Bass Cover: 'I Work For A Living'; Fonzi Thornton (Original 1982; this Nile Rodgers 12" ver., 2018)

*Headphones as ever!*... The signature sound of Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards drives this number by Fonzi Thornton, who was a key backing vocalist through Chic's late '70's period & later on many Rodgers/Edwards productions, before venturing into solo work & collaborations with the likes of Luther Vandross, Roxy Music & others. I've not played a note-for-note replication (as always!) but instead my interpretation in the spirit of Bernard's original line. Recorded here with Musicman Stingray Classic and Thomastik Jazz flatwounds, via a Boss GT-1B.

[@sam10coumans]

Groovy as hell man!

[@SLAmey-mu9hd]

Chic were the greatest Disco Funk outfit 😎🤘🏼💙

[@anassaleh223]

Super duper ❤️

[@paolomoretti99]

You are a crazy man

[@MarcG7424]

Great sound as usual thank you sir

[@suewright1299]

I absolutely love this song, well not particularly the song itself as it’s a little repetitious, but the music is brilliant!! Thanks a lot Ian😊

[@corsu64]

Huge, sauvage !!😍

[@skeys79]

Great! Are you using flats on this bass?

[@fergieweather]

Yes, Thomastik Jazz flatwounds

[@skeys79]

@@fergieweather nice! I’m delving into flats for the first time, your bass sounds amazing.