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Wiggy 1696 posts |
Jan 02, 2014, 18:43
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vnzzIrR26c =;0)
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Dog 3000 4611 posts |
Jan 03, 2014, 03:04
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1. Ron Carter (unbelievable technique on the acoustic, and very innovative ways to present his instrument: like piccolo bass fronting a cello quartet, etc.!) 2. John Entwistle (like nobody else, every time I see footage of his fingers in action I am floored) 3. Larry Graham (invented funk style, and even better than Bootsy) 4. Paul McCartney (maestro of the four string pop hook; listen to "Paperback Writer" etc. again if you've forgotten) 5. It gets tougher after that! Maybe for personal reasons I will say CLINT CONLEY (when I first started to play bass, I wanted to play like him - and Lou Barlow and Kim Gordon).
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Dog 3000 4611 posts |
Edited Jan 03, 2014, 03:14
Jan 03, 2014, 03:14
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. . . Nilsson "Schmilsson" album, on "Jump Into The Fire", it sounds like he tunes his string way down and then up again while thumping away! The entire band play like psychos on that track (how much coke & meth did they do in the studio that day?!?!)
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Dog 3000 4611 posts |
Edited Jan 03, 2014, 03:19
Jan 03, 2014, 03:16
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95aero wrote: Billy Talbot As a influence on how to play the bass, these days he is my #1. The ultimate in "less is more". Also his "Shakey shuffle" is always fun to watch on stage (all those cats get in a circle and do the shuffle together - by which I mean the lurching slo-mo bouncing-which-is-not-dancing that they do while rocking out).
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neighbourofthedrude 1555 posts |
Jan 03, 2014, 14:15
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Wiggy wrote: Yeah, I forgot Moose - a Wiltshire boy too. I think all the NMA bassists owed a lot to the first one, Stuart Morrow (where is he now?), and he, I am sure, would have loved to have been JJ Burnell! Jase still lives in Devizes and is often seen about. He was in the crowd at a NMA gig in the town hall last year. He beeped me once when he saw my NMA car sticker. :o) Stu was the guy that invented the NMA "lead bass" sound. :o)
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Moon Cat 9577 posts |
Jan 03, 2014, 14:45
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neighbourofthedrude wrote: Wiggy wrote: Yeah, I forgot Moose - a Wiltshire boy too. I think all the NMA bassists owed a lot to the first one, Stuart Morrow (where is he now?), and he, I am sure, would have loved to have been JJ Burnell! Jase still lives in Devizes and is often seen about. He was in the crowd at a NMA gig in the town hall last year. He beeped me once when he saw my NMA car sticker. :o) Stu was the guy that invented the NMA "lead bass" sound. :o) The "Vengeance" album is one of those rare records where you play more air bass than guitar "dink dinky dinky diddly dink" etc
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Wiggy 1696 posts |
Jan 06, 2014, 13:47
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Can't believe I forgot Lemmy!!!
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Andfurthermoreagain 696 posts |
Edited Jan 06, 2014, 14:51
Jan 06, 2014, 14:48
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I figured you could approach this in 2 ways; Best bass players (based objectively on genuine talent, regardless of personal taste) or Own personal favourite bass players; I went for the latter as it seemed more appropriate and easier to justify subjectively; In no particular order (and off the top of my head so I'll probably remember someone else immediately after posting); Larry Graham (Sly and the Family Stone) - just won out over Bootsy Collins for sheer adaptability and effortless ability to switch between soul, funk and rock bass styles at will, sometimes within the space of one song (Sing A Simple Song folks). See also Billy Bass Nelson (I actually prefer his bass playing on the early Funkadelic albums to Bootsy's). Julian Cope/Donald Ross Skinner - copped out for a tied entry here simply because I couldn't decide between one or the other. Donald may have been remembered as Cope's 80s/early 90s errant guitar lieutenant but let us not forget such Donald bass delights as Leperskin and Fear Loves This Place. And that funksome Skinner bass even rears its head from time to time following his general departure (Ephaedra, Feels Like A Crying Shame). As for Cope - well, see Kilimanjaro and skip right forward to Jehovahkill's free-bass workouts (Upwards at 45 Degrees) and then go straight to Brain Donor. Yowzah! Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) - sludgy, doomy and a wonderful counterpoint to Iommi's ur-riffs. Chris Hillman (The Byrds) - was gonna plump for Ken Forssi from Love and then cocked my ear down the Strip a few blocks and remembered Hillman's similar but slightly more mindblowing jazzy, often baroque runs that litter the first 5 Byrds albums. But special mention should be made of Forssi's dive-bomb bass on 7 and 7 Is. It were close, it really were! Alex James (Blur) - a c**t in many people's eyes, which may not be far from the truth but overshadows just what an innovative and forward thinking bass player he really was (just listen without prejudice). Effortless? Well the louche fag-in-mouth, can't-really-be-arsed stage presence may well add to the c**t argument but also displays ironic evidence of one of his generation's most startlingly gifted players.
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Mr Sals 162 posts |
Jan 06, 2014, 18:47
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My 5 today are very different from the earlier post. Lets face it we change our minds daily. Has anyone mentioned Dave Holland yet? His acoustic and electric playing with Miles was outstanding.
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aaroneous g 15 posts |
Jan 06, 2014, 23:10
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Jazz: Percy Jones (Brand X, Brian Eno) Goth: Mick Karn (Japan, Dali's Car) Ska: Matt Freeman (Operation Ivy, Rancid) Funk: Bootsy Collins (James Brown, PFunk, Bootsy's Rubber Band) Folk: Brian Ritchie (Violent Femmes)
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