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extrait d'une interview :
We asked Nathan Watts to comment on some of his signature grooves with Stevie Wonder.
“Sir Duke,” 1976 We recorded it at Crystal Industries in L.A.; Stevie rehearsed the whole band, and then we cut it live. I used my ’74 P-Bass with Rotosounds, recorded direct. Stevie had the unison line, which, when I worked it out on the fingerboard, required me to bend up the last fret to reach the highest note. Stevie let me come up with the two-feel bass line, and I cut loose a bit on the out-chorus.
“Contusion,” 1976 Also rehearsed and recorded at Crystal, with my ’74 P-Bass. I had a little experience playing it live, but in the studio Stevie came up with the idea for the intro bass line; he sang the stuttering 16th rhythm and I played it.
“I Wish,” 1976 That was cut at 3am at Crystal on a Jazz Bass I had bought. I had been recording all day, and I had just gotten home and into bed exhausted, when Stevie called and said, “I need you to come back—I’ve got this bad song.” I came in and he had the eighth-note keyboard bass line, so I joined in, adding my Jamerson grace-notes, which he liked. Then he said, “Nate, do this,” and he sang some growly roars—so I started adding my slides. The engineer, Gary Olazabal, suggested I plug into an Alembic tube preamp, which he overdrove to get the growl. Other than that, the slides sound angry because it was 3 in the morning and I had to come all the way back to the studio!
“As,” 1976 That was a magical session at the Hit Factory in New York City. I walked in with my P-Bass, and the first person I saw was Herbie Hancock! We all sat there—me, Stevie, Herbie, [drummer] Greg Brown, and [guitarist] Dean Parks—and just grooved. I’ve never felt anything like it. The song meant so much and the lyrics were so great that as we heard them, we kept taking it up another level. I actually made two rhythmic mistakes—right before the first chorus and right before the last chorus—and I asked Stevie if I could fix them, but he said no, he liked the way they felt.
“Do I Do,” 1982 That was done at Wonderland. Stevie was real comfortable with the whole band at that point, so we just went in and jammed and played what we wanted. He gave me more freedom on that song than on just about any other, and with [drummer] Dennis Davis laying it down strong and simple, there was a lot of room for me to stretch. I used my ’79 MusicMan StingRay, recorded direct, with no effects. The nasty, growly sound is just the tone of the bass, plus the strings being tuned down to Eb, which added more rattle and fret noise. In the video we shot, they had us all in black on a dark background; I wore a white cowboy hat because I wanted to make sure I got seen! [Laughs.]"
source :http://www.bassplayer.com/article/nathan-wattss-wonderful/Mar-06/18890
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