James Jamerson Standing In The Shadows | Of Motown Pdf

His weapon of choice was a 1962 Fender Precision Bass featuring heavy-gauge La Bella flatwound strings. Crucially, Jamerson famously refused to ever clean or change his strings, claiming "the dirt keeps the funk."

After Motown moved to Los Angeles in 1972, Jamerson’s health declined due to alcoholism. He died in 1983 at age 45, shortly after having to buy a ticket to attend Motown's 25th-anniversary celebration. Musical Technique & Impact

If you are looking for a "good paper" or digital version for study, these are the most authoritative sources: The Original Book ( Allan Slutsky / Dr. Licks james jamerson standing in the shadows of motown pdf

The book did two things:

This is the gold. The PDF will show standard musical notation (treble clef, an octave higher than it sounds) alongside bass tablature. Expect classics like: His weapon of choice was a 1962 Fender

The original physical book shipped with cassette tapes or double compact discs containing the play-along tracks (where the bass channel was panned to one side so students could mute Jamerson and play with the original Motown rhythm sections). Modern digital study bundles sync these classic audio tracks into accessible MP3 format.

If you manage to locate a digital copy of this PDF, what exactly are you downloading? It is not just a chord chart. It is a 200+ page university-level course in groove. Musical Technique & Impact If you are looking

Over two dozen note-for-note transcriptions of Jamerson’s most famous bass lines.