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Your 3 most influential bass players?
- Thread starter The Great Genius
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James Jamerson, Paul McCartney, Chris Squire
Jamerson
John Paul Jones
Boz Burrell
Sure, there have been plenty of others. But these guys pointed me in the right direction early on.
John Paul Jones
Boz Burrell
Sure, there have been plenty of others. But these guys pointed me in the right direction early on.
John Entwistle, John Paul Jones, Jack Bruce.
From when I first started playing? Geddy, Steve Harris, Bob Daisley basically taught me to play.
After that there are too many.
After that there are too many.
Duck Dunn, David Hood, and Tommy Cogbill.
I have a top two:
Kevin Rutmanis. I’ve always loved the bass, but he’s the one that made me say “I wanna do THAT” enough times that I actually bought a bass and started trying.
Kim Deal. Simple and fun.
And some very honorable mentions:
Geezer Butler
Ben Shepherd
Al Cisneros
Roger Waters (or David)
Jared Warren
Lemmy
Sir Paul
Kevin Rutmanis. I’ve always loved the bass, but he’s the one that made me say “I wanna do THAT” enough times that I actually bought a bass and started trying.
Kim Deal. Simple and fun.
And some very honorable mentions:
Geezer Butler
Ben Shepherd
Al Cisneros
Roger Waters (or David)
Jared Warren
Lemmy
Sir Paul
James Jamerson, Paul McCartney, Chuck Rainey.
JPJ
Geddy
Nathan East
Funny thing is, I stopped playing rock around '95. For the decade before that, I was all in.
Geddy
Nathan East
Funny thing is, I stopped playing rock around '95. For the decade before that, I was all in.
