wal4string Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Earlier I posted the Chaka Khan version of this song so thought I should dig out the original Stevie Wonder version. Carol Kaye claims to have played bass on this track but it does sound so much like James Jamerson, who knows. Great to play regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I think carols bass for the wrecking crew stuff she did was brilliant so was her beach boys stuff like good vibrations,i think its deffo jamerson on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wal4string Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 (edited) [quote name='YouMa' post='1086977' date='Jan 12 2011, 05:55 PM']I think carols bass for the wrecking crew stuff she did was brilliant so was her beach boys stuff like good vibrations,i think its deffo jamerson on this.[/quote] I read that she was in so much demand at this time she kept a diary which she still has, and apparently the diary clearly states that she played on the session, but yes it has Jamersons chromatic trade mark runs all over it. Edited January 12, 2011 by wal4string Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soliloquy Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I'm sure that it was James Jamerson on the original. There's a transcription of it in the Jamerson book 'Shadows of motown', which kind of supports that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 [quote name='wal4string' post='1086984' date='Jan 12 2011, 06:02 PM']I read that she was in so much demand at this time she kept a diary which she still has, and apparently the diary clearly states that she played on the session, but yes it has Jamersons chromatic trade mark runs all over it.[/quote] We've all read/heard about [i]Jamerson and Kaye, who played on what?[/i] I feel that It's possible that Kaye has been a little maligned in this debate. In the session world it's not uncommon to have 2 or more musicians do a part. I don't know the history of the track, but It is possible that Kaye did the "I was made to love her" session and then had her part replaced by Jamerson, or vice versa. Maybe the entire session was scrapped and started again with different musicians. I have (once or twice) been called to replace an existing bass part. It's also quite probable that some of my parts have been replaced. I've even been credited with sessions that I have absolutely no memory of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Also back in the days - Demo sessions of possible 'Hit Songs' were very common, Which CK did loads, sometime these sessions were note for note. People in the past laid claim to tracks because of this. I have read at various times, quotes from Musicians who were on the session - and said it was JJ. But who knows....or cares.... it was still a great tune and Bass line. Apart from note choices there is also a difference in sound between the two of them. Mysteries of the Motown days......spooky! Thanks for the chart - although i seem to have about 20 different charts for this toon. Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 [quote name='lowdown' post='1088982' date='Jan 14 2011, 09:45 AM']But who knows....or cares.... it was still a great tune and Bass line.[/quote] No one but us bass nerds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I don't think there's any questioning that this is Jamerson! I recall reading somewhere that Stevie Wonder even said Jamerson played on this. Thanks for the transcription (to add to my collection!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wal4string Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 [quote name='lowdown' post='1088982' date='Jan 14 2011, 09:45 AM']Also back in the days - Demo sessions of possible 'Hit Songs' were very common, Which CK did loads, sometime these sessions were note for note. People in the past laid claim to tracks because of this. I have read at various times, quotes from Musicians who were on the session - and said it was JJ. But who knows....or cares.... it was still a great tune and Bass line. Apart from note choices there is also a difference in sound between the two of them. Mysteries of the Motown days......spooky! Thanks for the chart - although i seem to have about 20 different charts for this toon. Garry[/quote] Yeah, I know what you mean about different charts, and I bet very few if any are identical. I tend to mix and match aswell as put my own thoughts down. I was watching an interview with John Paul Jones and the interviewer asked if any of the transcriptions of his lines he had seen are correct, he just laughed and said "No". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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