Geez Steve - you know Kasim Sultan? I'm a bit star-struck ... I was heavily into his expressive bass playing and singing Utopia's Ra. The critics panned that album for its lack of mature sophistication, but some of those guys have travelled so far up their backsides that they can't listen to the actual music any more, just hearing faint echoes through a thick filter of hackneyed rock ideals ...
Tony Levin is a notable omission, along with players like Jaco, Anthony Jackson and Fernando Saunders. The you have people who aren't so well known like Prakash John, who was brilliant on Lou Reed's Rock n Roll Animal. How about John Wetton? ( as long as he doesn't sing
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But realistically, not only could I not keep up with them, I would feel embarrassed at having them endure my crap so I'd opt for Tina Weymouth or Bill Wyman who are accustomed to pretty straight ahead drummers.