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Poll Question: Which one is your favourite?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
24 [31.17%]
9 [11.69%]
10 [12.99%]
18 [23.38%]
1 [1.30%]
6 [7.79%]
3 [3.90%]
2 [2.60%]
4 [5.19%]
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    Posted: April 11 2006 at 09:31

This is my first poll, so I apologise if I got something wrong. I also apologise for the limited choice, but I listed those bassists/vocalists whom I know best, so there may be quite a few important names missing. Some of the names may not be considered prog, though they are quite well-known and respected musicians. Feel free to add your own choices, if you like.
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Well, he may not be prog, but my vote goes to the mighty tonsils and skillful fingers of Glenn Hughes, the Voice of Rock himself. After him, Lake and Sinclair, then many people's pet hate, Geddy Lee himself.
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My favourite what? Bass player? Singer? Or brilliant-musician-and-all-round-good-egg?

Chris Squire is the best bassist on the list. He also sings pretty well too. Roger Waters plays bass and sings. He does neither as well as Chris Squire. Yet Waters has created some of the best music on the planet (aside from Floyd, his 'Amused To Death' is stunning).

For this reason I gotta go for Roger Waters
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I always wondered what Geddy Lee can play while singing sometimes, so my choice goes to him.

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I will go with John Wetton in the Crimson era. His bass playing was fantastic
and I'm a big fan of his raw and unpolished voice during that time.
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Tricky to judge...if I went for best bass player the answer would be Squire; but the emphasis of the question seems to be whose the best singer that also plays bass...in which case I would say its Greg Lake.
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I missed Riverside's wonderful musician Mairusz Duda in this poll - not only a great bass player, but just as good a singer as well - and besides this, he's also the band's main composer!

So, despite how much I love Geddy Lee and Chris Squire, my vote was for 'other'


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Les Clapool should be on the list
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The Gedster.
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Originally posted by Antennas Antennas wrote:

I missed Riverside's wonderful musician Mairusz Duda in this poll - not only a great bass player, but just as good a singer as well - and besides this, he's also the band's main composer!

So, despite how much I love Geddy Lee and Chris Squire, my vote was for 'other'


Same here and for the same reasons
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I'd go for Greg Lake from this list, great voice, great bassist and he had Emerson's keyboards to contend with.
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That said, I deeply respect ANYONE who actually manages to sing and play bass all at one time... it's a very tough job indeed!

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I voted for John Wetton... I really like Geddy Lee but I think that the performance of Mr. Wetton during his Crimson era and then after with UK and even Asia, were really great...
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Tough call with all of the top four proving good choices, but I'm going to have to go further down the list and take Sinclair.
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Geddy Lee
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From that list, John Wetton (specifically for Crimson 1983-75).

You could also include Mont Campbell (Egg) and John Greaves (Henry Cow, National Health, solo).
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to the already rich among us...'

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Originally posted by dagrush dagrush wrote:

Tough call with all of the top four proving good choices, but I'm going to have to go further down the list and take Sinclair.

 Good Choice!
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Originally posted by Dirk Dirk wrote:

Originally posted by Antennas Antennas wrote:

I missed Riverside's wonderful musician Mairusz Duda in this poll - not only a great bass player, but just as good a singer as well - and besides this, he's also the band's main composer!

So, despite how much I love Geddy Lee and Chris Squire, my vote was for 'other'


Same here and for the same reasons

 
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