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Who would be your "Bass Pope"?

#81
This is very easy for me. Bootsy Collins. If you note some of his pics on the wen you'll see he already has the garb to include a Pope hat.
 
#83
IAmACrocodile said:
I would go for Abraham Laboriel. He is such a peaceful, friendly guy, and he has a great aura of wisdom around him. He would spread peace and tolerance wherever he went, with his humble ways and his big smiling face. :)
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Good call, seeing Abe, besides hearing him, it's so apparent how spiritually happy and dialed-in he is as a player and a Human Being.

He could bring World Peace with his chops!
 
#84
I don't think an intergalactic sex alien can be pope. So that rules Bootsy out. But I could definitely see him as St. Bootsy of the Miraculous Funk, although he probably is called that already.

I think Les Claypool would consider Geddy Lee to be his pope, and since there can only be one pope, then it would have to be Pope Geddy I.
 
#85
Entwistle was a man of the cloth.

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#93
I know this is supposed to be a joke...but...the Pope of the Catholic Church is the imposer of orthodoxy in a power based control mechanism. No one musician can or has the right to institute orthodoxy in music. There isn't a right or wrong because it is emotionally subjective.

That said, I would have to break the "Popes" into musical regions since I think its impossible for any one of these artists to do all of it.

Funk/Jazz: Stanley Clark
Bluegrass/Country: Victory Wooten
Pop/General: Lee Sklar (Carol Kaye as a runner up, Jamerson granted Sainthood)
Rock: Rudy Sarzo (don't like 60% of his work, but is contributions are substantial)
Extreme metal: Steve DiGiorgio (same as Sarzo; I don't like a lot of what he does, but his discography is nuts.)

Everyone will hate this I'm sure.
 
#98
Jason Hall said:
No votes for geezer? He's definitely old enough to be bass pope :D.
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As much as I wanted to vote for him in this conclave, he's career is long but not prolific. Obviously he's known mostly for his Sabbath stuff, he played with Ozzy and Dio in their solo stuff, and then his own GZR band, but not much else.
My feeling is that if you are going to be a "bass pope" you should have a crazy diverse discography. Geezer is awesome, but not well rounded.
 

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