Greg Lake, Greatest Prog Bassist!

cstack3 wrote:   Excellent points, especially Jeff Hammond-Hammond!  Long unrecognized, thanks for mentioning him!  I agree about Lake, the man was amazing in his day.....listen intently to the bass on the song "In the Court of the Crimson King" for example, he was just a kid!   His work with ELP was sublime! I'm a Squire freak myself, and also a huge fan of Ray Bennett's work with Flash, and the late/great Gary Strator of Starcastle.....all of 'em united by the use of a plectrum and round-wound strings on the bass guitar!   The only way to fly in my opinion.  However, my fretless work is fingers-only.

Ronnie Pilgrim wrote: I agree. Yes, Squire is a great bassist and has the recognition he deserves. Yes, Lake is a great bassist and does not have the recognition he deserves. But what puzzles me is Hammond. I love his work on studio albums, and he had more boundless energy live than any other bassist that comes to mind. But Ian Anderson publicly discredited him and said "they" used to have to teach him his bass lines note for note. So, is this just a case of "sour grapes" because Hammond left Tull, or is he really not that talented of a bassist?

Agreed about the first two points.
As far as Jeffrey is concerned, from what I could tell, he had a very good sense of rythm. Ian indeed said that they had to 'teach' him the bass lines, but at the same time admited the had a fantastic memory, and could learn his bits by heart in several hours. I would assume there would have been a lot of practice until he got it right both for the record and for playing it live in concert. That being said, although he played on what are considered to be Tull's greatest - Aqualung, TAAB, APP and even Minstrel, I still see him way behind the likes of Glenn Cornick or John Glasscock.

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I once read a Kerrang article that favoured Lemmy technically ahead of Jaco Pastorious.

Never read Kerrang since.

(Not dissing Lemmy either - this article wasn't his fault and he's a terrific lyricist and a whole lotta fun, but c'mon. Jaco man!

I'm tellin' y'all, Top!



Check how fast that bro is going by the end of this

That's true, he's good too

lemmy over pastores wow thats a bit much but lemmy isnt the best and hes probly the first one to admit it

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I agree that Top was very important for Magma from a creative point of view, and Bussonnet can't compare with that. But his bass doesn't sound that good on the few recordings with him that I've heard (like MDK). I probably need to hear more stuff with him.
I've seen Bussonnet five times in three different bands and I can't get enough - he's amazing.

Of course Lake is the sentimental favorite, but for sheer virtuosity, this guy currently with Eddie Jobson on the Ultimate Zero Project, I think his name is Billy Sheehan (?) is so good and agressive, it is scary.

Billy Sheehan is indeed a great bassist, also worked with Steve Vai and Mr. Big.