Great Bassists (was100 Greatest Guitarists)

[Andrew Garibaldi]

Not forgetting the phenomenal bassists that were the mob that belonged to
Magma in the 70's and early 80's notably Top,Paganotti, and the other two
whose names escape me. Outside of that, my fave bass-led track still has to
be Stanley Clarke's "School Days" -still sounds great all these years later.
Andy G.
----- Original Message -----
From: "DRider" <Farflung at COMCAST.NET>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 12:10 AM
Subject: OFF: Great Bassists (was100 Greatest Guitarists)


> I don't know....
> There's alot of great bassists out there....
> Here's a few that spring to mind
> (in no certain order - well, the top four on the list are there for a
reason
> ")
>
> Les Claypool
> Steve Harris
> Dave Holland
> Charles Mingus
> Dave Schools
> John Wetton
> Allen Woody
> John Paul Jones
> Jack Cassady
> Phil Lesh
> Bootsy Collins
> Geezer Butler
> Alan Davey
> Jack Bruce
> Flea
> Rob Wasserman
> Pete Way
> George Porter
> Roger Clover
> Geddy Lee
> Mike Watt
> Chris Squire
> Tony Levin
> Dennis Dunaway
> Billy Talbot
> Ross The Boss
> Oteil Burbridge
> Larry Graham
> John Entwistle
> Paul McCartney
>
> And there's plenty more.....
>
> So don't sell yourself short!!
>
> Bassists are unsung heroes and are in higher demand than guitarists.
>
> Peace,
>
> D
>
> PS many of the bassists listed above can be found playing on "The Deep End
> Volumes I & II" by Government Mule - featuring Warren Haynes - certainly
> worthy of being in the "Top 100 Guitarists" list!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Zebulon Mysterioso" <beautiful_foot at HOTMAIL.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 9:00 AM
> Subject: Re: OFF: 100 Greatest Guitarists
>
>
> > >Well ... one generally plays chords on both 6-string and steel guitars,
> > >but not on bass
> >
> > <rant>
> >
> > This is a sad fact that gets bassplayers a really bad name.  Roots notes
> and
> > fifths just doesn't cut it!
> > I've been called "the best bassplayer in Northern Ireland" and "the
finest
> > bassist gigging around Belfast" simply because I use chords and stuff.
> I'm
> > actually very good at all, I'm just not boring.
> >
> > Bass players - improve thyselves!  Live not with the stygma of bass
> playing
> > being just a thing people who can't play guitar do!
> >
> > </rant>