Bill Wyman

eew, victor wooten, les claypool, jaco pastorius and geddy lee? now there's a sack i'd like to attach a heavy weight to and hurl off the golden gate bridge

although on a positive non flippant tip I's sayin'
eric a
hooky
bootsy
'Cartney
john deacon

Victor Wooten, Bootsie, squarepusher, and Les Claypool stand out from the live performances I've seen, especially Victor.

I'll add Steve Severin (Siouxsie) and Les Pattinson (Echo & the Bunnymen) to my list.

this girl. and ive never heard her play a note

Only judging on the looks it will be this one for me :D :

Phil Chambers

Without a doubt--Phil Chambers.

paul simonon
tina weymouth
gang of four guy

just for bass sounds i like. not people i think are cool that happen to play bass. ):

I've recently realized that Michael Dempsey was a really fine bassist, maybe even better than Gallup.

roger waters could get pretty funky, i like his bass line in that echoes breakdown.
the girl from erase errata is pretty great.
the dude from can is incredible, i guess he's the producer too.
whats his face from dead kennedys, klaus!! hes a melodic fucker.

Some of mine r:

-Lemmy
-Wobble, for Metal Box alone.
-John Paul Jones
-Dave Holland (jazz)

Speaking of Sid, did anyone hear the story about him sending a note to Lemmy for bass lessons? Sid inquired about lessons saying "I can't play bass" and all Lemmy wrote back was "I know".

victor wooten
jaco pastorius
paul chambers
geddy lee
mark king

Boosty Collins
Noel Redding
Peter Hook
Simon Gallup
Flea
Chris Novoselic
Fieldy
Chi Cheng
Cliff Burton
Les Claypool
D'Arcy

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