Do I Do - Stevie Wonder

[liverbird]

Mega-funky track from 1982 featuring Nathan Watts on a '79 Ray. There's a full transcription in the June issue of Bass Player - worth checking out!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQEBZfG5SaY&feature=fvst]YouTube - Stevie Wonder - Do I Do[/ame]

 

[Psycho Ward]

There is NOTHING wrong with that!

 

[RobertB]

That is a great line, and an even better sound.

 

[Bassmedic14]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[keko]

Excelent bass player, excellent bass tone, nice bass, I love it!

 

[DTG]

i am going to see Stevie in Dublin on the 24th man i really cant wait !

 

[oli@bass]

Amazing how good the bass can be heard although it's not really loud in the mix. Great bass sound, great playing, and a great song.

 

[drTStingray]

Fantastic player, and he's done a number of my all time favourite bass parts. I saw an interview with him a few years ago and he said he still uses that Ray to record sometimes.

I think he also said he recorded Do I Do straight into the board with no effects........he plays incredibly hard on the studio version, and there's lots of string rattle/overdrive - again, he refers to that also in the interview (it was either Bass Player or Bass Guitar Magazine).

I also saw him play that Ray on a BBC programme where Stevie Wonder played a couple of songs - I Wish was one of them. Very punchy sound!

 

[zuma]

Amazing how good the bass can be heard although it's not really loud in the mix. Great bass sound, great playing, and a great song.

That's the distortion doing the work for you! It's awesome for cutting though like that. I'm sure you know that Oli, just sayin' for all the youngsters.

 

[drTStingray]

That's the distortion doing the work for you! It's awesome for cutting though like that. I'm sure you know that Oli, just sayin' for all the youngsters.

Zuma I think Nate Watts attacks the strings incredibly hard.............attack a Ray hard and it answers back with thunderous tone and cut through. Unless I'm much mistaken I don't think he uses distortion.

Flea has a similar approach (though does use distortion sometimes) - these guys really dig in big time and it makes a major difference IMO

 

[MingusBASS]

One of my favorites. Nate Watts, kill'n it!

 

[Holdsg]

Great seeing Stevie in such good shape. This is how I want to remember him.
This song, I Wish, Sir Duke, Higher Ground. Awesome bass lines all.

 

[T Alan]

Excellent! LOVE how he works that MM toan.