Motown's tormented genius, James Jamerson is unanimously acclaimed as the first virtuoso of the electric bass. James has influenced (whether they know it or not) every electric bassist to ever pick up ...

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 ...

Legendary Motown bassist James Jamerson would have turned 79 years old today. The Funk Brother was born Jan. 29, 1936, in South Carolina and died in Aug. 2, 1983, in Los Angeles. In honor of the man ...

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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The Cannon Street Arts Center is holding a bass symposium to honor the life and music of James ...

Anyone who's danced to Motown classics like "Shotgun" and "You Can't Hurry Love" has heard the work of bassist James Jamerson. Born in Charleston in 1936, Jamerson moved to Detroit as a teen and began ...