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I was putting on some old stanley clarke and was thinking you dont hear as much about bass players as before . I cant think of any one newer generation bass player that gets great pub . I am not counting flea. who are the great new bass players now, I am sure alot of you have some names.My all time favorite has been John Entwisle[the who].
Eric Czar, Formaly of the Joe Bonamassa Band.... Doesen't get great pub, but well deserves it....
A guy from here in Nashville you may have already heard of...Victor Wooten.
You're right though....not a lot of pub for the low and mighty. My fav bass players were always Leon Wilkerson of Skynyrd and Kenny Gradney from Little Feat. Let's face it....most of the bass you hear on top 40 pop radio today isn't even played on a bass....sad.
Willie Weeks, Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten, Marcus Miller, Larry Graham, Pino Palladino.....
Jojo Garza (Los Lonely Boys), Marcus Randolph (Robert Randolph & The Family Band), and lest we forget: MARK EPSTEIN!
Alphonso Johnson currently with the Gregg Rolie Band is a personal favorite. I guess you would have to call Charlie Hunter 1/2 bass 1/2 guitar, but a tremendous talent.
Think Green,
J Dawg
The late John Entwhistle...
The other Joe B.
Not sure of his name, but the guy from Dicky Betts Great Sothern! A little help here??
That's Pedro Arevalo. He is good!
Andre Wittebroek.
In no particular order:
Stu Hamm (Satriani & Vai)
Billy Sheehan (David Lee Roth's 1st solo album, Steve Vai, Mr. Big)
Oteil Burbridge (Aquarium Rescue Unit and now with the Allman Bros)
Randy Coven (Steve Vai's roommate at Berklee...check out "Sammy Says Ouch!" if you can find it!
Of course, Jaco, Stanley C., Ralphe Armstrong (JL Ponty), John Wetton (UK/Asia), Percy Jones (Brand X w/Phil Collins)
I could go on but it's late ;-)
Keep on rockin' the blues....
CarljMD
Lot of great names already mentioned. Tony Levin (King Crimson and many others) is probably my favorite current bass player. The best I've ever heard was the late, great Jaco Pastorious. I think he was in a league all his own.
Watch the headbanging bass player in the back:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DANkec2NY4w
His name is Frank DeNunzio, Sr.
Mary: I think you may have meant THIS clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK_AgQ5h … mp;search=
Pretty funny stuff!
CarlJMD
Glenn Hughes, period. For those of you who don't know who he is, he replaced Roger Glover in Deep Purple in 1974. The albums Burn, Stormbringer, and Come Taste the Band are all fine examples of his work. If you want what I consider to be the Rock album of the year for 2006, get his latest Music For The Devine. For me, he is the guy in that genre.
In the R&B(Motown Old School) genre, I would call out the late James Jamerson.
In Jazz I would go with Ray Brown.
In Blues Tommy Shannon is hard to beat.
Believe me, the list goes on and on in each of these, but these are the guys that come to mind right now. I'm looking forward to seeing you all on the upcoming tour.
By the way, Mark Epstein is a great player and I very much enjoyed playing with him. Carmine Rojas is amazing and really pushes me as a player, I am interested to see what his influence does to me and to Joe as well. Take Care,
Bogie
How bout the person who plays the bass on the music for Seinfeld?
What about Berry Oakley,original bass player for the Allman Brothers?
Can't believe I forget to mention Allen Woody (RIP) formerly of ABB and Gov't Mule....Woody was amazing!
Keep on rockin' the blues....
CarljMD
Mary and Carl, I just loved those video clips. Great finds. Makes me think of Psychobilly.
Geob, Eric Czar did a song called "Bass Waltz" that I absolutely just loved. I hope he will make it available in the near future.
I'll add a couple. Verdine White with Earth Wind and Fire. I nicknamed him the energizer bunny cause he just keeps going and going. Very happy to say I'll get to see him in June.
The other is the great and zany Les Claypool from Primus.
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