Jermaine Jackson

[bigscore1000]

17 year old Jermaine laying down the groove with his sunburst Fender Jazz bass...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxreo...J_4&playnext=1

[coryd]

i like this clip. the beginning is hard to see, but once you get to the part where jermaine is laying it down...its worth it.

thanks for posting.

[bigscore1000]

i agree...

It starts out behind stage...them they bring camera to the front and we get a better view.

[Blazer]

That was cool. Thanks, you know when I was on another bass player forum I was scolded for bringing up topics about Jermaine Jackson as a bass player. They saw him as just somebody who had somebody playing his lines behind the stage using his bass as a prop.

Check him out here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWwDk10W1BY
The guy is just laying it DOWN.

Or here in the eighties.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89ZTZaEGtb8

[bigscore1000]

Originally Posted by Blazer

That was cool. Thanks, you know when I was on another bass player forum I was scolded for bringing up topics about Jermaine Jackson as a bass player. They saw him as just somebody who had somebody playing his lines behind the stage using his bass as a prop.

Check him out here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWwDk10W1BY
The guy is just laying it DOWN.

Or here in the eighties.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89ZTZaEGtb8

Shame on them!!!

The great Berry Gordy didnt hire "fakes". The J5 were the real thing.

While im not saying he's the greatest ever. I am impressed that at such a young age he was performing in front of millions of fans all over the world and holding his own. No...he didnt play in studio sessions but he did play all the songs LIVE on the road. I work at universal-motown and we will be releasing 2 live J5 concerts (1970 & 1971) on CD to mark the 40th anniversary of the J5 in june. People will be able to not only hear a young MJ but will hear the rest of the band with Jermaine holding them down.

Here's another link of Jermaine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6kt7...eature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpeTCQjBvek

[Blazer]

Originally Posted by bigscore1000

Shame on them!!!

The great Berry Gordy didnt hire "fakes". The J5 were the real thing.

While im not saying he's the greatest ever. I am impressed that at such a young age he was performing in front of millions of fans all over the world and holding his own. No...he didnt play in studio sessions but he did play all the songs LIVE on the road. I work at universal-motown and we will be releasing 2 live J5 concerts (1970 & 1971) on CD to mark the 40th anniversary of the J5 in june. People will be able to not only hear a young MJ but will hear the rest of the band with Jermaine holding them down.

Here's another link of Jermaine from 1971..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpeTCQjBvek

Thanks that was great, have you followed the Jackson Family Dynasty? Jermaine and Tito were seen rehearsing with the main members of the band they were going to use on the upcoming tour, that band consisted of a drummer, a keyboard player and Jermaine and Tito on bass and guitar and they were tight as a pair of shoes that was three sizes too small.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sOZ5vX5s34
Jermaine was using a sparkle finish Warwick $$ and he was just in there pumping the bassline of "don't stop till you get enough." I for one can't wait for them to get their stuff together and start that tour, I want to go see them.