Standing in the shadows of love

Once upon a time in Detroit, there was a man who met this man and produced wonderful things.

On their journey to stardom and good fortune they were helped along the way by these people.

The bass guitarist of this outfit was a guy called James Jamerson

There are people on the Internet now who, as a result of this guy, do this.

The genius of Jamerson is that he did all this with one finger because, apparently, he learnt on a stand-up slap bass.

Fascinating huh ?

The results of songs written by Holland Dozier Holland defined soul music for a generation. Let's ask Music Mike shall we ?

I didn't much care for Chairman of the Board TBH. But I do like these and these and these. Mr Gordy did well with all the others. A tune a day. Absolutely amazing. And done on two four-track machines.

In another city, a few hundred miles away, this guy was starting to make music too. He collaborated with this lot to produce this, this and this. The guy who later took on the role of chief axe for these musicians was this guy and, as the clip say's, this is a great song

Finally, Mr Wexler's finest achievement, in my opinion, is this

Complicated old world music is.

In other spheres Pip and I are building again. Its been like this for ages and now its like this

I hope now we (Pip and I) are gonna do this, which brings us back, very neatly, to Mr Jamerson.

One of the true roots people of modern contemporary soul music.

Now his tunes are going to support me through changing times.

JVIP