208 - The LEGENDARY Bass Lines of Nathan East

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4.8 • 522 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Here it is — the full, uncut conversation between Scott and the one and only Nathan East. Nathan opens up about the sessions and stories that shaped his career, from laying it down for Barry White and Hubert Laws to hitting the road with Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, and countless others. It’s a rare, behind-the-scenes look at one of the most recorded bassists in history. Dive in and enjoy.

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0:00.0	Number one thing is make it feel good. There's no course on that.
0:08.0	I'm 16 years old touring with Barry White at Madison Square Garden. He would get out of a
0:12.4	studs barricade with a 357 magnum. Gun would go on the console and you're sitting there, okay.
0:20.0	When I look back, I was always kind of obsessed with sound.
0:23.5	Your responsibility to keep the low end and build that foundation from the bottom, there's
0:27.7	that one mentality.
0:29.2	And then there's the other one that was trying to be George Fenson on the base.
0:34.1	Well, how do you choose the notes?
0:36.0	That's why I'm here from Scott Bass.
0:37.8	Okay, so I... Well, how do you choose the notes? That's why I'm here from Scott Bass Lesson.
0:42.5	Okay, so I finally did it.
0:45.5	I'm here with the legendary Nathan East.
0:47.2	We all know he's bass royalty.
0:49.9	Barry White, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston,
0:52.1	Shaka Khan, Eric Clapton, Phil Colleen,
0:55.8	Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, George Harrison, Elton John.
0:57.8	Yeah, I'm just dropping them names down there.
1:06.0	George Benson, Kenny Loggins, Anita Baker, Herbie Hancock, Chick-Corps, Earthwind and Fire, Toto, Michael McDonald.
1:08.4	The list goes on and on.
1:09.4	I mean... Because of greatness.
1:13.8	Oh, come on.
1:20.3	Come on. First of all, we're in the studio, going to work every day, and a 19-year-old beautiful girl comes in.
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