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Mandalor · 05-17-2003, 01:56 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tophat665
[B]<b>bullgoose</b>, maybe it's a stylistic thing. Barry Oakley was certainly excellent, but I don't see any bassists listed from trippy/improv bands (with the exception of my mention of Mike Gordon from Phish). You may be right that he deserves mention, but, with Barry, you also need to mention Phil Lesh. Same kind of style, same degree of skill.

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I have to heartily disagree...BErry and Phil are of the same era, and the same genre, but definitely not the same style. Both skilled, yes, and the two bands experienced a lot of cross-pollination, but give the older ABB and Dead stuff a listen...two very different bass players.

05-17-2003, 01:56 PM	#43 (permalink)
Mandalor Tilted	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tophat665 [B]<b>bullgoose</b>, maybe it's a stylistic thing. Barry Oakley was certainly excellent, but I don't see any bassists listed from trippy/improv bands (with the exception of my mention of Mike Gordon from Phish). You may be right that he deserves mention, but, with Barry, you also need to mention Phil Lesh. Same kind of style, same degree of skill. [QUOTE] I have to heartily disagree...BErry and Phil are of the same era, and the same genre, but definitely not the same style. Both skilled, yes, and the two bands experienced a lot of cross-pollination, but give the older ABB and Dead stuff a listen...two very different bass players.