When listening to a rendition of a favorite tune, or being mesmerized by a band playing, does your attention go to the low – pitched bass instrument in the background? Are your ears tuned to find the low base strings that strum in all their glory? Yes? Well then you must have a favorite bass player too. Bass players are important parts of their bands because they provide the base, based on which the entire tune can be carried forth. So how about we go on a discussion of some of the best bass players of all time? We’ll list some of these musicians and then you can go listen in on their works in music, if you haven’t already. So are you ready for some of the greatest bassists of all time? Here we go:

Greatest Bass Players

Here are some of the best bass players. Now don’t go doing all “So and so is the best bass player ever!” ‘Coz we’ll have none of that. Just some good old, unadulterated, no-judging, kind of list of the best bass players:

Steve Priest
Steve Priest. Now who could think that he’d defy the very idea of bassists being the quiet guys of the band, sitting in the corner and strumming their base strings? No siree. None of that for Steve. Touted to have built his first bass guitars himself and then there was no looking back. This bassist blew the lid off of everyone with his profusion of sexual innuendos. Deep voiced and loud, this bassist is still roaring at his age! That has got to make him one of the greatest bass players, right? Hell yeah! Read the rest of this entry »