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 ...

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Perhaps nothing was more crucial to the Motown sound than the bass guitar — and it’ll be out in full force Saturday at Hitsville, U.S.A. The 11th annual Bass Day will take over the grounds of the ...

Bootsy Collins' larger-than-life persona and driving funk basslines have graced many a record, including most of the early Funkadelic and Parliament albums, a plethora of James Brown hits – including ...