P B S History Detectives - James Jamerson Amp

[Roburt]

Still not fully adjusted to Florida time so I was up early this morning & needing to keep quiet (the wife was still asleep) I flicked thru some US TV channels.

Glad I did as on one of the local PBS stns, I caught an episode of 'History Detectives'. This one dealt with a guy who was trying to establish if an amp he now owned had once belonged to Funk Brother James Jamerson.

You can check out details of this show here ........... https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/

 

............. Steve Fishman’s heart skipped a beat when he came across a battered Ampeg B-15 amp with the name “James Jamerson” stenciled on the side. 

Steve calls Jamerson the Jimi Hendrix of bass players.  He says Jamerson’s bass line drove the Motown sound. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Jamerson in the year 2000.  The museum might want to display the amp, but only if History Detectives host Eduardo Pagán can prove Jamerson owned it. 

 

........ ALSO ...... it seems that a US edition of 'Antiques Roadshow' is being broadcast tonight from Detroit. I'm led to believe they visit Hitsville during this show (probably someone fetches along something with a Motown connection). So I'll have to try to catch that as well. 

Edited January 28, 2014 by Roburt

[Guest]

Really interesting thanx for sharing! 

[Chalky]

Was posted on here about 6 months ago.

Still interesting to see again.