Best Bass Guitarist?
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Topic: Best Bass Guitarist?
Posted By: dabaynton
Subject: Best Bass Guitarist?
Date Posted: May 11 2006 at 07:17
There are loads of other candidates, I'm sure, but these IMHO are the most deserving of the 'unsung' prog hero! What do you think?
(I voted Levin by the way, although it was close with him, Ray Shulman & Percy Jones) ------------- Shines On Brightly, Quite Insane....... |
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: May 11 2006 at 07:21
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LEVIN
His body of work is huge,the premier bass player in prog,imo.
Honorable mention goes to Sean Malone,a huge talent who is always overlooked. -------------  |
Posted By: dabaynton
Date Posted: May 11 2006 at 07:24
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D'oh!!!
forgot him! he's class too! ------------- Shines On Brightly, Quite Insane....... |
Posted By: terramystic
Date Posted: May 11 2006 at 07:26
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Voted for Squire. I like his melodic playing. Geddy Lee (not on the list) also ain't shabby. |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: May 11 2006 at 07:29
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These are my favs:
Vic Wooten
Jaco Pastorius
Billy Sheehan
Abraham Laboriel
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but in prog, its got to be Levin ------------- 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 11 2006 at 07:34
| Levin |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: May 11 2006 at 07:46
No Geddy Lee?!   Well, he's my favorite. But on the list I love Levin and Squire. I also agree Sean Malone needs to start showing up on these lists. |
Posted By: Progshrike
Date Posted: May 11 2006 at 08:09
I AGREE!! Michael Manring is a new one that I'm REALLY getting into, see McGillManringStevens or the outstanding At War With Self. ------------- Did you ever think for yourself? Just once,did you ever think? That's all I want to know> |
NaturalScience wrote:Posted By: thanos
Date Posted: May 11 2006 at 08:39
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SEAN MALONE!!!! ------------- for any comments:[email protected] |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: May 11 2006 at 08:46
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OK, as you spoke of "unsung heroes", I went for Richard Sinclair. I don't know whether he's the best in a technical sense (as I'm not a musician, only a keen listener), but he's certainly no slouch. It takes some chops to play Hatfield and the North's stuff, and he's also a great songwriter - not to mention his absolutely divine voice. There is life beyond Squire and Levin (who are great)... Anyway, in your list I'd also choose Hugh Hopper (another great who gets hardly ever mentioned), Ray Shulman and John Wetton (as long as he keeps his mouth shut... |
) - and, though he's not there, obviously the mighty Geddy Lee.Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: May 11 2006 at 08:56
from that list Levin is the better bassist but I get the feeling Squire is going to end up with all the votes (as per normal ).
------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: May 11 2006 at 08:59
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I'm sorry but not only has this been done before it misses out some of the key bassists in Prog.
Do your homework before posting these polls please.Also check using the search facility to see if it can be done differently or more interestingly. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18560&KW=best+bassist&PID=1851245#1851245 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4730&KW=best+bassist http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6674&KW=best+bassist http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=801&KW=best+bassist http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1264&KW=best+bassist |