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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: RGMike on July 16, 2012, 06:13:09 PM

Title: RIP Motown "Funk Brother" Bob Babbitt
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2012, 06:13:09 PM

Bassist in the legendary studio aggregation was 74

http://www.austin360.com/music/funk-brothers-bass-player-bob-babbitt-dies-at-2417418.html

Title: Re: RIP Motown "Funk Brother" Bob Babbitt
Post by: urth on July 16, 2012, 10:31:31 PM

Quote from: RGMike on July 16, 2012, 06:13:09 PM

Bassist in the legendary studio aggregation was 74

http://www.austin360.com/music/funk-brothers-bass-player-bob-babbitt-dies-at-2417418.html

Man, they're dropping like flies all of a sudden.

Title: Re: RIP Motown "Funk Brother" Bob Babbitt
Post by: RGMike on July 24, 2012, 02:22:59 PM

Peter Young's "Soul Cellar" feature on London's Jazz-FM (worth checking out every week) did a segment on Babbit. Amazing that he played on all of these:

Edwin Starr – Agent Double-O Soul
The Capitols – Cool Jerk
The Platters – With This Ring
The Flaming Ember – Westbound No. 9
100 Proof Aged In Soul – Somebody’s Been Sleeping In My Bed
The Temptations – Ball Of Confusion
The Undisputed Truth – Smiling Faces Sometimes

This link gets you Peter Young's entire 3-hr podcast (or should); the Soul Cellar is the last hour but it's an interesting show all around

http://s2.xrad.io/player/jazzfm/player.php?play=py

Title: Re: RIP Motown "Funk Brother" Bob Babbitt
Post by: ggould on July 24, 2012, 09:57:37 PM

he came over to my booth in the early 90's at Nashville NAMM, and I was totally in awe.  There I was, talking to the guy who played bass on "Mercy, Mercy Me." We had a nice talk, he gave me his phone number, but I was too shy to ever call.  It was an honor for him to try out my basses, even if nothing ever happened as a result.