50 Greatest Bassists in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame

[Ohiogal]

https://expo.cleveland.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/09/85df00984b9484/50-greatest-bassists-in-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame.html

What's the most iconic bass line in history? I vote for John Deacon's in "Another One Bites the Dust", although I'm sure there are lots more good choices. Roger Glover's "Smoke on the Water" would be right up there, too.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Who is John Paul Jones for $500, Alex

Dazed and Confused.

[KatyMan]

9. Who is Paul McCartney for $1000

Silly Love Songs, Something, Here Comes the Sun, etc

[luvs2sing]

2. Since the bass line that has been stuck in my head for the past week is..

David Hood’s killer on “ I’ll Take You There”, I’ll have to say that one.

I expected Rick Danko to rank higher. And the page kept reloading so I never did get to see the top ten. 🙁

[Leghorn21]

3. Oh oh!! I just discovered *Larry Graham*, #4! I had no clue as to who he was, but have been

listening a LOT lately to Sly and the Family Stone, "Hey Music Lover", Woodstock; it contains one of the greatest funky jams of the '60s, says I!! --- When I did some research a couple weeks ago, I found out Mr. Graham was a top player from the git go!

If you start here at 40 seconds, you'll hear him just - grinding the shit out of his bass and this lick is stuck in my head for all time now

[Ohiogal]

8. I LOVE Sly & the FS!!

[mikeysnot]

4. Ghost

[Itchinjim]

5. Pretty much anything Flea has done.

[Runningdawg]

6. I don't think I can take a list of great bass players seriously that doesn't include Les Claypool

[Ohiogal]

7. Remember

These are just taken from Rock n Roll HOF inductees.

[Runningdawg]

13. My bad - no sleep before posting, after working a double. At least Bootsy was there!

[Hoyt]

10. Favorite bassists: Chris Hillman, Calvin Fuzzy Samuels, Noel Redding, James Jamerson, Jack Bruce,

Jaco Pastorius, and Victor Wooten.

[The Polack MSgt]

14. I was told James played this riff on the fly - The vocal track on his headphones and away he went

I hope that's true.

[BootinUp]

11. Glad they've got Colin Greenwood in there.

Of Radiohead. Great list to peruse later.

[Sewa]

12. Chris Squire " Roundabout " by Yes

Great complex base riff that carried the song

[Ohiogal]

15. Oh yeah!

That’s one of the most amazing and complex to be sure. I played that album to death back in my college days.

[Sewa]

16. The Yes Album got me to listen

more to what bass players were doing. I think that was a game changer for rock bassist

[Doc_Technical]

17. Glenn Cornick (and Jethro Tull)

It is a travesty that they are not in the R&R Hall of fame.