Hi all, haven't been here in a while.
I remember buying back in the day the Maze album "Can't Stop The Love" and noticed in the credits that bass-dawg Randy Jackson [[Narada Michael Walden, Journey, Idols) was hired for some tracks on the project. Frankie Beverly produced the album and did he choose Randy for those tracks because of his particular sound, and was Maze's own bass man, Robin Duhe, technically unable to play them?
Same thing for the group Mystic Merlin. Nathan East was hired for some tracks on the "Full Moon" album including the solid opening jam "Mister Magician." Producer Alan Abrahams chose Nate's sound instead of the one from Mystic Merlin-bassist Clyde Bullard.
I can understand that cats are being hired for solo projects of singers, but hiring a musician for a band which already have someone playing that same instrument, seems somewhat odd. I can understand though that producers might look for a certain sound or skills and ability of a cat who can technically lay down those specific written bass-tabs, guitar/keys-chords, horn-riffs, etc, but still though.
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