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Norman Watt Roy
Jack Bruce
George Young
Algy Ward (The Damned)
Captain Sensible (The Damned)
Jimmy Lea
George Porter Jr.
Bernard Edwards
Garry Gary Beers
Geezer
Geddy
Chris Squire
Greg Ridley
Ronnie Lane
Andy Fraser
Wes Claypool
Peter Hook
Mani
loadssss.
what ? dead after snorting a mountain of cocaine in a Vegas hotel room with a bunch of hookers?
ok fair point !
Don Was - probably better known as a producer but a great bassist
Dave Pegg of Fairport convention - possibly the fastest player I ever saw
Trevor Burton - started off on guitar with The Move but a really inventive melodic bass player.
Danny Thompson - found fame with Pentangle but now the go to session man for the double bass
Jack Bruce
Jean-Jacques Burnel
Martin Ace
Phil Lynott
Geezer Butler
Jack Bruce
Chris Squire
&
Jaco Pastorius
HOWEVER
When I played in a band I aimed to be like Geezer Butler because he hits the balance spot on.
Norman Watt-Roy...Again, amazing.
All of Jethro Tull's Bass Players are incredible, but many forget the late John Glascock (Brittledick to his friends etc)
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but my favourite ever are Hooky (Peter Hook) and (Steve) Severin. they both totally define the 'less is more' thing for me. they made it front and centre by making economy and repetition and space the whole thing.
in a way they are the anti-Entwhistles. breaking his idea of 'bass right out front' down and reassembling it for a new time and spirit.
i am actually madly in love with both of them, in that strange way that it's possible for a musician to completely fall in love with another musician through their playing.
they are like great lovers. i flirt with others for amusement and novelty, but always come back to Hooky and Severin because they are the best. heroic and for all seasons.
It got me thinking and I would say I agree; there are lots of very good and impressive players about, technicians (Jeff Berlin), tricksters (Geddy Lee, Billy Sheehan), noodlers (Jaco Pastorius, Jack Bruce), but Chris Squire is the one game-changer - he reinvented the instrument (though I reckon he heard a lot of McCartney whilst he was developing).
I guess the other major reinvention was slap, pioneered by Louis Johnson, which was then picked up by others (Mark King).
So, for me, it's Chris Squire and Louis Johnson.
Paul McCartney
Norman Watt Roy
Jaco Pastorius
Norman Watt Roy
Danny Thompson
And Norman Watt Roy
I love his bass playing (my own playing copies him. Badly) and his backing vocals are regularly my favourite part of REM songs. An absolute hero to me.