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Poll Question: Who's your FAVOURITE ? (not the best)
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
37 [44.58%]
3 [3.61%]
5 [6.02%]
10 [12.05%]
7 [8.43%]
11 [13.25%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [1.20%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [1.20%]
0 [0.00%]
4 [4.82%]
4 [4.82%]
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    Posted: March 23 2009 at 21:18
I voted for Chris Squire from this poll - superb bassist. Would have liked to have seen Les Claypool, Gary Thain, Guy Pratt on this poll amongst a host of others already mentioned that are missing. Still a poll has to be controversial in someway so as to create discussion Wink

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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

just kidding of course....well.. half kidding hahah but you do need to check out Caravan first.  Richard Sinclair is a first class bassist... and his voice... my god..  he makes me swoon....Embarrassed
 
Yes, I'll surely do it, I know that both are great bands. I'll pay attention to that bass Wink
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just kidding of course....well.. half kidding hahah but you do need to check out Caravan first.  Richard Sinclair is a first class bassist... and his voice... my god..  he makes me swoon....Embarrassed

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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

check out Caravan first

... if you've heard Genesis...  you've heard Camel...it's Genesis on Quaaludes....

... if you've heard Yes...  you've heard The Flower Kings... just with cheesier keyboards and more manly sounding singer...

if you haven't heard Caravan... ahhhh...  you're missing out on a unique treat...


 
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check out Caravan first

... if you've heard Genesis...  you've heard Camel...it's Genesis on Quaaludes....

... if you've heard Yes...  you've heard The Flower Kings... just with cheesier keyboards and more manly sounding singer...

if you haven't heard Caravan... ahhhh...  you're missing out on a unique treat...
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Originally posted by Nov Nov wrote:

Originally posted by claugroi claugroi wrote:

I've never heard of Jannick Top, Richard Sinclair, Doug Ferguson, Gary Thain, Helmutt Hattler, Jonas Reingold, Percy Jones, Mick Karn, John Giblin, Guy Pratt, John G.Perry, John Jowett and bla bla bla….. so I can’t talk about them neither put them on the list



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Time to broaden your horizons maybe?

Camel, Caravan, The Flower Kings, Brand X, Japan, Pink Floyd, IQ, etc, etc.

You may not have heard of the bass players, but you need to hear their bands Wink

Personally speaking, Jonas Reingold is my favourite bass guitarist.





 
I know PF and like VERY much. Camel, Caravan and The Flower Kings are on my 'list of get-to-know'. Smile
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My pick would be John Paul Jones on his solo projects Zooma and Thunderthief.
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Kristoffer Gildenlow.

i can't believe noone else mentioned him!!!!!
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Originally posted by Nov Nov wrote:

Originally posted by claugroi claugroi wrote:

I've never heard of Jannick Top, Richard Sinclair, Doug Ferguson, Gary Thain, Helmutt Hattler, Jonas Reingold, Percy Jones, Mick Karn, John Giblin, Guy Pratt, John G.Perry, John Jowett and bla bla bla….. so I can’t talk about them neither put them on the list



Hellooooo!!

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Time to broaden your horizons maybe?

Camel, Caravan, The Flower Kings, Brand X, Japan, Pink Floyd, IQ, etc, etc.

You may not have heard of the bass players, but you need to hear their bands Wink

Personally speaking, Jonas Reingold is my favourite bass guitarist.





 
Two very good ones mentioned there Nov, Jonas Reingold and the very underestimated John Jowitt.  
 
 
 
 
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by DJPuffyLemon DJPuffyLemon wrote:

Voted Roger Waters, a very underrated bassist.
Actually I've read that he wasn't very good in the early Floyd days and couldn't even tune his bass properly, although I'm not familiar with his later solo works.
Having Chris Squire in the poll renders it a bit of a foregone conclusion. I would nominate Richard Sinclair for his marvellous jazzy bass lines in Hatfield and the North.
 
Waters actually started off playing rhythm guitar in the pre-Floyd days, and only drifted into the role of bassist as they didn't have one!!  He did turn out pretty good in the end though Wink.
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Originally posted by claugroi claugroi wrote:

I've never heard of Jannick Top, Richard Sinclair, Doug Ferguson, Gary Thain, Helmutt Hattler, Jonas Reingold, Percy Jones, Mick Karn, John Giblin, Guy Pratt, John G.Perry, John Jowett and bla bla bla….. so I can’t talk about them neither put them on the list



Hellooooo!!

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Time to broaden your horizons maybe?

Camel, Caravan, The Flower Kings, Brand X, Japan, Pink Floyd, IQ, etc, etc.

You may not have heard of the bass players, but you need to hear their bands Wink

Personally speaking, Jonas Reingold is my favourite bass guitarist.
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I´m going with Shulman... so much groove
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Originally posted by DJPuffyLemon DJPuffyLemon wrote:

Voted Roger Waters, a very underrated bassist.

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From your list, Chris Squire easily wins.
Other great Bass players, which have been inspirational to me:
  • Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
  • Gary Thain (Uriah Heep)
  • Jaco Pastorious (Weather Report)
  • Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  • Les Claypool (Primus)
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LEMMY! Employ Simon King on drums and you have the best rhythm section of all time, it's funny how on Space Ritual those two play rings around the rest of the band.
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Another great bass player that should not be forgotten is Colin Hodgkinson of the Dutch jazz rock band Back Door. He also played in the bands of Alexis Korner, Jan Hammer, Whitesnake, Chris Farlowe, Konstantin Wecker, Jon Lord and Brian Auger. he is most famous for his chord playing technique on the bass guitar.
But it is no wonder no-one knows of him, since Back Door are not even in the archives! Angry
 
Most certainly support Back Door - although the blues jazz output of their first three albums (I think Hodgkinson left at that point to join Jan Hammer), may be an issue for many. BTW Back Door is English not Dutch, unless Yorkshire has become a Dutch colony.
 
Should note that it appears Jan Hammer employed CH for his vocal abilities - check out Black Sheep and you'll discover CH is not credited as playing the bass. In fact CH really isn't used for his bass playing until Jan Hammer got together with Neil Schon. With Whitesnake his bass-playing lacks much in the way of the classic Hodkinson playing that sets out his playing with Back Door or his solo work. There should be an excellent video of CH (with that groundbreaking Fender work) with equal billing with Alexis Korner somewhere around.  Jonas Hellborg - master bassist - acknowledges CH as his influence.
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Not one of them is a great favorite of mine... though Rutherford being in Genesis certainly makes him my favorite of this list....
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Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

Originally posted by claugroi claugroi wrote:

Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:

I agree with everyone complaining. All my favorites are missing, and most of the usual suspects are included.

Not that I don't like any of the ones in the poll, but can't you all atleast start to give some more options to select from? The poll actually allows you to pick 25. Surely you like more than 13 bassplayers? Anyway, I'll go for either Greaves or Wetton.

 

Of course, but the poll is on PROGRESSIVE bassists. If it was on Rock, Jazz, Blues and others, I would add many others. My favourite bassists also aren't on the list, because they are not from progressive rock (Paul McCartney, John Entwistle). And there's one more thing: I just put musicians I know. From Progressive Rock, what I know is on the list. I've never heard of Jannick Top, Richard Sinclair, Doug Ferguson, Gary Thain, Helmutt Hattler, Jonas Reingold, Percy Jones, Mick Karn, John Giblin, Guy Pratt, John G.Perry, John Jowett and bla bla bla….. so I can’t talk about them neither put them on the list.

 

 
Now, you got some searching to do, all these "lesser known" guys are PHENOMENAL! Check them out fast, you will not regret - signed : the bass fetishistWink
 
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