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What bass players do you think aren't mentioned enough?
- Thread starter Peeved T-40
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Nick Beggs, from Steven Wilson band
Mick Queen of Supergrass
Simon Gallup of The Cure
Tony Franklin, the fretless monster
And sadly most latin american bass players.
Mick Queen of Supergrass
Simon Gallup of The Cure
Tony Franklin, the fretless monster
And sadly most latin american bass players.
Janice Marie Johnson
Debra Killings
Most of the great Urban Gospel Players like Justin Raines, Allen Snoop Evans, Andrew Gouche, Maurice Fitzgerald.
Debra Killings
Most of the great Urban Gospel Players like Justin Raines, Allen Snoop Evans, Andrew Gouche, Maurice Fitzgerald.
IMMusicRulz
Commercial User
You know…a lot of bass players aren’t mentioned. It would take days to mentioned all the bassists who don’t get mentioned…but one who comes to mind is John Glascock from Jethro Tull. He actually played in a Latin progressive band called Carmen prior to joining Jethro Tull, but his bass playing on the Heavy Horses album is good. John Glascock played a Music Man Stingray bass on that album. And his bass is very upfront in the mix on that album.
He apparently died of heart surgery complications during the release of Jethro Tull’s 1979 album Stormwatch. How sad!
He apparently died of heart surgery complications during the release of Jethro Tull’s 1979 album Stormwatch. How sad!
Tony Hall and Nick Daniels III of Dumpstaphunk.
Steve Swallow
And because I’ve had Aretha at Fillmore West on heavy rotation lately, Jerry Jemmott.
Steve Swallow
And because I’ve had Aretha at Fillmore West on heavy rotation lately, Jerry Jemmott.
IMMusicRulz
Commercial User
I don’t know about anybody but another bassist nobody ever talks about is Martin Turner from Wishbone Ash. He got his tone through Orange amps and a Gibson Thunderbird bass.
He also played a black Hamer Explorer bass, which he still owns and plays.
He also played a black Hamer Explorer bass, which he still owns and plays.
I could list several more contemporary players that are still rising in the ranks of recognition in the bass community, such as Angeline Saris, Nathan Navarro, Evan Marien, and more...
But one bassist I'm surprised isn't mentioned often at all on TalkBass (even among the metal crowd here) is Brian Krahe of the band Krosis. He is one of my favorite contemporary metal bassists. Not only is he a skilled technical bassist with a thunderous bone-rattling tone, but I love that he is a bespectacled dude who wears "normal" clothing and straps his bass high, like I do. He doesn't "look" metal but totally "is" metal. He's not afraid to just be himself and I like that.
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But one bassist I'm surprised isn't mentioned often at all on TalkBass (even among the metal crowd here) is Brian Krahe of the band Krosis. He is one of my favorite contemporary metal bassists. Not only is he a skilled technical bassist with a thunderous bone-rattling tone, but I love that he is a bespectacled dude who wears "normal" clothing and straps his bass high, like I do. He doesn't "look" metal but totally "is" metal. He's not afraid to just be himself and I like that.
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This guy. Listen to the bass playing once into the tune...incredible boogie woogie groove playing.... No one plays like this anywhere cause its not easy.
I saw Pat Travers live once about 30 years ago and I’m still occasionally mopping up the brain matter dribbling out of my ears.
Nate Watts. Every time I listen to Do I Do I’m amazed.
Ray Bennett of Flash (with the late Peter Banks). Ray is still playing but sadly he appears to have switched to guitar.
The mid 70s funk band players who are generally overshadowed by the studio cats and the more flamboyant next generation which caused many in later years to hear slap and use that as a definition for funk.
Like Hamish Stuart and Alan Gorie with the Average White Band, Ronald LaPread of The Commodores, Robert Bell of Kool and The Gang, and Rock Jones of the Ohio Players.
Like Hamish Stuart and Alan Gorie with the Average White Band, Ronald LaPread of The Commodores, Robert Bell of Kool and The Gang, and Rock Jones of the Ohio Players.
