James Jamerson's immense contribution to Motown Records in the ’60s and ’70s went largely uncredited – but his game-changing ...

But the bass player? He or she is like the heavy kid that ... Some musicians have somehow managed to make the bass—whether that’s the upright or the electric version—interesting.

In high school, he excelled on the upright bass, which led to work at ... Jamerson, an Edisto native, was a bass player with the Funk Brothers band, the studio musicians who played during Motown ...

"I don't know if I've told the story in public, but a friend of mine worked with — I hesitate to say, 'cause I don't want to blow his cover — AC/DC bass player Cliff Williams. And a buddy of ...