I still play my guitar & mandolin... in fact, just got my
electric (used to have several, now I'm an old fart with
just one electric & one acoustic guitar... don't even have a
12-string). Great accessories on the boat too. Any
instrument sounds sweeter and more resonant when played
during a lovely sunset in an isolated anchorage.


I'll bite. I have a cd on my boat with Red House by Jimi Hendrix. I like
to listen to it on my boat. It takes me back to my wannabe days. My
instrument? I was a bass player and a really good one. NOT! Competent,
but neither inspired nor natural-born. I gave it up 'cause one day I
realized I would never be as good as the Stones, The Who, and Led
Zeppelin. Still love my rock music and love listening to it on my boat.


JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
Bill Wyman and John Paul Jones.....yawn. It's easy to outdo them. John
Entwhistle is another story. Like a few other great bass players (and
drummers), he had a unique way of slicing up time.


Bill Wyman is an awesome bass player, but not because he
plays a lot of flashy in-your-face notes. He's part of the
core, the foundation... it's not really a bass players job
to compete with the lead instruments & the front man (unless
of course, he *is* one or both). How about Gene Simmons? Did
an awesome job grabbing the spotlight.

John Entwistle is also a great musician, no doubt.

A few nominations for other great bass players
Phil Lesh
John Glascock
Bill Bruford
Paul McCartney
Les Claypool
Jack Bruce
Wilbur Bascomb (who?)

Regards
Doug King