In my earliest days as a budding bassist he was one of the keystones of my playing style. Him, McCartney, Geddy Lee, Jamerson. I learned from the best. Guys that made the bass part an integral part of the song. Bruford says Squire's bass lines are just as hummable as the main melody lines of the song. Not too many venues where I can get away with playing a bass line like that these days. Again, Bruford calls today's bass lines "Immovable, and monotonic". I agree, and that's why I do my best not to play them. I may have lost gigs over the years because I was too busy, but I never really cared. I still don't. I think Squire had something to do with that part of my attitude. Many, too many have been leaving us as of late. This one hit me pretty hard
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