"James was a bass player's bass player." What a compliment. RIP James Jamerson and Bob Babbitt

Babbitt. One of the kindest, best men on the planet. Miss my friend. Awesome man, awesome bass player.

R.I.P Bob Babbitt and thank you for your contributions to the Motown Sound.

"That's fuckin awesome!!!!"- immortal words of Bob Babbitt

Never be another James Jamerson 🎸 Greatest Bass Player That Ever Lived🎼🎵🎶

Bob , You helped get the word out on The Funk Brothers , The Greatest Band of All Time !

RIP James and Bob- two of my bass heroes. The brotherly love is evident here in Bob's emotions as he speaks about James.

James was his own spirit, what a beautiful thing, thanks Bob.

James Jamerson was one of the greatest bass players ever!! He was the most influential bass players inspiring countless numbers of bass players. I often wonder what would have happened if there was no James Jamerson. No Stanley Clarke,no Jaco Pastorius,probably no many bass players. When you say bass,you must say JAMES JAMERSON!! And to think that among all of the signature models Fender has,yet it has no Jamerson model. Shame on you Fender!!

James Jamerson did to electric and modern day bass playing, what Bach did to classical music! Both were SUCH PIONEERS, INNOVATORS, LEGENDS, & TIMELESS

Amazing hearing this great, great bassplayer talking about the greatest bassplayer! Great respect to both these men!

Bass history! None of the musicians got credit years ago and it is really like that now. The singer is the glory person. That is unless you are a bass geek like me! Thanks James and Bob!

They should do a Jamerson signature model or something

The Jackson 5's Darling Dear brought me here and I am so happy that I spent the time to get to know more about the Great James Jamerson and the many artists and people in the music business that took the time to recognize and honor him.

Bobby, you, too, are the Bee's Knees of Motown! Love you, Brother!

James was obviously a humble soul, but with a God-given gift that he was good enough to share with all the rest of us. He never made it rich yet.....but somehow gave away enough to make millions of us each a little richer. And how can you top a life like that?

He is one of the few bass players whose opening bass riff on a song immediately identifies the song. Marcus Miller demonstrated this at one of his concerts when he played two note of "Papa was a rolling stone" and everyone knew what song he was going to play. His contribution to the success of Motown will always be a part of it.

As a young player in the early 70s I tried to learn everything that was Motown. Didn't even know James' or Bob's name back then but somehow knew I was learning from the best!

How have a i not watched this. James , bob , getty, marcus, smoky ect. James was the best.

This was beautiful, God Bless James, Bob & all the funk brothers!! :)

Sad, that in life James didn't get nearly enough credit for the incredible work he did. Now he is commonly known as the greatest bass player ever. When they show the part where james had to scalp a ticket to the 25th anniversary show, I cry like a baby.

Thank you so much for sharing this. Please never take it down.

thanks for posting this. thanks bob. thanks james.

"So melodic and like a concerto in itself" Thank you for posting this beautiful tribute and summation of his wonderful talent So much love

James was a genius the way Einstein and Newton were in their fields. He crated Bach like melody out of thin air like Charlie Parker did. His work was blaring out of the speakers everywhere you went. Bass players knew. Musicians knew. But the industry that owed him so much heartlessly ignored him. The people have finally come to understand - after he left this world - that he is the greatest bassist who ever played and one of the great geniuses of music.

Hey, Just dropping word of congrats to what you have done. From a nephew of Berry Gordy. Nice work!! My dad is Robert Gordy Sr. Brother of Berry and he was head of Jobete music publishing, which I am sure you see on most Motown hits. God bless, Fu2

I love the way bob babit.plsys what's going.on .just smooth and cool.loveyou brotha .Rip

I love Bob Rest in peace, man

RIP JAMES AND BOB

I cant stop listening to them almost play is this love at 36:29

1st heard Mr Jamerson on Minne Riperton 'Perfect Angel'..... thats all i can say, speechless.

great speech

Does any body remember Benny Benjamin. Well Detroit musicians who played the city remember he was the union man but that was after his days at Motown but I knew him as a personable man.

I'm not sure if it would have changed anything with reference to the death of James Jamerson but, by gum that one finger "the hook" leaves a legacy unsurpassed, as does his fellow player Bob Babbitt, so humble.

HEY BABBITT!!!!

I guess I could go on and on but I personally met a lot of greats who were really nice people out of the music scene even though they were great in it like Terry Pollard. She was a great person and a great musician. God bless her. And I personally knew Norris Patterson who's stage name Kasuku Mafia was agreat person

Wow am I the only one who thinks that his daughter reminds them of Laila Ali?The voice and the beauty,The mannerisms?Maybe it's just me,But,anyhow!!!

Isn't it funny that the best Motown had didn't really get into what they were doing like James was really a jazz man and Marvin Gaye wanted to really sing big band jazz.

Excuse but why? James Jamerson couldn’t even go to Motown 25 which makes me say shame on you Barry hadn’t been for these guys Motown wouldn’t never come about. Should have honored these guys while they were allowed.. Mr James should got his flowers while he was alive.. Saddened’s my heart.. LB May 3, 2023

Real fans on music want to know who the musicians are.

Penny look just like her dad.

I heard that Babbitt was the only bass player that could nail that tune, besides Jamerson of course...

YES HE DID

Those genes were as strong as that "hook" - Penny looks just like her Dad. Just with a softer, feminine touch....

Was this an induction speech, or a eulogy?

JIMMY MACK

Fender hall of fame ? How about- Mount Rushmore

You have all that great bass players thumbing plucking is great. But keeping that bottom end and notes in between. No one is even close. He played real music that had meaning. Kept it the pocket and then added what he felt.

Hits Off The Best Singers& Groups and he berry took the 💰 & they're on their own unless you got another HIT I can do you out of again some left& made it

they playing motown songs that Jamerson didn't play on lul

The universe needs more Bob Babbits. As for James…there will never be another. His magic resonated those 6x9 mono AM radio dashboard car speakers like no other. Now I have been playing bass 50 years. When I was young I thought his playing was noodling. I simply could not understand the complexities, heart, and soul. His solid rhythm, unpredictable syncopation and melodic variation were so far beyond the norm. Because of him I will always own at least one classic sunburst P Bass. A presentation as important as this deserves better production. The lighting sucked. The video sucked. The audio sucked. For the love of God hire professionals.

Bob is too kind. Jamerson was great , no doubt but Bob held his own replacing him. While jamerson is great, in my opinion, no one is better on the bass than Tommy Cogbill ! He put the funk in the bass. He’d dip his playing hand n Vaseline so to make the bass bounce. Look him up. Other great bass players are Larry Graham , Richard Finch, David Hood, Duck Dunn, Bill Wyman , Jerry Scheff, but Cogbill stood above them all, hear him on “ Respect “, “ Wearin The Loved On look “, “ Sweet Inspiration”, “ Funky Broadway “. But he could also play on country, jazz, pop, anything you wish ! But still much respect to Jamerson !

Did they ever find his 62’ fender stolen right before he died ?