Unnecessary Listing: Singers Playing Bass

I don’t mean to step on Scotty’s toes and post a poor man’s B List, but I’m in favor of everyone spending a little less time working for a living and a little more time making and arguing over frivolous lists on the world wide web. Who says we’re living in an escapist culture? To quote Dick Cheney, “That’s hogwash.”

About a year ago I posted my rankings of the Ten Greatest Singers That Played Bass on my other blog, but since then I’ve jiggered the order and found a more sizeable, knowledgeable audience in all of youse. So what follows is my current roster; but, remember, this isn’t necessarily which musician is the best bassist, it’s strictly a list of the best singers that happen to play the bass well:

10. Me’shell Ndegeocello
9. Michael Gordon (the “G” is silent)
8. Les Claypool
7. Geddy Lee
6. Brian Wilson
5. Roger Waters
4. Sting
3. Jack Bruce
2. Paul McCartney
1. Rick Danko

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Honorable mention: Danyell Morgan (Robert Randolph), Peter Cetera, moe.’s Rob Derhak, Phil Lynott, John Entwhistle, and of course, Phil Lesh (not really)

Who’d I leave out? How would you re-order them? Weigh in below with a brilliantly insightful and heartlessly condescending comment…