4000 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 (edited) [quote name='elom' post='40731' date='Aug 3 2007, 12:49 AM']Everyone loves Lydia - I still prefer the pink bobble hat phase though. Hey, they should get her for Bass Day! Can we start a campaign?[/quote] + lots.....she's fab. Edited August 9, 2008 by 4000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 I prefer Lydia's 'slightly too tight Fender t-shirt' phase, personally! But yes, she is very cool. Makes me happy to watch/hear her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bassman Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 George Porter Jnr from the Meters gets my vote. Just how cool can a black guy with a beat up, fully-mojo'd old P bass be?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 [quote name='Mr Fudge' post='258594' date='Aug 8 2008, 11:12 PM']Lynott was born at Hallam Hospital in West Brom. And all the "Oirish he claimed to put in everybody" [/quote] He had one Irish parent and moved to Dublin when he was a kid. Making him at least 3/4 Irish I reckon Anyway, he would have been as cool as f**k whether he'd been from Ireland, Iceland, Lebanon, Luxembourg or Papua New flippin Guinea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorbass Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Keith Ferguson - Original Fabulous Thunderbirds. Texas blues cool all the way......RIP[attachment=11811:Keith_Ferguson.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassMunkee Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Patricia Morrison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Keith Richards Dee Dee Ramone Sid Vicious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teej Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Wow - how to choose? For me rockers are out - surely that stuff's hot not cool? (with the possible exception of The Ox). So, maybe George Porter Jnr, Meters (thanks Capt Bassman - didn't know his name), for laying down grooves that make me grin. Or James Jamerson for more instantly recognisable no1 solid gold hits than any other bassman ever (probably). Bootsy, anyone? Me'shell for that killer riff on 'If That's Your Boyfriend'. What about Chris Woods (Medeski, Martin and Woods)? But I'm an upright bluesman so: Willie Dixon for so many classic blues hits, and for playing with Muddy, The Wolf and Chuck Berry. Ernest Big' Crawford for that amazing syncopated line to Muddy's 'I Can't Be Satisfied'. All of these players exude some kind of cool... but how about this: Bill Black - for being in on that seminal Sun Studios session with Elvis and Scotty Moore, and especially for 'Heartbreak Hotel'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Another one not mentioned yet is Nathan East Anyone who can play up and down a 6 string bass effortlessly, while dancing and with a huge grin on his face is cool in my book. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMzOuWMTPYQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMzOuWMTPYQ[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markytbass Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 [quote]I'd throw norman watt roy into the mix. He is definately enthusiastic about what he plays[/quote] +1, along with John Entwistle, Jack Bruce and Joe Lally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassMunkee Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Simon Gallup. Justin Sullivan. Melissa Auf De Maur. D'arcy Wretsky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exile252 Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 [quote name='thumbo' post='41137' date='Aug 4 2007, 12:03 AM']Les Claypool [/quote] Gotta agree with ya here. Les Claypool is a seriously cool guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 (edited) [quote name='paul, the' post='40899' date='Aug 3 2007, 01:56 PM']The coolest bassist has to be some fat black man with the deepest bassiest tone. Who has never slapped. Ever.[/quote]Nate Watts.. Edited August 14, 2008 by bubinga5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I mentioned Victor Wooten earlier in this thread for his effortless coolness, but I don't quite know how to classify Bootsy Collins. Cool or utterly insane?? You decide! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 (edited) [quote name='bubinga5' post='262749' date='Aug 14 2008, 09:49 PM']Nate Watts..[/quote]Nate is sub zero. I remember watching a live performance (recorded obviously) of Stevie back in the 70's on telly, when my mum let me stay up after much protesting and thinking it was the most amazing thing I had ever heared. Years later, I saw the same footage and realised why, Nate had seeded my love of funk back when I was a little boy. Thank you. Edited August 14, 2008 by steve-soar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='258661' date='Aug 9 2008, 05:19 AM']He is a great bass player and has a great voice but he is also an arrogant pr*ck who is stuck up he own a*se so far he hasn't seen daylight for 15 years and that is not cool. Kudos on using the word "biffer"[/quote] Saved me a post, But I can't believe no-ones mentioned Martin Kemp & that bloke from Kajagoogoo. Mick Karn and his Wal were the reason I started playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 [quote name='brummie' post='262796' date='Aug 14 2008, 10:54 PM']Saved me a post, But I can't believe no-ones mentioned Martin Kemp & that bloke from Kajagoogoo. Mick Karn and his Wal were the reason I started playing.[/quote]Oi Miss Diane, Im wi da no eye brows was good, wan e. Shuee McFee was probably a great bassist too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebeat Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 (edited) David Steele of The Beat was cool as a fish with that wee dance of his. Edited August 14, 2008 by thebeat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 [quote name='steve-soar' post='262803' date='Aug 14 2008, 11:04 PM']Oi Miss Diane, Im wi da no eye brows was good, wan e. Shuee McFee was probably a great bassist too.[/quote] If oi take me green wooly off oi look jus loik im. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8bass Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 SURELY....... a pipe smoking Dunn or JPJ ? What about Bill Laswell ....... Love these threads ! V8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exile252 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 [quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='262750' date='Aug 14 2008, 09:49 PM']I mentioned Victor Wooten earlier in this thread for his effortless coolness, but I don't quite know how to classify Bootsy Collins. Cool or utterly insane?? You decide! [/quote] Umm hard one to decide...... We could say hes like a "incoolsane", like a mixture of the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protium Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 David Sims and John Tumor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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