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Thread ID: 101767 2009-07-26 10:15:00 Bass Players-This time. wmoore (6009) PC World Chat
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795343 2009-07-26 23:22:00 Early Duke Ellington recordings had a driving bass accompaniment with Wellman Braud on string bass:

Digga Digga Doo (www.redhotjazz.com) from 1928
Terry Porritt (14)
795344 2009-07-27 07:10:00 You're all wrong. No-one comes close to Mark King from Level 42, ever! limepile (96)
795345 2009-07-27 16:06:00 Tal Wilkenfeld

Randy Meisner/Timothy Smit - but!

................let's either list acoustic OR electric bass players.

Then again, there should be a class for fret less and fretted bass, as there is a world of difference there too.
SurferJoe46 (51)
795346 2009-07-27 17:56:00 Paul McCartney BigBadBob (14963)
795347 2009-07-27 21:38:00 Paul McCartney

Great call there - Paul really revolutionized electric bass playing in the rock.pop genre; he played complex, inventive stuff!! :thumbs:
nofam (9009)
795348 2009-07-28 00:54:00 Paul McCartney
X2 :cool:
fnphoto (2434)
795349 2009-07-28 11:22:00 Easy one - Simon Gallup is the God of bass players. Twelvevolts (5457)
795350 2009-07-28 18:37:00 Paul McCartney

x4 But the guy seems to play almost any instrument well including drums, guitar,uke, mandolin & piano!
Paul Ramon (11806)
795351 2009-07-28 21:36:00 x4 But the guy seems to play almost any instrument well including drums, guitar,uke, mandolin & piano!

The guy literally wrote what I consider pretty much the closest-to-perfect song ever (Yesterday) in his sleep!!!!

He's possibly a bit of a twat in his private life, but he's an unmitigated genius musically.
nofam (9009)
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