LIST OF ESSENTIAL PLAYERS

Here's the Basses Loaded list of essential bass players. Some of these players
are responsible for introducing new musical ideas and approaches to the electric
bass vocabulary. Others played on classics songs from influential bands. To
begin learning the electric bass' history, pick a few names of the ones listed...
and answer the following questions

 

150 (+)ESSENTIAL ELECTRIC BASS PLAYERS

  1. Monk Montgomery
  2. Dave Myers
  3. Brian Wilson

    QUESTIONS???

    1. Who was the bass player known for playing with?
    2. What signature songs did the bass player play on?
    3. What time period was the bass player active in?
    4. What style was the bass player noted for?
      What significant contributions (if any) did the bass player initiate into popularity? And lastly............
    5. Who were their musical influences when they were growing up?
  4. James Jamerson
  5. Bob Babbitt
  6. John Paul Jones
  7. Paul McCartney
  8. Bill Wyman
  9. John McVie
  10. Jack Bruce
  11. Paul Samwell-Smith
  12. John Entwistle
  13. Greg Ridley
  14. Noel Redding
  15. Peter Quaif
  16. Roger Waters
  17. Chas Chandler
  18. Noel Redding
  19. Ron Wood
  20. Geezer Butler
  21. Roger Glover
  22. Chris Squier
  23. Tim Bogart
  24. Phil Lesh
  25. David Brown
  26. Jack Cassady
  27. Mel Schacher
  28. Peter Albin
  29. Bernard Odum
  30. "Sweet" Charles Sherell
  31. Jim Fielder
  32. Peter Cetera
  33. Harvey Brooks
  34. Rocco Prestia
  35. Larry Graham
  36. Paul Jackson
  37. Bobby Vega
  38. Bootsy Collins
  39. Louis Johnson
  40. George Porter Jr
  41. Melvin Gibbs
  42. Robert "Kool" Bell
  43. Billy "Bass" Nelson
  44. Rodney "Skeet" Curtis
  45. Kim Stone
  46. Bernard Edwards
  47. Daryl Jones
  48. Verdine White
  49. Robert Trujillo
  50. Juan Nelson
  51. Jonathan Maron
  52. Carol Kaye
  53. Joe Osborn
  54. Lee Sklar
  55. Jerry Scheff
  56. Max Bennett
  57. Willie Weeks
  58. David Hungate
  59. Nathan East
  60. Freddie Washington
  61. Abraham Laboriel
  62. Neil Stubenhaus
  63. Hutch Hutchinson
  64. Bob Glaub
  65. Chuck Rainey
  66. Anthony Jackson
  67. Jerry Jemmott
  68. Will Lee
  69. T-Bone Wolk
  70. Neil Jason
  71. Marcus Miller
  72. Tom Barney
  73. Duck Dunn
  74. Tommy Cogbill
  75. Mike Leech
  76. David Hood
  77. Michael Rhodes
  78. Dave Pomeroy
  79. Tommy Shannon
  80. Johnny B. Gaydon
  81. Randy Jo Hobbs
  82. Roscoe Beck
  83. Jaco Pastorius
  84. Stanley Clarke
  85. Alphonso Johnson
  86. Ralphe Armstrong
  87. Steve Swallow
  88. Mark Egan
  89. Jimmy Haslip
  90. Victor Bailey
  91. Stuart Hamm
  92. Dave LaRue
  93. Andy West
  94. Michael Manring
  95. Victor Wooten
  96. Brian Bromberg
  97. Michael Henderson
  98. Rick Laird
  99. Wilbur Bascomb
  100. Phil Chen
  101. Jeff Berlin
  102. John Patitucci
  103. Lincoln Goines
  104. Matthew Garrison
  105. Richard Bona
  106. Alain Caron
  107. Gary Willis
  108. Percy Jones
  109. Oteil Burbridge
  110. Greg Rzab
  111. John Deacon
  112. Dusty Hill
  113. Lemmy Kilminster
  114. Roy Estrada
  115. Kenny Gradney
  116. Tom Hamilton
  117. Gene Simmons
  118. Billy Sheehan
  119. Cliff Williams
  120. Michael Anthony
  121. Berry Oakley
  122. Geddy Lee
  123. Steve Harris
  124. Cliff Burton
  125. Jason Newsted
  126. John Wetton
  127. Glen Matlock
  128. Dee Dee Ramone
  129. Tina Weymouth
  130. "Sonic" Fred Smith
  131. Paul Simonon
  132. Aston "Family Man" Barrett
  133. Robbie Shakespeare
  134. Sting
  135. Graham Maby
  136. Tony Levin
  137. Pino Palladino
  138. Doug Wimbish
  139. Bakithi Kumal
  140. Mick Karn
  141. Mark King
  142. Flea
  143. Norwood Fisher
  144. Jeff Ament
  145. Robert DeLeo
  146. Tony Kanal
  147. Mike Gordon
  148. Bobby Sheehan
  149. Allen Woody
  150. Les Claypool
  151. P-Nut
  152. Dave Schools
  153. Me’Shell NdegéOcello
  154. David Dryson
  155. ...MORE TO COME!!

 

60 ACOUSTIC DOUBLE-BASS PLAYERS

  1. Giovanni Bottesini
  2. Pops Foster
  3. Bill Johnson
  4. Milt Hinton
  5. Walter Page
  6. Wellman Braud
  7. Jimmie Blanton
  8. Oscar Pettiford
  9. Slam Stewart
  10. Arvell Shaw
  11. Tommy Potter
  12. Ray Brown
  13. Paul Chambers
  14. Percy Heath
  15. Charles Mingus
  16. Red Mitchell
  17. Willie Dixon
  18. Bill Black
  19. Israel "Cachao" López
  20. Bob Moore
  21. Jimmy Garrison
  22. Reggie Workman
  23. Sam Jones
  24. Art Davis
  25. Gary Peacock
  26. Charlie Haden
  27. Scott LaFaro
  28. James Jamerson
  29. Eddie Gomez
  30. Ron Carter
  31. Dave Holland
  32. Junior Huskey
  33. Charlie Haden
  34. Gary Peacock
  35. Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
  36. George Mraz
  37. Michael Moore
  38. Rufus Reid
  39. Glen Moore
  40. Miroslav Vitous
  41. John Patitucci
  42. Stanley Clarke
  43. Harvie Swartz
  44. Steve Rodby
  45. Marc Johnson
  46. Avery Sharpe
  47. John Goldsby
  48. Reginald Veal
  49. Christian McBride
  50. Robert Hurst
  51. Lonnie Plaxico
  52. James Genus
  53. Scott Colley
  54. Chris Wood
  55. Avishai Cohen
  56. Bob Moore
  57. Edgar Meyer
  58. Junior Huskey
  59. Roy Huskey Jr.
  60. Byron House
  61. Bryn Bright
  62. Dave Roe
  63. Lee Rocker
  64. Mark Dresser
  65. ...MORE TO COME

 

 

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