I have the pleasure of knowing Hal, met him when I was 14 on the boat docks. He is the nicest person I've ever met, and will be missed, the best drummer in the world. Thank u Hal
What a terrific interview. I loved the early John Denver stuff when Hal was playing with John. Hal's list of recordings is simply mind blowing. Despite Hal's amazing contribution to music he seems a really engaging and humble man.
Credit the great, and equally unsung drummer Earl Palmer for introducing Hal to the right people that allowed him to establish himself in the business.
Over the years I have had many favorite records..But I still have to go back to one of my very first featuring Hal Blaine on drums.."Be My Baby" by the Ronettes has to be my all time favorite..Its perfect from Hal's legendary opening drums to Hal's great ending of the record..And of course Ronnie's great voice..Thanks Hal Blaine for all the great music I grew up with..RIP..
I've watched a handful of interviews and I just want to say, what a class act Mr Blaine was. If there is anyone who could get away for bragging, it is this man, this legend. I wish I could have seen him play live. God bless you Mr Hal Blaine. I hope you are still playing your ass off somewhere.
Those were the days! Hal Blaine (drums) Carol Kaye (bass) Tony Tedesco (guitar)…. wrecking crew at Capitol. Around the corner from those of us trying to emulate them at Columbia Records. I worked part time as a session guitar player for Terry Melcher at Columbia. We got paid $50 a day and out the door you went -- no rights, no royalties - if it made a hit, too bad. You got paid. I was rarely there, Terry just let me fill in when I was in town. But all those guys at Columbia envied the Wrecking Crew every day.
I'm not a musician and I know about him. I started reading people's comments on The Partridge Family song's videos, he was their drummer and The Monkees' drummer and The Beach Boys' drummer. He's a great drummer! So I tell people about him and about The Wrecking Crew...
Sal Guglielmino I know what your saying,Ya tell people about this mind blowing thing and they look like their lost.Its been a few years since I learned about it all and I still can’t believe it.From Half Breed to Indian Reservation to Close to you to I woke up in love this morning to A Cowboys work is never done to A little bit me A little bit you. The list goes on and on and on and on,and their all masterpieces He is the most brilliant drummer of all time.Hal Blaine,The Master of all the Masters,and a hell of a nice guy to.RIP.
I saw this video a while back, but now it's even more special than what it was when I first saw it. I believe that music is a Universal language and is part of our Soul and Spirit.
What an amazing man. Listened to his story on podcast just before his death. I was enthralled listening the whole time . I so wish I could have taken private lessons with him
My entire style of drumming came from Hal Blaine, but I never knew that until about 15 years ago. Ringo and the Beatles got me interested in drums, but Hal was my "teacher". When I came home from school in the late 60's I would practice copying the drum parts on all of the hits on the radio. Well.... it turns out that nearly ALL of those hits had just one drummer - Hal Blaine! When I was about 55 I emailed Mr. Blaine to thank him for his influence. He was truly a great drummer, and this video shows he was also a great guy, too.
Lovely, humble, brilliant man! The man help create the music of my life! I always paid attention to credits when I was growing up, so I always appreciated Hal( and. The Wrecking Crew) So very glad they finally got their due. If you haven't seen the movie run to get a copy. It's fascinating!
Hal Blaine,The Master of the Masters! It kills me that He said,he had to sell his gold and platinum albums because of financial and personal reasons.People would have to pry them with a crowbar out of my dead hands.
robert...yea, but he had more than earned the bragging rights to " be full of himself", and I know that you agree with that. What a fantastic career he had and what incredible musicality he added to all of the songs that he drummed for.
A great example of excellent drumming - great feel, great time, not too much playing, but always playing what the music needed. Peart - shmeart, and I love Neil Peart, but Portnoy, DeVirgilio and those other jokers could take a lesson from Hal.
Hal Blaine is a legend. He played on thousands of songs that everyone knows. I didn't know that he played drums on The Carpenters singles. I always thought it was Karen.
That’s the thing… most people would be surprised - shocked, even - to know that the musicians who recorded their favorite songs were not who they thought they were. Most would be completely unaware that instead of their favorite band, it was this same group of middle-aged, mostly male, white musicians, even on many of the Motown hits.
Actually, it depends on which album. Karen was the exclusive drummer on their first album by the original name of Offering, which was later changed to Ticket to Ride. She played drums on some of the songs on the Close to You album, and the 3rd album, Carpenters, also on the A Song For You album, This Masquerade, and etc. She played all but one song on the Now & Then album, which had the oldies medley on the entire side 2. Hal played Jambalaya while she played all the rest of the songs for that whole album. Then on Horizon she was the exclusive drummer on Please Mr. Postman, Happy, and some of the others songs so, in a nutshell, they shared drumming duties on some of the albums. On some, she was the exclusive drummer except for maybe one song here or there. Then own some of the other albums he played most of the songs when she only played a couple. In the early years of the concerts she was the only drummer, then they added a guy for a few songs in the concerts during 1972, then by 1973 they added Cubby O'Brien to share in the drumming duties, both of them playing together, which is absolutely awesome to watch. So, yeah. Hal Blaine is awesome, and Karen definitely thought he was awesome, but she also played all, some, or a few of the songs on the albums, depending on which album. LOL! So what is being said in the interview is a little bit misleading. I'm sure Hal did not mean for it to come across that way. It's just how it was with a short interview and segment for him talking about Karen, Richard and the Carpenters music.
I haven't seen/heard Cubby play, but there are lots of videos on TH-cam showing Karen on the drums. She was no slouch in the drumming department. She was quite capable with a drum kit.
@@kb6kgx she surely was and she is the reason that I even try to play now. Lol. I was 11 years old the first time I saw her sitting behind a kit and singing Close To You. I about fell out in the floor. 1970 and a girl is playing the drums. LOL. I love to watch her play Johnny B Goode, Mr. Guder, some of the ones that have a real jazz sound, but she can knock it out on the Johnny Be Goode cover. I think the best I've seen on TH-cam though is actually the entire concert from 1972 Australia. She plays probably 3/4 of the concert or more. It's probably more than that cuz I don't think she gets up from behind the kit but maybe three songs, and then she's at the kit, the drummer throughout the concert. Freaking amazing, one of the best drummer/singers out there. Drummer/singers are a rare breed anyway. But she did love Hal Blaine. She thought the world of him and Joe Osborn. That's another thing I always loved about Karen. She never got the big head. She stayed humble.
@@SayItAintSo4real I heard Richard say in a interveiw that Karen had Ludwig build her a drum set just like Hal's. And your right about the 1972 Australia concert. I think it's one of their best live perfomances of their career. She really knocks it out of the park singing and playing the drums on the Burt Bacharach medly.
Cut him some slack, he’s 84, and was recorded on 150 top ten hits, 40 number ones, that was Hal Blaine playing the drums on most of the hit songs you remember from rocks greatest years. I should be so lucky to reach 84, and still remember my own name.
He doesn't address the question of honesty: While it saves money to bring in the studio aces, if their role is not acknowledged on the album jacket the buyer is being misinformed that the music is being performed by the Byrds or the Beach Boys or whoever when in fact he is listening to a bunch of grizzled pros with at most vocals by the putative artists.
It's not about "honesty" --it's about getting the best sounding music recorded in order to have the best chance at releasing something that will be a "hit." It's a business. Studio time is expensive and session players are usually pro's pros who are accustomed to working in the studio environment (as opposed to playing live on the road) and can get tracks down quickly and efficiently, getting what the producer wants with as little hassle as possible. Session players are used because they have tremendous musical ability and versatility, as Hal's career demonstrates so well. Hal's job was not to express his personal artistic vision on every session--it was to provide the skill and the chops necessary to realize the recording artist's or producer's vision and at this he was unsurpassed. I agree, however, that in a perfect world the actual players ought to be credited on the release, but for the most part, their playing was considered as "for hire" and they were not considered as "artists" in the music industry sense of the word "artist", meaning the person or group whose record it is. Would you really rather have heard the actual Monkees playing on all their records or would you rather have heard these guys? I happen to own "Justus" the album on which the Monkees actually played. (Just Us-get it?) Trust me, you would rather have heard the Wrecking Crew.
Today's music world is a little different that it was in the heyday of the Wrecking Crew with so much more technology making it possible to produce releasable content from a home studio. I would say that the traditional studio monster/crack session player is still alive and well in Nashville, where you still have professional songwriters writing songs for artists who do not write as opposed to every artist just covering their own songs. Nashville has guys like Brent Mason, Michael Rhodes, Matt Rollings and Eddie Bayers who have a lot in common with the Wrecking Crew in that they are on hundreds if not thousands of records.
@@therealniksongs Tony Bennett can hire whomever he wants, but if I were to find out that the Beatles and Stones did not play on their albums it would be a real disappointment. Fortunately, I don't expect that to happen.
@@therealniksongsHollywood is in the business of selling fiction, and you could think of these records as fiction when it comes to the role of the musicians. However, passing off fiction as reality is not universally approved.
@@therealniksongs In a sense, it's more fake than ever, where a producer with a computer can create an entire track and "play" all the instruments. And then the credited vocalist doesn't have to be able to sing, because the computer can fix that too.
@@kb6kgx Carol certainly played on lots of sessions but i have lost some respect for her because she has, for some reason felt the need to claim credit for sessions and work she never did, including iconic bass lines played by James Jamerson. Hal came down on her for embellishing her resume, which is really sad because she has enough legitimate credits that she simply had no need to do that. As Hal was on most of the sessions that Carol claims bass credit for, he just felt the need to set the record straight.
@@therealniksongs Agreed. I don't claim to know Carol well enough to know all of the details of her career, but we have corresponded several times over the last few years. I know that she does not have a lot of love for Hal Blaine, and I try to not get involved in that. That's her problem. The other musicians on those sessions know who was there and who was not.
@MorbidManMusic Agreed. Hal was the cream of the crop of session players. Karen was a fine drummer but it is also entirely possible that many of the Carpenters rhythm tracks might have been recorded when Karen and Richard were on the road---the way most of the Beach Boys records were---and even on stage they used Cubby. Karen always thought of herself as a drummer who sang, but good as she was, there are many, many drummers who could surpass her. But as a singer she was without peer. Hal and Joe Osborn were about as locked in of a rhythm section as has ever been recorded--and it was Joe who discovered the Carpenters and brought them to Herb Alpert. No one can rationally argue that what they did worked for the Carpenters and for all of us who have been privileged to listen for all these years.
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Watched many interviews with Hal I've never heard him say a bad word about anyone. What a gentleman!
You haven't heard ALL the interviews. I heard an interview where he talked about John Lennon and said he was a mean drunk.
I was fortunate to know Hal for many years...He was as good a man as he was a musician/drummer. God is lucky to have him now.
I hope someone says that about me when I die
Amen to that pal!
Hal Blaine WAS the drummer for the backbeat soundtrack of our lives...Rest In Peace Hal.....
I have the pleasure of knowing Hal, met him when I was 14 on the boat docks. He is the nicest person I've ever met, and will be missed, the best drummer in the world. Thank u Hal
Rest In Peace Hal, thanks for all your contributions to music that shaped the industry for generations.
What a terrific interview. I loved the early John Denver stuff when Hal was playing with John. Hal's list of recordings is simply mind blowing. Despite Hal's amazing contribution to music he seems a really engaging and humble man.
RIP, Hal. You are elite! We miss you.
There will never be another Hal Blaine. The BEST drummer ever. Thank you for the soundtrack to my life!
He is a class act. He was a part of the soundtracks of our lives.
Not "was"... "IS".
hearing a man like this speak is pure gold . amazing the wealth of experience and knowledge he possesses
I saw the Carpenters in concert and Karen played the drums on a couple of songs. She sounded great!
Credit the great, and equally unsung drummer Earl Palmer for introducing Hal to the right people that allowed him to establish himself in the business.
Hal praised Earl repeatedly for this. He kept his humility throughout his career.
A man ahead of his time. A true drum revolutionary!
And the beat goes on, today...
He's very very humble considering everything he contributed to the music of the past 70 years.
Just a delightful man. His groove shaped my life tempo.
Also Byrds Tambourine Man, was the blueprint for my own drumming. Hard, simple, direct.
Over the years I have had many favorite records..But I still have to go back to one of my very first featuring Hal Blaine on drums.."Be My Baby" by the Ronettes has to be my all time favorite..Its perfect from Hal's legendary opening drums to Hal's great ending of the record..And of course Ronnie's great voice..Thanks Hal Blaine for all the great music I grew up with..RIP..
Rock on!
I could listen to Hal talk for a week straight, what a treasure
Hofner54 .....💕very gentle talking
I've watched a handful of interviews and I just want to say, what a class act Mr Blaine was. If there is anyone who could get away for bragging, it is this man, this legend. I wish I could have seen him play live. God bless you Mr Hal Blaine. I hope you are still playing your ass off somewhere.
What an absolute treasure...humble....an icon....thousands of recordings....very positive.....musicians musician.
Awesome drumming workaholic back then. 👍 🎶 🖤
RIP Hal Blaine.
A legend.
Those were the days! Hal Blaine (drums) Carol Kaye (bass) Tony Tedesco (guitar)…. wrecking crew at Capitol. Around the corner from those of us trying to emulate them at Columbia Records. I worked part time as a session guitar player for Terry Melcher at Columbia. We got paid $50 a day and out the door you went -- no rights, no royalties - if it made a hit, too bad. You got paid. I was rarely there, Terry just let me fill in when I was in town. But all those guys at Columbia envied the Wrecking Crew every day.
Did you mean TOMMY TEDESCO?
Did you work everyday?
What a nice guy - humble. Glad he lived a long time and played to the end 🎶👌
He is just a brilliant drummer who did it all. Amazing. And no one other than musicians know. Sad.
Sal Guglielmino
Think of them as two kick drums and move on.
I'm not a musician and I know about him. I started reading people's comments on The Partridge Family song's videos, he was their drummer and The Monkees' drummer and The Beach Boys' drummer. He's a great drummer! So I tell people about him and about The Wrecking Crew...
Sal Guglielmino I know what your saying,Ya tell people about this mind blowing thing and they look like their lost.Its been a few years since I learned about it all and I still can’t believe it.From Half Breed to Indian Reservation to Close to you to I woke up in love this morning to A Cowboys work is never done to A little bit me A little bit you. The list goes on and on and on and on,and their all masterpieces He is the most brilliant drummer of all time.Hal Blaine,The Master of all the Masters,and a hell of a nice guy to.RIP.
I love him ! RIP!
I saw this video a while back, but now it's even more special than what it was when I first saw it. I believe that music is a Universal language and is part of our Soul and Spirit.
What an amazing man. Listened to his story on podcast just before his death. I was enthralled listening the whole time . I so wish I could have taken private lessons with him
What a legend. As a drummer, I can say that Hal lived every drummers fantasy life.
Man, to have his career...
An icon of the music industry that is missing today.
Absolutely !!!!!!!!
Loved his playing on Captain and Tenilles version of Love Will Keep Us Together.
This guy Defines Sixties Drumming
A good guy, a regular guy and an enormously talently drummer!
3:38 - He had a great Dean Martin impression. Rest in peace, Mr. Blaine.
👍That would be good to hear 😉
My entire style of drumming came from Hal Blaine, but I never knew that until about 15 years ago. Ringo and the Beatles got me interested in drums, but Hal was my "teacher". When I came home from school in the late 60's I would practice copying the drum parts on all of the hits on the radio. Well.... it turns out that nearly ALL of those hits had just one drummer - Hal Blaine! When I was about 55 I emailed Mr. Blaine to thank him for his influence. He was truly a great drummer, and this video shows he was also a great guy, too.
Me too....
I share that story! It was the same for me and I only found out that one guy was my teacher until many, many years later.
What a cool dude I wish I would have seen this while he was living
A lovely man. I love hearing him.talking
Probably the most underrated drummer ever. Thanks Hal.
Love you Hal. The beat of my generation
God Bless him
Love his drumming.
A true giant. I do not think any drummer who ever lived can claim all the quality credits that this great player can.
Lovely, humble, brilliant man! The man help create the music of my life! I always paid attention to credits when I was growing up, so I always appreciated Hal( and. The Wrecking Crew) So very glad they finally got their due. If you haven't seen the movie run to get a copy. It's fascinating!
RIP Hal!! from 1 drummer to another you were the best (next to Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa)
Awesome
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From a mad keen 75yo Aussie fan.
Brilliant musician.
LEGEND
I enjoyed all of his work. God Bless H.B.
Hal Blaine,The Master of the Masters! It kills me that He said,he had to sell his gold and platinum albums because of financial and personal reasons.People would have to pry them with a crowbar out of my dead hands.
I bet Brian Wilson/Herb Alpert would have helped had they known .. .
still call it a drum SET (& for me, it'll always be BASS drum instead of "kick") Hal was terrific!!
Love you Hal Blaine.
Thank you for posting this!
I so admire this man HAL BLAINE, the “Wrecking Crew” 🥁 drummer. This interview is wonderful. Thank you.
One of my heroes.
Humble man as well as great drummer
My Favorite musician.
Great drummer . humble and capable , successful, class act all the way
Hal was a world class human as well as a musician.
R.I.P. Hal Blaine...
RIP Hal, you were the best
awesome
Ya did good, Hal….so indebted…Peace, Friend!
Whatta gentleman!!
God Bless You Hal.
The Beat Goes On Man. Thanks.😘
Great history!
Hal has played on more #1 rock hits than Ringo.
R.I.P. Hal Blaine.
Hal Blaine...6 of my 10 favorite drummers!
🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
RIP Hal.
This is great. I just happened to do a video of We've Only Just Begun because of his drumming.
The best.
Absolute class.
Amazing drummer, R.I.P. His glasses will be donated to the Hubble space telescope project.
A+
6 - No.#1 Song Of The Year Grammy Awards in a row
A super-steller drummer. Brilliant! RIP Hal
He had an amazing career, but he’s pretty full of himself too. May he Rest In Peace, on the 2&4.
robert...yea, but he had more than earned the bragging rights to " be full of himself", and I know that you agree with that. What a fantastic career he had and what incredible musicality he added to all of the songs that he drummed for.
Elvis, Sinatra, Cash... hey, I'd be pretty full of myself if I had that CV.
He said himself elsewhere that every drummer is an exhibitionist. That’s ok.
He can back it up !
As Yogi Berra said, it ain't bragging if you've actually done it. And Hal actually did it.
Lovely 👌
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️😎
A great example of excellent drumming - great feel, great time, not too much playing, but always playing what the music needed. Peart - shmeart, and I love Neil Peart, but Portnoy, DeVirgilio and those other jokers could take a lesson from Hal.
Hal Blaine is a legend. He played on thousands of songs that everyone knows. I didn't know that he played drums on The Carpenters singles. I always thought it was Karen.
That’s the thing… most people would be surprised - shocked, even - to know that the musicians who recorded their favorite songs were not who they thought they were. Most would be completely unaware that instead of their favorite band, it was this same group of middle-aged, mostly male, white musicians, even on many of the Motown hits.
Actually, it depends on which album. Karen was the exclusive drummer on their first album by the original name of Offering, which was later changed to Ticket to Ride. She played drums on some of the songs on the Close to You album, and the 3rd album, Carpenters, also on the A Song For You album,
This Masquerade, and etc. She played all but one song on the Now & Then album, which had the oldies medley on the entire side 2. Hal played Jambalaya while she played all the rest of the songs for that whole album. Then on Horizon she was the exclusive drummer on Please Mr. Postman, Happy, and some of the others songs so, in a nutshell, they shared drumming duties on some of the albums. On some, she was the exclusive drummer except for maybe one song here or there. Then own some of the other albums he played most of the songs when she only played a couple. In the early years of the concerts she was the only drummer, then they added a guy for a few songs in the concerts during 1972, then by 1973 they added Cubby O'Brien to share in the drumming duties, both of them playing together, which is absolutely awesome to watch. So, yeah. Hal Blaine is awesome, and Karen definitely thought he was awesome, but she also played all, some, or a few of the songs on the albums, depending on which album. LOL! So what is being said in the interview is a little bit misleading. I'm sure Hal did not mean for it to come across that way. It's just how it was with a short interview and segment for him talking about Karen, Richard and the Carpenters music.
I haven't seen/heard Cubby play, but there are lots of videos on TH-cam showing Karen on the drums. She was no slouch in the drumming department. She was quite capable with a drum kit.
@@kb6kgx she surely was and she is the reason that I even try to play now. Lol. I was 11 years old the first time I saw her sitting behind a kit and singing Close To You. I about fell out in the floor. 1970 and a girl is playing the drums. LOL. I love to watch her play Johnny B Goode, Mr. Guder, some of the ones that have a real jazz sound, but she can knock it out on the Johnny Be Goode cover. I think the best I've seen on TH-cam though is actually the entire concert from 1972 Australia. She plays probably 3/4 of the concert or more. It's probably more than that cuz I don't think she gets up from behind the kit but maybe three songs, and then she's at the kit, the drummer throughout the concert. Freaking amazing, one of the best drummer/singers out there. Drummer/singers are a rare breed anyway. But she did love Hal Blaine. She thought the world of him and Joe Osborn. That's another thing I always loved about Karen. She never got the big head. She stayed humble.
@@SayItAintSo4real I heard Richard say in a interveiw that Karen had Ludwig build her a drum set just like Hal's. And your right about the 1972 Australia concert. I think it's one of their best live perfomances of their career. She really knocks it out of the park singing and playing the drums on the Burt Bacharach medly.
RIP
MUSIC NOW CANNOT COMPARE IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM! Sure miss HAL BLAINE AND JOHN GUERIN!
Hal Blaine should’ve mentioned that he did drums for the Partridge family and David Cassidy but that was never ever mentioned shame on him
It is funny that Hal said he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in 1960 when it was started in April 20th 1983
Cut him some slack, he’s 84, and was recorded on 150 top ten hits, 40 number ones, that was Hal Blaine playing the drums on most of the hit songs you remember from rocks greatest years. I should be so lucky to reach 84, and still remember my own name.
Tuned his drums to rhythm changes, how hip is that?
The master
I.have.the.original.mannix.theme.album
Great.druming.on.it.wonder. if its.hal
And.others.from.the.wrecking.crew
Why did Hal need a business card??? Hahaha!
He doesn't address the question of honesty: While it saves money to bring in the studio aces, if their role is not acknowledged on the album jacket the buyer is being misinformed that the music is being performed by the Byrds or the Beach Boys or whoever when in fact he is listening to a bunch of grizzled pros with at most vocals by the putative artists.
It's not about "honesty" --it's about getting the best sounding music recorded in order to have the best chance at releasing something that will be a "hit." It's a business. Studio time is expensive and session players are usually pro's pros who are accustomed to working in the studio environment (as opposed to playing live on the road) and can get tracks down quickly and efficiently, getting what the producer wants with as little hassle as possible. Session players are used because they have tremendous musical ability and versatility, as Hal's career demonstrates so well. Hal's job was not to express his personal artistic vision on every session--it was to provide the skill and the chops necessary to realize the recording artist's or producer's vision and at this he was unsurpassed. I agree, however, that in a perfect world the actual players ought to be credited on the release, but for the most part, their playing was considered as "for hire" and they were not considered as "artists" in the music industry sense of the word "artist", meaning the person or group whose record it is. Would you really rather have heard the actual Monkees playing on all their records or would you rather have heard these guys? I happen to own "Justus" the album on which the Monkees actually played. (Just Us-get it?) Trust me, you would rather have heard the Wrecking Crew.
Today's music world is a little different that it was in the heyday of the Wrecking Crew with so much more technology making it possible to produce releasable content from a home studio. I would say that the traditional studio monster/crack session player is still alive and well in Nashville, where you still have professional songwriters writing songs for artists who do not write as opposed to every artist just covering their own songs. Nashville has guys like Brent Mason, Michael Rhodes, Matt Rollings and Eddie Bayers who have a lot in common with the Wrecking Crew in that they are on hundreds if not thousands of records.
@@therealniksongs Tony Bennett can hire whomever he wants, but if I were to find out that the Beatles and Stones did not play on their albums it would be a real disappointment. Fortunately, I don't expect that to happen.
@@therealniksongsHollywood is in the business of selling fiction, and you could think of these records as fiction when it comes to the role of the musicians. However, passing off fiction as reality is not universally approved.
@@therealniksongs In a sense, it's more fake than ever, where a producer with a computer can create an entire track and "play" all the instruments. And then the credited vocalist doesn't have to be able to sing, because the computer can fix that too.
Hal might have been a good drummer when he was young , BUT I THINK HE TELLS SOME BIG FISH STORIES
Ask Carol Kaye what she thought of Hal Blaine. There was no love between THOSE two, for sure.
@@kb6kgx ❗😮
Not sure I understand what you posted.
@@kb6kgx Carol certainly played on lots of sessions but i have lost some respect for her because she has, for some reason felt the need to claim credit for sessions and work she never did, including iconic bass lines played by James Jamerson. Hal came down on her for embellishing her resume, which is really sad because she has enough legitimate credits that she simply had no need to do that. As Hal was on most of the sessions that Carol claims bass credit for, he just felt the need to set the record straight.
@@therealniksongs Agreed. I don't claim to know Carol well enough to know all of the details of her career, but we have corresponded several times over the last few years. I know that she does not have a lot of love for Hal Blaine, and I try to not get involved in that. That's her problem. The other musicians on those sessions know who was there and who was not.
Kinda dissed Karen Carpenter. She was every bit as good a drummer as Hal Blaine.
@MorbidManMusic Agreed. Hal was the cream of the crop of session players. Karen was a fine drummer but it is also entirely possible that many of the Carpenters rhythm tracks might have been recorded when Karen and Richard were on the road---the way most of the Beach Boys records were---and even on stage they used Cubby. Karen always thought of herself as a drummer who sang, but good as she was, there are many, many drummers who could surpass her. But as a singer she was without peer. Hal and Joe Osborn were about as locked in of a rhythm section as has ever been recorded--and it was Joe who discovered the Carpenters and brought them to Herb Alpert. No one can rationally argue that what they did worked for the Carpenters and for all of us who have been privileged to listen for all these years.
she was great but not as good as Hal
If you really sincerely believe that you are not a competent musician get it through your thick head❤