al mcguire Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Meet Carol Kaye, you have heard her on records and tv shows, Original Wrecking Crew member, Author and in the Musicians Hall of Fame. A Badass Bass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMznvEgOPhU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 thank you, i'm loving this (watching the 1 hour I/V now). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomboom Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Great thread Al! great lady ! thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Personal hero. p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Very interesting. I've known of Carol's work for a long, long time. The full Session Legend Interview segment was likely 'mixed' (if one can even call it that) by the picture editor. Levels are all over the place.. very annoying to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Love her work and that L A sound from the Wrecking Crew, CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Hall Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 I saw her do a clinic at the Reno Jazz Festival in 1971. She played a white Precision Bass with a tortoise shell pickguard. She wore a flowered hippie dress, a floppy hat, and those famous pink shades. I remember her saying that "Playing bass was like sex. Once you know where your hands go, the rest is easy". Most of us high school kids got a good chuckle out of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 I hope the real production sound is better than what I'm hearing here--her bass sounds terrible in the interviews--can't we put a little more effort into how her instrument sounds? I mean, this is Carol Kaye, right? p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al mcguire Posted July 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 RE: the hour interview - I don't think the project was ever finished, 1 camera and no B-roll , yes it is rough but there are great stories in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traut Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 More proof JW is such an amazing site. Who knew? I watched the whole interview, forwarded it to my wife and she loved it too. Thanks Jeff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 And the recent release of Wrecking Crew was fantastic. Carol is not a fan of the movie -- she has her own history of what happened as a session musician during the 1960s and 1970s -- but the film is really entertaining. I often use it as an example to my post clients of what can go wrong when they underestimate what it costs to get music clearances for films. I think the production budget on Wrecking Crew was about $100,000, but then the music clearance bill came in at about $3,000,000! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headpooch Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 The Wrecking Crew is having it's Mexico premiere in two weeks and Denny Tedesco will be on hand to take Q&A after the screening. I want to ask him about the music clearances, crowd funding and creative money raising techniques that he used. It's a fantastic doc and the culmination of a 19 year work of love. Good on him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Cameron Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 We'd love to hear a report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertSzabo Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 And the recent release of Wrecking Crew was fantastic. Carol is not a fan of the movie -- she has her own history of what happened as a session musician during the 1960s and 1970s -- but the film is really entertaining. I often use it as an example to my post clients of what can go wrong when they underestimate what it costs to get music clearances for films. I think the production budget on Wrecking Crew was about $100,000, but then the music clearance bill came in at about $3,000,000! +1 Great show!! I watched the Wrecking Crew 2 times on pay per view last weekend. I grew up with all that music, been playing bass in bands ever since. I thought I heard Carol didn't agree with them being called the Wrecking Crew. Whether she likes the movie or not it should help get her recognition from people who have no idea how much she contributed the music of that era and like me are interested in also hearing her side of the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DyerEar Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 www.carolkaye.com is her official site great talent simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headpooch Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Denny Tedesco, director of The Wrecking Crew in Ajijic, Mexico at the Lakeside Little Theatre. Four SOLD OUT screenings this weekend. It could be why he is smiling! People had the opportunity to ask questions after the screenings about the film or the Crew. His father is Tommy Tedesco (famed guitar player and Wrecking Crew member) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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