List of double bass players in other popular genres

:This page is a list of players of the double bass instrument in genres other than classical and jazz.

B
* Barry Bales
* Jonny Ray Bartel (The Knitters)
*Garry Gary Beers (INXS) plays bass guitar and double bass.
* Shannon Birchall double-bassist for The John Butler Trio
* Phil Bloomberg double-bassist 70s 80s rockabilly group The Polecats
* Ciarán Brennan, folk musician from Clannad
* Mike Bischof Bluegrass
* Ray Brown jazz legend
* Mike Bub, bluegrass, former bassist for the Del McCoury Band
* Joe Buck Country, rockabilly
* Jack Bruce Famous bassist for Cream

C
* George "Red" Callendar
* Ray Campi, rockabilly
* Captain Reckless, bassist for Zombie Ghost Train
* Ron Carter
* Stanley Clarke
* Les Claypool, rock
* John Clayton, Jr.
* Jim Creeggan, bassist with Barenaked Ladies
*Aimee Curl, bassist for ThaMuseMeant

D
* Rick Danko bassist with The Band
* Brian Day UK. Double bass/Bass guitar - Session player and founder member of the Syd Lawrence Orchestra
* Patricia Day, lead vocals/bassist for HorrorPops- Plays custom-created upright basses made specifically for her by Kim Nekroman
* John Deacon, bassist with the rock group Queen
* Mike Dirnt, bassist for Green Day
* Willie Dixon
* Mark Dresser
* Trevor Dunn

E
Eric Eble, upright bassist with the Reid Paley Trio

F
* Herbie Flowers, top 1970s British session man; also plays bass guitar and tuba
* of Red Hot Chili Peppers

G
* Renaud Garcia-Fons, world music, flamenco
* Tony Garnier, bassist with Bob Dylan
* Marshall Grant, bassist with Johnny Cash's Tennessee Three
* Colin Greenwood, bassist with Radiohead
* Athol Guy, bassist with The Seekers

H
* Senia Hardwick, double bassist for the Tappan Zee Chamber Orchestra
* Nick Haward, double bassist for Patrick Wolf
* Aristazabal Hawkes, double bassist with Guillemots
* Milt Hinton, American jazz double bassist
* Roy Huskey, Jr. (1956-1997), American country, folk, bluegrass bassist

J
* James Jamerson, of Motown group The Funk Brothers, who began his recordings with Motown on double bass before switching to an electric bass. At one time he even overdubbed one with the other to bring more punch to the basslines.

K
* Viktor Krauss, American country, jazz, & bluegrass bassist
* K.R.O, double bassist for Rezurex

L
* Mike Lee
* Cachao López, mambo
* Eduardo Leal de la Gala, pop/rock with Wreckless Eric/LTNO
* Marshall Lytle, rock and roll

M
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* Joe B. Mauldin - The Crickets
* Rob Melanson, double-bassist, electric bassist
* Bob Moore, rock and roll, country
* Drew McConnell, Bassist of The Band: Babyshambles

N
* Kim Nekroman, psychobilly

O
* Scott Owen, double bassist with The Living End
* Rob Oxoby, rockabilly

P
* Walter Page
* Chuck Panozzo, bassist with the rock group Styx on the track "Boat on the River" from 1979's Cornerstone album and on that album's tour and the Paradise Theatre tour.
* John Patitucci
* Tom Pi, double bassist with Big Strides
* Jason Ploetz
* P-Nut of 311
* Tracy Pew of The Birthday Party on the track "Yard" from the album Prayers on Fire
* Millard Powers of Counting Crows

R
* Al Rex Al Piccirilli double bass rock and roll (Bill Haley and his Comets)
* Lee Rocker, rockabilly
* Keith Rosier, folk, rock, country
* Ryan MartinieRock, Metal

S
* Gavin Shoesmith, The Groovesmiths
* Dick Smothers
* Jasper Somsen
* Sebastian Steinberg, double bassist with Soul Coughing
* Sting, rock
* Øyvind Storesund, Plays (or have played) Double Bass in bands as Kaizers Orchestra (gipsy-punk), Cloroform (hard), Frode Gjerstad Trio frijazz (improvised jazz), Kaada (hard) and Wunderkammer (gipsy-punk)
* Jonathan Sullivan
*Donovan Stokes Cabinet Crisis (punk), Dustin Adams (punk jazz), free jazz and rockabilly
* Steve Harris, NWOBHM, Metal, Iron Maiden

T
* Jim Tavaré
* Danny Thompson, folk rock
* Jon Thorne

V
* Ignacio Varchausky, double bassist with Orquesta El Arranque (tango)

W
* Jimbo Wallace, bassist with Reverend Horton Heat
* Jon Walker, bassist for
* Rafe Waters, Bluegrass, Bass player for The Larry Gillis Band
* Rob Wasserman, rock
* Mikey Way, Bassist for My Chemical Romance
* Bob West, double bass player on James Taylor's "Fire and Rain"
* Benny Williams, original bass player for 50's rockabilly group Gene Summers and The Rebels.
* Jesse Williams, Bassist for Al Kooper, Duke Robillard, Jay Geils.
* Jah Wobble
* Chris Wood

Y
* Adam Yauch, aka MCA of the Beastie Boys

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