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100 Greatest ROCK bassists
[late 2005 list]

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/freelance)
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)

50 Great Rock Basslines [ 2005 ]
1. Another One Bites The Dust (Queen)
2. Roundabout (Yes)
3. Money (Pink Floyd)
4. Super Freak (Rick James)
5. Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin (Sly & Family Stone)
6. Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell)
7. Dazed And Confused (Led Zeppelin)
8. Badge (Cream)
9. Higher Ground (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
10. Taxman (The Beatles)
11. Freewill (Rush)
12. Brick House (The Commodores)
13. Thela Hun Ginjeet (King Crimson)
14. NIB (Black Sabbath)
15. Good Times (chic)
16. Bernadette (Four Tops/James Jamerson)
17. London Calling (The Clash)
18. Sunshine Of Your Love (Cream)
19. Jeremy (Pearl Jam)
20. Ramble On (Led Zeppelin)
21. No More Tears (Ozzy Osbourne)
22. Boris The Spider (The Who)
23. The Lemon Song (Led Zeppelin)
24. The Boys Are Back In Town (Thin Lizzy)
25. Come As You Are (Nirvana)

26. Stand By Me (Ben E King)
27. Come Together (The Beatles)
28. White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)
29. Would (Alice In Chains)
30. Sweet Emotion (Aerosmith)
31. Schism (Tool)
32. Lowrider (War)
33. Guns Of Brixton (The Clash)
34. Take The Power Back (Rage Against The Machine)
35. Longview (Green Day)
36. Heart Of The Sunrise (Yes)
37. Young Lust (Pink Floyd)
38. The Joker (Steve Miller Band)
39. Pump It Up (Elvis Costello)
40. Should I Stay Or Should I Go (The Clash)
41. Jerry Was A Racecar Driver (Primus)
42. Break On Through (The Doors)
43. Only In Dreams (Weezer)
44. Sober (Tool)
45. Coffee Shop (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
46. Whipping Post (Allman Brothers Band)
47. Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran)
48. After Midnight (JJ Cale)
49. Last Ride In (Green Day)
50. The Big Money (Rush)
The above lists are with courtesy of Digital Dream Door Site
They are not compiled by myself. They have a page for your comments ~ which I am sure you have many!

YOUR CHOICES

If your choice is not in the above lists please email me
and I will give them a well deserved mention here.

Lee Rocker

Bassist Lee Rocker began taking classical cello lessons at eight years old, but influenced by rock n roll he took up electric bass, before hearing the blues of Carl Perkins and Muddy Water when he took to the acoustic bass. He jammed with his school friends Jimmy McDonnell aka Slim Jim Phantom and Brian Setzer, who in 1979 became The Stray Cats, who went on to revive rockabilly music around the world. Lee's powerful, original songs, virtuoso musicianship, and vibrant vocals, brought depth and substance to a neglected style of music to a new generation who loved it. From 1984 has worked with Earl Slick, Carl Perkins, Dave Edmunds, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Jeff Beck, Willie Nelson and others. In more recent years Lee has founded his band Black Cat Bone; 2002, he toured the U.S. with ex-Elvis Presley guitarist Scotty Moore; 2003 The Stray Cats reunited for an 18-city tour of Europe, and 2007 saw another successful rocking Stray Cat world tour. Orange County Weekly quote: “there has never been a rock ‘n’ roll bass player more fun to watch in concert than Lee Rocker.”
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Jance Garfat

US bassist Jance Garfat started his career with different bands around Union City, New Jersey before joining the pop-country rock band Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show in 1972 as their full-time bassist. Jance added a fuller depth and a solid bottom line to their sound. At the height of their success Dr Hook were top of the charts in 42 countries. They were known more for there singles rather than an album band and Jance can be heard on all the bands tracks from 1972 to 1985, such as 'A Little Bit More', 'Only Sixteen', 'If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body', 'Sexy Eyes', 'Cover Of The Rolling Stone', 'More Like The Movies', 'Ballad Of Lucy Jordan', 'When Your In Love with a Beautiful Woman' and dozens more. This great band amassed 60 gold and platinum singles and albums.
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Mike Dirnt

Born Michael Ryan Pritchard, Mike Dirnt at the age of 14 formed the band Sweet Children, with friend Billie Joe Armstrong. Two years later in 1989 with the addition of John Kiffmeyer aka Al Sobrante they formed Green Day, gathering a big fanbase on the punk rock scene in Berkeley, California. In 1994 thier break-through and third album "Dookie" sold over 10 million copies, Mike's basslines on "Longview" showed the world what an awesome bassist he is. The band has sold over 60 million records worldwide, won three Grammy Awards; Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot, and Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams.". Mike has also played with bands Squirtgun, the Screeching Weasel, the Network, and Crummy Musicians, and currently plays with The Frustrators as well as Green Day. Mike is working on a new Green Day studio album set to be released sometime in 2008.
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Bill Dickinson
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Bill Dickinson is a well known and very respected electic bass guitarist in Los Angeles, where back in the late 60's and 70's he used to play every Tuesday night with his friend and then fellow session guitarist Lee Mack "Captain Fingers" Ritenour at The Baked Potato. As well as playing the Californian scene Bill has a busy life playing sessions in the shadows of the L.A. studios recording with Seals & Croft, Willie Bobo, Righteous Brothers, John Pisano, Michael Franks, Dave Grusin to mention a few.
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Tommy Shannon

Tommy Shannon joined his first band The Avengers at the age of 13, but got his big break some years later when he met Johnny Winter in The Fog at Dallas and they formed a project known as The Progressive Blues Experiment, Edgar Winter joined them onstage wat Woodstock. In 1970 Tommy moved to San Francisco forming the band Krakerjack. 1977 sees him in Houston with Allen Hayes opening for bands Bachman-Turner Overdrive and KISS. Next he met up with Stevie Ray Vaughan in The Fog at Dallas and joined Stevies band Double Trouble. Since SRV's sad, untimely death Tommy has played, recorded and-or toured with The Mighty Zor, the Arc Angels, Storyville, Susan Tedeschi, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Little Richard, Hubert Sumlin, Mike McCready, Johnny Lang, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Johnson, David Grissom, Mato Nanji and Jeff Beck.
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Clifford Burton

Clifford Burton was born in Castro Valley, California, to hippy parents. He studied classical piano at six, bass guitar at 14, spending four to six hours a day perfecting his bass guitar skills, and took a music course at Napa Valley Junior College. He formed Trauma, it was while with this band Ron McGovney heard Clifford perform his solo, "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth", asking him to join Metallica. Clifford joined Metallica only after they relocated to the San Francisco, California Bay Area. Clifford had a major say in Metallica's music, look, and direction, his early influence and driving bassline, was the essential ingredient in creating the unique musical style for which Metallica would later become famous. he exposed early Metallica to a variety of music styles from The Misfits, Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground, and Thin Lizzy, to classical pianist Glenn Gould. Clifford's first appeared with Metallica at The Stone, in San Francisco, CA on March 5th, 1983. His final performance was in Stockholm, Sweden on September 26, 1986, only hours before the tragic road accident. R.I.P.
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Dave Bronze

Dave Bronze was born in Billericay, Essex, England. He joined the Robin Trower band in 1983, making 4 albums over the next 4 years. Also in the 80's, he played and recorded in No Stiletto Shoes band with Gary Brooker and Art of Noise. In 1990 he formed "Be Sharpe" with Jerry Stevenson on keyboards and guitar & drummer, Bob Jenkins. Between 1990 and 1994 Dave was a member of the Dr Feelgood Band and the Procol Harum band, touring and recording with both bands. Dave joined the Eric Clapton Band in 1994 which he toured with throughout the '90's and into the 2000's; as well as recording, touring and playing with Jeff Beck, Robin Trower, Eric Clapton, Dr. Feelgood, Sting, Duane Eddy, Tina Turner, George Harrison, Leo Sayer, Procol Harum, The Hamsters, Chris Farlowe, Gary Brooker, Be Sharp, Phil Collins, Stuart Copeland, Bo Diddly, Roger Daltry, David Gilmore, Mike Rutherford, Steve Windwood, Paul Carrack, Belinda Carlisle, Brian Ferry, Mickey Jupp, Ray Davis ..... to name but a few! Dave was also voted British Blues Connections 2000 Bass Player Of The Year.
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Lemmy Kilmister

Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, bass playing frontman of the seminal punk-metal crossover band, Motörhead, hails from Stoke-on-Trent, UK, but raised in Anglesey, Wales. In the 60's he roadied for Jimi Hendrix & The Nice and played in several bands including Sam Gopal, The Rockin' Vickers and Opal Butterfly. 1971 sees him in the space rock UK Underground band Hawkwind, 1973's"Silver Machine", reached No.3. In 1975 he went on to form a new band The Bastard, soon renamed Motörhead, which he still fronts today. Lemmy has appearance in number of films and television productions, and as well as his career with Motorhead he has recorded with The Damned, The Young & Moody Band, Robert Calvert, Albert Jarvinen Band, Nina Hagen, Fast Eddie Clarke, Shonen Knife, Myth Dreams of World, The Ramones, Jetboy, Probot, The Head Cat, Ugly Kid Joe, Skew Siskin and still makes guest appearances with Hawkwind.
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Jay Bentley

Jay Bentley was born in Kansas in 1964. He was a founder member of the legendary punk rock group 'Bad Religion' in 1980 while still at El Camino High School. He left BR for a few of years and played in number of bands, including Epitaph and TSOL, but returned to 'Bad Religion' in the late 80's, which is his most proud and well-known collaboration, with the punk masters.This has established him as one of Punk Rock's finest bass players, Jay Bentley has never failed to impress with his slick skills for over 26 years.
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Michael Henderson

Michael Henderson played bass with the Fantastic Four, Detroit Emeralds, Billy Preston, and other Motown acts from the age of 13. He later toured extensively with Stevie Wonder & Aretha Franklin before joining Miles Davis for 7 years. Sessioned with all the jazz greats, his latest projects being Children on the Corner and Bass Player's Ball.
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Jerome Rimson

Bass virtuoso originally from Detroit City, playing soul, jazz and rock with full solid
enthusiasm and empathy. His amazing career stretchs over 4 decades from the
Detroit Emeralds to Freddie Mercury to Mark Knofner to Van Morrison,
with dozens more in between. World respected bass sessionist.
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Norman Watt-Roy

Norman Watt-Roy one of the most accomplished bass players in the UK, who
helped Ian Dury & the Blockheads come to fame . Norman has also
contributed his talents to recording artists as diverse as
the Clash and Frankie goes to Holly-wood.
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