James Jamerson - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Bass+Voice)

[lindadee1000]

i'm actually listening to GLADYS!!! she's awesome. this bass and her voice could have been a song in itself.

[echo1434]

"Sorry I can't hear it"? So are you implying that some random guy just played bass here? It's either Jamerson or Babbitt, there's no doubt about that. This is from the Standing in the Shadows of Motown bonus disc, which is basically a Jamerson highlight reel with a couple Babbitt tracks.

And so it follows that you're saying that some guy on YouTube has a closer tone to Jamerson than Jamerson or Babbitt (I know who you're talking about, by the way).

Ok, I give up, you win - lol...

[smarzinski103]

Actually this isnt Jamerson at all. Bob Babbit played bass on this song. Jamerson played on the Marvin Gaye version.

[TheMastFravekator]

@smarzinski103 please...

[smarzinski103]

@TheMastFravekator Sorry, was thinking of midnight train to georgia. nobodys perfect!

[echo1434]

@smarzinski103

This is Jamerson... Babbitt has a pretty good list of all the big songs he did on his web site, and he never claimed this one.

And well, my ears, as well all sources I've seen indicate that this is Jamerson.

Anyway, nice mix!

[pmischke1]

Good playing though :-)

[django772]

Nice playing but this isn't Jamerson playing, not his tone.

[django772]

Nice playing but you didn't fool me, this is not Jamerson playing, the tone is a dead giveaway.

[TheMastFravekator]

@django772 i didn't mean to fool you. i did not play this one, i'm not a bass player. this is the bassline played on the SITSOM cd by i don't know who. cheers

[TheMastFravekator]

@django772 oh, obviously the second part is played by jamerson.

[echo1434]

@django772

Huh? This is classic Jamerson tone, with that deep thud and hardly any treble. Almost everything he recorded in the mid '60s has a sound similar to this!

(There are plenty of isolated and instrumental Funk Brothers tracks on here to demonstrate this.)

[django772]

@echo1434 Sorry you can't hear it. It's not even close to his tone. Playing is good, though. Check out JamersonsHook youtube channel. Now that guy has the tone.

[csgrinds]

@django772 It's Will Lee AFAIK

[medioculus]

great job.....i just learned this bass line listening to this......obviously not as good as james! sweet...ty!

[Natejitsu]

I love playing this song, one of my favorites. Super funky and fun with all those pedal points. I don't see how he played the chorus with only 1 finger though, you need a fast right hand to get from the G string to the A string that fast, unless I'm playing it wrong.

[markcollins11]

A master class of time, feel, and groove.

[SDesWriter]

Absolute masterpiece on bass. It's second to For Once In My Life to me, but a brilliant job by one of the greatest bass players ever.

[epiccookie25689]

Totally awesome. I did this song once as a duet with a singer and although it was good, nothing compares to this.

[Fjord76]

Awesome post man and thanks for the others Funk Bros vids btw

Peace out.