Top 'Fave Five' Bassists

thirsty moore

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Re: Top 'Fave Five' Bassists November 13, 2003 at 10:50 PM UTC #

Good call on Watt.

Sandman as well.

Barcelona

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Re: Top 'Fave Five' Bassists November 13, 2003 at 11:19 PM UTC #

The bass player from the Who, John Entwistle, I believe.

nhaskins

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Re: Top 'Fave Five' Bassists November 14, 2003 at 12:37 AM UTC #

Any takers for Paul Simonon of the Clash?

MAXX44

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Re: Top 'Fave Five' Bassists November 14, 2003 at 04:56 AM UTC #

palahniukkubrick
Member # 3658 - posted 11-13-2003 05:46 PM I can't limit it to 5 but here's the one's that stand out [Smile] :

bootsy collins of p-funk
larry graham of sly & the family stone
les claypool of primus
mike watt of minutemen
flea of rhcp
john paul jones of led zeppelin
geddy lee of rush
jaco pastorius
cliff burton of metallica
rob trujillo when he was in suicidal tendencies
the bassist for the meters (can't remember name

George Porter, Jr. from the Meters

Bootsy

Larry Graham

Jaco

Mingus

SPARX

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Re: Top 'Fave Five' Bassists November 17, 2003 at 09:05 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Sir HC:

Gads, who did the Twin Peaks stuff? That was all baritone guitar/bass if I remember correctly.

Do you mean Angelo Badalementi or something like that?Oh,and let me add Chris Squire to the list,even though he's an arrogant prick.

walkman

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Re: Top 'Fave Five' Bassists November 18, 2003 at 01:50 AM UTC #

5. Les Claypool
4. Mike Watt
3. Victor Wooten
2. Naomi Yang
1. Jah Wobble

Honorable mentions to Rocco Prestia and Jack Bruce.