Meanings
plural bassplayers
- alternativeAlternative form of bass player
So we said OK, and it was two days before the gig so we tried to find a bassplayer.
1999, Büchmann-Møller, Frank, You just fight for your life : the story of Lester Young, Praeger, page 1074 more examples
The Jurymen, and The Jaywalkers, and featured Chad Allan (Allan Kowbel) on guitar and vocals, Randy Bachman on lead guitar, bassplayer Jim Kale, drummer Garry Peterson, and Bob Ashley on piano.
1993, John Einarson, Neil Young: don't be denied : "the Canadian years", Omnibus, page 63We recruited guitarist Baggy Wilson—a fellow student—called ourselves Impact, then quickly changed the name to Chaos, which was definitely more appropriate, and finally, after adding bassplayer Graham Smith to the lineup, settled on The Ex-Execs.
2012, Geoffrey Notkin, Rock Star: Adventures of a Meteorite Man, Stanegate Press, page 23Catz kicked the bassplayer in the ass and laughed and pinwheeled her arms and jumped four feet in the air, spun, kicked the lead guitar on the way down, […]
2000, Shirley, John, 1953-; Gibson, William, 1948-, City come a-walkin, Four Walls Eight Windows, page 17[…] is less successful; his strongly rhythmic style really requiring at least a bassplayer in support.
1987, The Wire Magazine, page 58
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