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It will be interesting to see if @ambient makes a move on it....and then, rearrange those pickups with his Hammer & Chisel.

He was mentioned Very early on....

It could have done with some Cowbell.

Absolutely, and of course, the governor... It was that originally. You can flush my offering down the Mavis.

Paul Anka = Wan**r

Buddy Holly = Off his Trolley

The (Barry) White Stripes ?

I know the OP said new (now) but, you can't leave out Ruby (Murray) = Curry. Arthur Daley would be turning in his grave if you did...

I take it that you're going to fill those holes in with cement before you gig the Instrument?

I take it that you are a Blues musician? It looks like you woke up.!

'Ladi Geisler'. He certainly had the Knack for recording sessions.

Sorry for the triple post, my phone went bit weird and wobbly.

That's a bit unfair. Those who slag off, do so with feel.

So many good performances on Da Tube but, I went for John Eliot Gardiner this morning. Excellent, although there must have been a shortage of combs, brushes and decent rugs in the dressing room that day:

It's low in the mix because of the various synths overlaid. But it's there. There is an old TalkBass thread about Donna Summer and the various Bassists that recorded for her and Les pops up (again). RIP Donna Summer - The bassists thread... | TalkBass.com Also, another studio player of that time who recorded with Donna Summer, Dave King, chimes in and talks about his Bassline on "Love To Love You Baby..."

There's a video of Will Lee singing 'MacArthur Park' up on YouTube. He's got some vocal chops as well..!

Yes, he was a regular in a lot of the TV Orchestras back then. A terrific player and very likeable chap. Back in the 90's, there was a particular TV turn I worked for and PW depped for me a couple of times. Les Hurdle was another top UK session Bassist; Donna Summer - "I Feel Love" and "On the Radio are a couple of his Bass lines from a varied session CV from back then. I believe he was also Tomsk (The Wombles...). He now lives up some hillside near LA as a media composer. A few months back he turned up at the VI Control forum, where I asked if he had been a Womble in his past life. He owned up () and then mentioned a couple of his session exploits. Les Hurdle | VI-CONTROL

Cor blimey, guv...Yeah..! How was he overlooked. Well, he's not now. 👍

Oddly enough, I was thinking about some of the UK session players from the 60's & 70's yesterday. Dave Richmond was another Bassist who was very much used on TV/Film/Jingles and albums on a regular basis. Quite a character as well....

Billy Jean - Louis Johnson (and Greg Phillinganes).

Haha, I had the same problem, so I left him out in favour of Neil Stubenhaus. Everyone knows about Nathan's work but, Neil's work goes under the radar a bit for some reason (Probably because he was mainly a true, studio session hermit at his peak). So I thought I would give him a mention. Neil Stubenhaus - Wikipedia

I could easily add another five to my list. But, I won't be greedy.

Purely because of the amount of different situations they could all drop into with absolute ease. TV, Film, Albums, Commercials etc: Of course, all from the golden days of 1st call studio musicians. Neil Stubenhaus Anthony Jackson Abe Laboriel Chuck Rainey Will Lee