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    Who do you like? me..
    10. Glenn Tranter
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    1. Paul McCartney
    2. John Myung
    3. John Entwistle
    4. Geddy Lee
    5. Flea
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    I’d never heard of her, not knowing much about bass players. We came back from a cruise on 23rd June. There was a brilliant pianist on the ship who did a couple of shows, a lovely fella called Dominic Ferris. He’s based in Abbey Road doing projects, he’s working with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and is touring doing Elvis songs with them, with Elvis’s singing but ramped up with the orchestra. He said his dad worked with the Beatles in Abbey Road. We were chatting to him, and he said his dad had worked with Carol Kaye “who did the bass line on Good Vibrations for the Beach Boys”. First time I’d ever heard her name - not a bad introduction!
     
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    Steve White, the right-handed musician who plays Paul in the Bootleg Beatles is incredible. He reproduces Macca's basslines with absolute precision, left-handed. Taught himself to play all over again after he got the gig.
     
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    First five from the top of my head
    Hendrix was pretty **** hot on bass...
     
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    I actually learned to play bass by playing along to Flea's parts in Blood Sugar Sex Magick. Not into the chilis since those days but his bass lines on that album are stunning
     
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    I nearly picked Gene too. He’s a great bass player. Bumped him for Tom Peterson, then realised I hadn’t left a place for my old band mate Glenn.:)
     
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    :D:D:D He’s actually a very good musician, they all are.
    I want to watch Mighty Wind, it’s too late for Tap. :)
     
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    My bass Goddess. No misbehaving with that lass in your band. Vegan, too. :)
     
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    Some very good names mentioned already, but I don’t think I saw Pino Palladino, Guy Pratt (that’s most pop songs from the 80s covered with those 2!), James Jamerson, Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn, Charles Mingus, Bill Black, Bernie Edwards, Geezer Butler, Tina Weymouth, Nick Lowe and Hooky. Not all necessarily technically the best or the flashiest, but for me it’s all about the song and these all play exactly what’s needed, and there’s a lot of their work on the shelves behind me.

    Of the ones already mentioned, I’m particularly fond of the work of Carol Kaye, JJ Burnel, Jaco Pastorius and, especially, Macca, probably the most underappreciated bassist there is, because he’s so good at so many other things people often fail to notice how bloody brilliant some of his bass lines are. Seriously, some of them are like completely different tunes, tossed away as a baseline on one of his mate’s songs! I also can’t help but appreciate how good John Entwhistle was, even though I don’t care for much of the music he plays on.

    And in this house I have my own budding bassist, who seems intent on collecting basses like Mr. C collects guitars. He’s 13 and got his 3rd, a Hoffner violin bass (now I wonder where he got that idea from!) for his birthday a couple of months ago. It really annoys me how quickly he picks instruments up, as he’s got his grade 2 piano exam on Friday too. Certainly doesn’t get it from me, as I think I’d have trouble playing the triangle!
     
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