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Ray Shulman with Gentle Giant and Cor Dekker with Ekseption.

Melissa Auf Der Mar, D'Arcy, Eerie Von of Danzig, Twiggy Ramirez. No one hits an A like them! Just kidding but really I don't know if she is underrated but Paz that used to play with a Perfect Circle is a hot little number! I always liked her sound too.

Glenn, I'd have to second the recommendation for Nick Lowe - he played bass on John Hiatt's 'Bring the Family' album, along with Ry Cooder and Jim Keltner. What an album, and what a great band.

Tom Petersen...Doug Pinnick...

For dexterity, you have the usual suspects: Squire, Lee, Flea, etc.

For for melody lines, there were some inventive guys in the '80's like the aforementioned Rourke and Severin, as well as Peter Hook of New Order, Simon Gallup of the Cure, Les Pattinson of Echo and the Bunnymen, Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins, and the like. Very tasty and sort of Sting-like in that the bass played a counter melody to what was going on.

I'd throw in Steve Kilbey of The Church, Mark Burgess of The Chameleons.

Brad, I's agree with the counter melody of the guitars and keyboard. Simon Raymonde really holds his on against Robin and creates a great balance of sound.

Good call...that's some of my favorite "atmospheric" type of music.
Never heard of Paz before, just checked her out. I must say she's a lovely lady! Cool attitude, too.
I'll have to find some of her work to listen to.

Tony Butler of Big Country, also a double threat as he sang cool harmonies in addition to his excellent playing (which he also did with the likes of Pete Townshend, the Pretenders, etc.)

For some good Cetera music, listen to the first Chicago album. Introduction and the entire first side is excellent. I do like Dialogue too. I kinda stopped following Chicago after their 5th album or so.

Mike Watt- Minutemen, FireHose
Daryl Jenifer- Bad Brains
Royston Langdon- Spacehog
Norwood Fisher- Fishbone

Why is it whenever a great topic like this comes up, my mind develops a giant hole in it?

The late Carl Radle - Derek & The Dominoes, Eric Clapton and more.

Carl Radle - there's a name from the past! Played with so many artists on really well received music.

http://www.carlradle.com/

Carl definitely influenced my playing. I always felt he was underrated.

I agree with whoever said Sting. Iv heard people say he sucks. But I watched a Video of him playing in 5/4 while singing and he didnt get out of the groove once. Thats pretty awesome to me.

Interestingly, my wife has a Sting dvd and he's trying to tell the guy playing upright bass on one of his songs (can't remember which) how the part goes with the lyrics and he blanks on the phrasing then says he can't sing it without his bass in his hands. I found that revealing. One and the same.