Michael chats with session drummer extraordinaire Hal Blaine who's thousands of recordings include 40 #1 hits & 150 top 10 hits including work with Phil Spector, The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, Tommy Roe, The Partridge Family, and thousands more. We'll also get the dirt on recently deceased musicians when Goldmine Magazine's obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in, and we'll find out what #1 hit song has been left in Michael's Mailbox!

hal blaine and the wrecking crew

Blaine includes in it Joe Osborn, Carol Kaye and Ray Pohlman on Fender basses and Lyle Ritz and Jimmy Bond on upright basses. Guitars might be some combination of Tommy Tedesco (whose book, Tommy Tedesco: Confessins of a Guitar Player is a must read for students of this time and place), Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts, Al Casey, Glen Campbell and Bill Pitman and the keyboards might be tickled by Don Randi, Leon Russell, Larry Knechtel, Michael Melvoin and/or Al Delory. When Blaine was not the drummer, or when two were used, as Phil Spector was sometimes inclined to do, the crew was typically driven by Earl Palmer.
- bill 6-23-2007 8:05 pm [add a comment]

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