Great Bassists (was100 Greatest Guitarists)

[DRider]

Billy Sheehan started out w/ promise.
Even though the song-writing for Talas was weak, his playing was strong..
I lost track of him.....
What's he up to.....?

Phil Lynott - a great bassist and great song-writer too.

Paul Simonon - anyone know where I can find a copy of Sandinista! on CD?
New - used - I don't care - I have been looking for it (unsuccessfully) for
many years!

Dave Holland was a jazz great. Bitches Brew anyone?

I don't know, IMHO Pete Way is underrated.

> Who else?  Jim Lea, no doubt.  Jason Newstead (have you *heard* the first
> Flotsam and Jetsam album???!)

Doomsday For The Deceiver - right? Yeah, I got it. Played the hell out of it
when it came out. His playing w/ Metallica was good on "And Justice For
All" - but the stuff after that is mostly crap. Playing in the shadow of
Cliff was no easy task. Cliff was great!

Stanley Clarke anyone??

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Lockwood" <rich at BEERPOWEREDNOISEFRENZY.CO.UK>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 3:39 AM
Subject: Re: Great Bassists (was100 Greatest Guitarists)


> Hmm.  I wouldn't have thought "Bass player" needed too much defining.
> "Person who plays a bass guitar" does it for me.  If you're going to
> discount people who play the bass guitar in innovative ways, you can
> discount half of Mr Rider's list.  Would you describe some of the things
Les
> Claypool or Flea do with four strings as just "playing bass"?
>
> I'd like to nominate Stu Hamm and Billy Sheehan for the list - and in the
> just "playing bass" category, one Mr Philip Lynott.  Oh, and Paul Simonon
of
> the Clash, he can go in there too - for a man who couldn't play for toffee
> when the Clash started, he came on pretty well...  :-)  Oops - mustn't
> forget that fella, wotsisname in Blue Oyster Cult...
>
> What other comments have I got?  Lessee... I thought Dave Holland was the
> drummer with Judas Priest.  Presumably there's another one.
>
> Mark King? (Level 42)  The man who brought "slap" bass to millions?
>
> I'd also argue that there are a few in that list who played bass in some
> great bands, but aren't exactly great bass players - Pete Way?!
>
> (Mind you, there's an argument that Ross The Boss doesn't fit into either
> category - unless you *really* like the Dictators.  "DEATH TO FALSE
> METAL!!!")
>
> Who else?  Jim Lea, no doubt.  Jason Newstead (have you *heard* the first
> Flotsam and Jetsam album???!)
>
> I'll stop my ramblings now, as I've only just woken up and I need a good
> strong cup of tea.  There should be enough contentious views in the above
> post to keep people going for a while.  :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rich.