The 40 best basslines of all time. The greatest bass guitar parts ever committed to record

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[PermaRag]

Jim Pons of The Leaves on “Hey Joe”. The original, and even better than the far more famous Hendrix version.

Pons went on to bigger things, playing bass for the Turtles and then designing the logo the New York Jets used in the late 70s and into the 80s.

[Free in Texas]

Jeff Berlin, "5g" on Bill Burford's album 0ne of a Kind.

Stanley Clarke, "Lopsy Lu", on his first album.

Doug Wimbish, "Open Letter to a Landlord" on Living Color's first album.

Jaco Pastorius, "Teen Town" on Weather Report's album Heavy Weather.

Paul McCartney, "Old Brown Shoe" on The Beatle's album "Hey Jude".

Geddy Lee, "YYZ" on Rush's album "Moving Pictures ".

Chris Squire, "Starship Trooper" on Yes's album "Keys to Ascension".

[dfwgator]

XTC has always been one of my favorite bands. Huge, huge talent there, from all the members.

I really missed Terry Chambers when he left.

[dfwgator]

And Talking Heads had the best looking bassist!!!!!!

D'Arcy of Smashing Pumpkins in her day, was a total babe, but she totally wrecked herself.

[stanne]

That ‘Whipping Post’ is not on this list negates the entire thing. To me.

[stanne]

“Berry starts her off...”

Ya. Just Duane saying that for the recognition of it. List is not only incomplete but rather void. Top ten if not five

[P.O.E.]

I’d add Mark Boston’s work on Troutmaskreplica

[AnglePark]

Yeah, me too, but he was there through my favorite albums of theirs. Drums and Wires, Black Sea and English Settlement were always my favorites.

[gnickgnack2]

Reformed as eXTC and on tour now. Damn, nothing close enough to me.

[MrHead]

I enjoy Th’ Dudes an Auckland based band of the late 70s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks3R1gYEUAY

[hope_dies_last]

Bkmk

[hoagy62]

Bakithi Kumalo, bassist on Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al”.

Stevie Wonder, who played danged near everything INCLUDING the bass, on ‘”Superstition”.

[mellow velo]

Correct.  And he had a soulful voice to match!  Sadly, he passed way too early.

Bridge of Sighs and For Earth Below were two of my most-listened-to albums back in high school.  Dewar's basslines could definitely be described as funky .. and driving.

[Political Junkie Too]

I was going to suggest Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys by Traffic.

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys by Traffic

Another more eclectic song is Anne of Cleves, by Rick Wakeman.

A guilty pleasure of mine is Aquarius / Let the Sun Shine In (The Flesh Failures), by The Fifth Dimension.

-PJ

[jdsteel]

Better stock up on those tubes for your tube amps. Sovteck tubes will be hard to come by soon.

[Magnatron]

Sovtek tubes will be hard to come by soon.

Yikes, I didn't think about that...