meterman Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 I didn’t buy a bass until I was 20, I started out as a drummer. But even before I started playing bass I always liked the playing of Jean-Jacques Burnel of The Stranglers and Paul Gray from The Damned, and with Eddie & The Hot Rods and always Colin Moulding (XTC / The Dukes Of Stratosphear) Once I started playing I dug more into the great Jamaican players like Aston Barrett or Flabba Holt, and all the Stax and Motown players. Never had any ‘gods’ though. Don’t believe in them! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted May 21 Author Share Posted May 21 5 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said: Not a clue who most of these folks are! Indeed. Not sure why some people think everyone is known from one picture with no other reference eg other band members! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzyJ Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 4 hours ago, lowregisterhead said: It's all her fault. Watching her perform 'Can The Can' on TOTP in 1973 did something to me. There you go 🤩 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 (edited) OK, then, and as pedagogy, for those that don't recognise him : Jack Casady, playing, in the photo, with Jefferson Airplane, late '60's-early '70's; and Hot Tuna, since (and still, I believe...). Worth a listen, quite certainly. Edited May 21 by Dad3353 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil___lien Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 4 hours ago, neil___lien said: Mine were Pino Palladino & Meshell Ndegeocello. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodyratm Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 12 hours ago, bakerster135 said: Defo loads of these, and this guy. Probably quite difficult to get but if you know you know YO TIMMY C, BRING THAT BASS IN! i’m also the same. I still adore his playing and sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 8 minutes ago, neil___lien said: Mine I got them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 5 minutes ago, woodyratm said: YO TIMMY C Now I can at least guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 I didn’t start playing bass until my 20s, but those who made my ears prick up in my teens were: But it was this guy who made want to jump ship to the low end 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 And in slightly later teen years (i.e 18-19), discovered Trouble Funk and Big Tony Fisher And started my slide into slightly crazed jazz by buying this album by ex-Ornette Coleman bassman, Jamaaladeen Tacuma (I thought it was just ordinary funk, it kind of blew me away and I haven't been the same since!) However, after Norman and Barry Adamson, and before these funky dudes was another surprisingly funky goth bloke, David J of Bauhaus... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 @BigRedX I've done yours for you 😉 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 16 hours ago, LowB_FTW said: And that bass! Mark 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael2003x Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 (edited) Edited May 21 by michael2003x added pics 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Another massive influence from my youth is Robbie 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHM Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 JSB - the father of the bass line 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 6 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: Another massive influence from my youth is Robbie Same. It was the young Robbie's basslines that inspired my recent Hofner Violin acquisition, rather than that other bloke 😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 There are a few teenage bass influences but the song Public Image and this man specifically made me actually pick a bass up and play... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 the Meg White of bass 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowregisterhead Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 2 hours ago, JazzyJ said: There you go 🤩 Very nice, but I preferred the Telecaster! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man.about.Tyne Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Several influences already mentioned but couldn't leave Norman out. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balcro Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 I didn't "get" them all at once. Lots of long delayed appreciation for Jack Bruce, Lonnie Turner and Garry Thain. Teenage years :- Harvey Brooks (Supersession) & Peter Overend Watts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Fantastic thread, I'm almost 60 and having played bass since 1982 thought I knew a bit about the instrument and those who play it. I've been proven wrong on the first many times, now finding I'm not doing so well on the second Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddster Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Early 80s was my big influence. Nick Beggs. I even got someone to put beads in my hair, and very quickly took them out feeling a right plonker John Taylor, wore the red neckerchief Mic Karn. Couldn't afford a fretless so copied him on a fretted. I didn't do the look this time though 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 1 hour ago, Balcro said: I didn't "get" them all at once. Lots of long delayed appreciation for Jack Bruce, Lonnie Turner and Garry Thain. Had totally forgot about Gary Thain. Demons & Wizards was a huge influence on my musical journey so here's a wee pic of Gary. I think Gary was the bassist that transitioned me from pure rock bass with a pic to fingerstyle playing and that eventually took me into more Jazz rock bands. Such an innovative player. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 36 minutes ago, Buddster said: Mic Karn. Couldn't afford a fretless so copied him on a fretted. I didn't do the look this time though Did you copy the moves though? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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