Hey gang welcome to Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy where the proof is in the
singing. I'm gonna do 10 of the greatest bass
players that can sing and the reason for doing this is I feel like there's a lot
of instrumentalists out there that could possibly see themselves as being the
singer of their own band or their own project or doing their own music and
they're kind of on the fence gosh can I do this I don't know if I can and they
really don't know and don't have the confidence to answer that question and
the question is absolutely yes you can. I started out as a guitar player, I taught
myself how to sing and I learned to sing very well I might add through a lot of
training and putting in a lot of hours. Now I have a singing course it's called
How to Sing Better Than Anyone Else so if you're interested in the prospect of
learning how to play and sing at the same time, click on right here Ken
Tamplin Vocal Academy. You can check out my singing course or just go check out
my singing forums. I got over 15,000 people in there with great moderators
that can help you on your journey to determine whether or not you want to
learn how to sing or not. Now also I wanted to stay focused more on
instrumentalists and musicians that can sing,
not just bass players that could sing but I'm starting out kind of bass
players that's played well as musicians and instrumentalists and that also could
sing decent. So with that said I'm starting with Lemmy Kilmister. Now
Lemmy's a funny guy and pretty notorious because he started out as a roadie and
was also known as being Jimi Hendrix's acid drug dealer. I kid you not and I
want to quote something he said. When asked if he learned anything from Jimi
Hendrix he said yeah I learned to give up the guitar and play bass instead. He
was so enamored with Jimi's playing and he realized I think I'll just be a bass
player but not sure when he learned how to sing though I do have a funny story
about him being one of those guys that look up like this and sing like this and
stricture off all the the trachea and the the windpipe. I actually got a
chance to do a little tour with Lemmy in a band I was in in the 80s and he was
actually doing the MTV show at the time and interviewed my band for the show
and I asked him point-blank why he looked up and sang like that and he
said they used to do a lot of shows that were bars and kind of
you know really hardcore places where a lot of fights broke out but the show
must go on so the band would just kind of play right through it you know fists
flying and chairs going and bottles breaking and whatnot. The band would play
through these bar fights and so he learned to sing up like this apparently. So
with that said let's check out Lemmy Kilmister. Now before I go into
this stick around because I'm going to do a lot of honorable mentions after the
top ten and if you feel like I missed somebody, please put in the comment
sections who you think I've missed and please don't forget to like and
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So with that said let's check out Lemmy.
Alright now we have Jack Blades from the band Night Ranger. Now Jack is
actually an exceptional bass player and a decent singer. Night Ranger was one of
my favorite 80s bands. I love fact two guitar players Brad Gillis and Jeff
Watson were extraordinary players and Jeff Watson actually played on one of my
albums. Wake The Nations. So if you get a chance
check that out but let's check out Jack Blades from Night Ranger.
Of course this bassist needs no announcing it's Gene Simmons from the
band KISS. Gene is pretty notorious for being a great businessman, a bass player
and a singer. "I Want To Rock And Roll All Night" a lot of KISS songs. I gotta just
work with Gene on some KISS music you can check it out on the vault and also
on vinyl confessions I believe the album was. A song called "I Confess". So with that
said let's check out Gene Simmons.
Alright next in is Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. Now Brian lost his hearing
early on in life and did most of life with hearing only out of one ear. Could you
imagine writing all the incredible Beach Boy music and only being able to hear
out of one side. So kind of like living in mono really all your life. None
the less quite the bass player, quite the composer and singer. So with that said, let's
check out Brian Wilson.
Next we have Kip Winger from the band Winger. Now I personally feel like Kip is
one of those guys that never really got the notoriety he deserves.
He is just an exceptional instrumentalist, extraordinary bass
player, great singer, great songwriter and great composer and you know it's a few
of those bands never actually quite have made it through to that icon status
as you know a Motley Crew or a Poison though they certainly should have and
Kip is definitely one of those guys. So let's check out Kip Winger.
Next in we have Jack Bruce. Now Jack has an interesting story because he went
through 14 different music schools as a child ending up at the Royal Academy in
London all of whom told them that they didn't like his ideas and just didn't
think he was that great. I know he was a busy bassist true. Ironically though
think about this one he went on to play with John McLaughlin
and Ginger Baker which is crazy for my instrumentalist friends out there who
know who John McLaughlin is a guitar player "Dancing Madly Backwards". I learned that
song too as a kid, that was fun. Anyway and then went on of course to play with
Ginger Baker and none other than Eric Clapton and we all know the rest of that
story. So with that said, let's check out Jack Bruce.
Next we have Benjamin Orr from The Cars. Exceptional bass player, exceptional
singer, good songwriter, co-founding member of The Cars. Probably remember him
from singing songs like "Drive" or "Let's Go" or another piece was that "Just What I
Needed". One thing about Benjamin that was cool
is I've seen him live and man his vocals were spot-on every time live and The
Cars music wasn't that easy music to play, it's pretty difficult and intricate.
So anyway with that said, let's check out Benjamin Orr.
Then of course there's the legendary Roger Waters from Pink Floyd. Now think
about this a song like "Comfortably Numb", (sings)
right what would that song be without that emotive, crazy, mysterious
creepy, sort of vocal right. If that got handed off to somebody else that was more
of a singer in that sense, I don't think it would have come off quite the same
way because he was expressing something that was in his mind. So this should be a
lesson to all of us instrumentalists out there that he's singing his own thing
and can actually project and present his own art in a way that no one else can. So
let's check out Roger Waters.
Alright coming to you from Manchester England is Phil Lynott from the band
Thin Lizzy. Now Thin Lizzy had a lot of really great players in the bands so in
order to play bass for that band, you better be a great bass player and he was
a great songwriter and vocalist. Now Steve Perry and Neil Sean had said that
was one of their greatest songwriting influences was how Phil Lynott's
exchange of singing and playing this interpolation and interplay between
singing and playing from none other than Phil. Now it's kind of funny the song
"Boys Are Back In Town" was actually about a real group of people called the
quality criminals that used to come in to a pub that his mother ran in
Manchester England. So with that said Phil Lynott let's do it.
Yet another incredibly talented bass playing vocalist, singer, songwriter
producer extraordinaire is Peter Cetera for the band Chicago. Peter went on to
have his own incredible solo career as well let's check out Peter.
One of the greatest rock vocalists of all time is Glenn Hughes from Deep
Purple. Now Glenn played bass for Deep Purple and many other bands since but
imagine being a bass player like Glenn Hughes and also just having that kind of
incredible voice. Glenn had to work at it, it wasn't something just thrown at him.
Yes he was naturally gifted but that brother can sing and play bass
check it out.
Ever wonder how some of these rock stars got their stage names. Well Sting for me
is no exception. Apparently he used to wear a black and
yellow sweater while playing in jazz clubs and therefore you look like a
bumblebee and got the name Sting. So with that said
Sting from The Police and just an incredible solo career, amazing bass
player, great singer, great songwriter, performer, lyricist etc. Let's check out
Sting.
And then of course there's Sir Paul McCartney. Not only is he a great bass
player but obviously a great singer, great lyricist, great songwriter, composer
multi-instrumentalist playing piano etc and one of the Beatles so let's check
out Sir Paul McCartney.
The moment we've all been waiting for coming in at number one is Geddy Lee, the
bass player for the band Rush. Now Geddy is a consummate virtuoso, bass player
actually a multi-instrumentalist and Geddy actually got his name.. his name is
originally Gary but his parents were from Poland had a heavy accent, actually
survivors of Dachau and Auschwitz in World War 2 but couldn't pronounce his
name Gary very well so they called him Geddy. He embraced the name and made that
his stage name which i think is super awesome. So don't forget we have a
plethora, a bunch of really great honorable mentions coming up after this
and if you like what you heard please like and subscribe to my channel that
would be awesome and for all of you out there that are looking to possibly learn
how to sing, especially you instrumentalists. All
these bass players didn't just show up one day and just be great, they had to
work at it and had to practice. You too can actually be a master of your own
instrument, your vocal instrument. So check out my singing course you can find
it here at Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy.com. i can help you walk through the process
and until next time gang God bless you peace out.
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