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Nathan Watts on Do I Do.


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[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1452994862' post='2955433']
Lovely stuff. Not my words but the words of Shakin' Stevens
[/quote]ha ha. Excellent. i see there is an Alan Partridge fan in the crowd. Don't get me started on my Alan quote's

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[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1453026016' post='2955556']
and some bloke called Dizzy on the trumpet? Not bad.
[/quote]am i the only person that thinks that Dizzy is really not pushing his trumpet out there on this record. especially next to Stevies chromatic harmonica.

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[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1453029326' post='2955626']
A defining bass line.

To a certain extent Nathan Watts was lucky that his signature licks fitted right in. Maybe his style was in Stevie Wonders mind when he wrote the song.
[/quote]He wasn't lucky imo, Nathan could play any genre. Stevie was going to choose Willie Weeks, but Nathan played and he liked him.

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Bass Player magazine featured the transcription of this a few years ago as the lead article, which doesn't happen very often. The text of the article is here: http://www.bassplayer.com/artists/1171/nathan-watts-on-stevie-wonder39s-39do-i-do39/26140 - I've got the magazine somewhere but you can probably find the transcription online somewhere.

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[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1453041313' post='2955832']
Bass Player magazine featured the transcription of this a few years ago as the lead article, which doesn't happen very often. The text of the article is here: [url="http://www.bassplayer.com/artists/1171/nathan-watts-on-stevie-wonder39s-39do-i-do39/26140"]http://www.bassplaye...do-i-do39/26140[/url] - I've got the magazine somewhere but you can probably find the transcription online somewhere.
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Blimey - i got this far and now understand why so many of the tunes have lots of Eb.

"Before diving into “Do I Do,” it’s highly recommended that you tune your bass down a half-step, as Nate Watts always has (since being inspired to do so after first hearing Jimi Hendrix)."

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