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  • #24914
    acoustica1
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    (I did a search but I didn’t find anything)

    Who is you favorite?

    -Suzy Quattro

    -Paz Lenchantin

    -Kim Deal

    -Carol Kaye

    -Melissa Auf Der Maur

    -Gail Ann Dorsey

    -Rana Ross

    -Anybody else?

    I’m really impressed by this pretty young lady:

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    • #79801
      Tim
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      😕 They have 2 tracks on there Myspace the second track should be there? it is when I look…? strange, much more the bass I meant, ah well, they are good anyway. Like a lot of blues stuff it loosing a little bit of something in the recording but still great.

    • #79809
      1bassleft
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      Congrats on the grand 😀 . I had a look at Chicken Legs but only the default track was available. Not a lot of bass but the band is clearly better, and more original, than a ton of “blues influenced” giggers. No wonder they have a rather impressive who’s-who style list of “friends”.

    • #79821
      Tim
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      Strangely, in my initial reply I forgot to mention my personal fave bass player: Jane Howden of Chicken Legs Weaver. We went to see them live locally and I was literally “Man, that’s what I’ve always wanted to sound like!”

      She looks pretty damn good too but that is definitely secondary to sounding fantastic!

      Unfortunately there’s not a massive selection on their Myspace but ‘Rolling Wheel’ (second track) pretty much demonstrates what I’m talking about. Even better live tho, so much more energy.

      http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=52880827

      EDIT: Wine+Spelling=Fail

      EDIT 2: awwww, this was my 1000th post 😀

    • #79824
      1bassleft
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      Yes, I was impressed by Tal (more so for her playing in a band rather than improv-clinic stuff). As Tim says, female bass players were de riguer in ’90s indie bands. Even if they’re not super-proficient technical types, Kim Deal and Melissa auf der Maur are faves of mine.

    • #79804
      Tim
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      D’arcy Wretzky is still one of my faveourites.

      Tal Wilkenfeld (in that video) gets quite a lot of press in bass mags, the Jazz/solo stuff is’nt my sort of thing but cleary good, I do like her, what I would call ‘proper’ bass-playing tho, this is her with Jeff Beck:
      http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=32Ln-SpJsy0&feature=related
      Nice fills but nothing too much.

      Grunge seemed to have quite a few Female bass players, Maureen from Babes in Toyland is a mod on Fuzz.com

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