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Bryan Beller

“I don’t think that bassline is playable by anyone else”: How Stevie Wonder recorded one of the funkiest basslines in existence

AMERICAN BANDSTAND - "30th Anniversary" 1981 Stevie Wonder.

Holding down the bass chair for a force of nature like Stevie Wonder seems an unenviable task. In addition to being one of most prolific songwriting geniuses of the last century, Wonder's keyboard-born left-hand basslines have been as influential as those on our list of the 40 best basslines of all time.

But none of that daunts Nathan Watts, having played more than 50 years with the man he casually refers to as Steve. “Too High, Boogie On Reggae Woman, I've had to play everything over the years,” Watts told Bass Player back in June 2010.

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