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The house band — the Funk Brothers — had the extraordinary bassist James Jamerson and drummer Benny Benjamin.
It Happened in Hitsville Robinson, Lisa 2008
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Six have died, including hard-living drummer Benny Benjamin and James Jamerson, whose pioneering licks on the Fender bass created the blueprint for future electric-guitar players.
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Motown Records studio, Robinson's falsetto floated with heartbreaking elegance over a cushion of Tarplin's guitar, the voices of the other Miracles, and the nonpareil rhythm team of the bass guitarist James Jamerson and the drummer Benny Benjamin.
The Guardian World News Richard Williams 2011
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Benny Benjamin, (bassist) James Jamerson, all those guys.
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Soon the names of Earl Van Dyke, James Jamerson and Benny Benjamin came into the conversation, respectively the organist, bass guitarist and drummer of Motown's band of session musicians, working in a small studio in a building that became known, with justifiable pride, as Hitsville USA.
Expecting Rain 2009
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Jones was brought to the Motown fold as Marvin Gaye's tour drummer, but he caught on with the label at the right time-in 1964, as the label was achieving national acclaim, he filled in for Motown's primary drummer, the ailing Benny Benjamin.
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Stevie plays harmonica, drums, and clavinet while Benny Benjamin plays drums, and the master, James Jamerson is on the bass.
Flea Market Funk 2009
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They were James Jamerson, Benny Benjamin, Robert White, Joe Messina and Eddie Willis and Joe Hunter or Earl Van Dyke.
Expecting Rain Metro Times 2010
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