Who is your stage presence hero?

[Altitude]

John Patitucci. He goes a little further with facial expression than a lot of guys would find comfortable, but he very much channels what he is playing with his body. I think that's the thing you look for.

 

[Fredrik E. Nilsen]

Ok, Anthony Jackson is on the list. Just because he's Anthony Jackson.

 

[lbbc]

So many great ones already mentioned, but for stage presence I'd have to say Billy Sheehan

 

[NOVAX]

Justin MJ
The cat from the Dap Kings

drops mic.......

 

[GretschWretch]

Bill Wyman or Bruce Palmer, bastions of passivity and disconnectedness. Even Entwistle is too busy on stage for me. If there was a bassplayer who actually played offstage, in the wings where s/he could not be seen front of house, that would be my hero.

 

[fretter]

Realistically, a visibly mellowed Geezer Butler:



Glenn Hughes is difficult to top, in my book:

 

[JMacBass65]

Holy crap! I have never seen anything like that, particularly form a bass player!

 

[JMacBass65]

I always liked Roger Glovers laid back, grooving hippie vibe. Plus, I like hats!

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Hold up...Floyd is left handed.



He put a bass neck on a Tele guitar body. See how the pickups are all in the wrong places?

I wish I could fit in a suit like that.

The bass looks great, although now the scale length would baffles me.

I used to have a black and silver striped suit for band wear two decades ago. Well, I have the suit but someone shrank it. The inspiration was Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond. He had stage presence.

 

[Mike Sorr]

Saw Mr. Holdsworth play at the Chestnut Cabaret in Philadelphia in 1987 for the Atavachron Tour.

Allan Holdsworth didn't die, he was called back to the Mothership.

 

[Xandrell]

They're all dead.
Freddie Mercury.
Jimi Hendrix.
Keith Emerson.
John Blackwell. (Prince's Drummer).

Gene Simmons. He's not dead.

 

[lasalle69]

Probably Esperanza Spaulding. She looks the part. And she takes complete control of her audience, despite her diminutive stature, the moment she walks out on stage. She radiates a simple openness, presence, and gentle but effortless authority.


Whether she's playing upright or electric, wearing an evening gown or ripped jeans, she always comes across as being every bit the lady and real deal she is.

That's what I think of as stage "presence" rather than just "attitude."

+1 for Esperanza Spaulding. She is as Beautiful as she is Talented. Beauty + Talent=Stage Presence.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Tina Weymouth


Esperanza Spalding


Janice Marie Johnson
Seeing A Taste of Honey and Talking Heads as a young girl made we want to play bass.

 

[consectaneus]

Some bassists I saw in concert who had great stage presence were Tommy Stinson (The Replacements), Paul Simonon, and Mike Watt.

 

[lfmn16]

Entwistle and Wyman. I leave jumping around like a fool to the guitar player and singer.

 

[jmlee]

Stanley Clarke

I *so* admire that man's playing and musical sensibility. And I love the way he sits on a stool.

 

[SpyderX]

I used to have a black and silver striped suit for band wear two decades ago. Well, I have the suit but someone shrank it.

Seems the same thing happened to all of my clothes

 

[Rumble Thunder]

Mr. Sting

 

[JMacBass65]

Some bassists I saw in concert who had great stage presence were Tommy Stinson (The Replacements).

Tommy is one of my all time faves, no matter what the discussion is !!

Here he is, early Replacements (airborne)

, and during their 2013-15 reunion:

And just a bit later, with his band Bash and Pop, and another project, Cowboys in the Campfire. Tommy has taken to wearing hats of late. I love hats!

 

[lz4005]

Bill Wyman or Bruce Palmer, bastions of passivity and disconnectedness. Even Entwistle is too busy on stage for me. If there was a bassplayer who actually played offstage, in the wings where s/he could not be seen front of house, that would be my hero.

So, the roadie who played Sid Vicious' parts then.