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Nathan East

Nathan East playing his bass guitar.

You’ve probably heard this bass player hundreds of times — now finally meet him

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Bassist Nathan East has performed on more than 2,000 recordings and was one of the composers of the recent Daft Punk hit “Get Lucky.” But what he really loves is playing on the road. The guitar East brings with him has been all over the world, and it has the stickers to prove it.

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