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    Feb 18, 2020 5 minutes

    NO TREBLE

    KEVIN JOHNSON

    Wood you believe it?

    There’s nothing like a ‘best of’ list to get bassists all riled up. That’s why the most viewed and commented-upon video for the month was of Scott Devine’s Top 20 Bass-lines Of All Time. Devine prefaces the list by saying it’s his personal list, although it’s a solid collection of grooves. It ranges from Chic’s ‘Good Times’ by Bernard Edwards to Marvin Gaye’s ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’ by James Jamerson to the Beatles’ hit ‘Come Together’ by Paul McCartney. Of course, it’s impossible to list all the best bass achievements in 20 songs, and No Treble readers chimed in with plenty of their own favourites. What would be at the top of your list?

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