J.j. On Frank Wilson?

[Guest in town Mikey]

Just been asked if James Jamerson played on Do I Love You? I dont know. I see they were at Motown at the same time, so its a good chance he did. Anybody know for sure? thanks Mike

Edited April 29, 2010 by in town Mikey

[Andy Rix]

Just been asked if James Jamerson played on Do I Love You? I dont know. I see they were at Motown at the same time, so its a good chance he did. Anybody know for sure? thanks Mike

The simple answer is no he didn't

"At some point in 1965 the decision was taken to launch Frank Wilson as a Motown artist in his own right. At the latter end of the year, almost certainly during October, he went into Armin Steiner's 8 track Sound Recorders studio, in Los Angeles, to cut some songs...... The session musicians for the day were pulled from the studio regulars that included Billy Strange, Glen Campbell, Hal Blaine, Al De Lory, Carol Kaye and Tommy Tedesco. Frank seems to think that he played keyboard but clearly recalls that he sang backing vocals with the help of Brenda and Patrice Holloway. Both tracks were produced by Hal Davis and Marc Gordon."

This is taken from the piece I wrote for John when the 45 was auctioned. The full article was on his site for a while and was reproduced in the catalogue that was on sale at the time

Hope that helps

Andy

[Guest in town Mikey]

Superb stuff Andy, thanks.

[timthemod]

JJ is an interesting topic on ihis own, he's one of the greatest bass players of alltime. However it's amazing how many basslines he didn't play on, Youtube is awash with this stuff. Worst is the Jackson Five, most of their early stuff was recorded in LA, JJ didn't move there till about 1973. I'm not a musician but if you listen to any number of Motown 60's classics, his style of playing is v.distinctive and it's easy to workout if it's him or not. Let's now even get into the 'Carol Kaye played on I Was Made To Love Her' story!! What a nut job!