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James Jamerson

Paul McCartney performing with The Beatles at the NME Poll Winners Concert April 1965

The influential musician Paul McCartney called “my hero”

A hero for many four-string masters.

Arun Starkey
Sep 13, 2023
Very Best of Marvin Gaye [Motown 2001]

Listen to the isolated bass on the Marvin Gaye song ‘What’s Going On’

James Jamerson at his best.

Tyler Golsen
Nov 5, 2022

The drunken tale of how James Jamerson was kidnapped to play bass on Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’

The laid-back bass of a great.

Tom Taylor
Aug 2, 2022

James Jamerson’s killer isolated bass on ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’

Jamerson’s influence can still be felt.

Tyler Golsen
Sep 23, 2021
Hear Paul McCartney's isolated vocals from The Beatles song 'Oh Darling'

The artist Paul McCartney admits he was stealing from during The Beatles

Macca’s been rumbled…

Sam Kemp
Aug 18, 2021

The influence of James Jamerson and his ten best basslines

A Motown icon.

Arun Starkey
Aug 2, 2021

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