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Nathan East is the most
famous person you don't
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know you already know.
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One of those guys that's unparalleled.
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You look at that discography of work,
and you don't have to try to explain it.
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Over decades, you become
aware that this is the most versatile,
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adaptive bass player in the world.
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He's a musical genius, he's just one of
the baddest bass players there ever was.
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He's just a masterful player.
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He's such an exceptional,
exceptional musician.
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He's one of the greats.
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Guy is just badass in everything he does.
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And he has been forever.
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He's been with every act.
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He's been with every
imaginable musical genre.
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And he's done it.
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If Nathan can't make your session,
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you have to rethink the way
you're gonna make the record.
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He's probably the best bass
player I've ever worked with.
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100 years from now,
he'll be considered one of
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the top talented musicians of all time.
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Whatever it is, it, he's got it.
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This is the secret weapon.
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It's not such a secret,
but he's the only one,
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there's only one of him.
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Hey Ricky Lawson!
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We love how you.
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And Jojo.
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Hey, give me a kiss.
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Yes.
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Cats!
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Dude.
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If I was gonna go on the court,
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this would be the team.
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Oh, man.
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This would be the winning team.
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You haven't seen me
trying to shoot, though.
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Yeah, I know.
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I know.
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If I was gonna go on the front
line, this would be the cats.
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Oh, man, thanks for being here.
This is great.
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Bass players,
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to a large extent, tend
to be the unsung heroes.
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If they are well-known, sometimes it's for
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the wrong reasons.
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It would be great if he
actually wrote down or
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there was a list of all
the tracks he played on,
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where you'd think, my God, that was him.
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My God, that was him.
My God, that was him.
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Gladys Knight and the Pips.
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Lionel Richie.
Pointer Sisters.
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Kenny Rogers.
Chaka Khan.
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Al Jarreau.
Aretha.
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Whitney Houston.
Kenny Loggins.
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Amy Grant.
Michael Jackson.
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Earth, Wind and Fire.
Anita Baker.
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Wayne Shorter records to Bob Dylan.
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Phil Collins.
Quincy Jones.
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Patty Austin.
Eric Clapton.
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Sergio Mendes.
Elton John.
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Babyface.
Chris Botti.
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Natalie Cole.
Michael McDonald.
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George Harrison.
Stevie Wonder.
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Herbie Hancock.
Beyonce.
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David Foster. The guys in Toto.
Daft Punk.
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Give them Ishmael, kids would
be going, I love that record.
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Oh, that's Nathan East.
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Oh, that was Nathan East.
That's Nathan East.
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This guy is really something.
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There's just a handful of guys like Nathan,
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who keep appearing decade after
decade after decade on records
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because they have this unique gift.
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I think the goal of any
artist is to take their own
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emotional life and transduce
it into notes and sounds.
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I was born in Philadelphia,
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Pennsylvania on December 8th, 1955.
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My father was born in
Middledrift, South Africa, and
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he was actually a track star,
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went to Chaney State
University in Pennsylvania.
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Tom East sets world mark.
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He beat Jessie Owens and he
would have made the Olympics,
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but the Olympics was
canceled due to the war.
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My dear sweet mother,
Gwendolyn Harrell East.
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She was originally from St. Louis, but
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she taught kindergarten
in Newark, New Jersey.
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And the way she met my
father was his brother was at
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Mount Claire getting married
to one of her good friends.
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They met at the wedding and started dating.
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He would come to New
Jersey and court my mom, or
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she would go to Philly.
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It's unbelievable, looking at
some of these pictures of my
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parents when they were so young.
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Mom and Dad were married close to 50 years.
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And when he passed away, I found
some love letters where he was,
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by the light of the
moon, I write this letter.
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It was pretty romantic, I
thought, Dad, come on now.
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You were rolling pretty romantically.
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Nathan has toured and recorded and
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played with some of the
biggest talent on the planet.
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If you've listened to any radio,
any song, anywhere in the world
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in the last 40 years, chances
are, you've heard Nathan East.
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How we doing?
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Doing good. All drum
mics are ready to go.
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They're just doing a final
check and we'll start getting.
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I think that there is
really something to be
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respected about someone
whose credits read like Nathan's do.
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It's a testament to his
versatility, obviously, but
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to his demand.
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No, I got 10,000 hours logged in here.
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I bet you do.
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Yeah.
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There's so much of
himself in those records,
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I think a lot of them he almost
considers his solo albums,
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because there's so much
Nathan on these records.
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He's just probably storing
up all this good stuff all these
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years, and it has to let itself out now.
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The stars are all in alignment.
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Hey, how you doing?
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What's that? We're ready here.
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We're from San Diego.
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We had a small three bedroom
house with nine people in it.
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My mother sang, my father played piano,
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he played the same three songs.
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For about all of our childhood.
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The funny thing was my father, he wasn't
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professional or schooled, but
he would put a Life magazine on
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the piano as if it were music,
and he would start to play.
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I'm the third oldest
boy, five boys, two girls.
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So I have two older
brothers, two younger brothers,
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and two younger sisters.
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Growing up we had the family band.
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Cecilia played French horn, and
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we had a trumpet, Gertie played trumpet.
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We eventually convinced her to play flute,
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which she did, she happily.
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Did flute and piccolo, much more pleasant.
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Being the youngest I got
into it playing trombone.
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We had our own horn section.
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Nathan was playing
cello in junior high school.
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When I went to junior high school and
asked, can I take piano lessons?
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Well they didn't have
piano lessons, right, so they
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said you can play one of the
instruments in the orchestra.
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I'm thinking that bass was
pretty big, I'm a little guy.
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And the violin would
be all over too small, so
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the cello was perfect.
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So I started on cello, that
was my first official instrument.
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The thing that I discovered
was that before they
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hit the A on the piano, I
would just tune the cello and
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like the A was in my brain
some kind of way and.
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He could hear a note or
you could play a note on
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the piano, and he could tell you
what it was, what that note was.
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This was even tougher, you could
name a note, and he could sing
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it and you'd play it on the
piano and it was spot on.
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I made a lot of lunch money in junior high
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school because people
would say, what key is that, and
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I'd be able to identify the key.
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And also it's like okay, well, play an A.
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Okay, here's an A.
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I think that instrument really
developed my ears a lot.
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At the top end
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of this recording process, I
said Let's put some world class
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real musicians in a room,
and see what happens.
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What is the first song gonna be called?
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101 Eastbound. I think
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kinda to get underway,
I would like to do this.
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Okay, cool.
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The tune is 23 years old.
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We're kinda changing it up
to start as a Brazilian kind of-
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Pretty minimal kinda
samba-ish kind of tune.
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I kinda can start with the bass and voice.
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I'm sorry.
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Coming in from the beach, baby!
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Yeah, your coming in from the beach,
that's exactly right.
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Okay, let's get it, get underway,
kinda listen to it. Okay.
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Maybe we can- Yeah.
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Spice it up if there's
a place, or, you know.
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Right, right.
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Yeah.
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Watch the.
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The funny thing about
Nathan as a lead artist is
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nobody can believe that
he hasn't done it already.
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I didn't realize that he's never
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made a solo record.
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I didn't realize that.
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What, he never made a solo record before?
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He should have done it a long time ago.
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He should've done it a long time ago.
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I think he's been meaning to.
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I think, just he's always working.
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The record player was
this big, huge credenza.
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The speakers were in
the side of this big cabinet.
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That was like our childhood pastime.
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Je m'appelle Barbra was one of
my father's favorite albums and
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one of the first musical
memories that I have is
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listening to her voice.
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One time I flew in to one of her sessions,
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I put on the headphones and
big orchestra and everything and
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I heard that voice saying, is Nathan here?
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And I'm going, wow.
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If my father was alive, that
would be a proud moment.
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My parents pushed us all
to be involve with music for
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which I will be forever grateful.
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My brother, David play guitar.
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Now if you played guitar, you were cool.
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Now we're talking classic.
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There's David, Marcel, and me.
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I especially like the David
afro with the part in it.
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We are talking throwback
Thursday right here.
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Ray, my oldest brother, used to sing.
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So they were at church,
and I'd sit in there and
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tag along with him.
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And I'd look on the altar, and
there sitting there on a stand,
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is a bass, a four stringed instrument.
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I'm not even sure if we had a bass player,
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if there was anybody playing
the bass but He went and
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And started to jam with the
guys, and the power that I felt in my
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hands instantly was something very special.
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He never ceases to amaze me,
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his ability to adapt to the
genre that he's playing in.
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All of a sudden I heard
him playing on Daft Punk.
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And I think, what the hell?
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How did he morph into that?
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I remember taking a
picture of all the guys.
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We got a photo and I was
about to post it to Facebook,
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and they said, wait, wait,
wait, don't post it to Facebook,
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because nobody knows what we look like.
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I love that record, you know?
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Before I could put two and
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two together who everybody was and
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who all was playing, All I
knew was, that song felt great.
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Then you go look and see whose playing, and
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you go, oh, well no wonder.
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There's a song that Michael
Thompson submitted.
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We're very interested in
a particular groove that-
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Just sent it to you
this morning too.
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Let's hear it.
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There it is, this groove.
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When he finally announced
that he was going to
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record his first solo record,
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everybody came out of the woodwork.
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I called up Nathan, I
think I was in Switzerland,
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I tell him you can't do
this record without me.
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Ray Parker is blowing my email up.
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And I told him, you know, if
you need some rhythm guitar,
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after all, who you gonna call?
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You want it crazy.
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I want it crazy.
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Let's go, baby.
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Can I just do the very first part,
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the first opening, the long note?
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On the first pass?
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The first pass.
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Okay, you got it.
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It's a little funky.
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We're golden.
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One piece at a time.
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Okay. Come on man.
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That's where we need to be.
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That's exactly
where we need to be.
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It's the Tom Scott that you hear on
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Quincy Jones records, that
you hear on Earth Wind and Fire.
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That you you hear on Steely Dan.
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What neighborhood are you from again?
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Well, I listen hard to
different kinds of music.
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The famous Mr. Talkbox.
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The also famous, a guy named Nathan East.
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Nathan East.
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Oh my goodness.
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I'm speechless.
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Let's have some fun.
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The environment changed when Mr.
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Talkbox came into the session
and tore the song wide open.
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Stop!
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Whoa!
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That's crazy!
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The song we'll keep really
got established yesterday.
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So.
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Okay. This is
what, this right here.
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This is kinda where we are.
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Guess what?
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What do you think?
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It's pretty phat.
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Sounded like a record.
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I'm ready to put this on the
radio right now, come on man.
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We started a jazz mass
at Christ the King and
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Ray was the canter and Nate
played bass, I played guitar.
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It's great that I learned
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the bass in the church,
because it's a very forgiving place.
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So, if you make a mistake,
they forgive you a lot easier
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than if you're just on a regular gig.
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We wanted to play all the time.
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From the church, we branched
out, playing some of the pop and
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rock and jazz tunes of the day.
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Back when I started,
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radio was not just one type of music.
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I mean you could hear Miles Davis and
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then go right into Jimi Hendrix,
then Cream then the Temptations,
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all on one station.
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Aretha Franklin, Wes Montgomery,
as the years went on, Earth,
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Wind, and Fire.
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Tommy Todesco, Bob Dylan, Blood,
Sweat and Tears, Tower of Power.
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So, I started having this
eclectic influence of music.
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Santana, Clapton, these
were the things that got me.
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My opinion is, the greatest
guitar player of all time,
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Wes Montgomery.
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One man's opinion.
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Over decades,
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you become aware that this
is the most versatile, adaptive,
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bass player in the world,
and he fits everywhere.
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He sets the bar so high.
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Once you play with him, it's
tough to not have that in the
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back of your mind when
you're playing with other people.
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Not only is he one of the
greatest musicians of all time,
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in 100 years we'll be talking
about what he did on the bass.
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And what he did musically.
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He's one of those players that can
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walk into a situation and
make everyone sound good.
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The whole band sounds better
because that guy's playing in the band.
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Because he brings everyone up,
and he ties it together somehow.
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I'll never forget picking up the bass at
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the school cafeteria one
afternoon and playing the bass
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line to a song by James Brown
called Top of the Stack, and
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I started going.
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Nate picked it up and
started jamming on it.
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There were some girls
around, and- I looked down
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and there were about nine girls
standing there looking up going, wow.
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And at that moment I realized
that this is what I wanna do.
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The rest is history.
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I like this.
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And Nate always had that
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contagious joy when he plays,
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and I think that affects the
other people he plays with.
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And those are the collaborations
that really make great records.
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His spirit has everything
to do with his music.
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Some people have it, and some people don't.
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Got it right, you know?
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He did, and I don't know how to put it.
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It's like a person that's
talented, they've got it.
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Whatever it is, they have it, they get it.
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And they're getting very young.
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When I was high school,
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I wanted to be involved in as
many musical situations as possible.
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So I was literally in the
marching band, pep band,
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stage band, and then I was
in a band called Power, kind of
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an R&B funk band, and we
played all around town in San Diego.
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We played for one of
the Stacks reviews, and
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00:17:33,030 --> 00:17:34,759
that's how we met Barry White.
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He heard our band and called
us up for a meeting in LA, and
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he actually hired the entire band.
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Here's our group called Power.
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That's what you call a hair don't.
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There are hair
dos and hair don'ts.
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I was 16 years old,
touring with Barry White and
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the Love Unlimited Orchestra.
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For us it was like, you know, the big time,
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because he was making
number one hit records.
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And when we came back off of that tour we
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got some additional
opportunities playing with
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Cannon Ball Laterally.
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Cannon Ball brought them me the first time,
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you know, Power, two bad
guys, and to talented, I mean, so
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talented it was ridiculous.
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Boy, little did we know at the time
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that Nathan would go on and
have such a relationship with Quincy.
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Well I feel very blessed with the people
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I've met in my life, very blessed, and
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Nate is at the top of that list.
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It's like Q Project here.
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I think it's fantastic.
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He was born with a gift,
playing with Hubert Laws
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when he was 19 years
old at the Hollywood Bowl.
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That's like a child prodigy
kind of performance.
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It's so difficult to assume that Nathan
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was just beginning because
he played so professionally.
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I mean, he was already on
the level of what we had been
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doing already.
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He contributed to a
record we did called Family.
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I wanna get to, this.
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Look at this.
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Wow, what did you do?
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You took a picture of this?
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Somebody actually gave me that, and
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it's a Hubert Laws Family,
our first record together.
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That was a big hit for CBS.
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Yeah.
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Big hit.
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Big hit.
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He also wrote a tune for
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that record called Wildfire,
and it features piccolo and
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his bass, and we played
the melody together.
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We'd like to close with a song that
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I probably wrote, let me see,
about 30 some odd years ago for
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Hubert Laws.
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We are going to attempt to play this song.
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It's called Wildfire.
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Good luck guys.
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So you see he was already very precocious,
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00:20:00,306 --> 00:20:03,909
I mean as far as his
ability to play professionally.
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00:20:03,910 --> 00:20:05,459
He was already there.
401
00:20:05,460 --> 00:20:06,969
He was really young.
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00:20:06,970 --> 00:20:09,734
I know that because I was young then.
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00:20:09,735 --> 00:20:15,980
I require a lot of my guys.
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00:20:17,190 --> 00:20:23,149
When Nathan came to the band
and was immediately a contributing
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00:20:23,150 --> 00:20:27,279
member and had lots to say,
we almost didn't even question it.
406
00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:31,033
It's kind of like Hubert's
comment, you know, well of course.
407
00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:38,530
Wow, there's Cecil Lytle.
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00:20:40,830 --> 00:20:43,689
Well, I joined the faculty at UCSD in 1974.
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One of the most remarkable first
students I met was Nathan East.
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00:20:47,990 --> 00:20:51,549
And Nathan said something like,
I hear you're the new jazz professor.
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We just thought we'd come
by and shake your hand and
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find out what we're gonna do together.
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By November of that first year,
Nate's mother and father had
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invited my family, new to town,
over for Thanksgiving dinner.
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And here we were in the East household, and
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00:21:05,650 --> 00:21:08,439
the seven, eight children
and mom and dad, and
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00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,619
it was just this rookery of happy souls.
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00:21:10,620 --> 00:21:13,560
It was very clear that I wasn't
just gonna have a relationship
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with Nathan East, but
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00:21:14,636 --> 00:21:17,817
a personal relationship with all
nine members of the East family.
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What was comforting was to meet young
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00:21:29,269 --> 00:21:33,709
musicians who were so capable
and also such decent people.
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00:21:33,710 --> 00:21:37,086
And it was borne out not
just with Nathan East but
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also his entire family.
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I started to work on my
master's program as UCSD.
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00:21:44,110 --> 00:21:46,855
And in my first year, Bert
Turetzky just said, Nate,
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00:21:46,856 --> 00:21:49,299
go to L.A., and start making money.
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Go to L.A., become rich and famous, and
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make us proud.
430
00:21:52,150 --> 00:21:53,699
Those are the exact words I remember.
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Great.
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Do you think I have time for
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a lesson before I leave.
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I mean. Yeah.
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This is Burt Turetzky,
ladies, and gentlemen.
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My coach, my mentor,
my instructor, my professor.
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00:22:05,450 --> 00:22:06,300
Your friend.
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00:22:06,300 --> 00:22:07,020
My friend.
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00:22:07,021 --> 00:22:10,489
Damn right, and you know what
happened when he became rich and
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00:22:10,490 --> 00:22:15,329
famous, he brought a house
for his parents, that made me cry.
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I thought, oh God, he is even
better than I thought he was.
442
00:22:19,750 --> 00:22:22,110
From the very beginning
he wasn't just a student.
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00:22:22,111 --> 00:22:25,578
He was a remarkable young
man, and I think that relationship in
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00:22:25,579 --> 00:22:28,406
my heart has grown deeper
in the last four decades.
445
00:22:30,651 --> 00:22:38,867
He paid his dues
in those early days.
446
00:22:38,868 --> 00:22:41,844
There was probably a lot
of ramen being consumed.
447
00:22:41,845 --> 00:22:44,049
At that time.
448
00:22:44,050 --> 00:22:48,179
He was really trying to make
his mark in the studio world.
449
00:22:48,180 --> 00:22:50,699
Nathan comes up as the
new kid on the block with
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the bass, and everyone is
like, who's this Nathan East guy?
451
00:22:53,980 --> 00:22:55,389
I don't know, but he's good.
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00:22:55,390 --> 00:22:56,919
Let's keep using him.
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Nathan and I met during the making of
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Lee Ritenour's album in the 70s.
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00:23:03,361 --> 00:23:05,106
Ladies and gentleman, Lee Ritenour.
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00:23:05,107 --> 00:23:08,648
Would you please introduce
me to your associate?
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All right, on vocals and bass,
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the great Nathan East.
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00:23:11,540 --> 00:23:12,729
Nathan, nice to have you here.
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00:23:12,730 --> 00:23:13,809
I actually remember
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00:23:13,810 --> 00:23:16,559
where I was standing the first
time I heard him play cuz he's
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00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:17,799
that extraordinary a player.
463
00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,609
He's that unique a player.
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00:23:19,610 --> 00:23:22,919
And it's just one of those
things you just don't forget.
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He's one of those guys.
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00:23:23,911 --> 00:23:27,079
It just a handful of bass
players that have contributed
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00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,139
to the bass like he has.
468
00:23:29,140 --> 00:23:31,669
The first gold record I
ever received was given
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to me by Lionel Richie, and it was for
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00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:38,279
the song Endless Love by
Lionel Riche and Diana Ross.
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00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,029
Every time I would watch a television show,
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00:23:40,030 --> 00:23:43,129
and every time I would see
him there's Nathan East and
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I'm going, okay, I guess when I
do my next record, Endless Love.
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I'll call Nathan East.
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00:23:48,130 --> 00:23:51,766
And of course it went from
there to almost every record I
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ever recorded.
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00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:54,960
I had to have Nathan East on the record.
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00:23:54,961 --> 00:23:57,612
And I'll never forget
hanging that thing in my
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hallway.
480
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And trying to visualize what it would
look like to have a few gold records there.
481
00:24:03,295 --> 00:24:05,982
You had to have him,
because you want the vibe on the record,
482
00:24:05,983 --> 00:24:07,259
you want the vibe to happen.
483
00:24:07,260 --> 00:24:10,830
You want it to be locked,
just call Nathan, it's locked.
484
00:24:12,130 --> 00:24:13,210
Now come on Lionel,
485
00:24:14,450 --> 00:24:16,010
how is that you never age?
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00:24:17,140 --> 00:24:19,089
One of my favorite Lionel stories is
487
00:24:19,090 --> 00:24:21,219
coming out of Ocean Way at about midnight.
488
00:24:21,220 --> 00:24:22,829
We played ping pong until 12:30.
489
00:24:22,830 --> 00:24:26,239
One thing led to another and next thing
you know I'm hearing all these great
490
00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:28,589
Commodores stories
and Lionel Richie stories.
491
00:24:28,590 --> 00:24:30,630
And right when we got ready to leave
we'd talk some more.
492
00:24:30,631 --> 00:24:32,579
We talked six hours.
493
00:24:32,580 --> 00:24:35,149
Before you know it, 6:00 AM.
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00:24:35,150 --> 00:24:37,049
I couldn't believe it.
495
00:24:37,050 --> 00:24:38,519
Our cars are running.
496
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,069
Probably went through half a tank of gas.
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There's a handful of players that all do
this very well.
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00:24:44,355 --> 00:24:46,725
But at the top of them,
at the top of the pile,
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00:24:46,726 --> 00:24:48,479
you're gonna find Nathan East.
500
00:24:54,988 --> 00:24:56,230
Right now. Nate,
what's up buddy?
501
00:24:56,230 --> 00:24:56,979
You.
502
00:24:56,979 --> 00:24:57,812
How the hell are you?
503
00:24:57,813 --> 00:24:59,145
Good.
504
00:24:59,146 --> 00:25:00,062
There he is.
505
00:25:00,063 --> 00:25:03,065
There he is.
506
00:25:03,066 --> 00:25:04,937
Nathan, it's unbelievable.
507
00:25:04,938 --> 00:25:05,978
You made it happen.
508
00:25:05,979 --> 00:25:06,604
God make it happen.
509
00:25:06,605 --> 00:25:07,936
Amen to that.
510
00:25:07,937 --> 00:25:08,812
You know what I'm saying. Oh, brother.
511
00:25:08,813 --> 00:25:10,113
I flew to LA and Nathan and
512
00:25:10,114 --> 00:25:13,929
I met at a restaurant to discuss
pre-production on the record.
513
00:25:13,930 --> 00:25:17,024
We drove separate cars to his studio.
514
00:25:17,025 --> 00:25:18,664
Just by mere coincidence,
515
00:25:18,665 --> 00:25:22,764
I have the radio on to the
same station that he's listening to.
516
00:25:22,765 --> 00:25:26,410
And as we're coming to the
stoplight, the original version
517
00:25:26,411 --> 00:25:29,354
of Moondance by Van
Morrison comes on the radio.
518
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:36,513
Nathan starts lip syncing and
519
00:25:36,514 --> 00:25:39,459
doing all kinds of choreography.
520
00:25:39,460 --> 00:25:43,459
So I pulled out my phone
and started to film and
521
00:25:43,460 --> 00:25:46,129
there in all its glory it became very
522
00:25:46,130 --> 00:25:49,559
clear to me that Moondance
was a bit of our own destiny.
523
00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:52,399
Ladies and gentlemen, Greg Phillingains.
524
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:53,070
Hey.
525
00:25:53,071 --> 00:25:54,769
A man who needs no introduction.
526
00:25:54,770 --> 00:25:56,389
Yes and you didn't give me one either.
527
00:25:56,390 --> 00:25:57,200
So I'm not going to give you one.
528
00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:01,229
So, so there we used to get confused
a lot, seriously as brothers anyway.
529
00:26:01,230 --> 00:26:03,449
I mean people would call him me and me him.
530
00:26:03,450 --> 00:26:09,724
The bond was established so
long ago it didn't take us long,
531
00:26:09,725 --> 00:26:13,359
but once that clicked, it
was just a permanent lock.
532
00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:17,229
It's gonna be a big ass- It's gonna
Song like- And it'll be tight, yeah.
533
00:26:22,980 --> 00:26:27,279
It means a lot, really, to all of
us who are participating in it.
534
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:30,129
I think most everybody who
is participating in it loves Nate.
535
00:26:30,130 --> 00:26:32,699
And you can't help but notice that.
536
00:26:32,700 --> 00:26:36,679
My brother from another mother, Thomas.
537
00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,379
The key, for me, was Chris
telling me that he wanted to
538
00:26:39,380 --> 00:26:44,249
have kinda the spirit of
the Brian Setzer Band,
539
00:26:44,250 --> 00:26:47,671
which has a definite kind of
rockabilly sort of a vibe to it.
540
00:26:47,672 --> 00:26:49,413
Tom has done
541
00:26:49,414 --> 00:26:52,879
an amazing arrangement on
this, and thanks everybody for
542
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:54,020
being here today.
543
00:26:54,021 --> 00:26:54,687
Yeah.
544
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,829
I don't normally sing a lot of swing.
545
00:27:02,830 --> 00:27:05,649
Big band stuff, but it's very soulful,
546
00:27:05,650 --> 00:27:07,529
very exciting arrangement.
547
00:27:07,530 --> 00:27:08,890
Those guys did a fantastic job.
548
00:27:10,050 --> 00:27:11,259
When you're casting and
549
00:27:11,260 --> 00:27:14,690
doing a song like a Van Morrison
song Moondance, and you got Tom Scott,
550
00:27:14,691 --> 00:27:17,479
and you got Michael McDonald,
and you got Nathan East.
551
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,240
I can already sort of see
what that's gonna sound like.
552
00:27:20,490 --> 00:27:21,430
All right, let's hear what you got.
553
00:27:21,431 --> 00:27:25,437
I'm saving a big surprise for right now.
554
00:27:52,272 --> 00:27:53,853
It's a rock and roll masterpiece.
555
00:27:53,854 --> 00:27:54,896
Guitar and bass are going
556
00:27:57,563 --> 00:27:59,436
You know, keeping that kind of thing going.
557
00:27:59,437 --> 00:28:01,937
The other licks just
kind of grow out of that.
558
00:28:01,938 --> 00:28:04,520
Oh!
559
00:28:04,521 --> 00:28:06,792
You're killing me!
560
00:28:06,793 --> 00:28:08,898
I did that actually so
we can go into overtime!
561
00:28:14,479 --> 00:28:16,645
Just the right amount of everything.
562
00:28:16,646 --> 00:28:21,254
It's a combination of
taste, adventurism, and
563
00:28:21,255 --> 00:28:24,228
knowing when enough is enough.
564
00:28:39,062 --> 00:28:41,646
It just sounds like the best of what
those guys do.
565
00:28:41,647 --> 00:28:44,886
How can you go wrong
with that combination of
566
00:28:44,887 --> 00:28:46,645
musicians and talent?
567
00:28:46,646 --> 00:28:48,061
Are you kidding me?
568
00:28:48,062 --> 00:28:49,687
And that's what we call an arrangement.
569
00:28:54,021 --> 00:28:56,687
Thank you, thanks,
thanks very much.
570
00:28:56,688 --> 00:28:59,561
Everything just wrapped.
571
00:28:59,562 --> 00:29:02,327
Now I guess I can show you one of my most
572
00:29:02,328 --> 00:29:04,069
prized possessions.
573
00:29:04,070 --> 00:29:07,290
It's the signature Yamaha base chrischiero.
574
00:29:08,420 --> 00:29:09,699
I love you, Nate.
575
00:29:09,700 --> 00:29:11,624
Yes, that way, Jiro.
576
00:29:11,625 --> 00:29:14,549
Nathan has been
577
00:29:14,550 --> 00:29:18,049
an endorsed artist at Yamaha for 31 years.
578
00:29:18,050 --> 00:29:20,639
Not only is he a great
ambassador to Yamaha,
579
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,669
he's a great ambassador to music.
580
00:29:23,670 --> 00:29:26,599
I love the sound of Yamaha
basses from the minute
581
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:27,110
I heard them.
582
00:29:27,111 --> 00:29:31,034
I think I was at A&M Studios
listening to Abraham Laboriel.
583
00:29:31,035 --> 00:29:33,395
He put the first Yamaha
base in my hands and I said,
584
00:29:33,396 --> 00:29:34,980
I have to go home with this thing.
585
00:29:37,187 --> 00:29:38,668
Someone sits down and
586
00:29:38,669 --> 00:29:41,145
they just relate to an instrument.
587
00:29:41,146 --> 00:29:44,199
I think it's very important
and I think that's where Nate's
588
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,146
relationship with his Yamaha bass is.
589
00:29:48,396 --> 00:29:50,382
I had the pleasure of meeting Nathan in
590
00:29:50,383 --> 00:29:51,769
the early 90s.
591
00:29:51,770 --> 00:29:55,839
It's been really fun
to watch his evolution.
592
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:57,322
As long as he's on the planet,
593
00:29:57,323 --> 00:30:00,187
he's gonna be probably the
most sought after bass player.
594
00:30:01,729 --> 00:30:04,312
For my bass that I
record with I've had people
595
00:30:04,313 --> 00:30:07,312
offer me substantial
amounts for that instrument.
596
00:30:09,312 --> 00:30:13,770
He's got this one bass
that just sounds perfect.
597
00:30:15,230 --> 00:30:18,319
I've offered him
everything in the world for it.
598
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:20,580
I offered a trade for
this studio for that bass.
599
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:26,509
Nathan East, that's the
sound when you hear that.
600
00:30:26,510 --> 00:30:29,010
He could play a two by four and
make it sound great.
601
00:30:29,010 --> 00:30:29,970
We can take some credit, but
602
00:30:29,971 --> 00:30:33,589
it's all in the fingers and the
heart, and he just brings it.
603
00:30:33,590 --> 00:30:34,919
He totally brings it.
604
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:36,479
What are you, are you
going to tell me he sold it?
605
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,437
No, no.
606
00:30:38,438 --> 00:30:40,309
You ever thought about making you a record?
607
00:30:40,310 --> 00:30:43,689
Nathan, has a very famous
bass sound that's been on
608
00:30:43,690 --> 00:30:45,419
number one hit after a number one hit.
609
00:30:45,420 --> 00:30:48,759
My challenge is, do I just do
his famous bass sound and
610
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:49,929
keep it like that or
611
00:30:49,930 --> 00:30:53,079
do I try and stretch to
see if we can beat it?
612
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,509
I think one of the first times
that we were in pre-production
613
00:30:55,510 --> 00:30:57,099
we were talking about playing a bass amp.
614
00:30:57,100 --> 00:30:59,689
He was like, well why
would you want to do that?
615
00:30:59,690 --> 00:31:01,700
- So, so.
- I'm not feeling the concept of that.
616
00:31:01,701 --> 00:31:02,979
He's not feeling it.
617
00:31:02,980 --> 00:31:05,359
I'm not to be just straight up honest.
618
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,309
I'm not trying to change your
sound we'll keep that the same.
619
00:31:08,310 --> 00:31:11,289
Let's try it and if you're
not liking it, you're
620
00:31:11,290 --> 00:31:13,739
not digging it and you know
we don't spend any time on it.
621
00:31:13,740 --> 00:31:15,184
I mean we can try it but.
622
00:31:15,185 --> 00:31:20,019
So it was a bit of a stretch I
623
00:31:20,020 --> 00:31:23,339
think for Nathan and
myself cuz I had to respect,
624
00:31:23,340 --> 00:31:25,799
he's literally probably the
world's greatest bass player.
625
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:29,527
So I was wanting to see just
an inside challenge if I could beat
626
00:31:29,528 --> 00:31:30,560
his bass tones.
627
00:31:30,561 --> 00:31:33,105
Yeah that's better.
628
00:31:34,854 --> 00:31:35,854
Sounds absolutely gorgeous.
629
00:31:35,855 --> 00:31:38,558
I mean, it's, I mean, now I wish
I could re-record every record
630
00:31:38,559 --> 00:31:40,020
I've ever played with this sound.
631
00:31:40,021 --> 00:31:42,729
Well, you said the
other guy's the best, so
632
00:31:42,730 --> 00:31:43,784
I've gotta beat his tone, so.
633
00:31:43,785 --> 00:31:45,265
I got the challenge.
634
00:31:45,266 --> 00:31:46,879
Let's go.
635
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,235
The first time I heard
Nathan on the radio I
636
00:31:49,236 --> 00:31:52,060
remember being with my
dad and we were like, wow,
637
00:31:52,061 --> 00:31:53,757
that's Nathan on the radio.
638
00:31:53,758 --> 00:31:55,024
One day when Nathan was
639
00:31:55,025 --> 00:31:58,377
starting to play big concerts
My father had to pay one time.
640
00:31:58,378 --> 00:32:01,952
He says, I can't believe
that I actually have to pay to
641
00:32:01,953 --> 00:32:03,144
see my son play now.
642
00:32:03,145 --> 00:32:07,119
It was a pretty interesting
moment in his life.
643
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,839
Dad was funny, he was always saying,
you guys gotta have a back up plan,
644
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:13,538
but once he say Nathan's
career take off, he came around.
645
00:32:28,945 --> 00:32:30,015
I was at home and
646
00:32:30,016 --> 00:32:33,974
received a call from Kenny
Loggins one evening saying his
647
00:32:33,975 --> 00:32:37,029
bass player had left the band.
648
00:32:37,030 --> 00:32:39,759
And he needed somebody to
come out on the road right away.
649
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,769
That kind of started our relationship.
650
00:32:41,770 --> 00:32:44,089
I took a trip to California and
651
00:32:44,090 --> 00:32:45,969
Nate was gonna pick me up at the airport.
652
00:32:45,970 --> 00:32:49,879
This limo pulls up, and this
guy steps out of the limo says,
653
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:51,079
are you David East?
654
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,894
And I said, are you Kenny Loggins?
655
00:32:53,895 --> 00:32:57,399
And sure enough, it was Kenny Loggins.
656
00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,619
Nathan invented many of the bass parts
657
00:33:00,620 --> 00:33:04,049
that are now the quintessential
tunes from that era.
658
00:33:04,050 --> 00:33:05,969
He was that rock.
659
00:33:05,970 --> 00:33:07,929
I could turn to him and
go, what do you think?
660
00:33:07,930 --> 00:33:10,849
He got called to do this
film called, Footloose.
661
00:33:10,850 --> 00:33:13,829
And it was one of the first
pop record that I ever sang on.
662
00:33:13,830 --> 00:33:17,416
I had a line, put your feet
on the ground, that's me.
663
00:33:20,209 --> 00:33:22,085
I had a bass player in the band shortly
664
00:33:22,086 --> 00:33:23,399
after Nathan.
665
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,689
I guess I had become
a broken record saying,
666
00:33:26,690 --> 00:33:29,739
well Nathan used to do this
or maybe if you would do it,
667
00:33:29,740 --> 00:33:31,449
you know Nathan did
this kind of thing here.
668
00:33:31,450 --> 00:33:34,949
And finally he turned on me
and he goes ain't no Nathan East,
669
00:33:34,950 --> 00:33:36,744
ain't never gonna be no Nathan East.
670
00:33:36,745 --> 00:33:40,705
Yeah, there's a lot of
players who could say that.
671
00:33:44,502 --> 00:33:46,528
Now are you gonna sing it?
672
00:33:46,529 --> 00:33:48,810
I think I can do it as an instrumental.
673
00:33:48,811 --> 00:33:49,311
Instrumental?
674
00:33:49,311 --> 00:33:50,212
Yeah. Cool.
675
00:33:50,212 --> 00:33:54,230
And I was thinking, when we get
to the line, they will just pimp it out
676
00:33:54,231 --> 00:33:56,095
in different directions like.
677
00:33:56,096 --> 00:33:59,700
New key.
678
00:34:01,513 --> 00:34:02,013
You know.
679
00:34:02,013 --> 00:34:02,513
Cool.
680
00:34:03,644 --> 00:34:04,306
New key.
681
00:34:04,306 --> 00:34:08,405
Yeah, that's So it's-
682
00:34:11,072 --> 00:34:14,293
- Then it changes to B flat?
- Yeah.
683
00:34:14,294 --> 00:34:17,762
And then after that is another key.
684
00:34:17,762 --> 00:34:18,324
Right.
685
00:34:19,907 --> 00:34:22,485
Right. Yeah.
686
00:34:22,486 --> 00:34:24,703
It's one of those keys.
687
00:34:24,704 --> 00:34:27,329
Just think about
688
00:34:27,330 --> 00:34:31,199
records that I grew up on, Stevie Wonder's
records and stuff like that, where you felt like,
689
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:34,719
okay, this is kind of
like a story to our lives.
690
00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:39,105
This reminds me, it makes
me feel like this will be the story
691
00:34:39,106 --> 00:34:41,316
of people's lives later on.
692
00:34:46,287 --> 00:34:49,808
Really we're introducing the bass as a solo
693
00:34:49,809 --> 00:34:50,957
instrument.
694
00:34:50,958 --> 00:34:52,195
This is gonna be the voice.
695
00:34:52,196 --> 00:34:53,216
Here
696
00:34:53,217 --> 00:34:57,626
was a chance for Nate to step
out front and center, and play
697
00:34:57,627 --> 00:35:02,584
the melody solo, and have more
kinda the spotlight's on me fun.
698
00:35:16,366 --> 00:35:19,288
Until this record,
he had never aspired to kinda step out, and
699
00:35:19,289 --> 00:35:21,639
say here I am presenting what I do.
700
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,849
He's been content to be a side man, and
701
00:35:24,850 --> 00:35:29,889
never prevail upon anyone
to return the favor in terms of
702
00:35:29,890 --> 00:35:30,967
performing on anything of his.
703
00:35:30,968 --> 00:35:34,586
But he's got a hell of a
lineup on this one, boy.
704
00:35:34,587 --> 00:35:37,425
He's brought out all the big guns.
705
00:35:49,769 --> 00:35:50,877
That is what I wanted.
706
00:35:56,169 --> 00:35:58,852
Chuck Finley who played
trumpet on the original
707
00:35:58,853 --> 00:36:02,406
version of Sir Duke with Stevie
Wonder 40 years ago at least,
708
00:36:02,407 --> 00:36:05,558
ended up coming in and
playing on our version as well, so
709
00:36:05,559 --> 00:36:07,389
we had one of the original guys.
710
00:36:43,612 --> 00:36:44,913
Good take.
711
00:36:44,914 --> 00:36:45,489
Yeah.
712
00:36:47,281 --> 00:36:48,496
That was the last one.
713
00:36:48,497 --> 00:36:49,245
That's fun.
714
00:36:49,246 --> 00:36:51,607
That was There's
715
00:36:51,608 --> 00:36:56,135
a biblical proverb that says, the
beauty in young men is their power.
716
00:36:56,136 --> 00:37:00,060
But the splendor of older
men is their gray hair,
717
00:37:00,061 --> 00:37:03,773
their gray headedness. It
means they've had experience.
718
00:37:03,774 --> 00:37:08,979
You see he's had a lot
of experience and But
719
00:37:08,980 --> 00:37:13,146
the whole experience of Nathan
being in the group, really one
720
00:37:13,147 --> 00:37:17,074
of the most important periods
in my life and my evolution,
721
00:37:17,075 --> 00:37:24,992
it's pretty special stuff that I achieved
with Nathan right there by my side.
722
00:37:24,993 --> 00:37:26,912
Help me, Nate.
723
00:37:26,913 --> 00:37:29,516
Help me, Nate.
724
00:37:35,766 --> 00:37:37,236
And Nathan right
725
00:37:37,237 --> 00:37:41,640
there you know some pretty evolved music.
726
00:37:41,641 --> 00:37:46,866
Is a mother and a bass
player got to be on his dig,
727
00:37:46,867 --> 00:37:51,785
honey, cuz he was playing.
728
00:37:56,181 --> 00:38:02,722
And just as cool as a cucumber,
729
00:38:02,723 --> 00:38:07,899
gentle spirit and on
fire, the fire's inside.
730
00:38:07,900 --> 00:38:11,959
And he's brought that to other
people's music for a long time.
731
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:16,660
When I think about it, I get mad
that this first record, on his own.
732
00:38:16,660 --> 00:38:17,400
It makes me mad.
733
00:38:17,401 --> 00:38:18,939
What's wrong with you?
734
00:38:18,940 --> 00:38:20,379
It's kind of dumb.
735
00:38:20,380 --> 00:38:23,174
I'm sure, for 20 years,
he sat here, if not more.
736
00:38:23,175 --> 00:38:27,430
He probably had the support from the music
community to have done anything like this.
737
00:38:27,431 --> 00:38:31,219
But he's also been really,
really busy, I've never known
738
00:38:31,220 --> 00:38:35,589
the guy to be like, just been
hanging, just been chilling.
739
00:38:35,590 --> 00:38:39,589
Lou calls him for everything,
Eric Clapton calls him, Phil Collins.
740
00:38:39,590 --> 00:38:42,849
President Obama was
inaugurated, that's Nathan East.
741
00:38:42,850 --> 00:38:45,210
When Quincy Jones threw
his 80th birthday party,
742
00:38:45,211 --> 00:38:47,259
he called Nathan to
be the musical director.
743
00:38:47,260 --> 00:38:49,372
Nate is the bass player's bass player.
744
00:38:49,373 --> 00:38:50,695
And the musician's musician.
745
00:39:19,068 --> 00:39:20,156
God he's a monster.
746
00:39:29,094 --> 00:39:32,678
Gorgeous.
747
00:39:32,679 --> 00:39:33,786
That is beautiful.
748
00:39:33,787 --> 00:39:35,641
I think this is a perfect time for
749
00:39:35,642 --> 00:39:37,093
him to make this record.
750
00:39:37,094 --> 00:39:38,689
Because he's one of the greats.
751
00:39:38,690 --> 00:39:42,836
Nathan is no less than one
of the all time great musicians.
752
00:39:42,837 --> 00:39:46,478
His career of course tells that
story, but along with that he's
753
00:39:46,479 --> 00:39:49,797
one of the sweetest guys
and nicest people I've ever met.
754
00:40:06,087 --> 00:40:07,378
Wow, this is amazing.
755
00:40:07,379 --> 00:40:09,760
It sounds so beautiful.
756
00:40:12,634 --> 00:40:14,161
Are we doing your bass in the room or
757
00:40:14,162 --> 00:40:15,169
you going to be there?
758
00:40:15,170 --> 00:40:18,259
No, we probably should now.
759
00:40:18,260 --> 00:40:18,870
Not way in there, right?
760
00:40:18,871 --> 00:40:20,439
Yeah, man.
761
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:21,499
It's too far away, man.
762
00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:23,069
We can hang with you.
763
00:40:23,070 --> 00:40:25,012
Yeah, thanks.
764
00:40:25,013 --> 00:40:27,249
If there's any time, we do some music.
765
00:40:30,303 --> 00:40:37,579
I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
766
00:40:37,580 --> 00:40:40,349
It felt to me that it was the
first song that he heard when
767
00:40:40,350 --> 00:40:42,009
he was still in his mother's womb.
768
00:40:42,010 --> 00:40:46,329
His connection to the piece
of music was unbelievable.
769
00:40:46,330 --> 00:40:48,014
It's like he's been playing
this for his whole life.
770
00:40:50,252 --> 00:40:53,449
It's very natural.
771
00:40:53,450 --> 00:40:55,265
God bless these hands here, man.
772
00:40:55,266 --> 00:40:55,890
Thank you.
773
00:40:55,891 --> 00:41:00,121
I don't have to tell
you what a fan I am.
774
00:41:02,750 --> 00:41:03,280
Thanks, likewise.
775
00:41:03,281 --> 00:41:07,291
You guys have no idea how
timely this is in my life right now.
776
00:41:07,292 --> 00:41:08,060
It's- Wow.
777
00:41:13,930 --> 00:41:18,224
We'll see if I get through it.
778
00:41:18,225 --> 00:41:19,600
Aw.
779
00:41:23,047 --> 00:41:26,619
See that?
780
00:41:26,620 --> 00:41:27,990
I've got chills.
781
00:41:30,892 --> 00:41:33,939
Oh my God, the song is just perfect.
782
00:41:33,940 --> 00:41:35,109
It's so good.
783
00:41:35,110 --> 00:41:37,251
I can't take it anymore.
784
00:41:37,252 --> 00:41:41,917
All right, go out there and
785
00:41:41,918 --> 00:41:47,360
get your mic and start singing.
786
00:41:51,262 --> 00:42:03,770
It is for me a classic
moment on the record.
787
00:42:13,694 --> 00:42:23,009
Wow, seriously.
788
00:42:23,010 --> 00:42:25,241
We just had church in here.
789
00:42:25,242 --> 00:42:28,441
Humility.
790
00:42:28,442 --> 00:42:31,549
That's what he possesses
in great abundance.
791
00:42:31,550 --> 00:42:33,529
There is no need to prove anything.
792
00:42:33,530 --> 00:42:37,269
All I know is that when you play with him,
793
00:42:37,270 --> 00:42:39,809
I know how good it feels, and that's that.
794
00:42:39,810 --> 00:42:40,839
That's the best of the best.
795
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:43,629
When you're on that level of musicianship,
796
00:42:43,630 --> 00:42:46,969
the homework that you have
done gives you the precision and
797
00:42:46,970 --> 00:42:51,540
the technical tools to
adjust to any situation.
798
00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:55,429
I've never heard Nathan play a bum note.
799
00:42:55,430 --> 00:42:57,399
He's just extraordinary talent.
800
00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:00,359
When I did the Phillip
Bailey album, Chinese Wall,
801
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:02,159
this was about 83, 84.
802
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:03,629
First he wanted me to produce it.
803
00:43:03,630 --> 00:43:06,509
As soon as he announced that, a lot of
804
00:43:06,510 --> 00:43:09,609
black radio were kind of saying
to him, you're gonna go and work
805
00:43:09,610 --> 00:43:12,779
with this white Phil Collins
but don't make a white record.
806
00:43:12,780 --> 00:43:14,419
He kind of got the wind up a little bit.
807
00:43:14,420 --> 00:43:16,669
He said I'm gonna bring Nathan with me.
808
00:43:16,670 --> 00:43:17,899
Nathan H Jenner Nathan?
809
00:43:17,900 --> 00:43:18,700
I said nope.
810
00:43:18,701 --> 00:43:20,829
He's like, oh, he's a great bass player.
811
00:43:20,830 --> 00:43:22,069
Philip, being a friend of mine,
812
00:43:22,070 --> 00:43:24,399
invited me to play and we went to London.
813
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:25,300
That was the first time
814
00:43:25,301 --> 00:43:27,279
I got the chance to work with Phil Collins.
815
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:28,749
We started to make this record, and
816
00:43:28,750 --> 00:43:30,859
I started to get very close to Nathan.
817
00:43:30,860 --> 00:43:33,909
And we did the whole album,
and we became very tight.
818
00:43:33,910 --> 00:43:36,502
After two weeks of recording, Philip said,
819
00:43:36,503 --> 00:43:39,991
you know what, we still don't
have the undeniable single.
820
00:43:39,992 --> 00:43:42,406
And so this one last day,
821
00:43:42,407 --> 00:43:46,609
we started to mess around with something.
822
00:43:46,610 --> 00:43:49,345
We came up with the dum
da dum dum dum dum dum.
823
00:43:52,500 --> 00:43:54,087
Nathan worked on what exactly
824
00:43:54,088 --> 00:43:55,492
that riff was going to be.
825
00:43:59,082 --> 00:44:02,721
It really took 20 minutes to write,
826
00:44:02,722 --> 00:44:04,557
believe it or not.
827
00:44:04,558 --> 00:44:07,309
Philip was singing Choose Your Lover.
828
00:44:07,310 --> 00:44:10,268
And then it's la, la, la, la,
la, la, choose your lover.
829
00:44:10,269 --> 00:44:11,718
And I went home and
they didn't like the sound,
830
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:12,849
Choose Your Lover.
831
00:44:12,850 --> 00:44:14,969
But I wrote Easy Lover.
832
00:44:14,970 --> 00:44:16,710
And basically the lyrics kind
of almost wrote themselves.
833
00:44:19,815 --> 00:44:34,537
He became a potent showstopper.
834
00:44:36,617 --> 00:44:48,865
Never forget hearing Easy Lover
on three radio stations at the same time.
835
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:54,989
We didn't realize it was gonna be so
836
00:44:54,990 --> 00:44:58,179
big, and I don't think we'd ever
thought that it's still gonna be
837
00:44:58,180 --> 00:44:59,659
played on the radio now.
838
00:44:59,660 --> 00:45:01,649
We didn't think that long ahead.
839
00:45:01,650 --> 00:45:05,319
That was probably
one of his really first big
840
00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:06,729
monster hits.
841
00:45:06,730 --> 00:45:09,970
It was always fun to see
842
00:45:11,270 --> 00:45:14,709
an album project come out
and see Nate's name on it.
843
00:45:14,710 --> 00:45:15,530
He was humble.
844
00:45:15,531 --> 00:45:18,579
I mean he didn't always
share it, you'd be surprised,
845
00:45:18,580 --> 00:45:22,289
you'd be looking at an album
going down to the minor notes.
846
00:45:22,290 --> 00:45:23,600
They were on this?
847
00:45:24,740 --> 00:45:27,309
He always got a kick
out of who he was playing
848
00:45:27,310 --> 00:45:28,085
with next.
849
00:45:28,086 --> 00:45:30,809
There was always this
quality of, oh my God,
850
00:45:30,810 --> 00:45:32,352
look where I am now, look what I'm doing.
851
00:45:32,353 --> 00:45:35,189
He has this sense of joy and excitement.
852
00:45:35,190 --> 00:45:37,199
When Eric Clapton called, he was like,
853
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:39,969
I'm gonna play with Eric
Clapton, he was like a kid.
854
00:45:39,970 --> 00:45:44,270
I was playing with Kenny Loggins
at Live Aid, 1985.
855
00:45:44,271 --> 00:45:47,359
And when I came off stage,
856
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:49,789
there's Eric Clapton on
the side of the stage, saying,
857
00:45:49,790 --> 00:45:52,558
hey man, sounded great,
you wanna go hang out?
858
00:45:52,559 --> 00:45:55,289
I was watching the other bands play, and
859
00:45:55,290 --> 00:45:56,900
I saw Nathan play with Kenny Loggins.
860
00:45:57,940 --> 00:45:59,569
And it was, whoa.
861
00:45:59,570 --> 00:46:02,049
He was like a third of the band's sound.
862
00:46:02,050 --> 00:46:07,319
And I'm used to that obviously
with Hammer Soul or Jack Bruce.
863
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,679
But it was different because
those guys really just
864
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:11,069
were loud.
865
00:46:11,070 --> 00:46:15,279
Nathan was proficient, and
he played like a guitar player.
866
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:20,012
So I, for one day, I wanna play with him.
867
00:46:20,013 --> 00:46:21,347
When I was a kid,
868
00:46:21,348 --> 00:46:25,359
I had black light posters
of Cream and I'm sitting
869
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:30,040
there learning the bass line
to Sunshine of Your Love, and
870
00:46:30,041 --> 00:46:34,263
then to be playing with
Eric Clapton, every night.
871
00:46:34,264 --> 00:46:40,509
Phil Collins was
producing a Clapton album.
872
00:46:40,510 --> 00:46:42,333
Phil assembled this
band that included me and
873
00:46:42,334 --> 00:46:43,969
Greg Phillinganes for Eric's record.
874
00:46:43,970 --> 00:46:48,116
Roger Forrester who was managing
875
00:46:48,117 --> 00:46:53,002
Eric Clapton at the time sat in there and
876
00:46:53,003 --> 00:46:58,209
he said, you know what, this is a band.
877
00:46:58,210 --> 00:47:01,859
And by the time we
finished the end of one day,
878
00:47:01,860 --> 00:47:04,049
he had half a dozen dates booked.
879
00:47:04,050 --> 00:47:04,711
We called it the Heaven Band.
880
00:47:04,712 --> 00:47:07,353
What was that- It was freaking awesome.
881
00:47:07,354 --> 00:47:11,969
We'd be drop-dead killing,
pimped out in either Armani or
882
00:47:11,970 --> 00:47:12,870
Versace, that was it.
883
00:47:12,870 --> 00:47:13,830
There was nothing else.
884
00:47:13,831 --> 00:47:15,039
We'd go shopping.
885
00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:18,869
Whatever town we were in,
Eric would say, any Versace?
886
00:47:18,870 --> 00:47:21,510
We were cleaner than
the Board of Health.
887
00:47:21,511 --> 00:47:25,239
And the four of us,
people have kids with Dad.
888
00:47:25,240 --> 00:47:26,959
As Roger would say, go on, in you go.
889
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:28,229
Buy what you want.
890
00:47:28,230 --> 00:47:30,329
And I would say, really?
891
00:47:30,330 --> 00:47:32,459
This is very expensive.
892
00:47:32,460 --> 00:47:34,499
Greg and Nathan would, really Dad?
893
00:47:34,500 --> 00:47:35,819
Yeah, really.
894
00:47:35,820 --> 00:47:37,192
You sure?
895
00:47:37,193 --> 00:47:42,631
We were just like the four gangsters,
896
00:47:42,632 --> 00:47:48,912
we'd come out there and just kill.
897
00:47:55,504 --> 00:47:58,841
In the Clapton band, him and Greg were like
898
00:47:58,842 --> 00:48:03,589
They brought a bit of stage
presence to Eric's show.
899
00:48:03,590 --> 00:48:05,989
Cuz, Eric just stood
there and played guitar.
900
00:48:05,990 --> 00:48:07,619
We all used to laugh when he played.
901
00:48:07,620 --> 00:48:10,889
It was fantastic, but Greg and
Nathan would bring a little bit,
902
00:48:10,890 --> 00:48:13,329
not Earth, Wind, and Fire in
terms of the way they dressed,
903
00:48:13,330 --> 00:48:15,469
but they'd bring the movements.
904
00:48:15,470 --> 00:48:18,860
They'd bring some different kind of
thing that had never been in Eric's band.
905
00:48:18,861 --> 00:48:21,005
I mean, Eric would just sit and
906
00:48:21,006 --> 00:48:23,742
laugh because of their choreography.
907
00:48:34,825 --> 00:48:36,977
Then of all the things I've done that
908
00:48:36,978 --> 00:48:40,769
was the most fun, just being
behind the drums in that band.
909
00:48:40,770 --> 00:48:44,530
That four piece should
have stayed together.
910
00:48:46,610 --> 00:48:49,729
I'd like to bring a dear friend,
and gentleman here to the front
911
00:48:49,730 --> 00:48:51,329
of the stage now to sing a song for you.
912
00:48:51,330 --> 00:48:53,939
The song is Can't Find My Way Home.
913
00:48:53,940 --> 00:48:57,827
The gentleman is named-
914
00:48:57,828 --> 00:48:59,865
You know when you
play a song every night,
915
00:48:59,866 --> 00:49:01,622
it just kinda gets it into your bones
916
00:49:14,358 --> 00:49:16,632
Having played with Eric Clapton for so
917
00:49:16,633 --> 00:49:18,764
many years, I called him and said,
918
00:49:18,765 --> 00:49:22,406
I can't imagine recording a
record and not having you on it.
919
00:49:22,407 --> 00:49:24,276
He's a great singer and
920
00:49:24,277 --> 00:49:26,959
a great multi instrumentalist.
921
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:30,619
So he could've done
it a long, long time ago.
922
00:49:30,620 --> 00:49:32,629
He could hear everything going on.
923
00:49:32,630 --> 00:49:34,760
And I really love working with
924
00:49:35,990 --> 00:49:38,179
people who listen that whole-heartedly.
925
00:49:38,180 --> 00:49:42,050
So And you know, he's got roots,
926
00:49:42,051 --> 00:49:48,299
he's got R & B roots and
great composing qualities.
927
00:49:48,300 --> 00:49:50,189
So you can just go there,
928
00:49:50,190 --> 00:49:52,799
if you want to go off
somewhere, he'll follow you.
929
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:54,591
So let's talk through this for a second.
930
00:49:54,592 --> 00:49:57,209
Okay. Yeah, let's talk
through this for a second, guys.
931
00:49:57,210 --> 00:50:00,721
And the bass will be It's this very moody
932
00:50:00,722 --> 00:50:01,969
kinda thing.
933
00:50:01,970 --> 00:50:04,729
Yeah. If it just all
centers around him- Yeah.
934
00:50:04,730 --> 00:50:08,179
This play and this scene
really carve a space.
935
00:50:08,180 --> 00:50:08,760
Yeah.
936
00:50:08,761 --> 00:50:10,280
And just let it be the
bass in the vocal here.
937
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:13,299
We're creeping in and out
and just making it moody.
938
00:50:13,300 --> 00:50:15,909
It's maybe the first one,
the second time around we hold that,
939
00:50:15,910 --> 00:50:18,908
can't find my way home, just
maybe a bar extra- Okay yeah.
940
00:50:18,909 --> 00:50:22,097
The industry has changed so much, and
941
00:50:22,098 --> 00:50:24,947
that's another reason
why this record is special.
942
00:50:24,948 --> 00:50:27,442
Because you get to play with live,
943
00:50:27,443 --> 00:50:30,891
breathing people as
well as real instruments.
944
00:50:30,892 --> 00:50:34,820
You're actually playing piano.
945
00:50:34,821 --> 00:50:37,578
That's a special thing when you
get to play off different people.
946
00:50:37,579 --> 00:50:40,047
I think, playing something
by myself I can't,
947
00:50:40,048 --> 00:50:43,289
well wait a minute, that
might feel different if I do this.
948
00:50:43,290 --> 00:50:45,099
And it makes you change your thought,
949
00:50:45,100 --> 00:50:48,419
it gives instantaneous response.
950
00:50:48,420 --> 00:50:49,907
Play me how it would go.
951
00:50:53,151 --> 00:50:53,651
Yeah, nice.
952
00:50:54,578 --> 00:50:55,122
You just hold on a little bit longer.
953
00:50:55,123 --> 00:50:56,169
Just a little breathing room, okay?
954
00:50:56,170 --> 00:50:58,879
That's where you live, that's where
you live, right in that area right there.
955
00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:01,369
I'm moving in, I'm moving in right here.
956
00:51:01,370 --> 00:51:01,872
It's great, it's perfect.
957
00:51:16,693 --> 00:51:19,737
That's what music is supposed to be about.
958
00:51:19,738 --> 00:51:21,221
It's that interplay,
959
00:51:21,222 --> 00:51:25,078
the kind of ESP that happens
in the studio between musicians,
960
00:51:25,079 --> 00:51:28,565
and especially great players
like Nathan, who can play
961
00:51:28,566 --> 00:51:32,789
anything they can think and
beyond anything they can think.
962
00:51:32,790 --> 00:51:34,373
When you get guys like that,
963
00:51:34,374 --> 00:51:37,150
your music's gonna
become a whole other animal.
964
00:51:38,787 --> 00:51:39,639
That's a cool version.
965
00:51:39,640 --> 00:51:41,929
I like the tempo of it and
966
00:51:41,930 --> 00:51:43,109
the vibe and everything.
967
00:51:43,110 --> 00:51:44,829
That's where that song lives, guys.
968
00:51:44,830 --> 00:51:48,519
There are musicians who feel that music
is their life, but it's actually the opposite.
969
00:51:48,520 --> 00:51:53,380
It's your life that
impacts your musicality.
970
00:51:55,290 --> 00:51:58,039
The rock and blues
world is mourning the loss
971
00:51:58,040 --> 00:52:01,069
of arguably the greatest
guitarist in the world.
972
00:52:01,070 --> 00:52:04,519
Dallas native Stevie Ray Vaughn
was killed in a helicopter crash
973
00:52:04,520 --> 00:52:05,380
early this morning.
974
00:52:05,381 --> 00:52:07,449
The accident happened in dense fog after
975
00:52:07,450 --> 00:52:10,359
a concert at the Alpine Valley
Music Theater The copter
976
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:12,489
disintegrated on impact
into hundreds of pieces
977
00:52:12,490 --> 00:52:15,409
which scattered over a wide
area and the local coroners office
978
00:52:15,410 --> 00:52:18,949
says it looks like everyone in
the copter died instantaneously.
979
00:52:18,950 --> 00:52:21,619
In the late summer of 1990,
980
00:52:21,620 --> 00:52:25,769
Nathan was out on tour
with Eric Clapton and
981
00:52:25,770 --> 00:52:29,089
they were on a bill with Stevie Ray Vaughn.
982
00:52:29,090 --> 00:52:32,349
Nate and Greg Phillinganes
were both going to
983
00:52:32,350 --> 00:52:36,819
grab a helicopter back
to the hotel after the gig.
984
00:52:36,820 --> 00:52:40,060
We know that Nathan was supposed
to be on that helicopter.
985
00:52:40,061 --> 00:52:44,129
But Nate had a friend that
was flying in on a private plane.
986
00:52:44,130 --> 00:52:47,309
And the guy said, Nate, why
don't you fly back with me.
987
00:52:47,310 --> 00:52:48,180
We'll fly back.
988
00:52:48,181 --> 00:52:49,229
And he said, sure.
989
00:52:49,230 --> 00:52:52,089
And he hops out of the
helicopter and he says, Greg,
990
00:52:52,090 --> 00:52:53,090
come on.
991
00:52:53,091 --> 00:52:54,559
Greg's like, oh, no.
992
00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:57,309
He's like, come on, we
fly helicopters everyday.
993
00:52:57,310 --> 00:53:00,219
And Greg said, okay, and he went with Nate.
994
00:53:00,220 --> 00:53:02,729
While his manager
Charles Komer told us that
995
00:53:02,730 --> 00:53:05,859
Stevie Ray could've been
driven out of Alpine Valley in a van,
996
00:53:05,860 --> 00:53:08,469
but gave his seat to someone
else and opted instead for
997
00:53:08,470 --> 00:53:09,739
the ill fated chopper.
998
00:53:09,740 --> 00:53:12,404
The helicopter was
taking the men to Chicago.
999
00:53:12,405 --> 00:53:15,149
Vaughn took the last
seat, at the last minute.
1000
00:53:15,150 --> 00:53:19,109
I had gotten the news that
that helicopter had crashed.
1001
00:53:19,110 --> 00:53:22,909
The news was saying that five
of the Clapton bad members had
1002
00:53:22,910 --> 00:53:24,689
died in that accident.
1003
00:53:24,690 --> 00:53:26,619
And I called the hotel.
1004
00:53:26,620 --> 00:53:28,059
Phones were blocked.
1005
00:53:28,060 --> 00:53:29,349
I was calling the managers.
1006
00:53:29,350 --> 00:53:33,889
I was going crazy,
but no this just isn't it.
1007
00:53:33,890 --> 00:53:36,449
And then finally, Nathan called.
1008
00:53:36,450 --> 00:53:39,139
And it was just the most
incredible moment to just hear
1009
00:53:39,140 --> 00:53:42,279
his voice, to come that close.
1010
00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:45,985
But it wasn't his time,
he had a lot more to do.
1011
00:53:59,817 --> 00:54:02,033
I would venture to say that Fourplay was
1012
00:54:02,034 --> 00:54:05,537
probably a pretty profound
part of his evolution as a player.
1013
00:54:05,538 --> 00:54:08,298
He was one of four artists in that band,
1014
00:54:08,299 --> 00:54:11,569
as opposed to just
being a glorified side man.
1015
00:54:19,912 --> 00:54:22,145
When we started the group Fourplay,
1016
00:54:22,146 --> 00:54:25,243
the idea of the group was
supposed to represent four
1017
00:54:25,244 --> 00:54:27,669
completely different individuals.
1018
00:54:27,670 --> 00:54:29,189
So we all had these
1019
00:54:29,190 --> 00:54:31,349
strong individual personalities, but
1020
00:54:31,350 --> 00:54:34,907
when we started playing together
as a quartet This other sound
1021
00:54:34,908 --> 00:54:39,616
emerged from the first hour
of this first session, it was just
1022
00:54:39,617 --> 00:54:43,707
this magic that happened
with this particular unit.
1023
00:54:43,708 --> 00:54:48,365
And it became the foreplay
sound and it was like woh.
1024
00:55:07,910 --> 00:55:10,918
At that time, Lee and Harvey and
1025
00:55:10,919 --> 00:55:14,129
I all had separate solo careers.
1026
00:55:14,130 --> 00:55:16,669
So it was a little bit of a gap that
1027
00:55:16,670 --> 00:55:19,109
Nathan didn't have a solo career.
1028
00:55:19,110 --> 00:55:21,899
He would always say, yeah
yeah yeah I'm gonna do it.
1029
00:55:21,900 --> 00:55:23,199
I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna do it.
1030
00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:27,269
This is kind of a funny ongoing
conversation with Nathan for over 20 years.
1031
00:55:27,270 --> 00:55:29,879
Everybody said, when are
you gonna make your record?
1032
00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:31,289
And Nathan keeps saying, I'm making it.
1033
00:55:31,290 --> 00:55:32,539
I'm making it, I'm doing it.
1034
00:55:32,540 --> 00:55:34,779
Where is the record?
1035
00:55:34,780 --> 00:55:36,559
The record would never come.
1036
00:55:36,560 --> 00:55:39,119
He had what we call the golden handcuffs.
1037
00:55:39,120 --> 00:55:42,301
He was too busy playing
all these fabulous gigs with
1038
00:55:42,302 --> 00:55:43,337
everbody else.
1039
00:55:43,338 --> 00:55:44,981
When you ask somebody for
1040
00:55:44,982 --> 00:55:48,891
20 years to do something, it
becomes a nag after that so,
1041
00:55:48,892 --> 00:55:53,116
it's just a full circle moment
and, the interesting thing is,
1042
00:55:53,117 --> 00:55:56,872
we're in the same room That
the very first Fourplay CD was
1043
00:55:56,873 --> 00:56:00,393
recorded, which sold over
a million copies, and for
1044
00:56:00,394 --> 00:56:04,329
me this is a little bit of a deja
vu to start my record here.
1045
00:56:04,330 --> 00:56:05,789
These rooms, they purr,
1046
00:56:05,790 --> 00:56:09,639
they hum, they have so many
ghosts in them, good, friendly,
1047
00:56:09,640 --> 00:56:12,799
musical ghosts that hang around the room.
1048
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:15,019
It that corner that I'm in with my drums,
1049
00:56:15,020 --> 00:56:17,449
Sammy Davis, Jr, Frank Sinatra And
1050
00:56:17,450 --> 00:56:20,299
Dean Martin stood in
that same corner, with a lot
1051
00:56:20,300 --> 00:56:23,739
of history here and Nathan
gets to do it in ocean way.
1052
00:56:23,740 --> 00:56:25,449
Yes yes!
1053
00:56:25,450 --> 00:56:26,699
You know you can actually tell a lot about
1054
00:56:26,700 --> 00:56:28,809
a person by their record collection.
1055
00:56:28,810 --> 00:56:32,589
But there, look at Quincy,
look at this young stud!
1056
00:56:32,590 --> 00:56:35,479
Now we're talking long
before Michael Jackson.
1057
00:56:35,480 --> 00:56:37,110
That's Quincy Jones right there, come on.
1058
00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:41,679
Who actually discovered Bob James.
1059
00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:43,359
I found Bob James and all.
1060
00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:44,989
He was 19, in Notre Dame.
1061
00:56:44,990 --> 00:56:47,911
He had some marbles going
around oil cans and stuff.
1062
00:56:47,912 --> 00:56:49,389
He was out there.
1063
00:56:49,390 --> 00:56:50,558
But, he's a great guy.
1064
00:56:50,559 --> 00:56:52,649
And they fit like a glove.
1065
00:56:52,650 --> 00:56:54,199
This is really taking me back.
1066
00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:57,900
Bob James, years and
years before I met him.
1067
00:57:00,100 --> 00:57:01,579
And I was such a fan.
1068
00:57:01,580 --> 00:57:04,899
To end up in a band with
them, Fourplay is just amazing.
1069
00:57:04,900 --> 00:57:07,489
When it comes to musical talent
1070
00:57:07,490 --> 00:57:12,499
Nathan's in a league that's rare.
1071
00:57:12,500 --> 00:57:13,769
But he's not alone.
1072
00:57:13,770 --> 00:57:16,209
Bob James is one of those players.
1073
00:57:16,210 --> 00:57:18,889
Guys that are tapped in.
1074
00:57:18,890 --> 00:57:20,719
And can turn on a dime.
1075
00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:23,779
He's probably one of the American treasures
1076
00:57:23,780 --> 00:57:29,459
that I value the most in
terms of musical integrity,
1077
00:57:29,460 --> 00:57:31,429
in terms of friendship, and
1078
00:57:31,430 --> 00:57:34,999
just what he brings overall
to the musical business.
1079
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:36,859
It's insane what he's accomplished.
1080
00:57:36,860 --> 00:57:39,253
If you look into Bob James' career,
1081
00:57:39,254 --> 00:57:41,193
he's had about 12 of them.
1082
00:57:48,576 --> 00:57:50,196
Wow, I'm so happy.
1083
00:57:50,197 --> 00:57:53,311
I'm just.
1084
00:57:53,312 --> 00:57:54,356
Hm.
1085
00:57:54,357 --> 00:57:58,195
We waited 20 goddamn
years to be on this project.
1086
00:57:58,196 --> 00:58:02,110
We better come up with something.
1087
00:58:02,110 --> 00:58:02,610
Gee wiz, you know.
1088
00:58:04,150 --> 00:58:09,839
Its the musical account of our friendship.
1089
00:58:09,840 --> 00:58:12,799
And I wanted to refine that actually to
1090
00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:15,389
a musical representation of our friendship.
1091
00:58:15,390 --> 00:58:18,923
Not just the audio in itself.
1092
00:58:22,867 --> 00:58:25,710
I was really fascinated by how Nathan and
1093
00:58:25,711 --> 00:58:29,643
I had worked together enough
that even without drums you
1094
00:58:29,644 --> 00:58:31,830
almost could hear the rhythm.
1095
00:58:33,310 --> 00:58:36,371
As much as we have done
separately and on the many, many
1096
00:58:36,372 --> 00:58:39,702
different kinds of projects,
there's still an element of
1097
00:58:39,703 --> 00:58:42,917
mystery about when something
comes together and works.
1098
00:58:42,918 --> 00:58:46,140
You can't predict it, but
you kinda know when it does.
1099
00:58:49,978 --> 00:58:52,229
Well he's achieved tremendous success.
1100
00:58:52,230 --> 00:58:53,669
Everybody surrounding him knows it.
1101
00:58:53,670 --> 00:58:56,019
That doesn't define him to me.
1102
00:58:56,020 --> 00:58:59,049
Probably one of the big
reasons why he is successful is
1103
00:58:59,050 --> 00:59:00,729
because he doesn't think that way.
1104
00:59:00,730 --> 00:59:02,649
He comes into a situation and
1105
00:59:02,650 --> 00:59:05,049
he figures What does this music need?
1106
00:59:05,050 --> 00:59:06,749
And then he does it.
1107
00:59:06,750 --> 00:59:08,629
He fits into a team.
1108
00:59:08,630 --> 00:59:10,509
It's not about me.
1109
00:59:10,510 --> 00:59:12,739
He's ready to back you up, and
1110
00:59:12,740 --> 00:59:16,789
support you, whether it's
playing one note all night, or
1111
00:59:16,790 --> 00:59:19,609
many notes, he's selfless.
1112
00:59:19,610 --> 00:59:21,380
That's what's incredible about Nathan.
1113
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:26,729
He was making a lot great music, but
nothing with the name Nathan East on it.
1114
00:59:26,730 --> 00:59:29,995
Now he's doing it, and that makes me happy.
1115
00:59:35,051 --> 00:59:38,860
1992, 93, 94, I love keeping these
1116
00:59:38,861 --> 00:59:43,745
around because it's like a time
capsule and I can go back and
1117
00:59:43,746 --> 00:59:45,789
see what I was doing.
1118
00:59:45,790 --> 00:59:46,530
What were we doing?
1119
00:59:47,690 --> 00:59:50,269
Fourplay, The Tonight
Show with Johnny Carson.
1120
00:59:50,270 --> 00:59:52,879
This is crazy to look
back at this stuff and
1121
00:59:52,880 --> 00:59:55,169
just kind of see your life.
1122
00:59:55,170 --> 00:59:57,889
Sting, Elton, Natalie Cole, James Taylor.
1123
00:59:57,890 --> 01:00:00,180
That's all one night at the Carnegie Hall.
1124
01:00:01,610 --> 01:00:05,529
The 80s game for a lot of the
session musicians was three,
1125
01:00:05,530 --> 01:00:07,709
four sessions a day, five,
1126
01:00:07,710 --> 01:00:10,339
six, seven days a week minimum, I mean,
1127
01:00:10,340 --> 01:00:14,209
it was just like the game of
how much could you squeeze in.
1128
01:00:14,210 --> 01:00:17,269
And, obviously, as things
started slowing down for
1129
01:00:17,270 --> 01:00:21,389
everybody, it became important
to be able to play live, and
1130
01:00:21,390 --> 01:00:25,309
by forming the group, Fourplay,
we've been able to tour and
1131
01:00:25,310 --> 01:00:26,719
make records.
1132
01:00:26,720 --> 01:00:29,009
I toured with Eric Clapton,
so we'd tour and
1133
01:00:29,010 --> 01:00:30,969
we'd do an album, tour and do an album.
1134
01:00:30,970 --> 01:00:34,539
Do the same thing with Phil
Collins, do an album, tour.
1135
01:00:34,540 --> 01:00:37,389
For those of us that kinda do it all,
1136
01:00:37,390 --> 01:00:41,749
we've been able to maintain
a pretty good workload when
1137
01:00:41,750 --> 01:00:46,020
the actual day to day session
situation pretty much dried up.
1138
01:00:47,060 --> 01:00:49,499
Now this is ridiculous.
1139
01:00:49,500 --> 01:00:51,019
These are all boarding passes.
1140
01:00:51,020 --> 01:00:52,314
And that's just from last week.
1141
01:00:52,315 --> 01:00:57,429
I think it's 67 times
that I've been to Tokyo.
1142
01:00:57,430 --> 01:01:00,359
So if I can find 67 boarding passes,
1143
01:01:00,360 --> 01:01:01,739
I think that would be cool.
1144
01:01:01,740 --> 01:01:04,009
It's like a recap of
your life, it's amazing.
1145
01:01:05,760 --> 01:01:08,449
Some of these years I think
I spent more time in the air
1146
01:01:08,450 --> 01:01:10,329
than I did on the ground.
1147
01:01:10,330 --> 01:01:13,099
Families make big sacrifices to let
1148
01:01:13,100 --> 01:01:15,499
us musicians go out on the road.
1149
01:01:15,500 --> 01:01:19,639
While the wives and mothers
take care of the household and
1150
01:01:19,640 --> 01:01:21,219
watch after the kids.
1151
01:01:21,220 --> 01:01:23,799
While it's all fun, it's
not without sacrifice.
1152
01:01:24,950 --> 01:01:27,859
Well they say behind every
good man is a good woman.
1153
01:01:27,860 --> 01:01:29,889
First of all I hope that I
qualify as a good man.
1154
01:01:29,890 --> 01:01:33,029
You know Anita is my rock and
1155
01:01:33,030 --> 01:01:36,859
a lot of the things in my life
have led to us being together.
1156
01:01:36,860 --> 01:01:39,109
It's not your typical family.
1157
01:01:39,110 --> 01:01:44,559
We focus more on the quality
of time we spend together,
1158
01:01:44,560 --> 01:01:48,159
not so much the quantity
because he is gone a lot.
1159
01:01:48,160 --> 01:01:51,099
We don't look it as a
negative thing, we look at it as
1160
01:01:51,100 --> 01:01:54,319
a positive because when he is
there we appreciate him more.
1161
01:01:54,320 --> 01:01:57,539
What you look for
1162
01:01:57,540 --> 01:02:02,889
in life is not so much a guy who
can play music, or read music.
1163
01:02:02,890 --> 01:02:04,319
Can he feel it?
1164
01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:07,509
He feels his music,
but he also feels his life.
1165
01:02:07,510 --> 01:02:12,039
It's a reflection of exactly who he is.
1166
01:02:12,040 --> 01:02:13,369
I love his spirit.
1167
01:02:13,370 --> 01:02:17,142
In two hours he'll be
playing with Eric Clapton, or
1168
01:02:17,143 --> 01:02:19,800
he'll be doing a session, or he'll
1169
01:02:19,801 --> 01:02:24,105
be mastering his record but
two hours before, he's a dad.
1170
01:02:24,106 --> 01:02:25,257
Tell me when you're ready.
1171
01:02:25,258 --> 01:02:26,517
Ready.
1172
01:02:39,824 --> 01:02:43,319
Hey, look the cat.
1173
01:02:43,320 --> 01:02:46,089
Nate's sense of importance
of family has always
1174
01:02:46,090 --> 01:02:48,549
been at the forefront of who he is.
1175
01:02:48,550 --> 01:02:50,089
There's music and there's family.
1176
01:02:50,090 --> 01:02:51,459
Momma. There's your momma.
1177
01:02:51,460 --> 01:02:53,859
Come on.
1178
01:02:53,860 --> 01:02:56,379
I mean he comes from
a place where it's that
1179
01:02:56,380 --> 01:02:59,009
kind of thing that shapes a man and
1180
01:02:59,010 --> 01:03:00,479
he's never lost sight of that.
1181
01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:02,679
We were in the studio
talking about songs and
1182
01:03:02,680 --> 01:03:05,619
my son Noah had just
come from piano lessons.
1183
01:03:05,620 --> 01:03:07,289
He said, oh we're working
on this arrangement of
1184
01:03:07,290 --> 01:03:09,209
a Paul McCartney, you know, Yesterday.
1185
01:03:09,210 --> 01:03:10,569
Chris says, well let me hear it.
1186
01:03:10,570 --> 01:03:11,729
Noah goes over and plays it.
1187
01:03:11,730 --> 01:03:14,594
And so after he's finished, you
know, Chris looks over at me and
1188
01:03:14,595 --> 01:03:16,430
he says, that's gotta go on the record.
1189
01:03:19,721 --> 01:03:20,404
Yeah.
1190
01:03:20,405 --> 01:03:25,299
Go the touch.
1191
01:03:25,300 --> 01:03:27,989
And you want to know how proud dad is?
1192
01:03:27,990 --> 01:03:30,403
There's only six cameramen in here.
1193
01:03:30,404 --> 01:03:31,519
He pulls out his camera.
1194
01:03:31,520 --> 01:03:33,090
That's my boy, come on.
1195
01:03:33,091 --> 01:03:36,212
That's so beautiful.
1196
01:03:36,213 --> 01:03:38,804
Okay, your turn, David.
1197
01:03:38,805 --> 01:03:39,899
Come on, Sam.
1198
01:03:39,900 --> 01:03:40,580
Hold that thought.
1199
01:03:40,580 --> 01:03:41,220
Yeah.
1200
01:03:41,221 --> 01:03:42,519
No, we wanna get it started?
1201
01:03:42,520 --> 01:03:46,313
Dear Lord, I want to thank everybody for
1202
01:03:46,314 --> 01:03:47,585
coming here.
1203
01:03:47,586 --> 01:03:52,051
And for my dad's album and that
everybody does well on the album
1204
01:03:52,052 --> 01:03:54,670
and thank you everybody for coming.
1205
01:03:54,671 --> 01:03:56,711
I mean, it's gonna be a great dinner.
1206
01:03:56,712 --> 01:03:58,169
Amen.
1207
01:03:58,170 --> 01:03:58,961
Thank God.
1208
01:03:58,961 --> 01:03:59,921
Amen. Amen.
1209
01:03:59,921 --> 01:04:00,138
Thank you.
1210
01:04:00,139 --> 01:04:01,961
Thank you, Nate.
1211
01:04:01,962 --> 01:04:05,599
These guys were born
60 seconds apart on which date?
1212
01:04:05,600 --> 01:04:06,689
May 11, 2000.
1213
01:04:06,690 --> 01:04:07,919
Look, there are kids, and
1214
01:04:07,920 --> 01:04:09,909
then there's Noah and Sarah.
1215
01:04:09,910 --> 01:04:11,869
Anything they can do, Noah can do.
1216
01:04:11,870 --> 01:04:16,169
Sarah, she's well on her way to
being the next Gabby Douglas.
1217
01:04:16,170 --> 01:04:19,449
I mean, she won regional
championship this last year. Wow.
1218
01:04:19,450 --> 01:04:20,469
Number seven.
1219
01:04:20,470 --> 01:04:22,441
So all we want is a scholarship basically.
1220
01:04:22,442 --> 01:04:24,029
Well.
1221
01:04:24,030 --> 01:04:24,695
Hello little man.
1222
01:04:24,696 --> 01:04:25,969
How's it going?
1223
01:04:25,970 --> 01:04:26,580
You ready to rock it?
1224
01:04:26,581 --> 01:04:28,069
Yeah, I'm ready now.
1225
01:04:28,070 --> 01:04:28,933
Let's go.
1226
01:04:28,934 --> 01:04:31,729
So your dad'll probably be
right here and here's his volume.
1227
01:04:31,730 --> 01:04:35,171
If he starts sounding
really bad, just turn him off.
1228
01:04:35,172 --> 01:04:36,919
All right. Cool.
1229
01:04:36,920 --> 01:04:39,217
Hey dad can you hear me?
1230
01:04:39,218 --> 01:04:41,456
I can hear you Noah.
1231
01:04:45,890 --> 01:04:48,349
It's surreal to play with your son.
1232
01:04:48,350 --> 01:04:50,019
You changed his diapers and
1233
01:04:50,020 --> 01:04:52,179
next thing you know you're
making music with this person.
1234
01:04:52,180 --> 01:04:53,719
Are you ready dad?
1235
01:04:53,720 --> 01:04:57,607
Ready son. All right, let's do it. Okay.
1236
01:04:57,608 --> 01:05:00,309
I'll never forget the
morning of the session.
1237
01:05:00,310 --> 01:05:02,959
There's a picture of me and Paul McCartney.
1238
01:05:02,960 --> 01:05:05,859
And Noah looks up and he
sees, and he says, daddy,
1239
01:05:05,860 --> 01:05:08,049
there's the composer of this song and
1240
01:05:08,050 --> 01:05:11,049
I wonder what he thinks of this
arrangement, I hope he likes it.
1241
01:05:11,050 --> 01:05:13,769
That's a full circle moment to me.
1242
01:05:13,770 --> 01:05:16,639
The Beatles were like my first heroes.
1243
01:05:16,640 --> 01:05:18,569
It's almost like living a dream,
1244
01:05:18,570 --> 01:05:23,350
when you think about learning
the baselines. Tax Man and.
1245
01:05:23,351 --> 01:05:27,129
You think about, wow these are
songs that I learned when I was
1246
01:05:27,130 --> 01:05:28,269
just learning how to play bass.
1247
01:05:28,270 --> 01:05:30,699
And now, I'm standing up next
to a Beatle playing these songs.
1248
01:05:30,700 --> 01:05:35,239
It's amazing.
1249
01:05:35,240 --> 01:05:40,984
I remember very
specifically, Nate just picking
1250
01:05:40,985 --> 01:05:47,469
up a broom and just
jamming to the Beatle records.
1251
01:05:47,470 --> 01:05:50,519
And it's ironic that he ended up
1252
01:05:50,520 --> 01:05:53,159
playing with most of the guys in the band.
1253
01:05:53,160 --> 01:05:55,969
And of course, George
went on to be one of my
1254
01:05:55,970 --> 01:05:58,329
dearest friends and I truly miss him.
1255
01:05:58,330 --> 01:05:59,649
We'd get together at his house.
1256
01:05:59,650 --> 01:06:01,999
He'd send a car for me
every time I arrived in London.
1257
01:06:02,000 --> 01:06:04,779
And we'd get together at his
house out in the country and
1258
01:06:04,780 --> 01:06:06,509
go over some of the
memories of The Beatles and
1259
01:06:06,510 --> 01:06:08,700
it was just really an amazing time.
1260
01:06:09,840 --> 01:06:13,389
It was my birthday once in, while we there,
1261
01:06:13,390 --> 01:06:14,929
actually while we were there in Japan.
1262
01:06:14,930 --> 01:06:17,349
And George gave me a birthday party.
1263
01:06:17,350 --> 01:06:20,239
Eric gave Nathan a beautiful
Giorgio Armani suit and
1264
01:06:20,240 --> 01:06:22,685
George gave him a
fabulous brown leather jacket.
1265
01:06:22,686 --> 01:06:24,578
Here we go.
1266
01:06:31,903 --> 01:06:38,679
My Beatle jacket.
1267
01:06:38,680 --> 01:06:43,020
Really, I love it.
1268
01:06:48,073 --> 01:06:49,316
After all these years,
1269
01:06:49,317 --> 01:06:53,090
I don't think any of us thought
we'd even maybe still be doing this.
1270
01:06:53,091 --> 01:06:56,359
Nate's one of those guys, that
I really cherish that friendship.
1271
01:06:56,360 --> 01:06:58,139
I feel really fortunate.
1272
01:06:58,140 --> 01:07:00,089
It's like a precious thing to me at my age.
1273
01:07:00,090 --> 01:07:01,329
Because you never know.
1274
01:07:01,330 --> 01:07:03,262
There'll come a time
when you just don't get to do
1275
01:07:03,263 --> 01:07:05,252
these anymore and get to
see these people anymore.
1276
01:07:09,493 --> 01:07:13,120
All I can say man, is
thank you and I love you.
1277
01:07:13,120 --> 01:07:13,840
I love you more.
1278
01:07:13,840 --> 01:07:14,480
Wait a minute.
1279
01:07:14,480 --> 01:07:15,170
I love you.
1280
01:07:15,171 --> 01:07:16,933
I love you more.
1281
01:07:16,934 --> 01:07:18,440
Come on.
Come on.
1282
01:07:18,441 --> 01:07:19,579
Really been a blessing to be
1283
01:07:19,580 --> 01:07:22,500
here to play with him on
his very first solo record.
1284
01:07:23,910 --> 01:07:26,769
Really an honor that he called me.
1285
01:07:26,770 --> 01:07:27,820
He can call anybody.
1286
01:07:29,690 --> 01:07:32,019
We were in the middle
of mixing the record when
1287
01:07:32,020 --> 01:07:36,649
we received the tragic
news that Ricky Lawson
1288
01:07:36,650 --> 01:07:41,624
had suffered a brain aneurysm
from which he would not recover.
1289
01:07:41,625 --> 01:07:46,024
The death of Ricky came
as a complete shock to us all,
1290
01:07:46,025 --> 01:07:47,764
particularly to Nathan.
1291
01:07:47,765 --> 01:07:51,039
They have shared their
entire careers together.
1292
01:07:51,040 --> 01:07:53,789
The spirit that Ricky Lawson
1293
01:07:53,790 --> 01:07:57,469
has left on this record is
absolutely overwhelming.
1294
01:07:57,470 --> 01:08:01,019
Especially knowing that now he
has finished his mission here on
1295
01:08:01,020 --> 01:08:04,119
Earth, and gone on to that band in Heaven,
1296
01:08:04,120 --> 01:08:06,269
that has a lot of great players there.
1297
01:08:06,270 --> 01:08:08,924
You will always be represented
and remain alive in my heart,
1298
01:08:08,925 --> 01:08:10,914
you know, especially through this record.
1299
01:08:11,855 --> 01:08:14,406
The music is spiritual,
1300
01:08:14,407 --> 01:08:20,139
cause basically you take
something from nothing.
1301
01:08:20,140 --> 01:08:23,539
You know, to have all of us in
the room together is the one way
1302
01:08:23,540 --> 01:08:25,520
that you create magical records.
1303
01:08:29,074 --> 01:08:31,090
Ricky knew how to groove.
1304
01:08:32,310 --> 01:08:34,140
That's the thing.
He was always like that.
1305
01:08:34,141 --> 01:08:36,519
I mean, he was grooving like
that in Detroit in high school.
1306
01:08:36,520 --> 01:08:38,799
He had this thing about washing cars.
1307
01:08:38,800 --> 01:08:40,659
He came to visit my house one time.
1308
01:08:40,660 --> 01:08:42,969
He said I'm on the way, I'll
be there in a few minutes.
1309
01:08:42,970 --> 01:08:45,759
And after about 20 minutes I
was wondering where he was but
1310
01:08:45,760 --> 01:08:48,569
then I get a knock on the
door and he said come outside.
1311
01:08:48,570 --> 01:08:51,180
He had detailed my car.
He would do that.
1312
01:08:51,181 --> 01:08:52,929
It didn't matter where you lived.
1313
01:08:52,930 --> 01:08:56,319
He would come over and
wash your car and leave.
1314
01:08:56,320 --> 01:08:59,139
He was nuts.
He was absolutely.
1315
01:08:59,140 --> 01:09:00,499
No, who does that?
1316
01:09:00,500 --> 01:09:01,350
Working it out.
1317
01:09:01,351 --> 01:09:03,939
Get the hose, spraying it,
just soap and everything.
1318
01:09:03,940 --> 01:09:05,379
He was just crazy like that.
1319
01:09:05,380 --> 01:09:07,735
That's the kinda guy he was,
he was just generous.
1320
01:09:07,735 --> 01:09:08,470
Hey!
1321
01:09:08,471 --> 01:09:10,239
We are supposed to be here, I think,
1322
01:09:10,240 --> 01:09:15,009
to help one another, to be
better as people for each other.
1323
01:09:15,010 --> 01:09:15,510
Nathan.
1324
01:09:17,376 --> 01:09:21,264
Ricky, never even have to say
anything to Ricky.
1325
01:09:21,265 --> 01:09:23,715
This was one of last
projects that he recorded.
1326
01:09:26,850 --> 01:09:30,332
I just want this to be
not only my project, but
1327
01:09:30,333 --> 01:09:32,257
his project as well, and
1328
01:09:32,258 --> 01:09:37,299
I dedicate this album to Ricky
Lawson, my brother in music.
1329
01:09:37,300 --> 01:09:38,499
I've been so blessed.
1330
01:09:38,500 --> 01:09:42,329
In my career as a musician and as a person.
1331
01:09:42,330 --> 01:09:44,946
Cuz I'm just a little
knucklehead from Detroit, you
1332
01:09:44,947 --> 01:09:48,379
know, traveled the world, played
with some incredible musicians,
1333
01:09:48,380 --> 01:09:50,427
met some wonderful people like you guys.
1334
01:09:53,990 --> 01:09:56,292
It's a blessing for me to sit back and
1335
01:09:56,293 --> 01:09:57,639
watch it all happen.
1336
01:09:57,640 --> 01:10:01,569
I just wish Nathan nothing but the best.
1337
01:10:01,570 --> 01:10:05,709
Nothing but the best
because he is the best.
1338
01:10:05,710 --> 01:10:06,954
You're having a bad hair day huh?
1339
01:10:06,955 --> 01:10:07,780
Aw.
1340
01:10:07,781 --> 01:10:12,770
You know a lot of people leave
here with their dreams inside of them.
1341
01:10:12,771 --> 01:10:15,429
And we've been blessed, and I'm thankful.
1342
01:10:15,430 --> 01:10:16,711
I thank you guys.
1343
01:10:16,712 --> 01:10:20,717
Thank you guys for your time,
1344
01:10:20,718 --> 01:10:24,420
because I appreciate you.
1345
01:10:24,421 --> 01:10:27,337
Good night.
1346
01:10:30,822 --> 01:10:33,883
The record is about this bass player, but
1347
01:10:33,884 --> 01:10:37,569
it's more about the spirit
of who this person is.
1348
01:10:37,570 --> 01:10:44,451
This is kinda like this Brazilian
1349
01:10:46,818 --> 01:10:49,874
So there's no
demo on this right?
1350
01:10:49,875 --> 01:10:52,024
There is a little bit of a demo.
1351
01:10:52,025 --> 01:10:53,884
What I was hoping is to
get everybody together and
1352
01:10:53,885 --> 01:10:56,714
say it would be really
cool if we did this lake,
1353
01:10:56,715 --> 01:10:57,964
cuz what I'm looking for Yeah.
1354
01:10:57,965 --> 01:10:59,869
Is to become a lot more beefy.
1355
01:10:59,870 --> 01:11:01,029
I'm usually the guy,
1356
01:11:01,030 --> 01:11:04,889
no let me just lay down a nice solid
part, and then you can do what you want.
1357
01:11:04,890 --> 01:11:08,559
But, this tune is basically a
bass solo from start to finish.
1358
01:11:08,560 --> 01:11:09,392
Man, I wanna blow over that.
1359
01:11:09,393 --> 01:11:11,669
I don't wanna blow over there.
1360
01:11:11,670 --> 01:11:14,977
I don't wanna just do this.
1361
01:11:14,978 --> 01:11:32,829
When he is in that chair you know
that things are good.
1362
01:11:32,830 --> 01:11:34,229
Joy coming from there and
1363
01:11:34,230 --> 01:11:36,729
there's knowledge and there's experience.
1364
01:11:36,730 --> 01:11:40,260
It's just exactly what is supposed
to be happening and then some.
1365
01:11:40,261 --> 01:11:41,559
That's what you can't teach.
1366
01:11:41,560 --> 01:11:42,759
That's what you don't learn.
1367
01:11:42,760 --> 01:11:44,589
That's that lightning in a bottle,
1368
01:11:44,590 --> 01:11:47,739
that x factor thing that Nate has.
1369
01:11:47,740 --> 01:11:50,586
On this entire record
he steps out one time.
1370
01:11:50,587 --> 01:11:53,429
The song is really about the grandeur and
1371
01:11:53,430 --> 01:11:56,029
the complexity about who Nathan is.
1372
01:11:56,030 --> 01:11:59,837
Let's just lead that length
and then go to that section.
1373
01:12:09,700 --> 01:12:11,394
Okay, let's start the audition.
1374
01:12:11,395 --> 01:12:14,082
Tim is going to go on B three.
1375
01:12:14,083 --> 01:12:15,362
Then I am going to take up.
1376
01:12:15,363 --> 01:12:16,969
Got her.
1377
01:12:16,970 --> 01:12:21,199
I heard they were opening
cattle call auditions.
1378
01:12:21,200 --> 01:12:23,469
I took the track back to Nashville,
1379
01:12:23,470 --> 01:12:25,789
orchestrated it, put the choir on it.
1380
01:12:25,790 --> 01:12:30,519
He turned a studio recording into a live
stadium performance.
1381
01:12:30,520 --> 01:12:31,634
By the time you get to the end,
1382
01:12:31,635 --> 01:12:34,229
it just sounds like everybody's
celebrating dancing and singing.
1383
01:12:35,020 --> 01:12:39,053
It's great to have a song
that I can call my own.
1384
01:12:39,054 --> 01:12:41,639
Thank you!
1385
01:12:41,640 --> 01:12:48,694
What I'm sick about is the fact
1386
01:12:48,695 --> 01:12:54,529
that he can do anything.
1387
01:12:54,530 --> 01:12:56,159
First, he's a pilot.
1388
01:12:56,160 --> 01:12:59,609
When the hell does anybody
have time to become a pilot?
1389
01:12:59,610 --> 01:13:02,169
Can you have just one area of brilliance?
1390
01:13:02,170 --> 01:13:02,890
Oh no, not him.
1391
01:13:02,891 --> 01:13:04,989
I gotta be a great bass player.
1392
01:13:04,990 --> 01:13:05,601
He's a magician.
1393
01:13:09,510 --> 01:13:12,110
Do you know what kind of time you have
1394
01:13:12,111 --> 01:13:14,949
to invest to become a magician?
1395
01:13:14,950 --> 01:13:16,185
You ever see his magic?
1396
01:13:16,186 --> 01:13:17,199
He was ridiculous.
1397
01:13:17,200 --> 01:13:20,590
It's like being a brilliant musician
isn't enough.
1398
01:13:20,591 --> 01:13:25,289
Oh yeah, let me just have a
membership at the Magic Castle.
1399
01:13:25,290 --> 01:13:27,850
No one has a membership, he does.
1400
01:13:29,260 --> 01:13:32,109
A pilot and magician?
1401
01:13:32,110 --> 01:13:34,839
It's like, what are you
gonna run for Congress next?
1402
01:13:34,840 --> 01:13:35,959
This is the official
1403
01:13:35,960 --> 01:13:38,439
Presidential Inaugural Album 2009.
1404
01:13:38,440 --> 01:13:41,919
It's definitely an honor
to have been part of this.
1405
01:13:41,920 --> 01:13:44,859
It was the biggest gig
I've ever played in my life.
1406
01:13:44,860 --> 01:13:49,959
Two million people on the steps
of the Lincoln Memorial in D.C.
1407
01:13:49,960 --> 01:13:51,109
You know right after they said,
1408
01:13:51,110 --> 01:13:54,899
okay everyone stay in your
seats while the President and
1409
01:13:54,900 --> 01:13:57,539
the First Lady and the First Family leave.
1410
01:13:57,540 --> 01:14:00,729
So President Obama and the
First Family actually came over to
1411
01:14:00,730 --> 01:14:03,989
each one of us, and he came
over and gave me a big smile and
1412
01:14:03,990 --> 01:14:06,594
handshake and said, you
were really laying it down.
1413
01:14:06,595 --> 01:14:09,052
Made me feel like the first bass player.
1414
01:14:12,110 --> 01:14:15,149
America The Beautiful Was one of the most
1415
01:14:15,150 --> 01:14:20,709
important moments in recording this record.
1416
01:14:20,710 --> 01:14:23,689
Nathan wanted to do a
song that represented the love
1417
01:14:23,690 --> 01:14:25,769
that he has for this country.
1418
01:14:25,770 --> 01:14:28,809
Nathan is remarkably patriotic.
1419
01:14:28,810 --> 01:14:31,459
America the Beautiful was what we chose.
1420
01:14:31,460 --> 01:14:32,669
If you're a bass player,
1421
01:14:32,670 --> 01:14:36,099
it's hard not to be
influenced by Jaco Pastorius.
1422
01:14:36,100 --> 01:14:40,039
He did things with the bass that
no one has ever done before and
1423
01:14:40,040 --> 01:14:41,849
no one will ever do again.
1424
01:14:41,850 --> 01:14:44,539
And one of the things that
influenced me was his version of
1425
01:14:44,540 --> 01:14:46,389
America the Beautiful.
1426
01:14:46,390 --> 01:14:50,290
I as inspired to try to come up
with an arrangement for this song.
1427
01:14:50,291 --> 01:14:53,136
Still want your heart
to just be beating like,
1428
01:14:53,137 --> 01:14:54,970
oh man this is unbelievable.
1429
01:14:56,590 --> 01:14:58,450
Yeah.
1430
01:15:02,850 --> 01:15:04,924
Ok, I want to run up to the front and
1431
01:15:04,925 --> 01:15:06,649
take a picture in the front.
1432
01:15:06,650 --> 01:15:08,009
Okay, Noah get in it,
1433
01:15:08,010 --> 01:15:10,319
let's see if I can get
both of us in it, oh, steady!
1434
01:15:10,320 --> 01:15:13,404
Oh, studio A.
1435
01:15:13,405 --> 01:15:15,219
Yep,yep.
1436
01:15:15,220 --> 01:15:18,659
Okay, excuse me, I've
only read about this place.
1437
01:15:18,660 --> 01:15:22,594
It was an amazing experience
to be at Ocean Way Nashville and
1438
01:15:22,595 --> 01:15:25,674
among these incredible string players here.
1439
01:15:28,939 --> 01:15:32,437
Music is a very spiritual
experience anyway,
1440
01:15:32,438 --> 01:15:34,679
so when I was sitting there and
1441
01:15:34,680 --> 01:15:38,625
then I look up and see the
stained glass windows, and
1442
01:15:38,626 --> 01:15:42,859
I felt as though God let us
borrow his house to record in.
1443
01:15:42,860 --> 01:15:44,210
My first solo CD, thank you.
1444
01:15:44,211 --> 01:15:51,696
And it touches my heart that
everybody agreed to do this for
1445
01:15:51,697 --> 01:16:00,319
free so I'd really Here we go.
1446
01:16:00,320 --> 01:16:04,357
We recorded most of this record here in
1447
01:16:04,358 --> 01:16:10,414
Franklin Tennessee where
one of the last great battles of
1448
01:16:10,415 --> 01:16:15,730
the Civil War took place
just a mile up the street.
1449
01:16:15,731 --> 01:16:21,601
Two forces clash together,
and 7,000 men lost their lives.
1450
01:16:31,468 --> 01:16:33,925
Before we recorded Nathan's solo on
1451
01:16:33,926 --> 01:16:35,590
America the Beautiful,
1452
01:16:35,591 --> 01:16:38,455
we took a trip up to
the Battle of Franklin.
1453
01:16:39,825 --> 01:16:43,215
Nathan went with remarkable reverence.
1454
01:16:44,300 --> 01:16:48,938
He's one of these remarkable people that
1455
01:16:48,939 --> 01:16:51,859
can embrace everything.
1456
01:16:51,860 --> 01:16:59,349
One of the greatest attributes
to why he's so successful.
1457
01:16:59,350 --> 01:17:03,200
It's because he's so
successful within himself.
1458
01:17:04,300 --> 01:17:07,243
When you hear a person
like Nathan East play,
1459
01:17:07,244 --> 01:17:11,120
it's very representative of
the kind of human being he is.
1460
01:17:13,416 --> 01:17:18,099
It's a mirror into his soul.
1461
01:17:18,100 --> 01:17:20,939
It's like windows into his heart.
1462
01:17:20,940 --> 01:17:22,669
He's a good man, and a generous guy.
1463
01:17:22,670 --> 01:17:27,209
I've never seen him in a down moment.
1464
01:17:27,210 --> 01:17:28,649
He's got a smile of gold.
1465
01:17:28,650 --> 01:17:30,555
And when he says he's there
for you, he's there for you.
1466
01:17:30,556 --> 01:17:35,979
He's not just a bass player.
1467
01:17:35,980 --> 01:17:37,167
It's a package. It really is.
1468
01:17:37,168 --> 01:17:41,189
He's a whole human being.
1469
01:17:41,190 --> 01:17:43,546
Nate doesn't just focus on music,
1470
01:17:43,547 --> 01:17:45,910
he focuses on life and on the world.
1471
01:17:49,450 --> 01:17:52,070
He's a real giving person.
1472
01:17:53,560 --> 01:17:55,009
That's the way he is on his sessions,
1473
01:17:55,010 --> 01:17:56,429
that's the way he is with family,
1474
01:17:56,430 --> 01:17:57,849
that's the way is his friendship.
1475
01:17:57,850 --> 01:17:59,989
Here's someone that doesn't just play
1476
01:17:59,990 --> 01:18:02,229
beautifully, but he's a
beautiful human being.
1477
01:18:02,230 --> 01:18:03,351
I, I don't know anybody like him.
1478
01:18:20,334 --> 01:18:31,386
The fact that he's this
beaming light shines so
1479
01:18:31,387 --> 01:18:42,715
bright every time you're
around him just adds to
1480
01:18:42,716 --> 01:18:47,739
his musicianship.
1481
01:18:47,740 --> 01:18:50,529
He's a really good guy. He's
the perfect genuine friend.
1482
01:18:50,530 --> 01:18:55,199
You just don't find that that often.
1483
01:18:55,200 --> 01:18:58,619
Those notions of who we are.
1484
01:18:58,620 --> 01:19:00,390
And what we should be
doing while we're here.
1485
01:19:02,842 --> 01:19:09,141
It's important to have that.
1486
01:19:09,142 --> 01:19:13,192
Nathan's got that.
1487
01:19:21,380 --> 01:19:23,239
We knew what we had going in.
1488
01:19:23,240 --> 01:19:24,779
We knew it was going to be special,
1489
01:19:24,780 --> 01:19:26,539
we knew it was going to be different, but
1490
01:19:26,540 --> 01:19:28,788
we were not expecting the flood.
1491
01:19:28,789 --> 01:19:33,429
Ladies and gentlemen,
he debuted at number one.
1492
01:19:33,430 --> 01:19:37,421
The first number one on the
Yamaha Entertainment Group label.
1493
01:19:37,422 --> 01:19:40,503
He's been number one ever since.
1494
01:19:40,504 --> 01:19:46,157
We are unbelievably proud to
welcome Yamaha recording artist,
1495
01:19:46,158 --> 01:19:47,422
Nathan East.
1496
01:19:50,171 --> 01:19:53,045
It's a new doorway.
It's a new.
1497
01:19:53,046 --> 01:19:56,045
And I hope it's not
just a one time thing.
1498
01:19:56,046 --> 01:19:57,067
Chances are you've
1499
01:19:57,068 --> 01:20:00,309
spent your whole life listening
to the music of our next guest.
1500
01:20:00,310 --> 01:20:03,686
That is Nathan East sitting
in with The Roots tonight.
1501
01:20:10,227 --> 01:20:12,049
Nathan's record is one in a million.
1502
01:20:12,050 --> 01:20:14,449
That's like lightning striking.
1503
01:20:14,450 --> 01:20:17,039
The album will show the listener that there
1504
01:20:17,040 --> 01:20:20,159
are an infinite number of sides to Nathan.
1505
01:20:20,160 --> 01:20:21,169
It's incredible.
1506
01:20:21,170 --> 01:20:23,469
It's gonna be very interesting
to see where it takes him.
1507
01:20:23,470 --> 01:20:25,699
It's just a masterfully magical album.
1508
01:20:25,700 --> 01:20:28,644
It's magic, and I just
found myself blown away.
1509
01:20:31,726 --> 01:20:35,050
He's one of those musicians
that just happen that one time.
1510
01:20:35,051 --> 01:20:38,287
100 years from now you'll
be considered one of the top
1511
01:20:38,288 --> 01:20:40,185
talented musicians of all time.
1512
01:20:40,186 --> 01:20:42,144
He is that guy, he is that guy.
1513
01:20:57,311 --> 01:20:59,649
It is no longer Nathan East Whip.
1514
01:20:59,650 --> 01:21:03,139
Nathan is now Nathan East the artist.
1515
01:21:03,140 --> 01:21:06,779
We are extremely excited
about what the future holds.
1516
01:21:06,780 --> 01:21:09,769
This is the weapon, the secret weapon.
1517
01:21:09,770 --> 01:21:11,669
It's not such a secret
but it's the only one.
1518
01:21:11,670 --> 01:21:12,993
There's only one of him.
1519
01:21:14,228 --> 01:21:15,186
Did you catch that?
1520
01:21:15,187 --> 01:21:22,351
See ya.
1521
01:21:22,352 --> 01:21:23,560
We did it.
1522
01:21:23,561 --> 01:21:24,143
We did it.
1523
01:21:26,268 --> 01:21:27,476
And there you have it.
1524
01:21:27,477 --> 01:21:30,061
So, I guess I'm still on the clock,
so see you back in the studio.
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