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Post by daz on Mar 14, 2019 7:00:11 GMT
Renowned session drummer Hal Blaine has died aged 90. I have to admit I had not heard of the guy, but after seeing the list of songs he worked on and artists he worked with over the years my cap is duly doffed. www.BBC.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47537451RIP Hal |
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Deus est regit qui omnia.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 10:10:49 GMT
Hal was a well known member of "The Wrecking Crew" who played on countless sessions in the 60s and early 70s. They played on Phil Spector's hits, the Beach Boys, The Byrds (only on Mr Tambourine Man), Mamas and Papas, Sonny and Cher, etc, etc.
RIP
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Post by ltd on Mar 14, 2019 20:21:27 GMT
There was a short piece on him on the radio the other night. Worked on an amazing variety of stuff as MIAS says.
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Post by chrisclark1977 on Mar 15, 2019 4:52:15 GMT
Simon and Garfunkel too.
RIP Hal
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Post by Portland Road on Mar 17, 2019 7:07:35 GMT
Yes, BBC 6Music were playing records in tribute to him the other morning.
At the time that I was listening, they played the original 'Batman' theme music and 'Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In' by 5th Dimension. This indicates the breadth of work that Hal played on.
R.I.P. Hal Blaine - IIRC it was said that he had probably played on more no. 1 singles than anybody else (and that was just in the UK).
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Post by daz on Mar 17, 2019 13:27:53 GMT
Yes, BBC 6Music were playing records in tribute to him the other morning. At the time that I was listening, they played the original 'Batman' theme music and 'Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In' by 5th Dimension. This indicates the breadth of work that Hal played on. R.I.P. Hal Blaine - IIRC it was said that he had probably played on more no. 1 singles than anybody else (and that was just in the UK). Yes the amount of hits he played on was impressive all the great and the good coveted him and the 'Wrecking Crew' in general to play on their records. They also claimed he ended up working as a security guard for a while when he fell on hard times, which sounds crazy when you think of all the records he played on. He is not the first musician to play on loads of huge records and end up broke, but for these guys it is all about the music. |
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Post by pr1 on Mar 20, 2019 6:53:02 GMT
IHe had quite a career. Its probley easier to list the performers he didn't work with than the ones he did.
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