100 Greatest Rock Bass Players!

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Tue, 11/07/2006 - 10:38am

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The geek in me loves these sorts of lists.

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_bassguitar.html

1. James Jamerson (Funk Brothers, session man)
2. John Entwistle (The Who)
3. Larry Graham (Sly & The Family Stone)
4. Chris Squire (Yes)
5. Jack Bruce (Cream)
6. Tony Levin (King Crimson, session man)
7. Geddy Lee (Rush)
8. Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
9. Louis Johnson (Brothers Johnson, session man)
10. Anthony Jackson (session man)
11. Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
12. Marcus Miller (session man)
13. Les Claypool (Primus)
14. Chuck Rainey (session man)
15. Billy Sheehan (Niacin, Mr. Big, Steve Vai)
16. Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
17. Will Lee (session man)
18. Michael Manring (Attention Deficit, session man)
19. Nathan East (Eric Clapton, session man)
20. Rocco Prestia (Tower Of Power)
21. John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
22. Abe Laboriel (session man)
23. Stuart Hamm (Joe Satriani)
24. Donald Duck Dunn (The MGs)
25. Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs)
26. Bob Babbitt (Funk Brothers, session man)
27. Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)
28. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
29. Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
30. Cliff Lee Burton (Metallica)
31. John Myung (Dream Theater)
32. John Deacon (Queen)
33. Willie Weeks (session man)
34. Carol Kaye (session woman)
35. Aston Family Man Barrett (Bob Marley & The Wailers)
36. Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
37. David Hungate (Toto, session man)
38. Robert Kool Bell (Kool & The Gang)
39. Joe Osborne (session man)
40. Phil Chen (Rod Stewart, session man)
41. Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers Band)
42. Freddie Washington (session man)
43. Nathan Watts (session man)
44. Louis Satterfield (Earth Wind & Fire, session man)
45. Andy West (Dixie Dregs)
46. Bootsy Collins (Funkadelic)
47. John Wetton (King Crimson)
48. Greg Lake (ELP)
49. Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge)
50. Mark King (Level 42)
51. Mike Watt (Minutemen)
52. Bernard Odum (James Brown, session man)
53. George Porter Jr. (Meters, session man)
54. Mike Gordon (Phish)
55. Bernard Edwards (Chic)
56. Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne)
57. Willie Dixon (session man)
58. Andy Fraser (Free)
59. Trey Gunn (King Crimson)
60. Dave Schools (Widespread Panic)
61. Berry Oakley (Allman Brothers Band)
62. Jerry Jemmott (session man)
63. Roger Glover (Deep Purple)
64. Bill Black (Elvis Presley)
65. Sweet Charles Sherrell (James Brown, session man)
66. Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
67. Billy Cox (Band Of Gypsys)
68. Bruce Thomas (Elvis Costello & The Attractions)
69. Gary Mani Mounfield (Stone Roses)
70. Felix Pappalardi (Mountain)
71. Mike Rutherford (Genesis)
72. David Ellefson (Megadeth)
73. Matt Freeman (Rancid)
74. Ronnie Baker (MFSB)
75. John Alderete (Racer X, Mars Volta)
76. Robert Trujillo (Suicidal Tendencies)
77. Duff McKagen (Guns N Roses)
78. Marshall Lytle (Bill Haley & The Comets)
79. Bill Gould (Faith No More)
80. Ray Pohlman (session man)
81. Me'Shell NdegéOcello (session woman, solo)
82. Doug Pinnick (King's X)
83. Tommy Cogbill (session man)
84. Glen Cornick (Jethro Tull)
85. Pino Palladino (session man)
86. Randy Coven (Steve Vai)
87. Tim Commerford (Rage Against The Machine)
88. Doug Wimbish (Living Color)
89. Thomas Miller (Symphony X)
90. Mick Karn (session man)
91. Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam)
92. Ron Wood (Jeff Beck Group)
93. Michael Lepond (Symphony X)
94. Dave Hope (Kansas)
95. Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones)
96. Leo Lyons (Ten Years After)
97. Timothy B Schmit (Eagles)
98. Rex Brown (Pantera)
99. Bobby Sheehan (Blues Traveler)
100. Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith)

Lots of names to investigate!

What make you of the list? Flea above Sheehan?! Entwistle at 2?! Let's argue!

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Tue, 11/07/2006 - 11:21am

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McCartney at 8?!? He and Jamerson invented the instrument!

Claystool at 13 and Bootsy at 46?!?

I reject this ranking! :mad: :D

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Tue, 11/07/2006 - 12:12pm

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Its funny how we try to rank legends..... they all have their place in my book, from McCartney and Jamerson to Bootsy, John Myung, Tony Levin, all of em... I mean ALL of those guys revolutionized the way many of us, if not all of us, look at and play the instrument.

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Tue, 11/07/2006 - 12:33pm

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Tom Hamilton at 100? I don't know who did the list, but Hamilton is one of the best groove bass players on the market. But I guess that is why we have lists and someone's opinion, just as I have mine.:)

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Tue, 11/07/2006 - 1:01pm

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glad to se geddy in the top ten ^^

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Tue, 11/07/2006 - 1:21pm

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I'm sure these are not in any order as far as rankings go!

Cannot be...too many not even in the top ten who should be! Still, that's one Hell of a listing!

Tue, 11/07/2006 - 2:31pm

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Marcus Miller and Louis Johnson play rock? Interesting....

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Tue, 11/07/2006 - 3:24pm

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I hope that is not in a ranked order. Putting McCartney in front of Claypool, Flea, Rocco, and a few others is horribly wrong, but that is just my opinion. I'd say he is the most over ranked player, and John Paul Jones is the most under ranked player. Pero esta mi dos centavos.

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Tue, 11/07/2006 - 3:32pm

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Bootsy and Mark King... way down there? Billy Cox at 67? Jerry Jemmot at 62? Les Claypool not even in the top ten?

I don't agree with alot of this list...

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Tue, 11/07/2006 - 3:57pm

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bassdemon53 wrote:

Its funny how we try to rank legends..... they all have their place in my book, from McCartney and Jamerson to Bootsy, John Myung, Tony Levin, all of em... I mean ALL of those guys revolutionized the way many of us, if not all of us, look at and play the instrument.

For me, Myung shouldnt even me in the list... No, I cant think of anyone to replace it atm, but he just isnt good enough for me...

Let's see.... Is Hamm there? How about Duck? Any of those fellas could take his place in my book.

Definitly, top 3: Jamerson, McCartney & Entwhistle.

Entwhistle was voted bassist of the millenium, y'know?

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Tue, 11/07/2006 - 4:25pm

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DocLow wrote:

For me, Myung shouldnt even me in the list... No, I cant think of anyone to replace it atm, but he just isnt good enough for me...

Let's see.... Is Hamm there? How about Duck? Any of those fellas could take his place in my book.

Definitly, top 3: Jamerson, McCartney & Entwhistle.

Entwhistle was voted bassist of the millenium, y'know?

Duck is #24, Hamm #23

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Tue, 11/07/2006 - 4:32pm

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Nothing absolutely crazy shocking there for placement to me...just really glad to see guys like Geezer Butler, Ryan Martinie, Cliff Burton, Steve Harris, Rex Brown and Rob Trujillo.

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Tue, 11/07/2006 - 6:55pm

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im realy surpriszed ellifson didnt make it higher...

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Wed, 11/08/2006 - 1:35am

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Seems to be a few I wouldn't place in the rock category....

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Wed, 11/08/2006 - 3:39am

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Trey Gunn's not even a bass player IMO.....He's a stick/warr guitar dude who plays in the lower register on that instrument. If that's the case half the nu-metal baritone guitarists qualify.

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Wed, 11/08/2006 - 2:14pm

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i think i should be at number 4

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Wed, 11/08/2006 - 2:43pm

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DocLow wrote:

For me, Myung shouldnt even me in the list... No, I cant think of anyone to replace it atm, but he just isnt good enough for me...

Myung comes number 1 in my controversial list Bassists who've never made anybody dance. It'll be out this fall. Featuring all those technical wizzards who, for one reason or another, decided that people were having too much fun playing or listening to the bass and heriocally thought the whole business into the ground.

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Wed, 11/08/2006 - 2:43pm

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where's Fat Mike and Paul Simonon? ;)

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.. although i will have to kill melker if he quits playin' bass..

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Dare I Say It?

Sure, why not? I like Geezer Butler as much as the next guy (maybe even more than the next guy) but if he's 9 spots in front of Dave LaRue (not to mention 45 spots in front of Berry Oakley) then I'm not afraid to say that Mel Schacher should be in there somewhere.

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