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    Giants of the Electric Bass

    Mar 06, 2020 2 minutes
    JUNIUS PAUL

    Verdine White

    “Shining Star”

    Earth, Wind & Fire, That’s the Way of the World (Columbia, 1975)

    Verdine White is a bass legend. The discipline that he shows with his basslines, I think, is quite amazing. When you listen to the parts of the line, he shows that you don’t have to necessarily play a lot of stuff

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