As the host of the nation's only syndicated guitar show, the Chop Shop (Sunday's at 9am on WRIF) I get lots of guitar oriented email, but I got an email from one of my listeners in Huntington, West Virgina this week asking me who my favorite bass player is?
In truth, I haven't put allot of thought into it but just for fun, here is a pretty accurate top ten list:
10) Tim Commerford of Audioslave and Rage Against The Machine (so solid and underrated)
9) Geddy Lee of Rush (unique and precise)
8) John Myoung of Dream Theater (the perfect player for the world's best prog rock band)
7) Chris Squire of Yes (without Yes there wouldn't be any prog rock bands)
6) Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (simply brilliant)
5) Billy Sheehan of Talas, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth and Steve Vai (I've always loved his sound and playing, but seeing him now with the Steve Vai band moved him into my top 5!)
4) John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin (the perfect player for the world's best 4 piece rock band!)
3) Stu Hamm of Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, solo artist (his 2 hand tapping took bass to uncharted territory)
2) Steve Harris of Iron Maiden (I listen back to the old Iron Maiden songs and EVERY song is a masterpiece)
1) Les Claypool of Primus, the Frog Brigade and Cornel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (strange and beautiful. possibly the most unique and adventuress bass player of them all)
¶ 12:14 AM
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