Hear the BBC's "Carol Kaye Story" this week!
Well worth a
listen:
As part of BBC Radio 2's guitar season, Johnnie Walker travels to Los
Angeles to meet legendary session guitar player Carol Kaye. Johnnie
hears her incredible story which has seen her partake in over 10,000
recording sessions throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, first on
guitar and then on bass.
We will get a behind the scenes glimpse into
the recordings of some of the biggest hits of all time. Carol will tell
her story of the early hits with Sam Cooke, the years spent working
with Phil Spector and the intense recording schedule of the Beach Boys
album Pet Sounds.
We will hear how she became renowned for her creative
flair and invention of memorable bass lines to hits like Glen Campbell's
Wichita Lineman and Sonny and Cher's Beat Goes On. Away from the
charts, Carol tells us how she also recorded for Film and Television, on
themes for Mission Impossible, Kojak and Ironside.
This programme
celebrates Carol Kaye's story and the influence her playing has had on
the way we hear the bass guitar in popular music to this day.
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