Overlooked or nearly forgotten Bass Players

[WingedWords]

The BBC did a series of documentaries on the guitar, drums and bass a few years ago. The bass episode was presented by Tina Weymouth and concentrated on the lesser known session type players. Worth looking out for.

BBC Four - Guitar, Drum and Bass, Series 1, On Bass... Tina Weymouth!

Talking Heads' Tina Weymouth celebrates the contribution of the bass to popular music.

www.bbc.co.uk

And those niche bassists like Jah Wobble and Bill Laswell whose main contribution is putting together a broad mix of musicians with some very creative results. Bill Laswell's music has been called "collision music".

 

[Vibroluxer]

The BBC did a series of documentaries on the guitar, drums and bass a few years ago. The bass episode was presented by Tina Weymouth and concentrated on the lesser known session type players. Worth looking out for.

BBC Four - Guitar, Drum and Bass, Series 1, On Bass... Tina Weymouth!

Talking Heads' Tina Weymouth celebrates the contribution of the bass to popular music.

www.bbc.co.uk

And those niche bassists like Jah Wobble and Bill Laswell whose main contribution is putting together a broad mix of musicians with some very creative results. Bill Laswell's music has been called "collision music".

The BBC special...



Thanks for the heads up!

Edited to add: There are 3 dead audio spots all less than a minute long. I'm really liking this!

 

[WingedWords]

The BBC special...



Thanks for the heads up!

The version I saw on YT had been cut to ribbons because of copyright problems. Maybe this version is better.

 

[Vibroluxer]

The one I posted is an hour long and has a very short audio dead space towards the beginning. It last less than a minute. Thanks again for the name of this show, it's really good

Added to the list of forgotten:. Bootsie Collins.

 

[Dave W]

The one I posted is an hour long and has a very short audio dead space towards the beginning. It last less than a minute. Thanks again for the name of this show, it's really good

Added to the list of forgotten:. Bootsie Collins.

Bootsy is still active and certainly not forgotten! 750K followers on FB, 925K followers on Twitter.

 

[Vibroluxer]

Bootsy is still active and certainly not forgotten! 750K followers on FB, 925K followers on Twitter.

Wow, I happily stand corrected.

 

[MTPoteet]

Old what's his name, who did he play with?

 

[EllroyJames]

Jimmy Blanton (Duke Ellington Orchestra)

Jimmy Blanton - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[pbenn]

Charles "Flick" Hodges, Hi Rhythm Section.

Early:



and late:

 

[Spazzmaster]

Old what's his name, who did he play with?

He was mainly known for his work with that one band, but he played with a lot of others as well. I freaking love that guy.

 

[MTPoteet]

He was mainly known for his work with that one band, but he played with a lot of others as well. I freaking love that guy.

Me too.

 

[ndcaster]

every bass player in jazz, probably

 

[Scott57]

Im not familiar with those guys, can you recommend a good song?

Sorry for the late response. The Vapors are best known for the one hit wonder, "Turning Japanese" but I thought the bass work on any Vapor song was great. For some reason, I'm partial to their album, Magnets.

 

[bladeswitcher]

Has anyone mentioned Kenny Gradney?

 

[Lawdawg]

Andy Rourke - The Smiths

Check out one of Andy's lines that someone created as a 10-minute loop:

It's hard to think of a more unique and creative bassist that was totally overlooked than Andy Rourke. His bass lines often function like a rhythm guitar underneath Marr's more florid and intricate arpeggios.

Rourke's bass playing on "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" is a classic example of his unique ability to craft fairly busy and borderline jazzy bass parts that never detracted from the track as a whole.

RIP Andy Rourke

 

[VWAmTele]

Pete Sears.

 

[David Barnett]

Oteil Burbridge (ARU, ABB, Dead and Co., etc)
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He can also be seen in the film "Being There":

 

[Wildeman]

Dang, eight pages in....on the Telecaster forum
This guy's pretty damn cool!

 

[Wildeman]

Mario Cippolina from the News!

 

[grandstick]

Bill Rea, from Atlanta, has been a huge influence on my bass playing (if you can call it that). His performances and recordings with Glenn Phillips are phenomenal.