Threads and Tangents 11/14/23 - Bass

This week's musical thread is the Bass, because without a bass you don’t have a band.* I've included some great bass players from over seven decades and across lots of musical styles.  We’ll hear a mix of electric and upright bass, and tracks that feature the bass or include it as part of an ensemble.
  
We'll hear music from: Mike Allen Trio (John Lee on bass), The Beach Boys (Carol Kaye on bass, probably), Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang, Dave Holland & Vassar Clements, the Funk Brothers (James Jamerson on bass), Jerry Douglas / Russ Barenberg / Edgar Meyer (on bass), The Meters (George Porter Jr. on bass), Morphine (Mark Sandman on bass), Jaco Pastorius, Missy Raines / Mike Bub / Todd Phillips, Todd Snider (Joe Mariencheck on bass), Esperanza Spalding, Sunnyland Slim (Big Crawford on bass), Rob Wasserman & Willie Dixon.
 
Anything on your mind? Email me at threadsandtangents@kmre.org

*At this year’s IBMA Award Show bassist Mike Bub said this as he and Missy Raines were announcing the bass player of the year award. Truer words...