Guitar Hero II quipped that a mini fridge is more important than a bassist. And while it is true that many people undervalue the role a bass guitar plays, it’s hugely important in providing a sturdy ...

Burbridge played with The Allman Brothers and Tedeschi Trucks Band before joining Dead & Company alongside guitarist John ...

One of the most recognizable bass lines is the one on the Talking Heads hit “Psycho Killer,” performed by Tina Weymouth. She also had notable grooves on “Once in a Lifetime,” “Uh Oh, Love Comes to ...

That ’70s Show alum Danny Masterson is wallowing in despair behind bars as the convicted rapist’s ex-wife, Bijou Phillips, ...

Paul McCartney is easily the most famous bass player of any band. It’s rare for any bass player also to be a frontman, yet that’s precisely what he did when he was with The Beatles. McCartney ...

Besides his work with pop stars and jazz greats, he is credited with helping to invent the six-string contrabass guitar.

Thank you all for your comments regarding my bass playing. Since so many are interested in this matter, I’d like to share a few thoughts about the subject. I’ve approached playing bass as a bridge ...

The bass is crucial. In many ways, it leads the band. Talk to any bass player and they’ll tell you, if he or she changes up the bass line or rhythm, the group will follow along almost hypnotically, ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Rydell Bligen, left, and Anthony McKnight of Charleston, stand under a new highway sign on Edisto ...

She’s wearing a pink babydoll dress, playing her white Fender Mustang bass and sitting on her amp—just like she once did at an elementary school performance. Back then she was smaller than her bass.

Thunderfingers. The Ox. The Quiet One. John Entwistle has been called many things in his career, but the one thing he’s been called more than any other is this: the greatest bass player in the history ...

Ozzy Osbourne hiring a then-unknown 19-year-old by the name of Zakk Wylde might have seemed risky but 1988’s No Rest For The Wicked soon proved they had chemistry together. This coltish firebrand had ...