[tohni]

if you wanna look beyond Rock, Marcus Miller or Victor Wooten are sure worth a look.

 

[andyalfa]

Some good tracks to check out...
John Entwistle’s bass solo in My Generation (The Who)
Norman Watt-Roy on Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick (Ian Dury & the Blockheads)
Mark King on Mr Pink (Level 42)
Flea on Sir Psycho Sexy (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
George Bernard on Good Times (Chic)
Geezer Butler on Into The Void (Black Sabbath)
Dave Barard on Holding Pattern (Dr John)

 

[elbuzzard]

message in a bottle-police
boris the spider-the who
war pigs-black sabbath
sky pup-melvins
nausea-beck
grounds for divorce-big business
evil-interpol
......
boogie with stu-led zepplin
lets just say all hendrix experience and band of gypsies
........

 

[ozz]

Taxman-The Beatles
905-The Who
O Well -Fleetwood Mac
Iron Man-Black Sabbath

 

[paul_lindemann]

Must have McCartney in there...I want you (shes so heavy), Something, Hello Goodbye etc. Anything on Band on the Run (except Helen Wheels). Pink Floyd Money, Girl from Impanema (seriously!) Any Diana Krall...sher has a hot bass player.

 

[GTRacer]

[size=xx-large]THE LEMON SONG[/size] - Led Zeppelin

 

[ozz]

I'm surprised no one mentioned Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple.

 

[Cousin Patty]

Quote:

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first page, second post

 

[stewgriff]

Isolated track of John Entwistle, "Won't Get Fooled Again" live

Not to detract from Townshend, but Entwistle was literally lead bass. Along with James Jamerson (Motown session player - played on 90% of the Motown classics from the 60s), he paved the way for bass as a lead instrument. Without them, no Jaco, no Flea, etc.

 

[ncmando]

x2 Iron Man!

Also Pink Floyd's Money, and of course the Dead's Dark Star

 

[trb36]

Jaco Pastorious has been mentioned a few times, but specifically his "Portrait of Tracy". Incredible.

 

[andyalfa]

The basslines on many Jam tracks are pretty impressive. Bassists in 3-piece bands have to work overtime to fill in and Bruce Foxton was no exception. Check out A Town Called Malice, Going Underground or Eton Rifles.

The bass on Billy Idol's White Wedding sounds good too, by the way.

 

[TimJo]

He might be a bit old school for some of you, but one of the all time best players, who pushed the limits of electrifying the bass in the early days, is Jack Casady. His work in the Airplane and Hot Tuna is quite good. He also sat in with Jimi Hendrix, David Crosby, and others back in the day.

Phil Lesh is no slouch either, especially live. Some of his playing in '73 and '74 is quite amazing.