Grooving is a spiritual thing for James Gadson.1

On this track, the band grooved for about ten minutes straight. After that, Bill Withers put down his vocal part and the engineer manufactured a breakdown by soloing vocals and drums for certain sections.

If you listen closely, you can hear the bass bleeding into the drum mics during the breakdowns.

I dig this work-flow. When the album version starts, the musicians have already been deep in the groove for a few minutes.

Nov. 17, 2011

James Gadson