My bass heroes

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Larry Graham: Bass guitar player, both with the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone, and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station. He is credited with the invention of the slapping technique, which radically expanded the tonal palette of the bass, although he himself refers to the technique as "Thumpin' and Pluckin'."
Bernard Edwards October 31, 1952- April 18, 1996 Bassist and co-founder of the 1970s disco group Chic. Edwards came down with a case of pneumonia and died in his sleep.
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The wonderful and under-appreciated Johnette Napolitano (of Concrete Blonde)