John Entwistle

John Alec Entwistle (born 9 October 1944) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer and horn player best known as the bass player for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players and he has been described as "the greatest bassist in the history of rock". Entwistle's lead instrument approach used pentatonic lead lines, and a then-unusual trebly sound created by roundwound RotoSound steel bass strings. Entwistle died in a Las Vegas hotel room on 27 June 2002. He had gone to bed that night with a stripper/groupie, who woke at 10 am to find Entwistle cold and unresponsive. The Clark County medical examiner determined that death was due to a heart attack induced by cocaine.

This amazing bit of footage is just his bass playing isolated in the mix. The sound takes a minute or so to kick in - but by crikey, it's worth the wait.