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There was tragedy, too: Jamerson’s son – who, naturally, became a bass player – died in 2016 at the age of 58. He had been suffering from a degenerative spinal condition, and his earlier alcoholism (which had also afflicted his father) took its additional toll. Up to that point, James Jr. had prospered in music, touring in the ’80s and ’90s with such acts as Natalie Cole, the Crusaders, Smokey Robinson and Deniece Williams, and recording with other stars, including Bob Dylan. Too, he scored a hit of his own, “Don’t Hold Back,” as one half of Chanson in 1979, and fronted a multi-media touring show (“Standing in the Shadows of Motown Live!”) with Peabo Bryson and Leela James in 2013, which was put together with Slutsky.
“Junior had a good career,” said Slutsky, “but he always lived in his father’s inescapable shadow. It was tough on him, even though he deeply loved his dad.” The 2013 tour was “a huge artistic success, but didn’t draw that well. Junior was down and out, but played very w
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Jamerson, James
1936–1983
Musician
Bassist James Jamerson was a driving force of the classic Motown sound, popular through the 1960s and still familiar even to those not even born when it flourished. In the words of Ed Hogan of the All Music Guide, Jamerson "single-handedly revolutionized bass playing." His detailed, rhythmically complex bass lines shaped the sound of Motown's legendary "Funk Brothers" rhythm section to a degree many listeners never suspected; Jamerson was a largely unheralded figure at the time of his early death in 1983, although his influence on other musicians loomed large. The recollections gathered in the 2002 documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown helped to restore Jamerson to his proper place in the history of popular music.
James Lee Jamerson Jr. was born on Edisto Island, near Charleston, South Carolina, on January 29, 1936. His birth year has also been reported as 1938, but the 1936 date, according to Jamerson biographer Dr. Licks, is corroborated by Jamerson's birth certificate. Jamerson's father, James Sr., worked in Charleston's shi
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James Jamerson Jr.
James Jamerson Jr. (born James L. Jamerson III; August 24, 1957 – March 23, 2016)[1] was an American bass player and noted studio musician. During his over three-decades long career he recorded with Bob Dylan, Tavares, The Temptations, and many more.
Life and career
Jamerson Jr. was born in Detroit to legendary session bass player James Jamerson, a cornerstone member of Motown's famed house band, The Funk Brothers.[2]
In the early 1970s, Jamerson, Jr. became an in-demand session bassist. In the next three decades he played on the studio albums by Janet Jackson, Smokey Robinson, and Aretha Franklin, to name a few.[3]
In the late 1970s, he formed a studio disco group, Chanson, along with guitarist David Williams. Their only charted single, "Don't Hold Back" reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979 and No. 18 in Canada.[4]
Jamerson died in Detroit on March 23, 2016, at age 58. He had suffered for years with ankylosing spondylitis.[2][5]
Selected discography
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