On October 24, 2018, Melvin M. Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson died aged 67. He was musician (guitar), famous for his unique skills with wah-wah pedal. He was member of The Funk Brothers, the studio band for “Motown Records”, recorded and performed with Dizzy Gillespie, John Lee Hooker, Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Vanessa Williams, Thelma Houston, The Four Tops, The Jackson 5, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Michael Jackson, Maxwell, The Beach Boys, George Benson, Bobbi Humphrey, Janet Jackson, Yung Berg, Blondie, Norman Whitfield, The Undisputed Truth, Donald Byrd, Labelle, Love Unlimited, Cher, Meshell Ndegeocello, Gloria Gaynor, The Temptations (his guitar work on “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”), Pointer Sisters, Martha Reeves, Rose Royce, Bob Scaggs and Herbie Hancock. As leader, Wah Wah Watson released one solo album (Elementary, 1976).
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Herbie Hancock: Sunlight
On June 15, 1978, “Columbia” label released “Sunlight”, the 19th Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded in 1977, and was produced by David Rubinson and Herbie Hancock.
Personnel:
- Herbie Hancock – lead and background vocals (vocoder), keyboards, synthesizers, string, brass and woodwind arrangements
- Patrick Gleeson – additional synthesizers
- Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone solo
- Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker, Jr. – guitar
- Byron Miller, Paul Jackson, Jaco Pastorius – electric bass
- Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, James Levi, Harvey Mason, Sr., Tony Williams – drums
- Raul Rekow, Bill Summers – percussion
- Baba Duru – table
- Bobby Shew, Maurice Spears, Robert O’Bryant, Garnett Brown – brass
- Ernest J. Watts, Fred Jackson, Jr., Jack Nimitz, David Willard Riddles – woodwind
- Terry Adams, Roy Malan, Nathan Rubin, Linda Wood, Emily VanValkenburgh – strings
- David Rubinson, Fred Catero, Chris Minto, Cheryl Ward – engineer
- Steve Mantoani – engineer
- Terry Becker – engineer assistant
- Phill Brown – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Herbie Hancock, except where noted.
- I Thought It Was You – Herbie Hancock, Melvin Ragin, Jeffrey Cohen
- Come Running to Me – lyrics by Allee Willis
- Sunlight
- No Means Yes
- Good Question
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