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Jun 1, 2024 1 hr 8 min

Will Lee

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EPISODE 114: Grammy-award winning Will Lee has done it all in the music business. Perhaps best known as bassist for over three decades on The Late Show with David Letterman, he holds the world’s record for longest-running bassist on late night television. Will has also lent his considerable talents to well over 2500 Pop, Jazz, Rock, Reggae and Gospel albums including those by Gato Barbieri, The Bee Gees, George Benson, Michael Bolton, David Bowie, The Brecker Brothers, James Brown, Mariah Carey, Cher, Natalie Cole, Christopher Cross, D'Angelo, Ray Davies, Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Michael Franks, Al Green, Go Hiromi, Bob James, Billy Joel, Alicia Keyes, Chaka Khan, Cyndi Lauper, Chuck Loeb, Barry Manilow, Ricky Martin, Pat Metheny, Bette Midler, Laura Nyro, Diana Ross, David Sanborn, Ryuchi Sakamoto, Carly Simon, Frank Sinatra, SMAP, Spyro Gyra, Ringo Starr, Steely Dan, Cat Stevens, Barbra Streisand, Frankie Valli, Luther Vandross, Dionne Warwick, Sadao Watanabe, Weather Report, Nancy Wilson, Akiko Yano and more. He has sung and played on an equal number of TV and radio commercials (he was the voice of Teddy Grahams, Stroh’s Beer, The US Army “Be All That You Can Be”) as well as many movie soundtracks. willlee.com Contact us: makingsoundpodcast.com Follow on Instagram: @makingsoundpodcast Follow on Threads: @jannklose Join our Facebook Group Please support the show with a donation, thank you for listening!

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EPISODE 114: Grammy-award winning Will Lee has done it all in the music business. Perhaps best known as bassist for over three decades on The Late Show with David Letterman, he holds the world’s record for longest-running bassist on late night television. Will has also lent his considerable talents to well over 2500 Pop, Jazz, Rock, Reggae and Gospel albums including those by Gato Barbieri, The Bee Gees, George Benson, Michael Bolton, David Bowie, The Brecker Brothers, James Brown, Mariah Car...

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