Everyone's favourite Bass Player??

[strummer]

Paul Simenon
Cliff Williams
Colin Moulding
Alain Caron (weird I know but I really like his stuff)
Aston Barrett
Amy Humphrey
Andy West
Paul McCartney
Will Lee
Chuck Rainey

I'll admit I'm more interested in nice looking female singers, but the above have for one reason or another made a mark;-) Ok, so Amy is the only one meeting both criteria, guess I should have her at the top haha

 

[oli@bass]

The players who had an important influence on my bass playing, in order of their appearance on my awareness horizon...

Johann Sebastian Bach (check out his cello and organ compositions!!!!!)
Roger Waters
Steve Harris
Geezer Butler
Roger Glover
John Entwistle
Neil Murray
Pete Trewavas
Phil Soussan
Billy Sheehan
Muzz Skillings
Mike Porcaro
Michael Anthony
Michael Balzay
Paulo Mendonça
John Peña
Tony Levin
Rocco Prestia
Randy Hope-Taylor
Doug Pinnick
Tony Kanal
Dave Meros
Colin Edwin


Naturally, there's a gazillion brilliant others, but those are the ones I remember without going through my CD collection.

 

[sandman@midlife]

John Paul Jones -he made me want to play bass
Paul McCartney- he made me want to be a rock star
Leon Wilkeson- the coolest ever
Jack Hall-The Wet Willie Band- maybe not well known, but to me he was the perfect mix between Southern Rock and New Orleans funk,
Ray Brown-the legend (RIP)