Luther Vandross’s Never Too Much is an iconic song and it starts off with the equally iconic bass slide, courtesy of Marcus Miller. In the above video, he explains where it came from and how it made Nat Adderley Jr. give the side eye but he left it in and the rest is history. As cheeky things you do as a 19 year old, that’s up there with one of the greatest and most influential.
Marcus Miller and that slide on 'Never Too Much'
‘It kinda lets everybody know what’s getting ready to happen.’
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