Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
'Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours’ is a classic Stevie Wonder track, one that is still played live to this day. The original version was recorded at Motown back in 1970, with session bassist Bob Babbitt holding down the low end. This live version – taken from Stevie’s live album Natural Wonder – has Nate Watts on bass and is an astonishing performance. Nate uses elements of Babbitt’s original line but embellishes it considerably with many Jamerson-influenced fills, chromatic approach tones, slides, shakes and more. If you play this track in a live band of any kind, learning this live version will give you a lot of great material to add into your own performances.
I performed the line using a '67 Fender Custom Shop Precision Bass strung with Rotosound strings.
A full video tuition course - with transcription and TAB - is available to video course subscribers at Bassline Publishing. You can check out the course below:
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'Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours’ is a classic Stevie Wonder track, one that is still played live to this day. The original version was recorded at Motown back in 1970, with session bassist Bob Babbitt holding down the low end. This live version – taken from Stevie’s live album Natural Wonder – has Nate Watts on bass and is an astonishing performance. Nate uses elements of Babbitt’s original line but embellishes it considerably with many Jamerson-influenced fills, chromatic approach tones, slides, shakes and more. If you play this track in a live band of any kind, learning this live version will give you a lot of great material to add into your own performances.
I performed the line using a '67 Fender Custom Shop Precision Bass strung with Rotosound strings.
A full video tuition course - with transcription and TAB - is available to video course subscribers at Bassline Publishing. You can check out the course below:
basslinepublishing.com/video-section/stevie-wonder-signed-sealed-delivered-live
You can SUBSCRIBE to my video courses here: basslinepublishing.com/video-course-choice
Don't forget to like the video and subscribe so that you see more great bass content from me in the future!
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Follow Bassline Publishing:
Facebook: facebook.com/BasslinePublishing
Instagram: instagram.com/stuartclaytonbass
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