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Respected or fave bass players but with a small body of work


Barking Spiders

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The thread on Stuart Zender got me briefly thinking about respected bassists whose reps are based on a small body of work. In his case it's mainly the first 3 Jamiroquai albums. There are a few other personal faves who didn't actually record much e.g.

Michael Dempsey - really just the first two Cure albums plus Fourth Drawer Down and Sulk by The Associates

Deon Estus - Wham's three and George Michael's first 2 solo albums.

Stuart Morrow - New Model Army's first 2 albums and ....that's it!

Derek Forbes - with Simple Minds 'when they were good ' period up to Sparkle in The Rain (half a dozen albums)

 

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Reggie McBride, was with Stevie Wonder before Nate Watts. I first noticed him in the early days of Keb Mo's recording Career. Fantastic bass player.

 

Apart from THAT solo, Willie Weeks has flown under the radar for a long time. Another fantastic player.

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Segs from The Ruts.

 

Just one proper album (The Crack) but his playing is superb throughout. There was also a track (Demolition Dancing) recorded after the debut album that hinted at further excellent things to come, where his bass is just this driving relentless tour de force.

 

One of my favourite players. Him and Ruffy were a fabulous rhythm section…

 

Could also add Horace Panter and Norman Watt Roy - more than the one album, but still a relatively small body of work?

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Martin Tiefensee of German band 'Lake'. Fantastic player. Three albums with the band and a few minor German sessions and that was it.

Ron Anaman of US Pomp Rock band 'Trillion'. Lovely feel and style. Two albums with the band and then off into obscurity.

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