BASS GUITAR LEGENDS
All transcriptions made available from The Bass Shed are intended for educational purposes.
Bob Babbitt
“One producer took a look at my resume and said, ”Shoot, you played on Midnight Train to Georgia? ...You don’t need no other credits!” ”
“We were messing around right in the back of him with some music. [James] was like, ‘Yeah, yeah. I like that. I’m glad I thought of it.”
Bootsy Collins
Tommy Cogbill
“Tommy Cogbill’s profile has always been subdued—as he wanted it to be. However, from a historical perspective, he should be listed among the top-five most important popular-music bassists of the last century”
Donald “Duck” Dunn
“When I heard B.B. King’s SWEET SIXTEEN, I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that record: the bass player”
James Jamerson
“As time went on, James Jamerson became my hero... because he was so good and melodic.”
Paul McCartney
“None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.”
Bernard Odum
“.........I’m doing a very bad imitation on the bass of Jerry Jemmott, Bernard Odum....””
Pino Palladino
“It’s important to be able to reinvent what you do”
Chuck Rainey
“My professional career as a musician has been through and overcame the trials and tribulations attributed to playing an instrument that has finally come into its own...”
Sting
“My professional career as a musician has been through and overcame the trials and tribulations attributed to playing an instrument that has finally come into its own...”
Fred Thomas
“We always kept up with the hot stuff”
