Sentence 1: In late 2003 , he told an interviewer that his favorite bassists were Mike Mills ( R.E.M . ) , Johnny Gayden ( Albert Collins Band ) and Charles Mingus .
Sentence 2: In late 2003 he told an interviewer that his favorite bassists Mike Mills ( R. E. M. ) , Johnny Gayden ( Albert Collins Band ) and Charles Mingus were .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?