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... bass player continued plucking the strings of the bulbous fiddle for which he had to buy an extra ticket on plane trips . But early in the ' 50s something called a Fender bass- named after the company that manufactured it - made its ...
... bass player continued plucking the strings of the bulbous fiddle for which he had to buy an extra ticket on plane trips . But early in the ' 50s something called a Fender bass- named after the company that manufactured it - made its ...
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... bass , the group used their bass singer as a substitute . His deep , four - to - the - bar " doe - doe - doe - doe's " were imitated by other groups of the ' 50s , notably The Moonglows , who employed the device on their classic ...
... bass , the group used their bass singer as a substitute . His deep , four - to - the - bar " doe - doe - doe - doe's " were imitated by other groups of the ' 50s , notably The Moonglows , who employed the device on their classic ...
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... BASS His middle name should be " Laugh . " He has one of the heartiest , and when he is not laughing at something you have said , he is cackling about something he has said or , for that matter , is just think- ing . One of the great ...
... BASS His middle name should be " Laugh . " He has one of the heartiest , and when he is not laughing at something you have said , he is cackling about something he has said or , for that matter , is just think- ing . One of the great ...
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Anatomy of Rhythm and Blues | xv |
Rhythm and Blues Under Fire | xxiii |
Leroy Carr and Tampa | xxxi |
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