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After James Jamerson laid down all those funky bass lines in Detroit, helping to create 56 No. 1 R&B hits and 23 No. 1 pop hits, making Motown into a cultural juggernaut, popular music never has been ...

Students view an excerpt from the Motown Amp investigation in which they learn about bassist James Jamerson and the role of Motown Records in the Civil Rights Movement. They then analyze Motown’s role ...

The Cannon Street Arts Center is holding a bass symposium to honor the life and music of James Jamerson on Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. Some of the best musicians have been hidden underneath the massive names ...

You’ve heard the low end riffs and head bobbing plucks in Motown hits like “Bernadette” by the Four Tops and The Temptations’ “My Girl,” and now the man behind those grooves is being honored in his ...

The great Motown bass player James Jamerson didn't have a proper tombstone until Aug. 27, 2021. He died in 1983 at age 47 after a hard-drinking adult life in Detroit and Los Angeles. Jamerson, born on ...

Rydell Bligen, left, and Anthony McKnight of Charleston, stand under a new highway sign on Edisto Island that pays tribute to Edisto native James Jamerson | Picture provided The intersection at S.C.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - They were known as the Funk Brothers, the session or in-house musicians who brought the music to life for Motown’s biggest artists. These jazz musicians provided the soulful ...

John Myung’s new artist model kicks off another stacked month of bass releases ...