Bass player sit ins

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It's common for singers, guitar players, keyboard players and even drummers as added percussion.

I haven't seen many Bass players do sit ins without the other bass player taking a break. 

Have you seen any or many bass player sit ins? 

Big Bottom'd

All the time in my biz. In fact, at one Zoner Jam, I had two bass players at the same time! Tim Fisher and Marty Holland.

>>>at one Zoner Jam, I had two bass players at the same time!

 

Doogs should have sat in for a trifecta and bass'd your face

^Agreed!

I saw Flea play with Patti Smith in Santa Monica.

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heady patchwork

How about Mike Gordon sitting in on Phil's 60th?

But I agree with the premise that it's not a very common occurrence. 

 

A few years ago I saw Larry Graham sit in with Prince. It was during that crazy run of Prince shows in Oakland that was like 19 shows. Larry Graham.....One of the best.

Phil joining Dylan and his band at a few shows during the fall 1999 east coast tour.

Mule has to be the all time king of the sit in.

If you have chops, come on up.

Mike Gordon, Oteil, Jack Cassidy, Gordy Johnson, Dave Anderson,

even was at that Beacon show with Jason Newsted. 

Warren, mr courtesy

Wasserman / Sylvester seemed to have divergent styles that worked well at times

Champlain Valley Fairgrounds PL&F 7-12-2006

Phil with Mike Bass Duel. Awesome.

 

https://archive.org/details/PF2006-07-12/Pf2006-07-12ii09_PhilAndMikeBassDuel.flac

Not exactly a sit in, but the multiple bass chaos of Dee's Diner with Phil, Gordon and Les Claypool at the Jammys was pretty entertaining.  For a while. 

Mike Gordon has sat in with Phil no ? And I’ve seen him sit in with Max Creek more than once with a double bass solo too 

When the Neville Brothers sat in with the GD at the Kaiser on consecutive nights in 1986, Phil took a seat and let the Neville's bassist play on the first night.

Bill Laymon sat in with the Dedicated Maniacs at the Brookdale Lodge.

Saw Mike Gordon sit in with Phil at NYE 2000-2001. 

Jack Casady & Ronnie Penque

Moonalice &  NRPS:  https://youtu.be/HjDRmmOQNac

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There was a period of time when I lived in Burlington, VT that when friends asked who I was going to see that night, I would always answer "Mike Gordon." During that period of time, just before the Phish reboot was announced, I would see Gordon sit-in with sometimes up to three different bands in an evening at different venues. The dude was seriously getting his chops in order. In a six month period I must have seen Gordon 25 times doing sit-ins. 

This photo is from a show at Higher Ground when Mike sat in with PBS&M; Porter, Batiste, Stoltz & McConnell (Paige). The double bass jam George Porter Jr and Mike Gordon did was off the wall great. This show happened a few days before the Phish reunion was confirmed. 

 

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