Sir Danny’s crown?

Is it too soon to ponder over which stand up bassists have the sufficient skills to take on the mantle of the late and great Danny Thompson. Through his playing I was able to learn to love the organic beauty of the sinuous precision he played with, eventually ridding myself of my childish prejudice of the instrument, which similarly tarnished trumpet and clarinet, both of which I also much admire.
I can’t comment on the jazzier climes of DT’s play, as I know him best for his folk; I came in late, around his work with namesake Richard, before ploughing back to Nick Drake, Pentangle and John Martyn. Along the way I enjoyed what he could add to Transatlantic Sessions, to EBTG, to Blue Rose Code and to William Tyler.
There are a few lyrical folk tinged double bassists I admire. Jon Thorne is one, Ben Nichols another. But the best of the lot is James Lindsay. In Breabach as his main gig, he is also the in demand player for just about any Scot solo artist needing a bassist, as well as adding bass to innumerable albums by neo-trad bands who don’t normally use bass otherwise, the likes of Rura.
He is also a member of Staran, an occasional grouping of some of the cream of the fluid Glasgow folk-jazz interface. I’ll include a vid below.
But my reason for writing: who is your favourite acoustic bassist or the one you consider the best, and the one up for Danny’s crown?

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