John's best bass lines

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I’m pretty sure that’s actually Bob Welch playing bass. I think John and Dave were MIA for a lot of Penguin.

You’re right about this. According to Steve Clark’s book, John was being “paranoid” about his bass parts at this time, wanted to take a holiday in France while the band recorded Penguin, and promised to come back and lay his parts down later. Only through heavy persuasion (presumably Mick and Christine) did he stay. But there is no bass on The Derelict and Welch stepped in for Revelation. Bizarre.