OFF: Great Bassists (was100 Greatest Guitarists)

[nick at THECOMPLETESHEET.COM]

By my own admission, I bring NOTHING to the table in terms of this discussion.  All I'll say from the standpoint of a guy who listens to music with a far more casual and less investigative ear than most of you is that the one bassist who really stands out to me as doing something that really sets him apart is Lemmy.

Not much of an analysis, I know.  But I figured I had to feed the kitty before I asked my question, which is. . .

I saw Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe back in the late '80s, and their bass player was a bald guy. . . I think it was Tony Levin. . . ???

Anyway, from what I can remember. . . and there is a haze over the memory, I'll admit. . . he was wearing these silver extensions on his fingers (excluding thumb).  It almost looked like a Freddy Kreuger thing, and instead of picking or plucking, he was just kind of tapping on the strings with these.

Am I remembering this correctly?  I'd never seen anyone do this before, and I've never seen it since, and I'm not 100% sure I saw it correctly anyway..  I don't know.  Anybody?

--The Other Nick