{"id":7229,"date":"2018-08-27T20:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=7229"},"modified":"2018-08-27T20:05:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T20:05:29","slug":"new-book-the-100-greatest-rock-bassists-counts-down-and-analyzes-the-best-of-the-bass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2018\/08\/27\/new-book-the-100-greatest-rock-bassists-counts-down-and-analyzes-the-best-of-the-bass\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book, \u2018THE 100 GREATEST ROCK BASSISTS,\u2019 Counts Down And Analyzes The Best Of The Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There have been seemingly countless \u201cGreatest Rock Guitarists\u201d lists assembled over the years &#8211; for articles or books. But&#8230;what about bassists? In \u2018The 100 Greatest Rock Bassists,\u2019 author\/journalist Greg Prato courageously attempts to level the playing field, single-handedly. In addition to counting them down from the bottom to the top, each entry contains info on each player &#8211; including background data, standout tracks, similar players, preferred makes\/models, etc.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s not all! Also featured are ten all-new interviews for this book, with some of the greatest rock bassists of all-time (Billy Sheehan, Les Claypool, John Myung, Mike Watt, Doug Wimbish, Doug Pinnick, David Ellefson, Glenn Hughes, Glen Matlock, and Cris Kirkwood), as well as vintage\/rarely-seen photos of many of the top names. So&#8230;put down your bass for a bit, pick up this book, and discover just who are \u2018The 100 Greatest Rock Bassists.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Greg Prato is a Long Island, New York-based journalist, who has written for Rolling Stone, Classic Rock, and Vintage Guitar, and has authored such books as \u2018Shredders!: The Oral History Of Speed Guitar (And More),\u2019 \u2018The Yacht Rock Book: The Oral History of the Soft, Smooth Sounds of the 70s and 80s,\u2019 and \u2018Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music .\u2019\u00a0\u2018The 100 Greatest Rock Bassists\u2019\u00a0is his 24th\u00a0book overall.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The 100 Greatest Rock Bassists\u2019\u00a0is available as a paperback version [258 pages, $14.99], a Kindle download [$9.99], and a Nook download [$9.99].<\/p>\n<p>Read excerpts here:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/blog\/writing\/the_100_greatest_rock_bassists_-_an_excerpt\/<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xClOE9dSK4\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativenation.net\/top-10-greatest-90s-alternative-rock-bassists\/\">Top 10 Greatest 90&#8217;s Alternative Rock Bassists<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Top 10 Greatest 90&#8217;s Alternative Rock Bassists&#8221; &#8212; Alternative Nation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativenation.net\/top-10-greatest-90s-alternative-rock-bassists\/embed\/#?secret=xRdKwmDWDK#?secret=xClOE9dSK4\" data-secret=\"xClOE9dSK4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ordering info here:<\/p>\n<p>Paperback &amp; Kindle &#8211;\u00a0http:\/\/a.co\/6GLKPf0<\/p>\n<p>Nook &#8211;\u00a0https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-100-greatest-rock-bassists-greg-prato\/1129334041?ean=2940161908129<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been seemingly countless \u201cGreatest Rock Guitarists\u201d lists assembled over the years &#8211; for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,91],"class_list":["post-7229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","tag-bass","tag-book"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7229"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7233,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7229\/revisions\/7233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}