List of double bassists in popular music
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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.
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Notable performers
Psychobilly upright bassist-singer Patricia Day performing with her band, the HorrorPops in Montreal in 2006.
- Barry Bales (Bluegrass singer Alison Krauss)
- Didi Beck (German rockabilly band Boppin'B)
- Bill Black (Elvis Presley)
- Joe Buck (Hank Williams III)
- Ernest "Big" Crawford (Muddy Waters, Sunnyland Slim, Little Walter, Memphis Minnie, Jimmy Rogers, Big Maceo, Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim)
- Jim Creeggan (Barenaked Ladies)
- Kate Davis
- Patricia Day (Psychobilly band the HorrorPops)
- Willie Dixon (Blues)
- Ted Dwane (21st-century folk rock band Mumford & Sons)
- Benjamin Gallaty (indie group Andrew Jackson Jihad)
- Marshall Grant (Johnny Cash)
- Athol Guy (1960s folk-pop band The Seekers)
- Jim Hughart (Tom Waits)
- Geoff Kresge (psychobilly band Tiger Army)
- Fred LaBour (Country)
- Marshall Lytle (Bill Haley and his Comets)
- Dick Kniss (Peter, Paul & Mary, John Denver)
- James Kirkland (Ricky Nelson)
- Edgar Meyer (numerous Bluegrass groups)
- Kim Nekroman (Psychobilly band the Necromantix)
- Scott Owen (The Living End)
- Todd Phillips (numerous Bluegrass groups)
- Nate Query (folk-pop band the Decemberists)
- Missy Raines (numerous Bluegrass groups)
- Lee Rocker (rockabilly band Stray Cats)
- Rich A Salzer (The Bad Dolphins)
- Russ Savakus (Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul & Mary)
- Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
- Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing)
- Sting (The Police)
- Larry Taylor (Tom Waits, JW-Jones)
- Danny Thompson (Pentangle, others)
- Jimbo Wallace (Reverend Horton Heat)
- Chris Wood (jam band Medeski, Martin and Wood)
- Clayton Jacobson (21st-century Appalachian band the Duck Downpickers)
- Eric Judy (Modest Mouse)
- Les Claypool (Primus)
- Skip Ward (NYC Bassist)
