List of double bassists in popular music
Appearance
This list of double bassists in popular music includes double bass performers from a range of genres, including rockabilly, psychobilly, country, blues, folk, bluegrass, and other styles. In these styles, the instrument is often referred to as an upright bass or a standup bass.
For a list of jazz players, see the List of jazz bassists. For a list of Classical double bass players, see the List of contemporary classical double bass players.
A
- Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Mother Love Bone, and others)
B
- Victor Bailey (Various bands and artists)
- Barry Bales (Alison Krauss)
- Tom Barney (Various artists and bands)
- Didi Beck (German rockabilly band Boppin'B)
- Bill Black (Elvis Presley)
- Joe Buck (Hank Williams III)
C
- Paul Chambers (Jazz)
- Les Claypool (Primus)
- John Clayton (Various artists and bands)
- Ernest "Big" Crawford (Muddy Waters, Sunnyland Slim, Little Walter, Memphis Minnie, Jimmy Rogers, Big Maceo, Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim)
- Jim Creeggan (Barenaked Ladies)
D
- Kate Davis
- Patricia Day (Psychobilly band the HorrorPops)
- Willie Dixon (Blues)
- Ted Dwane (folk rock band Mumford & Sons)
- Dave Lombardo (thrash metal band Slayer)
E
F
Joe Feliciano
G
- Marshall Grant (Johnny Cash)
- Athol Guy (1960s folk-pop band The Seekers)
H
- Jim Hughart (Tom Waits)
- Clayton Jacobson (Appalachian band the Duck Downpickers)
I
J
K
- Gary Karr (musician and professor)
- Bridget Kearney (Lake Street Drive)
- Dick Kniss (Peter, Paul & Mary, John Denver)
- Geoff Kresge (psychobilly band Tiger Army)
L
- Fred LaBour (Country)
- Tony Levin (Various bands and artists including Bruford Levin Upper Extremities, Liquid Tension Experiment, King Crimson, and Peter Gabriel)
- Marshall Lytle (Bill Haley & His Comets)
M
- Joe B. Mauldin (The Crickets)
- Edgar Meyer (Numerous artists in numerous genres)
N
- Kim Nekroman (Psychobilly band the Necromantix)
O
P
- Todd Phillips (numerous bluegrass groups)
Q
- Nate Query (folk-pop band the Decemberists)
R
- Missy Raines (numerous Bluegrass groups)
- Lee Rocker (rockabilly band Stray Cats)
S
- Russ Savakus (Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul & Mary)
- Esperanza Spalding (Jazz)
- Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
- Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing)
- Sting (The Police)
- Djordje Stijepovic (Tiger Army, Drake Bell)
T
- Larry Taylor (Tom Waits, JW-Jones)
- Danny Thompson (Pentangle, others)
U
V
W
- Jimbo Wallace (Reverend Horton Heat)
- Rob Wasserman (Various artists and bands)
- Chris Wood (jam band Medeski, Martin and Wood)