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05-27-2011, 07:46 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Providence, Rhode Island | | | The Church of Jamerson
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Am I the only one who prays to St. James (Jamerson) before gigs and rehearsals?
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05-27-2011, 08:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Maywood, IL | | | O_o
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05-27-2011, 08:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta ; Canada | | | Big JJ has always been my main man. I still say to this day even though there are players out there who are tech. better, no one, no one could groove like this man could. Bless the J Bass and bless the man who made it sing. |
05-27-2011, 08:13 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Princeton New Jersey | | | He's one of my two biggest idols.... But I don't pray to him.
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05-27-2011, 08:13 AM
|  | Fingers, pick, and a little bit of slap | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Terrapin country (Crofton, MD) | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave44  I still say to this day even though there are players out there who are tech. better, no one, no one could groove like this man could. | Amen! And JJ's P-bass tone was heavenly. |
05-27-2011, 08:14 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Baltimore | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave44 Big JJ has always been my main man. I still say to this day even though there are players out there who are tech. better, no one, no one could groove like this man could. Bless the J Bass and bless the man who made it sing. | I think you meant P-bass.
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05-27-2011, 08:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Los Angeles | | | No, but I often appeal to the Great and Mighty Duck to guide my fingers through the Valley of Depth . . . |
05-27-2011, 08:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Providence, Rhode Island | | | Whenever I approach a song for the first time I always seem to ask myself either "What would James do?" or "What would Paul McCartney do?". They were both very different players, yet their playing always served the song, not the other way around. I've never heard a Jamerson bass line with a note out of place. Each one belonged there. |
05-27-2011, 08:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta ; Canada | | | Wow! did I say J Bass meant P Bass "The Funk Machine" thanx echoSE7EN |
05-27-2011, 08:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Providence, Rhode Island | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave44 Wow! did I say J Bass meant P Bass "The Funk Machine" thanx echoSE7EN | As an ordained minister of The First Church of Jamerson, I absolve you of your sin. Now go play "I Was Made To Love Her" note-for-note five times. |
05-27-2011, 08:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta ; Canada | | | I shall play Bernadette note for note 10 times as penance for my moment of " Oh my god what did I just post" to late now. LOL |
05-27-2011, 10:33 AM
|  | keepin' the beat since the 60's | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Studio City, SoCal, USA | | | I pray for 10% of his inspiration each time I pick up the bass. I figure since I use 2 fingers, if I can get 10% of his skill, I can be 20% as good.
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06-04-2011, 01:00 PM
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Space... | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Chicago, IL (NW BURBS) | | | Yes.....finallly! A religion I believe in!! I am looking at my bible (Standing in the Shadows of Motown) right now. The man was a complete genius. AMEN!!!
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06-04-2011, 03:21 PM
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06-04-2011, 05:48 PM
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06-04-2011, 07:24 PM
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Unofficially Endorsing Genz Benz, Fender, Avatar TB-153 Cabs, Musicman | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Scottsdale Az | | Well....my band is called The JJ's Band....Guess what the 2 J's stand for  |
06-04-2011, 07:31 PM
|  | LOLchair | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Lake Worth, FL | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by faulknersj Well....my band is called The JJ's Band....Guess what the 2 J's stand for | The Johnson & Johnsons? |
06-04-2011, 07:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | Quote:
Originally Posted by faulknersj Well....my band is called The JJ's Band....Guess what the 2 J's stand for | Your pickup combination? 
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06-04-2011, 07:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | | There are a couple of people who I look up to in an almost religious devotion. James Jamerson as a bassist and musician, and Coltrane as a man.
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06-05-2011, 12:18 PM
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Space... | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Chicago, IL (NW BURBS) | | | Just prayed while playing "I was made to love her" twice!
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