Oh Mr Bass Man: The Singing Bass Player

I have been singing to a bass and drums in my show, I used to play guitar but for some variety I decided to play the bass instead. For one thing its different to what other performers are doing and for another its a challenge to sing and play bass. Now I appreciate much more the talents of singing bass players Paul McCartney, Sting, Lemmy, David Paton and Phil Linott.

I wanted to chose songs that had a distinctive bass line - something that drove the song along. So far I have played the Cream and Eric Clapton staple Sunshine of Your Love, the Beatles Ballad of John and Yoko and Brian Wilsons California Girls. You can probably think of many more so why not let ...