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Anyone mention John Lodge? He has lots of cool bass parts.

In the interest of not turning this into who's the bestest, the thread is "Underrated bass player". Therefore I hardly consider the likes of Steve Harris, Billy Sheehan, or even Mike Watt to be underrated. Someone like Dee Murray, or John Deacon could in fact be considered under-rated playing in the shadows of major pop stars. Many of the rest mentioned are just lesser known. Stefan Lessard is a very tasty player, as is Oteil Burbridge (Allman Bros.)

Stephen Stills, who played bass on the first CSN LP. Rick Anderson, The Tubes. John Gustafson of Quatermass (British prog rock trio, early '70s). Jason Falkner, The Grays & solo.

I know Ronn knows about this recording, but if you want to hear Dee Murray at his absolute best, pick up "11/17/70" by Elton. Live radio broadcast with Elton, Dee & Nigel. Best live funk/rock bass playing I have ever heard.

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_bassguitar.html

Don't know if this was posted here or not, but it's a cool list.

Agh, not that list!

Sorry, I have lots of problems with the lists on that website. And I'm sure what I disagree over is very different from what others will disagree over. But yeah, like, I was really into debating with people about the lists on the website until I realized that they're quite arbitrary, and a lot of the people were basically just going "Flea is teh best basist evar! every1 else sukcs!!!"

Speaking of CSN, I read somewhere that Greg Reeves, a bass player who came their way via Motown and was with them during their heyday, lied to get the gig. He said he was 19. But he was only 15! 15 and on the road with those guys in 1970, what an education that must have been.

NWR for sure, Clevor Trever.

Those of you that like The Band should check out the DVD "Festival Express". What a wild train ride that was. Great jam session on the train with Buddy Guy's Blues Band. Unfortunately some of that excess prematurely took a few good artists from us.

http://usa.festivalexpress.com/index2.html

How about the first 2 bassists for New Model Army. Very impressive and innovative bass playing IMHO. Lead bass playing at it's best! They both had similar styles and weren't afraid to explore the fingerboard. Very good tone as well.

Dave, you bet I do, I love that album. The remastered version has an extra song, "Amoreena".

Who plays bass for New Model Army? I've never listened to them, but they have a member named 'Nelson' who also records with Martin Newell. I think 'Nelson' handles bass and drums on Newell's records. Newell is a fantastic songwriter and lyricist. He writes very jangly pop songs...

Original bassist was called Stuart Morrow, who was only on the first 2 albums, 'Vengeance' and 'No Rest For The Wicked'. A guy called Jason 'Moose' Harris replaced him for 'The Ghost Of Cain' onwards.
Fantastic bass playing from both guys.

Nelson is the new bass player.

Thanks for the info!

Ronn: Well, since Amoreena is almost my favorite EJ tune, I'll just have to get the remastered version, won't I? I love the little trills that Dee uses in his "Take Me to the Pilot" riffing on 11/17/70. What a great bass sound, too.

Dave, I know what you're talking about, and it sounds to me like Dee is playing chords in places on "Pilot", like right before the chorus, it sounds like a big bass chord.