# Best Pecussion Bass Combo **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143 "2016-04-26T01:03:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/21 "2016-04-27T00:32:45Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > Fripp/Wetton (King Crimson) :smack::smack::smack::smack: damn that should be Bruford/Wetton…brutal brain-fart - how could I _do_ that to Bill and John? Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison Bootsy Collins and Tiki Fulwood ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/22 "2016-04-27T05:12:12Z")
OK. I have enough materiel to emulate various styles. Backing tracks downloaded, **all excellent suggestions**. Bring your preferred instruments over to my porch on the shoreline - however you have to play at least one tune to get a hang-burger or brat or BBQ chicken or pork chop. Beer is free, just reach into the ice-tub over there and grab one and join in. We will probably making music down by the bonfire on the beach and singing silly love songs, come join us. Play your heart out for us. 🙂 On the beach … 49431 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/23 "2016-04-27T05:40:42Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Oh, Paul and Ringo are definitely up there for me too. I was gonna mention them myself. _Come Together_ especially comes to mind. I’d link to it but there doesn’t seem to be a legit recording available on Youtube. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/24 "2016-04-27T05:46:41Z")
Came back to offer a link. Sound quality sucks but at least someone stuck it on youtube. Crank balance hard left to hear bass, drums, guitars without vocals. Beatles, **Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)** [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlhM0gVvAzE) ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/25 "2016-04-27T06:09:08Z")
Just found a karaoke version of _Come Together_ that highlights the instruments pretty well. [Here 'tis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTiiJ1_vAj0). ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/26 "2016-04-27T08:27:54Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Just found a karaoke version of _Come Together_ that highlights the instruments pretty well. [Here 'tis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTiiJ1_vAj0). Thanks. Adding to my sampler. Good thing I have retired and have too much time on my hands. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/27 "2016-04-27T08:41:58Z")
[quote=“TreacherousCretin, post:24, topic:753143”] Came back to offer a link. Sound quality sucks but at least someone stuck it on youtube. Crank balance hard left to hear bass, drums, guitars without vocals. Beatles, **Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)** [/QUOTE] Hard to believe (back when I had a full head of hair) I had one of those haircuts. I remember changing the balance way back when to hear instruments solo. Seems strange now. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/28 "2016-04-27T16:51:33Z")
I am enjoying the thread and nominations. As a guitarist, my nominee for the best rhythm section is **Keith Richards** ;). Bill and Charlie both tracked to Keith live, who drove the groove. 😉 I’ve actually contemplated doing a thread on the Pocket of the Rolling Stones and why it is so wobbly… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/29 "2016-04-27T18:18:39Z")
Bill Bruford got to play with numerous great bassists, including several better than John Wetton. He played with Chris Squire in Yes, Tony Levin in King Crimson, and with Jeff Berlin in Bruford. ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/30 "2017-04-07T06:56:18Z")
Bruford with Berlin was a great combo. Mark King and Phil Gould of Level 42 were amazing together. Abraham Laboriel and Jeff Porcaro (many records together) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/31 "2017-04-07T10:43:40Z")
Flea/Chad Smith Stewart Copeland/Sting ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/32 "2017-04-07T11:03:28Z")
Jack Casady and Joey Covington from the later Jefferson Airplane years were monsterous. Jack, of course, is always wonderful, but he isn’t always paired with a “monster” drummer. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/33 "2017-04-07T11:19:46Z")
You guys are all WRONG! It has to be Michael Anthony and Alex Van Halen. Without those two guys, everyone would’ve been like “Eddie _who_?” 🙂 The only reason I thought of this was the thread topic made me think of VH’s “Right Now” video with all those messages, one of them being “Right now, Michael Anthony is contemplating a solo career”. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/34 "2017-04-07T11:25:37Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > You guys are all WRONG! > > It has to be Michael Anthony and Alex Van Halen. … Only in the case of an OP asking for The Most Predictable Rhythm Section In History. 🙂 (This post is not intended to sound too harsh!) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/35 "2017-04-07T11:37:29Z")
Up front: I’m not a musician, and am absurdly unqualified to rate the skills of bassists and drummers. I can only judge by what sounds good to me. I’m really not a jazz fan, but the most impressive rhythm section I’ve seen is Christian McBride on bass with Antonio Sanchez on drums. In the pop/rock world, I loved Tony Levin and Jerry Marotta’s work with Peter Gabriel. Or Levin’s work with Bill Bruford in King Crimson. Or Bruford’s work with Chris Squire in Yes. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/36 "2017-04-07T11:40:30Z")
In truth, as far as pop bands go, Sting and Stuart Copeland had things nailed down quite nicely. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143/37 "2017-04-07T12:33:06Z")
Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OkTbfhSTCac/hqdefault.jpg "The Smiths - I Misses You (instrumental) NEW bootleg 2010") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkTbfhSTCac) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pecussion-bass-combo/753143.md?page=1)