Peter Trewavas (Marillion). Amazingly tastefull bass player, met him once and a totally nice person too.
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What bass players do you think aren't mentioned enough?
- Thread starter Peeved T-40
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Clearly David Hofstra isn't mentioned enough (at least not here on TB) because I just did a search and his name has only appeared here seven times
...and three of those mentions were by me!
...and three of those mentions were by me!
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Nice to see a significant contingent of british players getting flagged up - quite a distinguished list, IMHO. Although most of them do get regular, albeit infrequent, shout-outs, it feels rare for specific threads to make it past 1 or 2 pages. I might add a handful more that made an impact on me in the dim and distant and that only seem to get mentioned in the 'who never gets mentioned' threads but that have not been named yet in this one:
Mo Foster
Trevor Bolder
Del Palmer
Matthew Seligman
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Ronnie Lane, Noel Redding, Mel Schacher, Dale Peters (James Gang) and a lot of 60's and 70's bass players that played interesting bass lines.
Ha! I knew this whole thread seemed familiar. Here's my reply from last time this came up:
Bassists few people talk about...
Bassists few people talk about...
I was thinking the same thing, even not mentioning your Jah Wobble and Mick Karn level it's quite a contingent to which I'd add Leigh Gorman, as much as the band (Bow Wow Wow) was marketed very badly, the bass playing was amazing (along with that drummers of Burundi timbale act.)
Indeed! And Kathy Valentine, who I also listed in my quotes, is not. Serves me right for not paying attention when grabbing the quotes! But yes, good call.
I love just about all these players, listened to them back in their heyday as recording artists.
A very, very, big agree from me on Peter Cetera. My gosh, that guy played great melodic, walking, swinging lines (for example, "Questions 67 and 68"), particularly on the first three or four albums before Chicago started going pop/commercial. Those albums should be required listening for any bassist.
Peter later became the frontman for Chicago in their glitzy pop era of the 1980's (remember the angelic white suits in the videos?) so for those of us who were around in that era, he is actually pretty famous. He was arguably one of the 10-15 best male vocalists of the era.
A very, very, big agree from me on Peter Cetera. My gosh, that guy played great melodic, walking, swinging lines (for example, "Questions 67 and 68"), particularly on the first three or four albums before Chicago started going pop/commercial. Those albums should be required listening for any bassist.
Peter later became the frontman for Chicago in their glitzy pop era of the 1980's (remember the angelic white suits in the videos?) so for those of us who were around in that era, he is actually pretty famous. He was arguably one of the 10-15 best male vocalists of the era.
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Dave Hope is definitely in my pantheon of unsung bassists in 2021, even though the band is still pretty well-known to this day. Any bassist who has heard the early Kansas albums knows what Dave could do with a pick and a Precision. Wow!
I spent hours upon hours in the 1970's at home learning the songs from Kansas' second album, Song for America. It was quite the challenge and educational experience. and has influenced my playing to this day. SfA is still my favorite Kansas album.
I will also highly recommend Dave's work with the band Kerry Livgren A.D. in the 80's. A.D. was never as well known as Kansas, but turned out some terrific music.
I spent hours upon hours in the 1970's at home learning the songs from Kansas' second album, Song for America. It was quite the challenge and educational experience. and has influenced my playing to this day. SfA is still my favorite Kansas album.
I will also highly recommend Dave's work with the band Kerry Livgren A.D. in the 80's. A.D. was never as well known as Kansas, but turned out some terrific music.
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Glen Worf. I just love all the crazy stuff his large hands can do, used to watch him close when The Bluebloods played in town and I can honestly say he's a lovely man taboot!
Got to page 6, finally saw Pete Trewavas.
I'm gonna say Billy Gould, haven't seen him mentioned yet.
Great bassist!
Oh!
Melvin Gibbs, who I know of because he played with the Rollins Band for a while in the 90s, but I know he was with Defunkt as well before that...
I'm gonna say Billy Gould, haven't seen him mentioned yet.
Great bassist!
Oh!
Melvin Gibbs, who I know of because he played with the Rollins Band for a while in the 90s, but I know he was with Defunkt as well before that...
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