20 Top Bass Players of All Time

[jobucats]

I just ran across this link this morning of the 20 top bassists of all times.

2 things will shock most of us:

1) The ranking of James Jamerson
2.) Who ranked #1 [[coming from the LA Weekly might explain this selection)

http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-20-best-bassists-of-all-time-5505433

[sansradio]

Add Larry Graham's very low position to the shocks. And where the hell is Louis Johnson?!?!???

[jobeterob]

That was surprising.

[jobucats]

In this list, Jamerson gets a better ranking as "under-rated."

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2011/10/20-underrated-bass-guitarists-in-popular-music.html?p=2

[Roger Polhill]

Carol Kaye number one - 100% bollocks!

[edafan]

The list just show plain ******** ,
for the fact that Jamerson was the best.

edafan

[thomas96]

This is one of the dumbest lists I've seen in my life. If you're going to include Mingus, then you have to include all jazz bass players, and it would be a list of jazz bass players mainly, maybe with Jamerson somewhere in the teens. So they should take Mingus out and only compare electric bass players. But they got those rankings ridiculously off too. Carole fucking Kaye ahead of Jamerson? Start a petition to get this writer fired. Jerry Jemmott not on the list? Babbitt? I mean come on, do your research.

[StuBass1]

1. James Jamerson [[Funk Brothers, session man)
2. John Entwistle [[The Who)
3. Larry Graham [[Sly & The Family Stone)
4. Chris Squire [[Yes)
5. Jack Bruce [[Cream)
6. Tony Levin [[King Crimson, session man)
7. Geddy Lee [[Rush)
8. Paul McCartney [[The Beatles)
9. Louis Johnson [[Brothers Johnson, session man)
10. Anthony Jackson [[session man)
11. Flea [[Red Hot Chili Peppers)
12. Marcus Miller [[session man)
13. Les Claypool [[Primus)
14. Chuck Rainey [[session man)
15. Billy Sheehan [[Niacin, Mr. Big, Steve Vai)
16. Geezer Butler [[Black Sabbath)
17. Will Lee [[session man)
18. Michael Manring [[Attention Deficit, session man)
19. Nathan East [[Eric Clapton, session man)
20. Rocco Prestia [[Tower Of Power)
21. John Paul Jones [[Led Zeppelin)
22. Abe Laboriel [[session man)
23. Stuart Hamm [[Joe Satriani)
24. Donald "Duck" Dunn [[The MGs)
25. Dave LaRue [[Dixie Dregs)
26. Bob Babbitt [[Funk Brothers, session man)
27. Phil Lesh [[Grateful Dead)
28. Steve Harris [[Iron Maiden)
29. Jack Casady [[Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
30. Cliff Lee Burton [[Metallica)
31. John Myung [[Dream Theater)
32. John Deacon [[Queen)
33. Willie Weeks [[session man)
34. Carol Kaye [[session woman)
35. Aston "Family Man" Barrett [[Bob Marley & The Wailers)
36. Verdine White [[Earth, Wind & Fire)
37. David Hungate [[Toto, session man)
38. Robert "Kool" Bell [[Kool & The Gang)
39. Joe Osborne [[session man)
40. Phil Chen [[Rod Stewart, session man)
41. Oteil Burbridge [[Allman Brothers Band)
42. Freddie Washington [[session man)
43. Nathan Watts [[session man)
44. Louis Satterfield [[Earth Wind & Fire, session man)
45. Andy West [[Dixie Dregs)
46. Bootsy Collins [[Funkadelic)
47. John Wetton [[King Crimson)
48. Greg Lake [[ELP)
49. Tim Bogert [[Vanilla Fudge)
50. Mark King [[Level 42)
51. Mike Watt [[Minutemen)
52. Bernard Odum [[James Brown, session man)
53. George Porter Jr. [[Meters, session man)
54. Mike Gordon [[Phish)
55. Bernard Edwards [[Chic)
56. Ryan Martinie [[Mudvayne)
57. Willie Dixon [[session man)
58. Andy Fraser [[Free)
59. Trey Gunn [[King Crimson)
60. Dave Schools [[Widespread Panic)
61. Berry Oakley [[Allman Brothers Band)
62. Jerry Jemmott [[session man)
63. Roger Glover [[Deep Purple)
64. Bill Black [[Elvis Presley)
65. "Sweet" Charles Sherrell [[James Brown, session man)
66. Phil Lynott [[Thin Lizzy)
67. Billy Cox [[Band Of Gypsys)
68. Bruce Thomas [[Elvis Costello & The Attractions)
69. Gary "Mani" Mounfield [[Stone Roses)
70. Felix Pappalardi [[Mountain)
71. Mike Rutherford [[Genesis)
72. David Ellefson [[Megadeth)
73. Matt Freeman [[Rancid)
74. Ronnie Baker [[MFSB)
75. John Alderete [[Racer X, Mars Volta)
76. Robert Trujillo [[Suicidal Tendencies)
77. Duff McKagen [[Guns N' Roses)
78. Marshall Lytle [[Bill Haley & The Comets)
79. Bill Gould [[Faith No More)
80. Ray Pohlman [[session man)
81. Me'Shell NdegéOcello [[session woman, solo)
82. Doug Pinnick [[King's X)
83. Tommy Cogbill [[session man)
84. Glen Cornick [[Jethro Tull)
85. Pino Palladino [[session man)
86. Randy Coven [[Steve Vai)
87. Tim Commerford [[Rage Against The Machine)
88. Doug Wimbish [[Living Color)
89. Thomas Miller [[Symphony X)
90. Mick Karn [[session man)
91. Jeff Ament [[Pearl Jam)
92. Ron Wood [[Jeff Beck Group)
93. Michael Lepond [[Symphony X)
94. Dave Hope [[Kansas)
95. Bill Wyman [[Rolling Stones)
96. Leo Lyons [[Ten Years After)
97. Timothy B. Schmit [[Eagles)
98. Rex Brown [[Pantera)
99. Bobby Sheehan [[Blues Traveler)
100. Tom Hamilton [[Aerosmith)

Digitaldreamdoor list of 100 Greatest Rock Bass Guitarists...

Much better list we put together a few years back following actual criteria [[Influence, Innovation, Creativity, Originality, Versatility, and Technical Skill). These selections were debated for months by actual bass players representing various genres. Not everyone's personal favorite is going to be listed where everyone thinks they should be, but at least this list was based on SOMETHING, unlike many of these other lists based strictly on popularity...

*Note...We started on a slight rework of this list at some point...Notable changes were Bob Babbitt, Joe Osborn, and Pino Palladino who moved fairly significantly up the list, however, the rework was never completed following several months of discussions...

[StuBass1]

In this list, Jamerson gets a better ranking as "under-rated."

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2011/10/20-underrated-bass-guitarists-in-popular-music.html?p=2

Interesting list as well in that these bassists are just not as recognized by the so called rock "establishment" largely made up of fanboys and writers...not real musicians who tend to base their selections for these polls on popularity and who played on records they like or belong to their favorite bands, with less emphasis on actual skill and ability...