How to Use bassist in a Sentence

bassist

noun
  • Garcia wound up asking Lesh to join the Warlocks as bassist.
    Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Grateful Dead bassist and co-founder Phil Lesh has died at the age of 84.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Nearly the entire original lineup will be on board, save for the late bassist Bill Bryson.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 7 July 2022
  • She’s played with a myriad of people since and was the bassist for Courtney Love’s Hole.
    Lucia Gillot, SPIN, 7 July 2022
  • But most of the real work came from his DJ, drummer, bassist, and keyboardist, while the main man stretched his cannabis charisma over a skeleton of rhymes.
    Jon M. Gilbertson, Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2022
  • But spectators got double the futuristic treat when the the out-of-this-world bassist performed his set with his wife, Patti Collins.
    al, 8 July 2022
  • And the thumping fingers of founding bassist Verdine White — still a revelation at 70 years old — kept the time.
    Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2022
  • Mila’s sister, guitarist Lucia de la Garza, is 14, and their cousin, bassist Eloise Wong, is 13.
    James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022
  • Mackey, Pulp’s bassist, died last year at the age of 56.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Then their drummer and their bassist quit — the same day.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Nathan got his start in San Diego as the teen bassist in Power.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • That same year, Rolling Stone ranked him 28th on its list of the 50 greatest bassists of all time.
    Clay Risen, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Cliff Burton, the bassist, was tossed through a window.
    Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The bassist spoke to this instance and called it a double standard.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The band consisted of a drummer and bassist on the right side of the stage, keyboardist, guitarist, and DJ on the left.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Hart, the band’s bassist, shared the news in an online post on Monday morning.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2023
  • King is the bassist and vocals, and Captain is on lead guitar.
    Lucas Shaw, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2022
  • First the strings, then two guitarists, two keyboardists, a bassist and a drummer to round it out.
    Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2023
  • The original bassist, Wilson left in a messy split in 2006.
    Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Baker went backstage and even got a shoutout on Twitter from the band’s bassist, Flea.
    Patrick Donnelly, Chron, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The former pair share son Wolfgang Van Halen, 33, who toured with his dad’s band as bassist.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
  • Longtime bassist Kevin Ray left the band in December 2020.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
  • Charlie Colin, the founding bassist of pop-rock band Train, has died.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 May 2024
  • The bassist was forced to face his own mortality, and so were his bandmates.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
  • White's brother and the band's bassist — Verdine White — shared the news via Instagram.
    Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Despite only posting up here for the better part of 10 years, the bassist left an imprint on the abode in more ways than one.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 July 2023
  • Over chicken and potatoes, Stoner, the tour’s bassist, and bandleader, reviewed the show.
    Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
  • The band also revealed that former bassist Bill Wyman appears on one of the album's tracks.
    Marissa Charles, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The bassist said Stray Cats has seldom settled down, even when the band is reuniting to play its hits from decades ago.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Van Conner, a bassist and songwriter who co-founded the grunge rock band Screaming Trees, has died at the age of 55.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2023

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