The truth is, much of European music uses far simpler bass lines for things like schlager, alpenmusik, and simple pop based things that ARE performable by pedals (and a lot of arranger players use the pedal to input the lowest note for inversion purposes, so the arranger still plays the line), but much jazz and US R&B, funk, disco, you name it, these guys aren't playing THOSE lines on the pedals (except the odd virtuoso like B. Dennerlein).

Pedals are good for a reduction, a simplification of the line, but once you start to perform musics where the bass line is integral to the rhythm section, very slick and syncopated, that's tough for the feet to do well.

I spent a few years when I first started playing keyboards doing bass pedals, but it became quickly obvious, as first Motown, then funk came along that doing these things with your feet was close to impossible. I can do a waltz or a fox-trot with the best of them, but a funk line...? Forget it!

But it's nice we're talking about bass lines at all, something I consider the Achilles Heel of arrangers. Bass players are always walking TOWARDS the next chord, while arranger bass lines are walking AWAY from the current one (they never know the next chord until you play it for them!). It's SO obvious once you listen for it...

And once again, sorry for the comments about Midnight Rider. I honestly thought that a real critique was what he was after!