My friends description of The Breakfast\'s playing

[leith]

I am the biggest Save fluffer in the world but to compare him to gordo isn\'t even fair.  Mike wasn\'t a "groove" bass player, christ, Trey even admitted getting him to "hold grooves" on songs like "Sand" and "Jibboo" was "wrong" on his part.  Again tB fans with the "Best Ever" sickness, just with different wording.

p.s. If you want a hypnotic, groove, inventive bass player...check out Brownie from the Biscuits.  I would love to hear a "Save the Brownie" side project...WOW!

The thing is the conversation was how far he has come in his playing AND can he surpass a certain other Bass player. We did not come to the conclusion that he has. YET.
We both agreed that his proficiency level has risen very fast and factoring in his unique style we began discussing the how far can he go aspect.
 Never said he WAS better than Cactus.
His playing many notes (Jaco or not) is impressive in that he is not just playing them to play them but inventing shit w/ Adrian that if you listen carefully will knock your block off.

[Igziabeher]

:cough:Rob Derhak:cough:

[leith]

:cough:Rob Derhak:cough:

That\'s a whole other thread. Rob is doing shit right now that is just plain SICK!

[Igziabeher]

:cough:Rob Derhak:cough:

That\'s a whole other thread. Rob is doing shit right now that is just plain SICK!

yeah it really is.  w/ the breakfast, timmy is the man, and the rest of the band follows suit perfectly, same thing w/  phish and trey, w/ moe. everything revolves around the bass, and he holds his own w/ the best of \'em.

[SlimPickens]

I don\'t believe that tB is dominated by Timmy.  There is an equally powerful animal in that band.  A yoda like figure, that doesn\'t get up off his ass, except on occassion to show that he ain\'t no one trick wonder.

[Igziabeher]

I don\'t believe that tB is dominated by Timmy.  There is an equally powerful animal in that band.  A yoda like figure, that doesn\'t get up off his ass, except on occassion to show that he ain\'t no one trick wonder.

yeah i agree, and i thought about that heavily before posting, but for all intents and purposes, tim takes the leader role.  i guess you can say its coheaded by tim and adrian, if you wanna get technical.

[galenas]

a few pithy points:
1. mike gordon puts to me sleep.
2. ron rules.
3. i agree w/ walsh: brownie\'s a super approachable/chill/generous guy.
4. i think tim\'s leadership role - while performing live - used to be much more evident. but over the years, the rest of the band has really stepped up and helped to balance out the music so it\'s more multi-dimensional.

[Marcial]

all of you folks insinuating that Gordon is the best bass player ever have obviously never listed to Dave Schools.

[leith]

all of you folks insinuating that Gordon is the best bass player ever have obviously never listed to Dave Schools.

LOL. I was wondering when you would be here pimping The Thunder Master!

[FrankZappa]

yea, really. nothing against ron or gordon, but they are definetly not the best bassists ever. any mr. big fans? what about boosty? the list is huge...

[zuke583]

nowhere in this thread does anybody mention ron or gordon being the best. it\'s not a sport folks. let\'s just be thankful that we have so much good music to listen to.

that being said...roger waters is the best.

[Blackieshamps]

Two Words.  Tim LeFebvre

[Overexjoesure]

I dont think there is one great bass player cough::jaco::cough....  But I do know the greatest guitarist(s) ever Frank and Allan:)