OFF: Great Bassists (was100 Greatest Guitarists)

[DRider]

the whole idea was to generate discussion

Paul McCartney not a great bassist?

OK, whatever

how many bands w/ a great guitarist have made it w/ only a mediocre bass
player??

I can only think of one off the top of my head - Van Halen

and they have not been doin too well for quite a while......

say what you want about Pete Way, but he did a fine job w/ Michael Schenker
a guitarist that certainly is better than Eddie Van Halen

Pete Way - not great - OK
but he can play bass better than Michael Anthony in his sleep

So my list sucks because I did not put Jaco Pastorious on it?

it would not lead to much discussion if I put everyone on it
would it?

Adrian Shaw - better than Pete Way? OK sure
Better than Paul McCartney - never!!

3 great bassists?

OK, here's mine in order:

1) Jaco Pastorius
2) Mingus
3) Les Claypool

put that in your pipe and smoke it  ")

D
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Medford" <nickmedford at HOTMAIL.COM>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: OFF: Great Bassists (was100 Greatest Guitarists)


> On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 19:10:27 -0400, DRider <Farflung at COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>
> >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
>
> Er... hasn't anyone on this list heard of Jaco Pastorius??
>
> To have a list of 100 great bassists and not include him is a major
> oversight. In fact, to have a list of THREE great bassists and not include
> him would be a major oversight!
>
> Many musicians regard him as the greatest bass player of all time, far
> ahead of anyone else, in much the same way that Hendrix is commonly
> regarded as way out in front of all other guitarists.
>
> What else? Well, Adrian Shaw would be on my list. And I have to agree with
> Rich that some of these are selected from bands you (DRider) presumably
> like, which is understandable, but some of them really aren't exceptional
> players. Roger Glover? Paul McCartney? PETE WAY??!! OTOH, while I can't
> stand Iron Maiden, I'll concede that Steve Harris is a fine bassist.
>
> Nick