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Originally posted by Tophat665
<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.
<b>Atomic Pinkie</b>, is Trujillo from Infectious Grooves/Suicidal Tendencies? If so, you're right - speed metal meets funk to excellent effect.
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Actually, my personal favorite bass player is a guy you've most likely never heard of, from a band that I'm sure you've only heard one song by (if that). The guys name is Corky Laing, the band is Mountain (with Leslie West); it's an era difference; I'm old-school, at 56 I rarely listen to new music, so my point of reference is what I was listening to in my '20's. For instance, I haven't seen Noel Redding's name in this thread (I may have missed it), yet he was Jimi Hendrix's bass player in the Experience. You guys have got to cut me a break; I'm old, kinda fucked in the head (for various reasons), but I do know the music of my time pretty well, all I'm doing is trying to point out artists that you might never have heard of, and might like.