<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in James-jamerson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/james-jamerson Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:15:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “James asked if I wrote the bassline – he was mad at me for not getting a cowriting credit”: How Allen McGrier brought his Jamerson-approved Detroit swagger to a classic R&B ballad ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/how-allen-mcgrier-brought-his-detroit-swagger-to-young-love-by-teena-marie csbasJG5mpdpKvDPcudp7W Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was the most vocal about being unhappy. That's when George grabbed Bootsy Collins and his band to replace us”: He was schooled by James Jamerson and freaked Larry Graham out – how William ‘Billy Bass’ Nelson founded the Funkadelic sound ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/william-billy-bass-nelson-funkadelic-george-clinton SULTfrqhpGu8UF48DHtkYQ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:48:27 +0000 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:55:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “To think that Jamerson could compose this entire bassline spontaneously and still be locked into the groove is astounding. That's his genius”: How Motown hit-maker James Jamerson funked up a Christmas classic on this 1968 holiday gem ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/james-jamerson-the-temptations-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer kJJM8JaqPSBrChW9L8LjrU Sun, 14 Dec 2025 17:05:00 +0000 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:20:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wrote Flea a fan letter, and I was like, ‘I want to do what you're doing. Do you have any advice?’ He wrote me back – it's unbelievable”: Vulfpeck’s Joe Dart on the priceless bass advice he got from Flea as a teenager ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/vulfpeck-joe-dart-on-the-priceless-bass-advice-he-got-from-flea QMgLuWEyNjLLp9GdCfqgYo Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:26:33 +0000 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:03:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He played upright but wanted to play the P-Bass. Motown said, ‘Nah, you ain't making no money playing that.’ But he said, ‘If you want me, I'm playing the P-Bass’”: Bootsy Collins on the musician that totally “changed his mind” about bass playing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/bootsy-collins-on-the-player-that-totally-changed-his-mind-about-bass-playing v7PV5GKen92AXonarjJBP4 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 15:30:33 +0000 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:35:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That move from F to Ab is either a clever allusion… or it’s an accident!” He’s one of the most influential bassists of all time, but did Motown’s James Jamerson make a mistake on this 1969 hit record? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/james-jamerson-the-temptations-i-cant-get-next-to-you a6cwxo2s9pW7EjghAzbMnL Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:24:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:16:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The door burst open. It was James, who was late and had come into the wrong room. He started listening and said, ’No, no, that's not the way you do it,’ and grabbed my EB-3”: Jack Bruce on his chance meeting with Motown hit-maker James Jamerson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/when-jack-bruce-met-james-jamerson tvbhFfcfDFHDzYhXbYxtZn Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:23:00 +0000 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:15:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “l’d been listening to Jamerson for some time, but this was staggering”: Inside James Jamerson’s 10 seminal “B-Sides” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/james-jamersons-seminal-b-sides YfcQdT4Zb3DjY5WNyiZXEG Sat, 26 Oct 2024 10:13:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jamerson pushed the intercom button and said, ‘Not bad for a white chick!’” How Suzi Quatro cut her teeth on Motown hit-maker James Jamerson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/how-suzi-quatro-cut-her-teeth-on-james-jamerson 2tWhxHpRSVXnXVhnj7mTV5 Sat, 01 Jun 2024 12:55:23 +0000 Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:14:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Dad would never touch the gunk that had built up on the fingerboard. He told me, ‘The dirt keeps the funk’”: Inside the sound and style of Motown master James Jamerson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-sound-and-style-of-motown-master-james-jamerson nuQpzuamNUoutQKCi78PtF Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:29:33 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:23:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Marvin Gaye was used to hearing James Jamerson, so he had me overdub a second bass part to fill out the original track”: An untold story from Motown’s Studio A. How Bob Babbitt's '65 P-Bass drove Marvin Gaye’s Inner City Blues ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/how-bob-babbitt-drove-marvin-gayes-inner-city-blues V4HE45nTefp4byWPWkiHDb Tue, 07 Nov 2023 23:06:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You played on Midnight Train to Georgia? You don’t need no other credits!” How Bob Babbitt bolstered a ’70s soul classic with a touch of James Jamerson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/bob-babbitt-midnight-train-to-georgia YbwCGWMgn3aofwQXA5nwaW Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:52:08 +0000 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:44:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I credit half of that bassline to James Jamerson. I’ve always been proud of knowing him”: Listen to Chuck Rainey’s isolated bass on Kid Charlemagne ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/chuck-rainey-isolated-bass-on-steely-dan-kid-charlemagne 78YNyd83iyFiktCL9gj3JE Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:20:37 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:55:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Rocco Prestia could have held that 16th-note pattern in his sleep – it’s airtight” Halestorm bassist Josh Smith picks his top 5 bass albums ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/josh-smith-picks-his-top-5-bass-albums 3W5w6rD5avZDFnMV4pYTH3 Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:09:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ For decades no-one even knew his name. This month, James Jamerson will have a street named after him ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/james-jamerson-will-have-a-street-named-after-him xbBddm3P8WoBXabX7yFaHc Tue, 08 Aug 2023 13:24:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That incredible musicality James Jamerson would bring to his parts – nobody wants to hear that today”: Duran Duran bass legend John Taylor on why music is becoming simpler ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/john-taylor-music-becoming-simpler Zuai5q9JWXKttDNtg6EzrW Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:34:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Like James Jamerson, Tommy Cogbill was a take-charge guy in the studio”:Inside the recording of Son of a Preacher Man ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/tommy-cogbill-was-a-take-charge-guy-in-the-studio 37HZmeoDf8nsfHrn96eXEP Thu, 06 Jul 2023 14:37:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ What's Going On bass lesson: how to play James Jamerson’s iconic bassline on the Marvin Gaye classic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/video-lesson-nick-campbell-on-how-to-play-whats-going-on-by-marvin-gaye Q4yJiUHnWb8NiUC7Vn2zWP Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:39:29 +0000 Tue, 14 May 2024 09:37:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ 10 James Jamerson basslines every bass player has to hear ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-10-james-jamerson-basslines-every-bass-player-has-to-hear CpJiab5kuMuCAoGGvzB8Th Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:33:19 +0000 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:14:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ James Jamerson or Carol Kaye: who played what? Uncovering the truth behind the Motown mystery ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/james-jamerson-carol-kaye P4T4NswHkefk9UqchNpWzf Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:54:52 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 10:41:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ Best flatwound bass strings: how to choose the right flatwounds for you ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-best-flatwound-bass-guitar-strings-how-to-choose-the-right-flatwounds-for-you 7t86MQfEDCrZepQLhK5zQa Fri, 10 Jul 2020 10:24:37 +0000 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:57:12 +0000