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Thank you, my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell for sharing the documentary video focused on session guitarist and bass player Carol Kaye.
Her hearts desire was to be a jazz musician and was leery about becoming a studio/session musician.
"Carol Kaye Biography
Overview
Born March 24, 1935 in Everett, Washington, USA
Mini Bio
Carol Kaye was born on March 24, 1935 in Everett, Washington, USA. She is known for her work on The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964), The Hot Rock (1972) and The Perfect Host (2010).
Trivia)
Worked sessions for such TV shows as M*A*S*H (1972), Hawaii Five-O (1968), The Brady Bunch (1969), Mission: Impossible (1966), Ironside (1967), Kojak (1973), McCloud (1970), The Addams Family (1964), Green Acres (1965), Room 222 (1969), The Streets of San Francisco (1972), The Brady Bunch (1969), Survivors (1975), Men at Law (1970), Run for Your Life (1965), Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974), Hogan's Heroes (1965), Alice (1976), Alias Smith and Jones (1971), The Dating Game (1965), Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), Cannon (1971), Mannix (1967), The Paper Chase (1978), Lost in Space (1965), The Love Boat (1977), Peyton Place (1964), The F.B.I. (1965), It Takes a Thief (1968), Get Smart (1965), Love, American Style (1969), Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), The Lucy Show (1962), Bonanza (1959), The Wild Wild West (1965), Adam-12 (1968), Barnaby Jones (1973), Soap (1977), Wonder Woman (1975).
Started out on guitar in 1949 and worked with Sam Cooke, The Platters and The Everly Brothers. Switched to bass in 1963.
Known for her bass instruction books, they were standard music industry material and, once cited by Sting as important in his early musical education. Over 30 bass and guitar educational books, DVD Courses self-help tutors, used world-wide.
Eclectic jazz musician and one of the most sought after bass players in Los Angeles during the 1960s and 1970s, she played sessions with the very best...from Frank Zappa to Frank Sinatra. Others included are Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand, Joe Cocker, Ritchie Valens, The Beach Boys, The Righteous Brothers, Phil Spector and Motown. When times were slow, her clients would include such novelty items as Tiny Tim and Alvin and the Chipmunks.
She was one of a few female artists among the accomplished session musicians of "The Wrecking Crew" Collective. Her distinctive bass-playing talents were originally rooted in the jazz arena. She recorded in the Crew for Phil Spector and for Brian Wilson on "Pet Sounds" with The Beach Boys."
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443269/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
FYI LTC Jeff ShearerSGT Philip RoncariCWO3 Dennis M.SGT (Join to see)PO3 Bob McCordSGT Jim Arnold PO3 Phyllis Maynard Maj Robert Thornton SPC Douglas Bolton Cynthia Croft PO1 H Gene Lawrence PVT Karl Goode PO2 Kevin Parker SGT James Murphy SFC Michael Young MSgt Ken "Airsoldier" Collins-Hardy SGT Rick Colburn SSgt Boyd Herrst
Her hearts desire was to be a jazz musician and was leery about becoming a studio/session musician.
"Carol Kaye Biography
Overview
Born March 24, 1935 in Everett, Washington, USA
Mini Bio
Carol Kaye was born on March 24, 1935 in Everett, Washington, USA. She is known for her work on The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964), The Hot Rock (1972) and The Perfect Host (2010).
Trivia)
Worked sessions for such TV shows as M*A*S*H (1972), Hawaii Five-O (1968), The Brady Bunch (1969), Mission: Impossible (1966), Ironside (1967), Kojak (1973), McCloud (1970), The Addams Family (1964), Green Acres (1965), Room 222 (1969), The Streets of San Francisco (1972), The Brady Bunch (1969), Survivors (1975), Men at Law (1970), Run for Your Life (1965), Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974), Hogan's Heroes (1965), Alice (1976), Alias Smith and Jones (1971), The Dating Game (1965), Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), Cannon (1971), Mannix (1967), The Paper Chase (1978), Lost in Space (1965), The Love Boat (1977), Peyton Place (1964), The F.B.I. (1965), It Takes a Thief (1968), Get Smart (1965), Love, American Style (1969), Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), The Lucy Show (1962), Bonanza (1959), The Wild Wild West (1965), Adam-12 (1968), Barnaby Jones (1973), Soap (1977), Wonder Woman (1975).
Started out on guitar in 1949 and worked with Sam Cooke, The Platters and The Everly Brothers. Switched to bass in 1963.
Known for her bass instruction books, they were standard music industry material and, once cited by Sting as important in his early musical education. Over 30 bass and guitar educational books, DVD Courses self-help tutors, used world-wide.
Eclectic jazz musician and one of the most sought after bass players in Los Angeles during the 1960s and 1970s, she played sessions with the very best...from Frank Zappa to Frank Sinatra. Others included are Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand, Joe Cocker, Ritchie Valens, The Beach Boys, The Righteous Brothers, Phil Spector and Motown. When times were slow, her clients would include such novelty items as Tiny Tim and Alvin and the Chipmunks.
She was one of a few female artists among the accomplished session musicians of "The Wrecking Crew" Collective. Her distinctive bass-playing talents were originally rooted in the jazz arena. She recorded in the Crew for Phil Spector and for Brian Wilson on "Pet Sounds" with The Beach Boys."
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443269/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
FYI LTC Jeff ShearerSGT Philip RoncariCWO3 Dennis M.SGT (Join to see)PO3 Bob McCordSGT Jim Arnold PO3 Phyllis Maynard Maj Robert Thornton SPC Douglas Bolton Cynthia Croft PO1 H Gene Lawrence PVT Karl Goode PO2 Kevin Parker SGT James Murphy SFC Michael Young MSgt Ken "Airsoldier" Collins-Hardy SGT Rick Colburn SSgt Boyd Herrst
Carol Kaye was born on March 24, 1935 in Everett, Washington, USA. She is known for her work on The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living ...
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