to learn from and it IS a good tune, so please give me a little leeway. I discovered this comment on a BASS TAB, which are very helpful to us non-musicians, and wondered if it was recognized to be true by all real bass musicians (I am clearly not one but have always wanted to be!):

Tommy Shannon plays 99% of any SRV song
TUNED 1/2 STEP DOWN! .. I emphisise this because every other
SRV Bass tab I've seen .. doesn't seem to have a clue.
Hell I bought my second Bass just to play SRV so I wouldn't
have to keep re-tuning. So remember, although the other SRV
tabs in the BTA are mostly right .. TUNE 1/2 STEP DOWN.

P.S. The one and only song I've seen that Tommy tunes normal
on is "Pipeline." Play on and have fun.

I would guess someone from this forum probably wrote it, of course...I apologize for quoting your work without permission.



Cheers,

Richard

RIP, Stevie and Jeff...

 

Great song all the way around....has held up very well.
We bought Cyndi Lauper's first album when it came out and my daughter was 2... and by 3 or 4 years old she would ask us to put it on...A LOT.
My daughter is now 35 and still likes Cyndi Lauper's music.
She put out a record singing some blues tunes a few years ago.