Flea on Bass: Guest Appearances

Just one of my occasional forays into pop music, enjoy.

Flea, originally a jazz trumpet prodigy, is best know as the bassist and co-founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Due to his musical versatility, he has also become a much in-demand session musician, appearing on over 40 albums. This playlist is a collection of his guest appearances, covering a great range of styles, from his 1995 collaboration with Robert Fripp and Cheikha Remitti, the Queen of Raï, to the brand new album he made with Damon Albarn (Rocket Juice & The Moon). Full track list:

• Banyan – Grease The System, on Anytime At All (1999)
• Jane's Addiction – Kettle Whistle, on Kettle Whistle (1997)
• Rocket Juice & The Moon – Hey, Shooter (feat. Erykah Badu), on Rocket Juice & The Moon (2012)
• Ronnie Wood – Spoonful, on I Feel Like Playing (2010)
• Ziggy Marley – Rainbow In The Sky, on Dragonfly (2003)
• Tracy Chapman – Change, on Where You Live (2005)
• John Frusciante – Unreachable, on The Empyrean (2009)
• Sir Mix-A-Lot – Chief Boot Knocka', on Chief Boot Knocka (1994)
• Rambient – Birth Of A Girl, on So Many Worlds (2001)
• Tricky – #1 da Woman, on Blowback (2001)
• Bryan Ferry – You Can Dance, on Olympia (2010)
• Gov't Mule – Down And Out In New York City, on The Deep End, Vol. 1 (2001)
• Pigface – Divebomber, on Notes from Thee Underground (1994)
• Slash – Baby Can't Drive, on Slash (2010)
• Cheikha Rimitti – Sidi Mansour, on  Sidi Mansour (1995)
• Jewel – Barcelona, on Spirit (1998)
• Keith Caputo – Bleed For Something Beautiful, on A Fondness for Hometown Scars (2008)
• Young MC – Bust A Move, on Stone Cold Rhymin' (1989)
• The Mars Volta – Inertiatic Esp, on De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
• PORNO FOR PYROS – Freeway, on Good God's Urge (1996)
• Patti Smith – Gimme Shelter, on Twelve (2007)
• PORNO FOR PYROS – Hard Charger, on Rev (1999)
• Johnny Cash – Heart Of Gold, on Unearthed (2003)
• Young MC – I Come Off, on Stone Cold Rhymin' (1989)
• Jane's Addiction – Idiots Rule, on Nothing's Shocking (1988)
• Michael Brook – Ill Wind (You’re Blowing Me No Good), on Albino Alligator (1997)
• The Mars Volta – Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore, on Frances the Mute (2005)
• Alanis Morissette – Narcissus, on Under Rug Swept (2002)
• Incubus – 4th Movement Of The Odyssey, on Halo 2 Original Soundtrack (2004)
• Jane's Addiction – So What!, on Kettle Whistle (1997)
• Johnny Cash – Spiritual, on Unchained (1996)
• The Mars Volta – The Widow, on Frances the Mute (2005)
• Janet Jackson – What'll I Do (Dave Navarro Mix), on Janet Remixed (2005)
• Alanis Morissette – You Oughta Know, on Jagged Little Pill (1995)
• Mike Watt – Against The 70's, on Ball-Hog or Tugboat? (1995)
• Mick Jagger – Out Of Focus, on Wandering Spirit (1993)
• Action Figure Party – Flow, on Action Figure Party (2001)
• Tom Waits – Raised Right Men, on Bad As Me (2011)
• The Weirdos – Cyclops Helicopter, on Condor (1990)
• Jack Irons – Watersong, on Attention Dimension (2004)

Get this collection in one Spotify playlist here: Flea Outside RHCP: Guest Appearances (40 tracks, 3 hours of groove) In some of the albums, he played on more tracks than I selected here, and on a few track he played the trumpet or horn. Click the album titles above for more info.