Call for bass stories for an NPR radio program

[MarloniousThunk]

Hi bass people -

I'm a producer for an NPR-station distributed radio program called "Afropop Worldwide". I'm working on developing an a show about the history of African bass playing, including not only Africa but Latin America and African-American traditions in the US as well - specifically bass-centric things like funk and motown and soul and slapping, but could be jazz, blues, hiphop as well.

I'm posting here because I'm looking for good bass stories, because radio is all about stories. It could be about anything in American (or elsewhere) bass history - a story about a famous bass innovator, or the story behind the creation of a great bass line, or just something that is suprising/funny/interesting and tells us something about the bass.

Thanks in advance for any good leads!

Thanks,
Marlon Bishop