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Bass Play-Along Week: Grant Smith’s Version of James Jamerson’s Line on “For Once In My Life”
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Bass Play-Along Week: Grant Smith’s Version of James Jamerson’s Line on “For Once In My Life”

Today’s play-along is Grant Smith’s cover of Stevie Wonder’s “For Once In My Life,” a tune that features a masterfully crafted bass line from the imagination of the late, great James Jamerson. Smith, who plays it on a Kens Smith 6-string, picked the song as his first in a series of videos for its complexity and beauty. “It is a...