In the finale of Donny Hathaway's classic 1972 Live album, Willie Weeks – playing a flatwound-strung '62 Fender P-Bass through an Ampeg SVT – takes a three-and-a-half-minute solo that is a seamless melding of groove, melody, and drama, making it one of the deepest bass solos on record.
“Everywhere I go somebody knows my name because of that bass solo,” Weeks told Bass Player. “It's not like with Michael Jackson – I don't get mobbed – but I am famous, and I like it.
