Standing In The Shadows of Motown- The Start

I have recently bought a new book that I was told is crucial for a bass player to have. It's called "Standing in The Shadows of Motown", a book about arguably the best electric bassist who ever lived, James Jamerson. This is the guy you hear on the majority of famous Motown tracks like Stevie Wonder's "Signed Sealed Delivered", or Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On", both the song and the album. This guy was a genius, and as much as I'd like to go in depth about him and his playing, my real assignment is to talk about the writing.
The thing that interests me most about the writing of this book is that the author, Dr. Licks, isn't basing his information on internet research, or other books about Motown. He's basing his information and writing on the fact that he was there for a lot of the action. This man has met and talked with people like Jamerson's drummer, and the pianist who was a large part of the "Motown sound", Earl Vann Dyke. Dr. Licks interviews all of these world class musicians, as well as other family members and friends of Jamerson in order to piece together the story of his tragically ended life. Not only is this an amazing and interesting topic, but puzzling the pieces together to form a story of a musically famous, but personally forgotten person seems to be a fun process in itself.
If I were to ever write a book it's either be completely fiction, like a super imaginative weird scifi novel, or a biography about someone as inspiring and important as Mr. James Jamerson. This book stresses his importance in the musical world today. If every band needs a bass player, nine out of ten times that bass player has been hugely influenced by James Jamerson. If this isn't the case, then this strange bassist was influenced by a different bass player who was influenced by Jamerson. Jamerson is the epitome of modern bass playing, and hugely impacting on the world of music we live in today.