“Rolling Stone Readers Pick the Top Ten Bassists of All Time.” See it here, with video clips.
Rolling Stone asked readers to vote on the top ten bass players of all time, and the results demonstrate the weakness of the “crowdsourcing” concept. Even limiting the selection to Rock/Pop/R&B players of the electric bass, a list without James Jamerson, Bootsy Collins, Leland Sklar, or Bob Babbitt simply cannot be taken seriously.
Image (“Sir Nicholas Carew Plays Reverse Thunderbird Goth Bass, after Hans Holbein the Younger”) by Mike Licht. Download a copy here. Creative Commons license; credit Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com
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