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Poll Question: Which of the above is the most underrated, in your opinion?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
6 [9.68%]
4 [6.45%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [1.61%]
7 [11.29%]
13 [20.97%]
1 [1.61%]
2 [3.23%]
9 [14.52%]
5 [8.06%]
14 [22.58%]
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Originally posted by ten years after ten years after wrote:

Tony Reeves is worth a vote (albeit as "Other") since he rarely gets a mention. He was a major contributor with Colosseum and Greenslade at their peaks (and Curved Air later).


Seconded. Love his bassline on Pilgrim's Progress and his solo on Melange on the Greenslade albums.
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

I was thinking Holger too there David. 



I guess it's his laid back approach to 'performance' that often causes him to be slightly overlooked. He was never centre-stage in Can, but a lot of the flow and groove came from his collab with Jaki. In my mind he is one of the posterboys for 'musicians who are so into the music as a whole that they tend to forget about showing off'.

Edited by Guldbamsen - September 09 2014 at 08:40
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I voted for Nick Beggs. I don't know that any of them are actually underrated. Tony Banks, for instance, singled Nick Beggs out for special praise once in an interview. If underrated simply means "not immediately thought of", how about Glyn Havard?
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I just dont get the consept og underrated. What does in mean ?
Selling few records ?, Getting bashed by Critics ? Not allowed to play in good bands ?

Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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No John Glascock?
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On second thought, Mike Howlett is often forgotten.
But anyway, i can quote great prog bassists almost endlessly!
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Hard not go wth Pete T from Marillion. He's been quietly carrying the Squire/Camp bass thing  forward for years without sounding the least bit dated.  A hard trick to pull off with that style of bass playing.










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Points: 1413 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 14 2014 at 09:38
Originally posted by tamijo tamijo wrote:

I just dont get the consept og underrated. What does in mean ?
Selling few records ?, Getting bashed by Critics ? Not allowed to play in good bands ?


In the Internet forum lingo: the word underrated is typically used to denote something/someone the poster values more than the rest of the members do. Equally, overrated means something that the poster doesn't like, at least not as much as the rest of the forum folks do.  
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Most underrated

or

the one from the list I think is the best?
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Points: 34050 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 14 2014 at 10:40
Originally posted by proggman proggman wrote:

<h1 id="firsting" ="firsting" lang="en"><span dir="auto">Glenn Cornick.</span></h1>

why not Dougie Thomson

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Points: 230 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 14 2014 at 14:40
Jon Camp had some crazy bass riffs that I've been enjoying immensely as of late.
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Originally posted by Cactus Choir Cactus Choir wrote:

Originally posted by ten years after ten years after wrote:

Tony Reeves is worth a vote (albeit as "Other") since he rarely gets a mention. He was a major contributor with Colosseum and Greenslade at their peaks (and Curved Air later).


Seconded. Love his bassline on Pilgrim's Progress and his solo on Melange on the Greenslade albums.

Tony is in my top 10 all-time, stunning technique. Tongue 
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