Once Upon a Session - great article on session

[The Mule]

Once Upon A Session.

Be sure to check out the accompanying articles on drummer Hal Blaine, bassist Carol Kaye, and reedman Plas Johnson...

[Harold_Z]

Thanks Mule. Nice article. Too bad the studio scene has dried up to the extent it has.

[GA Russell]

Thanks for the heads up, Mule!

[kenny weir]

Wow what a great read. Fascinating to find that so many people who are a regular part of my jazz diet were also anonymosuly part of my early teens fondness for great trashy pop. And I still dig all of it, but a shame that there was no mention of Johnny Rivers, for whom a lot those cats recorded.

[brownie]

Very interesting. Thanks to The Mule for posting this.

Did not realise that Al Casey and Jo Pass were among the guitar players on the Chet Baker 'Blood, Chet and Tears' Verve album. Will have to give that one a fresh hearing if I can locate it. Bought it years ago, listened to it just once. Thought it was awful!

[Harold_Z]

That's not the Al Casey of Fats Waller fame.

There was (is?) an LA studio guitarist of the same name. I recall he was involved with the Duane Eddy (among countless other sessions) series of hits and might have been the actual player on those.

[Hardbopjazz]

Mule, I really enjoyed reading this.

[brownie]

That's not the Al Casey of Fats Waller fame.

There was (is?) an LA studio guitarist of the same name. I recall he was involved with the Duane Eddy (among countless other sessions) series of hits and might have been the actual player on those.

Thanks, Harold, for outpointing this. Should have known that Fats and Chet would not mix

[ghost of miles]

You beat me to it, Mule. I get the L.A. Weekly via e-mail and was going to post this today as well. Their music writing is often quite good.

[Adam]

I read it all in the print edition last night. Really interesting.

[SGUD missile]

Mule:

Thanks for posting this ..it was like reading a condensed version of my own past 40 years

as a studio rat in NYC/ LA and Dallas ..

very well written ..

I just copied it and sent it to about 70 guys I've worked with over the years in my addy book!

Thanks again Big Time

Phil Kelly

when I started out in 59, it was everyone at once in a room , with no cue, baffles all over the place..and a 3 track ampex was the biggest machoine in use..

when I retired five years back ..it was all being done in home studios ..usually by one guywith a rack or electronics ..

wow ..what a trip!

[The Mule]

As soon as I saw it I knew it would be worth sharing with the group. I know more than a few LA studio musicians myself and it's nice to see them get some recognition.