Sly & The Family Stone (Official Thread)

[E-Z]

Id have to say some of my favorite bass players are funksters....they played bass lines that actually thump in your chest

Yeah as much as I'm a 'rock guy' I do like listening to some 1970s funk & soul/funk bands from that era like The Isley Brother's, Heatwave & Kool & the Gang as well as several others.

I wouldn't say I know to much about bass playing but I believe Bootsy Collins actually credits Larry Graham for inventing the 'slap & pop' style of funk bass playing and as previously posted Bootsy claims that Larry is THE MAN when it comes to bass playing.

Talking of Bootsy Collins I noticed he's recently released a new album (2017).

E-Z

 

[Hurdy Gurdy Man]

Feels obligatory to mention Nile Rodgers here...................

 

[BikerDude]

Hell yeah.
George Porter Jr also from the Meters.

 

[E-Z]

Feels obligatory to mention Nile Rodgers here...................

Yeah Nile Rodgers plus don't forget his late musical partner Bernard Edwards both of Chic they turned out some great funk/rock/dance music with the likes of Chic, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, Shelia B.Devotion and others during the late 1970s & 1980s.

E-Z