[Bret L]

On Aug 11, 10:48*pm, Clyde Slick wrote:
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Jamerson is the greatest electric bassist of all time, in my opinion.
Kaye was exceptionally good.

Here is my list!

1 James Jamerson
2 Donald Duck Dunn
3 Jack Bruce
4 JAco PAstorius
5 Jack Cassidy (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
6 HArvey Brooks
7. George Porter, Jr. (the Meters)
8 Nathan East (Clapton)
9 Darry Johnson (the Nevile Bros.)
10 Bob Glaub
11 Johnny Gaydon (AlbertCollins)
12 Chuck Rainey
13 Carol Kaye
14 John Doster (BB King, appx 1995-2005)
15 John McVie
16 Stanley Clarke
17 Bill Wyman
18 Lee Sklar

Note, I am not an Entwhistle or McCartney fan.

As a list of bassists _you like best_ it is well and good but as a
realistic list of the best, no.

Jaco was in a realm of his own technically, like John McLaughlin on
guitar, but also went so far beyond the traditional bass role he has
to be given an asterisk.Ofttimes the music needed another bassist to
hold things down when he went off on a tangent. From a strict bass
perspective that degrades him, like Bela Fleck as a banjo player.

Stanley Clarke therefore arguably ought to be Number One. Not as
facile, he's still a virtuoso and keeps the bass chair anchored.

Carol Kaye belongs higher. jamerson belongs up there but NOT Number
One.

Wyman, great guy, not a great technical bassist, neither is
McCartney, but Mc comes up with such simple but devastatingly
effective bass parts he can't be off if Wyman is on.

Entwhistle, sorry, technically too good and too influential to leave
off.

Sorry.