Bass of the Day
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- kingsteven1
3 of the greatest IMO
James Jamerson, Funk Brothers/ Motown/ Detroit... played on a load of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Temptations, Supremes etc. IMHO the greatest... flawless improvisational style... If it's Motown it's either Jamerson or Bob Babbitt on bass and they're both phenomenal TBF.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam…Donald Duck Dunn, Booker T & the MGs / Stax / Memphis. Another session player, cool fucker... Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, possibly best recognised as the bassist in the Blues Brothers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don…Carol Kaye, Wrecking Crew/ L.A.
One of the most prolific session bassists, played on loads of Phil Spector, and everything pop from Beach boys to Monkees... wrote some really iconic lines... just check out that discography.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car…Avoiding Jazz here as conversation has already descended to bass solos (which is not what bass is about IMO) but Richard Davis's playing on Astral Weeks makes it the greatest bass record of all time...
I could just keep going... Jet Harris, Tina Waymoth, Mike Watt, Geezer Butler, Cliff Burton... Everything they play on they transform...
TBH The beauty of bass is that you can start playing and have a gig that weekend... but yeah, you are now part of the rhythm section, if you do your job well no one will notice you and everyone will dance.
- Fuck! Awesome! Yes, I don't want to be noticed and want everyone to dance!oey