Just as we celebrate the arrival of great new bass players, we respect the legacies of those who depart. We met and admired many of the great bassists below, and we thank them – and those we’ve inevitably omitted – for their ongoing inspiration.
1990
Ric Grech (Family, Blind Faith, Traffic)
1991
Roger Patterson (Atheist)
1993
Randy Jo Hobbs (Jimi Hendrix, Edgar Winter)
1994
Kristen Pfaff (Hole)
1996
Chas Chandler (Animals) • Bernard Edwards (Chic)
1997
Ronnie Lane (Small Faces, Faces)
1999
Mark Sandman (Morphine)
2000
Allen Woody (Allman Bros, Gov’t Mule, Montage, Peter Criss)
2001
Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
2002
Ray Brown • James Dewar (Robin Trower) • John Entwistle (The Who) Dee Dee Ramone
2003
Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees) • Noel Redding (Jimi Hendrix Experience) • Greg Ridley (Humble Pie)
2004
Rick James • Arthur Kane (New York Dolls) • Bernard Odum (James Brown, Maceo Parker)
2006
Boz Burrell (King Crimson, Bad Company)
2007
Paul Raven (Ministry, Killing Joke)
2009
Ean Evans (Lynyrd Skynyrd) • Kelly Groucutt (ELO) • Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine) • Larry Knechtel (Bread, Elvis Presley) • Orlando ‘Cachaito’ Lopez (Buena Vista Social Club) • Dickie Peterson (Blue Cheer)
2010
Jim Clench (April Wine) • Kenny Edwards (Linda Ronstadt) • Paul Gray (Slipknot) • Andy Hummel (Big Star)
• Marvin Isley (Isley Bros) • Calvin Jones (Muddy Waters) • Walter Payton
• Pete Quaife (Kinks) • Peter Steele (Type O Negative) • Tom ‘T-Bone’ Wolk (Hall & Oates)
2011
Mark Adams (Slave) • Charles Fambrough • Marshall Grant (Johnny Cash) • Jet Harris (Shadows) • Mick Karn (Japan) • Laurie McAllister (Runaways) • Dan Spears (Willie Nelson) • Mike Starr (Alice In Chains) • Mikey Welsh (Weezer)
2012
Bob Babbitt • Bob Birch (Elton John) Lloyd Brevett (Skatalites) • Michael Davis (MC5) • Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly) • Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn • Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys)
2013
Trevor Bolder (Spiders From Mars, Uriah Heep) • Chi Cheng (Deftones)
• Rick Huxley (Dave Clark Five) • Marshall Lytle (Bill Haley & The Comets) •
