Many people associate the art of making great bass lines from slapping and plucking strings, with Larry Graham, who himself tends to make that implication, but it was done many years before.

Quote from Andre Freed from Bass Freedom

The history of slapping a bass goes back further than you may know. It dates all the way back to the 1920’s on the acoustic bass, before the electric bass was even invented. I’ll show you every bass pioneer that contributed to slap through the decades…ranging from legends Larry Graham, Marcus Miller, Flea, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, all the way to current bassists who are tearing it up on the internet and social media. Tons more! This is the most detailed, and lengthy video I’ve ever done.