Carol Kaye: Studio Musician

Ich kenne nur eine Besprechung des Albums:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3791418322

Ich selber kenne nur das Buch "The Wrecking Crew" von Kent Hartman (ISBN 978-1-250-03046-7), wo sie öfters erwähnt wird. Siehe Index-Auszug. An einer Stelle wird erwähnt das sie mal Brian Wilson am Ende einer Aufnahmesession den Mittelfinger zeigte, weil er sich nicht gegen seinen Vater durchsetzen konnte, der auch dabei war und rein redete.

Zusätzlich habe ich auch die DVD "The Wrecking Crew!" (EAN 5018755259111 aus UK) wo sie öfters vorkommt.

Die Besprechung hat mich belehrt, das Buch nicht zu erwerben.
Herzlichen Dank Billy, daß du den Link verbreitest hast.
Studio Musician: Carol Kaye, 60s No. 1 Hit Bassist, Guitarist
by Carol Kaye

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Joe Schilp's review
Jan 23, 2021


The worst-written and edited book I have ever read - there's even a spelling error on the cover - it's loaded with bad grammar, punctuation and spelling. For example, she writes "howbeit" when she means "albeit." And sometimes it seems as though you're reading a series of social media posts. It's extremely repetitive, too - continually naming jazz musicians with whom she played, saying, "he was a really nice guy, and a great musician, too," over and over and over again, repeating names, too. It's monotonous.

But once you get past all that, she had an incredible career. Her contribution to some of the most memorable music ever created was huge! And THAT is what I want to read about. She loves playing jazz guitar and that's what she talks about the whole first 100 pages of the book, but no one cares about forgotten LA jazz clubs and random jazz musicians with whom she played a handful of times.

This book would've been phenomenal if a true editor had gone through it and culled 200 pages from this 500 page, 8.5 x 11, thick papered, heavy book. Honestly, it's so large it's hard to hold for more than 20 minutes at a time just to read it. And there are no photos in it, so it's not excessively large because it's a coffee table book.