Bassists

This is a list of musicians that have played bass on one or more Costello recordings. This list may be incomplete.

Roy Babbington 1999 - Sleepless Nights Trevor Barry 1994 - Step Inside Love, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, Sticks And Stones 1996 - Life Shrinks Andrew Bodnar 1977 - Watching The Detectives Ray Brown 1986 - King Of America T Bone Burnett 1989 - Spike (Pads, Paws And Claws) Johnny Ciambotti 1977 - My Aim Is True Greg Cohen 1995 - Weird Nightmare 1998 - My Mood Swings 1998 - Painted From Memory 2002 - Smile Dave Coy 1998 - Painted From Memory (This House Is Empty Now) Elvis Costello 1987 - A Town Called Big Nothing (Really Big Nothing) 1989 - Spike (God's Comic, Pads, Paws And Claws) 1991 - Mighty Like A Rose (The Other Side Of Summer) 1992 - The Wendy James Demos (This Is A Test, London's Brilliant, Basement Kiss, Puppet Girl, Earthbound, Do You Know What I'm Saying?, We Despise You, Fill In The Blanks, The Nameless One, I Want To Stand Forever) 1994 - Brutal Youth (Kinder Murder, 20% Amnesia) 1996 - My Dark Life 1997 - The Bridge I Burned 2001 - Egypt 2001 - For The Stars (For The Stars) 2002 - When I Was Cruel (When I Was Cruel No. 2, Soul For Hire, 15 Petals, Dust 2..., Dissolve, Radio Silence) Davey Faragher 2002 - When I Was Cruel 2002 - Cruel Smile 2003 - North (Impatience) 2004 - The Delivery Man 2008 - Momofuku Michael Formanek 2003 - North Brad Jones 1996 - Aubergine, Doncha Go 'Way Mad 2000 - Fire Suite 1, Fire Suite 3, Fire Suite Reprise 2003 - North (You Turned To Me, Fallen) Boris Kozlov 2002 - Invisible Lady Chris Laurence 2004 - Il Sogno

Nick Lowe 1977 - My Aim Is True 1991 - Mighty Like A Rose (Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)) 1994 - Brutal Youth (Pony St., Clown Strike, Still Too Soon To Know, My Science Fiction Twin, Rocking Horse Road, Just About Glad, All The Rage) 1994 - Poisoned Letter Matt MacManus 1994 - Abandon Words 1997 - The Bridge I Burned Paul McCartney 1989 - Spike (...This Town..., Veronica) David Miner 1985 - The People's Limousine, They'll Never Take Her Love From Me Eoghan O'Neill 1996 - The Night Before Larry Was Stretched Paul "Bassman" Riley 1992 - The George Jones Demos (My Resistance Is Low, Innocent When You Dream, I'm Coming Home, The Dark End Of The Street, Congratulations, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, Pouring Water On A Drowning Man, Still Feeling Blue, Brilliant Disguise, How Long Has This Been Going On) Jerry Scheff 1986 - King Of America 1989 - Spike (Let Him Dangle, Pads, Paws And Claws, Coal Train Robberies) 1991 - Mighty Like A Rose (The Other Side Of Summer, How To Be Dumb, Georgie And Her Rival, So Like Candy, Playboy To A Man, Sweet Pear, Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4) 1991 - Ship Of Fools 1995 - Kojak Variety Bruce Thomas 1978 - This Year's Model 1979 - Armed Forces 1980 - Get Happy!! 1981 - Trust 1981 - Almost Blue 1982 - Imperial Bedroom 1983 - Punch The Clock 1984 - Goodbye Cruel World 1986 - King Of America (Suit Of Lights) 1986 - Blood & Chocolate 1994 - Brutal Youth (13 Steps Lead Down, This Is Hell, You Tripped At Every Step, Sulky Girl, London's Brilliant Parade) 1996 - All This Useless Beauty 1996 - Almost Ideal Eyes Rob Wasserman 1991 - Mighty Like A Rose (After The Fall, Broken) 1994 - Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of Human Kindness T-Bone Wolk 1986 - King Of America 1989 - Spike (Satellite, Last Boat Leaving) 1991 - Mighty Like A Rose (All Grown Up, Invasion Hit Parade, Harpies Bizarre, So Like Candy) 1998 - Painted From Memory (God Give Me Strength)