The Legacy of Detroit Music Legend James Jamerson

January 30, 2017

This past weekend would have been the 81st birthday of Motown legend James Jamerson.

James Jamerson

Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Ryan Patrick Hooper

Motown legend James Jamerson would have celebrated his 81st birthday on January 29. Listen in as CultureShift correspondent Ryan Patrick Hooper digs into the life and legacy of Jamerson with People’s Records owner Brad Hales. 

 

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  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning journalist and producer of the CuriosiD podcast for 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit’s NPR station. She served as the host of WDET's now discontinued program CultureShift, was a founding producer of WDET’s flagship news talk show Detroit Today, and a former host/reporter for Arizona Public Media.

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