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T.M. Stevens, West Long Branch bass giant who played with James Brown and more, has died
T.M. Stevens, the bassist extraordinaire from West Long Branch who played with the greats of music, passed away March 10 at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, said longtime companion Carrie Beehan to the Asbury Park Press.
Stevens, 72, had previously been hospitalized with blood clots on his lungs.
Stevens' slap-bass funky metal stylings were immediately recognizable to fans, especially at the Jersey Shore where he was a regular at the former Brighton Bar in Long Branch.
His credits include a who's who of funk, rock, jazz and pop musical giants of the 20th century, from Miles Davis to James Brown.
That’s him playing bass on Brown's 1985 classic “Living in America.”
“We lost another important piece of the low end theory,” said Bootsy Collins, former member of Parliament Funkadelic, about Stevens on social media.
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“We were awesome.