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Portrait of Marvin Gaye & Bass player Bob Babbitt

“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

By Chris Jisi published

By 1971, James Jamerson’s demons had started to affect his consistency, so Bob Babbitt was called for this Motown classic

Artists
Nick Campbell and James Jamerson

What's Going On bass lesson: how to play James Jamerson’s iconic bassline on the Marvin Gaye classic

By Nick Wells published

LA bassist Nick Campbell teaches you one of the all-time greatest Motown basslines

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Motown Guitarist Wah Wah Watson Dead at 67

By Richard Bienstock published

Born Melvin Ragin, the iconic guitarist lent his signature licks to the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, others.

Guitarists