LBO member's poll

[nofi]

tis' the season for polls i guess. list your FAVORITE 10 or less bass players. "best" or "unsung" is not the main issue here. just some fun. upright guys always welcome.

[FrankieTbird]

I'll bite...


Geezer Butler
Dennis Dunaway
Billy Rath
Ronnie Asheton
Ronnie Wood
Ronnie Lane
Jack Bruce
Geddy Lee
Bill Black
Overend Watts

[TBird1958]

Not in any real order, but some of my faves.


Andy Fraser - Free
Pete Way - UFO
John Taylor - Duran Duran
Gary Thain - Uriah Heep
Roger Glover - Deep Purple
Jim Lea - Slade
Overend Watts - Mott the Hoople
Nikki Sixx - Motley Crue
Tom Petersson Cheap Trick
Tony Butler - Big Country,  Yeah I know obscure!

[lowend1]

In no particular order...
John Entwistle
Dennis Dunaway
Gary Thain
Mars Cowling
Geezer Butler
Joe Osborn
Andy Fraser
Cliff Williams
Bob Daisley
Peter Cetera

[Denis]

I could have named a hundred this morning, but it's like going into a record store: once there I can't name a thing. So, here's a few.
Leon Wilkeson
Dennis Dunaway
Roger Glover
Glenn Cornick
Chris Squire
Pete Way (because I played the 26 minute version of "Flying" at the station this morning and it was awesome)
Stu Cook
Greg Lake

[Pilgrim]

I'm not sure I know enough bassists by name...never studied names much.  Here are some I have definitely enjoyed:

Duck Dunn (amazed I'm the first to mention him)
James Jamerson
Jack Bruce
John Paul Jones (Led Zep)
John Lodge (Moody Blues)
Ray Brown
Bob Babbitt (Motown)
Jerry Scheff
Carol Kaye
Greg Lake (ELP)

I've met Sam Bolle (formerly of Agent Orange, now with Dick Dale), and he is simply fantastic as well.  I'm sure there are many others I have enjoyed, but I just don't know that many names.

Comment: I respected Jaco's abilities but didn't particularly like his style of playing, so he's not on my list.

[nofi]

larry taylor
macca
gerry mcavoy
ray brown
jack bruce
brian ritchie
charles calmese
bill laswell
randy jo hobbs
al cisneros...

[Hornisse]

Gene Simmons
Dee Murray
Mel Schacher
Reggie McBride
Norman Durham
Mark Adams
Bernard Edwards
Chuck Rainey
Anthony Jackson
George McArdle
Dave Hope
Phil Lynott
Pete Cetera
Norbert Putnam
Ronnie Baker
Pete Farndon

Oops, I went over.....

[Highlander]

Jack Bruce
Bill Church
Mars Cowling
Dennis Dunaway
John Entwistle
Andy Fraser
Jim Lea
Lemmy
John McCoy
Berry Oakley
Felix Pappalardi
Mel Schacher

Sorry - just a rethink to stuff I used to listen to more...

[the mojo hobo]

Jack Casady (amazed I'm the first to mention him)
Duck Dunn
Jamerson

[uwe]

In no particular order:

Jim Lea
Alan Lancaster (Status Quo)
Glenn Hughes
Roger Glover
Macca
John Gustafson
John McCoy
Peter Hook
John Glascock
Gary Thain
Trevor Bolder

[chromium]

As of 7:23 PM today...

Tom Fowler
Tim Bogert
Holger Czukay
Jimmy Jonhson
Tom Wolk
Steve Swallow
Ben Allison
Herbie Flowers
Bootsy Collins
Tom Jenkinson

[Chaser001]

T-Bone Wolk
Jack Bruce
Macca
Noel Redding
Chris Wolstenholme
Tim Bogert
Chris Chaney
Peter Cetera
Chris White
Rinus Gerritsen

[Droombolus]

Andy Fraser
Duck Dunn
Jack Casady
Graham Maby
JAE
Herman Deinum
George Porter jr.
Chris Squire
Rick Wills
David Hayes

[Pekka]

Douglas Rauch (Santana, Cobham, Lenny White, David Bowie)
Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick)
Chris Squire (Yes)
John Entwistle (The Who)
Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant)
Richard Sinclair (Caravan, Hatfield & The North, Camel)
Pekka Pohjola (Wigwam, solo artist)
John Gustafson (Quatermass, Roxy Music, Ian Gillan Band etc.)
Patrick O'Hearn (Zappa)
John Paul Jones (Them Crooked Vultures and some obscure band from the seventies...Detective?)

Only three of them dead...