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Who was the first bassist that tripped your trigger?
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Love video games music, they aren't as stuck in little boxes as the rest of the music world
I bet no one played any instrument in those track
The short lists:
Sir Paul
J.J.
Sklar
Danko
Hillman
on the jazz side:
Ray Brown
Paul Chambers
Charlie Haden
Sir Paul
J.J.
Sklar
Danko
Hillman
on the jazz side:
Ray Brown
Paul Chambers
Charlie Haden
I started on upright and loved it. Had my doubts about electric at first.
Then I heard early progrock. Especially Greg Lake. ELP Trilogy album. Song: From the Beginning. I was sold.
Other early influences: McCartney, Rick Danko, Andy Kulberg, Chris Brubeck, Dave Paton, Colin Bass, and most of the Brit proggers except for Chris Squire.
Mssr. Squire (like Keith Emerson) had what I thought were really cool musical ideas - but the execution was sloppy…and (at the risk of committing heresy) I must admit I never cared for most of Chris Squire's tone. (I don't like hearing clank.)
Then I heard early progrock. Especially Greg Lake. ELP Trilogy album. Song: From the Beginning. I was sold.
Other early influences: McCartney, Rick Danko, Andy Kulberg, Chris Brubeck, Dave Paton, Colin Bass, and most of the Brit proggers except for Chris Squire.
Mssr. Squire (like Keith Emerson) had what I thought were really cool musical ideas - but the execution was sloppy…and (at the risk of committing heresy) I must admit I never cared for most of Chris Squire's tone. (I don't like hearing clank.)
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buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
Someone has to be different. For me, it was Chuck Panazzo (Styx) - I liked the music, and for some reason, gravitated to the bass, over other instruments, even though at that time I had started playing guitar.
Dave Pegg, underrated Bassist and a hell of a nice guy.
Non really.
I was more inspired by chance, that I one day got the chance to pick up a bass and play it myself at the rehearsal of the band I at that time played guitar in.
Fell in love instantly with the feel, sound and impact of the bass, and soon joined another band as bass player.
I guess though if I have to name someone which bass play I had noticed before, it got to be Joey DeMaio from Manowar, who's music I was really into in my early teen years, and who's bass solo's had gained some attention from me.
And while Manowar was definitely the main reason I had picked up guitar originally Joey DeMaio wasn't who inspired me to pick up the bass, as that happened after my heavy metal phrase and I by that point was more into alternative/indie/noise rock.
I was more inspired by chance, that I one day got the chance to pick up a bass and play it myself at the rehearsal of the band I at that time played guitar in.
Fell in love instantly with the feel, sound and impact of the bass, and soon joined another band as bass player.
I guess though if I have to name someone which bass play I had noticed before, it got to be Joey DeMaio from Manowar, who's music I was really into in my early teen years, and who's bass solo's had gained some attention from me.
And while Manowar was definitely the main reason I had picked up guitar originally Joey DeMaio wasn't who inspired me to pick up the bass, as that happened after my heavy metal phrase and I by that point was more into alternative/indie/noise rock.
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I started when my only musical input came from my dad. It ran the gamut from hardcore hillbilly to rockabilly to Elvis to elvis gospel to big band and swing, oh and anything with an electric organ. My dad was first a piano player who took up guitar because he couldn't take a piano with him when he went places. Yes, he was that guy who was never without an instrument of some kind and he started me as soon as i was old enough to manage a bass so my influnces were all those nameless people who played on those old records. By the time i was able to buy my own records, i had given up any desire to make music and was just a consumer, but thanks to my dad i was all over the map stylistically, although i quickly found a favorite in electrified blues which led me back to the real deal.
So i guess the bass player who first tripped my trigger was my dad, even though he was not a bass player, he taught me how to play songs that he enjoyed playing so i could play along with him, and it was that first taste as a child that drew me back to bass playing some years later.
So i guess the bass player who first tripped my trigger was my dad, even though he was not a bass player, he taught me how to play songs that he enjoyed playing so i could play along with him, and it was that first taste as a child that drew me back to bass playing some years later.
It was Geddy on Exit Stage Left. I first heard it and picked up the bass when I was 12.
Funny thing is now I'm so far away from the Geddy Lee tone and style! It's not how I play at all anymore.
Funny thing is now I'm so far away from the Geddy Lee tone and style! It's not how I play at all anymore.
Charlie Hayden, Paul Chambers, the albums Live at Leeds, Grand Funk Live, and Live Cream, then in the 80s, Bill Lazwell
This guy made me play the bass:
And this guy made me realize that the bass wasn't inferior to any other instrument (including the piano, that I play since I'm 5 years old):
And this guy made me realize that the bass wasn't inferior to any other instrument (including the piano, that I play since I'm 5 years old):
Oddly enough Steven Stills' playing on the seminal Crosby Stills & Nash album really stood out to me, and apparently to others because it was award winning. And of course many of the above-mentioned players. And then Chris Squier did me in.
Chris Squire, I repeat, Chris Effing Squire! Loved the clank.
Got two, coming from very different directions:
Karl Grable with The Urge.
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When I was in high school in St. Louis in the late 90's, these guys ruled the landscape: all over the radio, tons of live shows, opening for the biggest acts of the day, and it's all my friends listened to. As a bunch of school band nerds, the idea of trombone and sax suddenly being cool was all we needed. I was already playing bass a little bit by the time I finally got to see them live, but I had it down as very much a supporting instrument. When I got to see them at Mississippi Nights, I was floored by Karl. Big purple MM, tongue hanging out, front and center and stage. F(*^&ing awesome. I moved away from jazz for a while and went into the hard rock scene just based on what I saw that night.
James Cammack:
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Went to the Backstage Bistro with my mom to see Ahmed Jamal Trio at maybe 10 years old, front row table. I was playing trumpet at the time and barely started on bass. After the show, mom's never been shy, so we went straight up to the stage and talked to the band. James was the nicest guy, let me play his bass a little, and was very impressionable on the kid and jazz fan that I was. Eventually made me put the trumpet away and take up bass full time.
Karl Grable with The Urge.
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When I was in high school in St. Louis in the late 90's, these guys ruled the landscape: all over the radio, tons of live shows, opening for the biggest acts of the day, and it's all my friends listened to. As a bunch of school band nerds, the idea of trombone and sax suddenly being cool was all we needed. I was already playing bass a little bit by the time I finally got to see them live, but I had it down as very much a supporting instrument. When I got to see them at Mississippi Nights, I was floored by Karl. Big purple MM, tongue hanging out, front and center and stage. F(*^&ing awesome. I moved away from jazz for a while and went into the hard rock scene just based on what I saw that night.
James Cammack:
View attachment 2838052
Went to the Backstage Bistro with my mom to see Ahmed Jamal Trio at maybe 10 years old, front row table. I was playing trumpet at the time and barely started on bass. After the show, mom's never been shy, so we went straight up to the stage and talked to the band. James was the nicest guy, let me play his bass a little, and was very impressionable on the kid and jazz fan that I was. Eventually made me put the trumpet away and take up bass full time.
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