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Off Topic unsung bass heroes

LawDaddy, I believe Wilkeson's playing posture was a remnant from the plane crash. His arm nearly had to be amputated and when he could play again, he had to hold the bass like that due to permanent (nerve?) damage.
 
Ok Aussie Mark, you have to say that Boz Burrell, George Porter Jr, Allen Woody, Willie Weeks, John Deacon and Lee Sklar don't get their just rewards. Although all are famous in the bass world, but not everone knows them.
 
Wayne Nelson of Little River Band; that's his lead vocal on "The Night Owls."

"Happy Anniversary" has a smokin' bass line. He plays it live while singing lead on that song. :eek:
 
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I think George McArdle played on the studio version of happy anniversary but agree wayne nelson a great player also the original LRB bassplayer Roger Mclachlan is fantastic.

sitonmybass I agree about colin hay his new stuff is great as well

A bassplayer all the aussies would know of is Phil Small from cold chisel very underrated as well
 
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I think George McArdle played on the studio version of happy anniversary but agree wayne nelson a great player also the original LRB bassplayer Roger Mclachlan is fantastic.
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Roger was the pick of the LRB bassists for sure. I really loved his work with the band Stars in the mid-late 1970s as well. They're one of my favourite Aussie bands ever, shame that Mushroom Records can't get their sh!t together to release the two studio albums on CD.

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEn99rBwF4g&feature=related"]YouTube- Stars - Look After Yourself (1977)[/nomedia]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwmFHUT_tSA"]YouTube- Stars - West Is The Way (1978)[/nomedia]
 
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Roger was the pick of the LRB bassists for sure. I really loved his work with the band Stars in the mid-late 1970s as well. They're one of my favourite Aussie bands ever, shame that Mushroom Records can't get their sh!t together to release the two studio albums on CD.
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With out turning it into a roger Mc fanclub the fretless at the start on your the voice - john farnham (for the people playing at home) I think makes the song.
 
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I want to say bob birch, some of the basslines he played in eltons songs are amazing.
Plus you hear the awesome mm tone as well.
 
Mike Rutherford of Genesis played convincingly good, well executed, creative bass lines during Genesis' commercial three-piece version heyday.

To quote Chris Jisi from the transcription section of the October 2008 issue of Bass Player Magazine:


One intriguing facet of the Brit rock phenomenon is the number of talents adept and both guitar and bass, Paul McCartney and Ron Wood among them. Few, however, have retained their fretboard duality and grasped the art of each instrument as well as Mike Rutherford of prog rock cornerstone Genesis. As a teen, Rutherford played guitar first, but he then fell in love with bass, mainly influenced by McCartney, as well as Jack Bruce and James Jamerson. "It took me a while to learn that a guitarist can't just play bass," he says. "It's more than getting the notes right. You have to understand the concept."
 
Unsung bass heroes

Tony Levin is one of my all-time heroes: TONYLEVIN.COM

Jaco Pastorius is a great funky bass player and let's not forget Geezer Butler and let's not forget the late Phil Linnot.
 
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