Who would be your "Bass Pope"?

[Scott in Dallas]

Thaaaa Bass Pope!​

 

[girlonbass]

A bassist friend suggested Les Claypool, since he would be able wear one of those pope-ish hats and do it with style.

 

[Pedulla?]

Pope Leland Sklar. For his devout and humble service to the instrument and the people.

 

[SherwoodGreen]

Pope Leland Sklar. For his devout and humble service to the instrument and the people.

Forgot about Leland. He rates.

Let;s have Dual Popes, Sklar & Rainey.

Maybe Hutch can be a Cardinal; Marcus a Saint or something...

 

[bluesblaster]

would I have to wear the big hat ?

 

[girlonbass]

would I have to wear the big hat ?

It's the best part!

 

[ProgRocker]

Tony Levin.

 

[ProgRocker]

Trick question, Lemmy is God.

+1

 

[SherwoodGreen]

Lemmy is God.

+1

GOD help us!!!

 

[aus_bass]

Macca.

 

[Scotty DelMar]

 

[silentstranger]

Prince, obviously. He may not be exclusively a bass player, but he already wrote a song expressing interest in the position...

 

[Jaco Taco]

jaco is the bass jesus. he died so that we might live by his example.

That's beautiful, man.

 

[SherwoodGreen]

Little to esoteric for me.

Jaco sadly died because he had personality disorders that unfortunately were not addressed or treated with due attention, so a bouncer wound up beating him to death.

What a sad loss of who truly was "The World's Greatest Bassplayer".

Don't think he would have wanted to be Pope, but who knows

 

[winterburn69]

How did this get this far without a mention of John Paul Jones?

 

[SherwoodGreen]

Maybe a French-Canadian Pope?

Alain Caron

 

[tmntfan]

My bass pope would have to be someone who's put in the years as a bass priest, was a popular and important bass bishop/archbishop, and was finally handpicked by a previous bass pope to be a bass cardinal. My bass pope also needs to speak to the people in their language (Italian/Victor Wooten groovespeak) and be fluent in Latin/sheetmusic.

This in mind, I call upon my friendly local bass cardinals to elect Pino Palladino as Pope P-Bass I. I predict a neo-soul theology, and as his views on this are infallible, I can also see a lot of laybassists following his word and picking up vintage (or vintage looking) Precision basses and strapping flats on them.

LOL, by far the best thought out.

 

[girlonbass]

YES!

Maybe a French-Canadian Pope?

Alain Caron

 

[Handyman]

Bootsy!!!

I agree. Bootsy would do great things with the papal vestments.

 

[capncal]

Trick question, Lemmy is God.

^^^^