Great Rock Bassists your Top 10.Rock not Jazz. But Hey what about Reggae


My top 10.

  1. Chris Squire
  2. Jack Bruce
  3. Tina Weymouth
  4. Kim Deal
  5. Kim Gordon
  6. Peter Hook
  7. Rick Danko
  8. John Entwistle
  9. Jaco Pastorious
  10. Aston Barrett (Bob Marley and the Wailers) 
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What-- no Jack Casady, Geddy Lee, Sting or John Paul Jones ?  ?  ? 

You said "Rock, not Jazz" but...

Jack Bruce was classically trained and most often described himself as a Jazz player. 

I've heard recordings of Jaco playing Jazz and Fusion but never Rock. . . would be curious to know what you are referring to...

 

I saw/heard Jack Bruce live twice, and his tone was, by far, the worst I’ve ever heard. And then there’s his playing; far too busy for my taste (my musician friends refer to his style of playing as "lead bass" ;-), but to each his own.

Now Jack Casady, that's a different story. He almost made it into my Top 10, and would definitely be in my Top 25.