best bassplayer

[screamer]

to bad dee dee ramone is dead, but, hey,as far as i know it was an overdose, wich makes it his on fault

[rbrunsman]

Quote from E!Online:

As a testatment to his musical genius, Entwistle outranked Paul McCartney, Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones and Cream's Jack Bruce as Guitar Magazine's "Bassist of the Millennium."

The Ox [Entwistle] distills inspiration, technique and that fine edge of madness that separates the great from the merely good," the magazine declared.

Adds Luongo, who played with Entwistle for 15 years: "As a musician, he did for the bass guitar what Jimi Hendrix did for the guitar."


E!Online Article

Rest in Peace John.

[Kanon Fodder]

Another sad day for musicians and music lovers.

I am just glad I did see The Who (albeit without Keith Moon) a few years back.

Thank you, John, for many hours of listening pleasure.

[Paul Lakowski]

Originally posted by Kanon Fodder
Another sad day for musicians and music lovers.

I am just glad I did see The Who (albeit without Keith Moon) a few years back.

Thank you, John, for many hours of listening pleasure.

Boris is dead and he never called me mother!

"Rock is dead....Looonnnngggg Live ROCK!

[fud]

Originally posted by screamer
to bad dee dee ramone is dead, but, hey,as far as i know it was an overdose, wich makes it his on fault

Actually, I believe all three of the punkers I named died of overdoses. Not to bait you, but I find it hard to be sanctimonious about someone else's addiction problem - I mean, there aren't many perfect people out there, you've got to look at the rest of the picture. Or maybe I'm just hyper-aware of my own imperfections....

It really is too bad about John Entwistle. I got to see him in small shows a couple of times - I'll miss him.

[U2]

Hi

Its U2's Adam Clayton for sure.
Dan

[UndercoverNotChickenSalad]

*tsk *tsk *tsk

Not one mention of Les Claypool or Geddy Lee.

Unbelievable.........



NO MENTION OF JACO !!!!! ???? ******in' JACO !!!!

Jaco is the greatest bass player ever. If he used a fretless, he had to replace the neck every performance because....... he shreds the neck. The guy has fingers of steel and the speed of a hummingbird.

So the guy takes a fretless neck and turns it into sawdust w/in 2 hours. THAT is awesome. Jaco is the best bar none. He's dead now. Was killed by a bouncer at a bar who beat him to death. Apparently Jaco wanted to hammer a few notes and the bouncer, didn't know who he was, wouldn't let him on stage, and they got in a fight. So not only was the guy good, he DIED trying for the opportunity to entertain.

Roger waters? :rolleyes:

Flea? :rolleyes:

tssssss

....... tsssssss

*shakes head*

[CCB]

uh, who's JACO?

[UndercoverNotChickenSalad]

http://www.jacopastorius.com/home.php

Too bad so few know who he was.


Also too bad this bouncer didn't know who he was:

"He was at a club and decided to sit in with the band (sorry, don't remember who). One of the meathead bouncers at the club mistook him for someone trying to create trouble for the band (which was apparently exaggerated by his anger), took him outside and beat him severly. He apparently died as a result of the wounds administered by the bouncer. I don't think they ever charged anyone with manslaughter (as it was surely not the bouncer's intent to kill anyone), as they never really discovered the one who did it."

"The 25 year old bouncer named Luc Havan (he was into martial arts) claimed he threw Jaco out, and the sidewalk was the cause of the injuries. Havan was charged with second-degree murder. He got 22 months in jail, but got out after 4 months because of good behavior. The reason his sentence was so short is because he said he was guilty of manslaughter."

[rosary]

Well, Jaco was a bit crazy.

Is this discussion limited to living bassists?

Brian Bromberg is about the most lyrical bassist I've ever heard live. Reminded me of Allan Holdsworth but on bass.

Stanley Clarke should also get a nod. Not to mention Jeff Berlin.