Why-Oh-Why July?

[El Gordo]

Got to thinking . . . fave bass players of all time?
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Singing bassists worth a mention:
Geddy Lee (Rush)
Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)

Surely the most celebrated of singing bassists was Paul McCartney? He was also one of the first to play with a pick rather than his fingers. He's highly regarded among the bass-playing fraternity from what I can see. Similarly, Harrison was a fine guitar player. Their instrumental talents got a bit submerged under the strength of the songs.

I don't have too many fave bass players, only because almost by definition they're in the background. Good bassists are like good defenders in football. They don't get much glory, and if they do their job well you tend not to notice them. But when they make mistakes, boy, you do notice!

The only other legendary one (to me) that you didn't mention is Jack Bruce.

Ah, just did a web search and came up with one bloke's view of the 100 best rock bass players (and interestingly, best bass lines at the bottome of the page):

http://philbrodieband.com/muso_solos_jaz...ssists.htm

Looks like you made a good call on Entwistle.