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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of James Jamerson
By Melissa Sherrard / Jan. 27, 2021 12:04 pm EDT
Today, deceased bass guitarist James Jamerson is widely recognized as one of the most influential musicians of the modern era. In 2020, Jamerson was named the greatest bass guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine, and he was the first to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 as a "sideman" musician. While his posthumous fame is well-deserved, it was hard-earned after being overlooked for so long, and many music lovers still don't know the tragic real-life story of Jamerson and the circumstances surrounding his sad, too-early end.
Today, James Jamerson is known to have been an uncredited session musician on many hits produced by Motown Records in the 1960s and 1970s. According to OZY , Jamerson was the bassist playing on dozens of top songs, such as "Bernadette," "My Girl," "I'm Wondering," and "What's Going On." Read on to learn more about the unfortunate events that led up to Jamerson's tragic, untimely death.
Even though Jamerson was named the most important bassist of all time by Bass Player magazine in 2017, the pioneering musician never enjoyed the same level of fame while he was still alive. Bass Player magazine described Jamerson's role at Motown Records as a session musician who played with top artists of the time like Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye , the Temptations, and Stevie Wonder .
The Morning Call notes that James Jamerson was sad about being prevented from touring and being overlooked while the recordings featuring his signature bass lines became well-loved hits. Some speculate that Motown businessman Berry Gordy Jr. was afraid Jamerson would be lured away by competitors, so he kept Jamerson in the studio, which wasn't a lucrative career — Jamerson and his fellow session artists had to play extra gigs after hours to make ends meet.
Another insult, according to OZY , was that Jamerson wasn't asked to play at Motown's 25th anniversary concert, and he wasn't even allowed backstage. Jamerson was forced to scalp a ticket for a back row seat in the bleachers to attend.
Poor health was also an issue for Jamerson for most of his life. According to All Music , Jamerson was injured in a bicycle accident as a youth, and he was forced to spend a year in a wheelchair. After his recovery, he still walked with a slight limp that made him self-conscious for the rest of his life. Jamerson found himself in and out of hospitals and mental health facilities throughout much of his adult life. Later, as The Morning Call notes, Jamerson's fingers began to stiffen with age, and he began to suffer from medication-related trembles. Then, in 1981, Jamerson suffered a severed artery in his right arm during an attempted mugging, and his touch deadened in that arm.
According to This Day In Music , James Jamerson died, virtually unknown, on August 2, 1983, at the age of 47. His death was a result of pneumonia, cirrhosis of the liver, and heart failure . He was survived by his wife and four children, one of whom, James Jr. (pictured above), also became a session bassist. OZY notes that Jamerson died a depressed alcoholic who had been out of work for nearly 20 years. As if his final days of declining health weren't bad enough, Jamerson's prized sunburst 1962 Fender Precision Bass that he called "the Funk Machine" was stolen earlier that year. The instrument has yet to be recovered.
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Published July 7, 2022 at 6:55 PM CDT
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A native of western Kentucky, Operle earned his bachelor's degree in integrated strategic communications from the University of Kentucky in 2014. Operle spent five years working for Paxton Media/The Paducah Sun as a reporter and editor. In addition to his work in the news industry, Operle is a passionate movie lover and concertgoer.
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Formal proceedings and charges against 42nd Judicial Circuit Court Judge James T. “Jamie” Jameson – who presides over Calloway and Marshall counties – were detailed in a 254-page document released by the Judicial Conduct Commission of Kentucky Thursday.
The commission is the sole state entity authorized by the state constitution to take disciplinary action against a sitting Kentucky judge. It operates under the Kentucky Supreme Court and serves as an investigative body in matters of judicial conduct.
Jameson is facing four charges of misconduct from the commission, including allegedly:
The document released by the commission fully outlines each charge, citing laws, statutes and codes of conduct as they apply to Jameson charges.
Jameson’s more than 70-page response to the charges, as well as exhibits submitted as evidence in response to them – including emails, texts, messages, documents and statements from staff, friends and his personal physician – are also included in the commission document.
Jameson’s legal representation argues the facts and opinions that led the commission to make these charges were submitted by “individuals who seek to provide political benefit” to Jameson’s election opponent, Andrea Moore , in his bid for reelection this fall.
“Long before receiving all of the claims and factual information submitted against him from the Commission, Judge Jameson was informed by persons involved in the local justice system in Marshall County that a group of six or fewer attorneys and at least one member of court personnel were working to submit a ‘diatribe’ of tainted factual information to the Commission in an attempt to damage Judge Jameson’s reputation during an election year to the benefit of his opponent,” the response said.
The mission of the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission is to encourage judges, commissioners and candidates for judicial office to maintain high standards of conduct and promote public confidence in the “integrity, independence, competence, and impartiality” of Kentucky’s judiciary.
In cases where judges, commissioners and candidates for judicial office are found to have engaged in misconduct or to be incapacitated, the commission can take disciplinary action, including issuing admonitions, reprimands, censures, suspensions or removal from office.
Unless a resolution is reached between the Judicial and Jameson in the next 15 days, there will be a public hearing, the circuit court judge told WKMS late Thursday.
Jameson doesn't expect a resolution to be reached before the hearing date, but he does hope that his constituency will see his side of the story. He noted his work with the Community Corrections Board and their efforts to abate drug addiction in the district .
"I honestly believe 100% when the people from the community I grew up in see what they are labeling as allegations and charges [they'll say], 'Why in the world does anybody think this is wrong? This is what a judge ought to be doing,'" Jameson said.
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