This was done at Capitol, right after we had cut his other hit of Im Coming Home soul type of recording at CBS. My bass part was totally improvised (made up) according to the chord chart and what the horns were playing on the record date. youtube/watch?v=W781TDvAnL4 Games People Play. I said to Mel and the producer in the booth, weve got it now, let me do another take for you ...you dont want that, its a bass solo all the way through!....they just laughed and so I drove home thinking I failed ......well that was a HUGE hit, and Mel later told me Carol I made more money off of that record than any other record!....you just never know sometimes.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 05:43:28 +0000