Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English musician, songwriter, singer, film and music producer, who was best known as the original bass guitarist for the English rock band The Who. He was the only member of the band to have formal musical training. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Who in 1990.Entwistle's instrumental approach used pentatonic lead lines, and a then-unusual treble-rich sound (\"full treble, full volume\") created by roundwound RotoSound steel bass strings. He was nicknamed \"The Ox\" and \"Thunderfingers,\" the latter because his digits became a blur across the four-string fretboard.In 2011, he was voted the greatest bassist of all time in a Rolling Stone reader's poll. According to the The Biography Channel, Entwistle is considered by many to be the best bass guitarist that ever lived, and considered to have done for the bass what Jimi Hendrix did for the guitar."@en }
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- John_Entwistle abstract "John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English musician, songwriter, singer, film and music producer, who was best known as the original bass guitarist for the English rock band The Who. He was the only member of the band to have formal musical training. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Who in 1990.Entwistle's instrumental approach used pentatonic lead lines, and a then-unusual treble-rich sound (\"full treble, full volume\") created by roundwound RotoSound steel bass strings. He was nicknamed \"The Ox\" and \"Thunderfingers,\" the latter because his digits became a blur across the four-string fretboard.In 2011, he was voted the greatest bassist of all time in a Rolling Stone reader's poll. According to the The Biography Channel, Entwistle is considered by many to be the best bass guitarist that ever lived, and considered to have done for the bass what Jimi Hendrix did for the guitar.".