The Ubiquitous HIred Gun Session Veteran Shout-Out Thread

So Bobby Keys put a book out in February and is doing book appearances as well as touring with a band.

! any word on what the book's like?

The reviews are mostly good although some say it is not tell-all enough-- they want details on how Keys drug issues affected his relationships and family. No bad-mouthing of the Stones in it.

I wouldn't have imagined there'd be much bad-mouthing from Keys, him and Keef were pretty tight

Don't know where to post this so I am posting this here: http://www.rnrjoe.com/about/

Flo & Eddie!

Ted motherfucking Lucas!

astonishing that that was the first mention of flo & eddie on this thread. we should all hang our heads in shame.

Debra Killings!

Tim Renwick!

Just rediscovered this great TV theme and found out Vinnie Colaiuta, among others, played on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uS_AslC4HE

Vinnie played on Nightshift by the Commodores.

I kind of want other music that sounds like the Dream On theme now. I guess things like Steve Gadd with Stuff?

Brian Odgers!

Just rediscovered this great TV theme and found out Vinnie Colaiuta, among others, played on it

― walid foster dulles (man alive), Monday, January 12, 2015 10:14 PM (one year ago)

Oh, I see, never mind.

(Had to look that up again. Assuming it was the theme from ALF)

Phil Upchurch!

Clem Cattini!
If you've got Clem, then you should also have
Bobby Graham!

As wall as another guitar player:
Alan Parker!

I was thinking baout this thread recently upon seeing a bunch of stuff with Nile in it, acting as a celebrity in his own right (again), which is only right and proper. No one to add, but I'm glad to see the thread is still alive.

Richard Tee!

Concertmaster Sid Page!

Al Viola!

Don Peake!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbOmf0MXHZQ

Bob Bushnell!

The Ron Hicklin Singers!

Elliott Randall!

Chuck Berghofer!
Dick Romoff!

Vinnie Zummo!

thundercat!

Bob Glaub!

Let's Remember Some Session Guys

He's probably on here already, but I got the Reggie Young comp Guitar Session Star last year, and it is almost as great as it could be (no "Skinny Legs and All" because already on a prev Reggie comp from these guys, no Box Tops "Cry Like A Baby" because another Box Tops on here I guess, no BJ Thomas "Hooked On A Feeling" because fuckin whyyyy) and anyway it still kills:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71VT2ilrb5L._SL1200_.jpg

1. Slip, Slip, Slippin' in - Eddie Bond & His Stompers
2. Carol - Bill Black's Combo
3. A Touch of the Blues - Bobby Bland
4. Dream Baby - Jerry & Reggie
5. I'm Movin' on - the Box Tops
6. The Champion Pt. 1 - Willie Mitchell
7. Meet Me in Church - Solomon Burke
8. Chicken Crazy - Joe Tex
9. In the Pocket - King Curtis & the King Pins
10. More Love - James Carr
11. Don't Forget About Me - Dusty Springfield
12. Stranger in My Own Home Town - Elvis Presley
13. I Wanna Roo You - Jackie de Shannon
14. Drift Away - Dobie Gray
15. Rock 'N' Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life) - Sonny Curtis
16. Victim of Life's Circumstances - Delbert McClinton
17. Lover Please - Billy Swan
18. Morning Glory - James & Bobby Purify
19. Cocaine - J.J. Cale
20. I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink - Merle Haggard
21. The Highwayman - the Highwaymen Aka Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson
22. Griselda - Natalie Merchant
23. Whenever You Come Around - Little Milton
24. Where Do We Go from Here - Waylon Jennings

Also Eddie Hinton! singer-songwriter-arranger-producer-hired-gun-picker=definitive studio rat in his lifetime, perhaps better recognized as songwriter since, but prob not

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71Z-dy6fnSL._SL1205_.jpg
1. Breakfast in Bed - Dusty Springfield
2. Down in Texas - Oscar Toney JR
3. Cover Me - Jackie Moore
4. A Little Bit Salty - Bobby Womack
5. Sure As Sin - Candi Staton
6. 300 Pounds of Hongry - Tony Joe White
7. Masquerade - Don Varner
8. Always David - the Sweet Inspirations
9. Poor Mary Has Drowned - Brick Wall
10. It's All Wrong But It's Alright - Eddie Hinton
11. Help Me Make It (Power of a Woman's Love) - Mink Deville
12. Save the Children - Cher
13. Every Natural Thing - Aretha Franklin
14. If I Had Let You in - the Box Tops
15. Satisfaction Guaranteed - Judy White
16. Standing on the Mountain - Percy Sledge
17. I Got the Feeling - the Amazing Rhythm Aces
18. Home for the Summer - the Hour Glass Featuring Greg and Duane Allman
19. Lay It on Me - Gwen McCrae
20. People in Love - Lou Johnson
21. Where You Come from - Bonnie Bramlett
22. Seventeen Year Old Girl - Mickey Buckins & the New Breed
23. Love Waits for No Man - Al Johnson
24. Where's Eddie - Lulu

Harvey Mason!

Good James Burton interview, 31 minutes---stream, download, or read:
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/03/757066866/elvis-guitarist-james-burton-i-went-professional-when-i-was-14

Idk where else to put this, but I was looking at records in an antique mall the other day, and the first record was a Stanley Turrentine one with Wilton Felder on bass (Up Front), and the next was a Wilton Felder record as a leader on sax. If I hadn't already known a little bit about him, I definitely would have been intrigued.

There's really something awesome about guys who are session aces on totally different instruments. Like, I just learned that Charlie McCoy, best known for being the harmonica player on tons of stuff like "The Boxer," or playing guitar on lots of Dylan stuff, also played sax on "Pretty Woman." (I also learned in the process that "Pretty Woman" apparently has sax, buried though it may be.)

G.E. Smith is a great guitar player, of course, but I really like the way he tells a story https://t.co/Ewl0SoGm1H

— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) May 21, 2021

RIP Roger Hawkins

:(

I mean I already knew but was already thinking about this earlier today.

omg the current episode of cocaine & rhinestones (s2 e3), about the nashville a-team, is fanfuckingtastic and absolute required listening for anyone on this thread or anyone who's a fan of

grady martin!
chip young!
pete drake!
lloyd green!
floyd cramer!
charlie mccoy!
the jordanaires!
buddy harman!
etc!

https://cocaineandrhinestones.com/nashville-a-team

(also, this appears to be the first mention of chip young on this thread!)

Andrew “Mike” Terry!

RIP (never mentioned on this thread) kenny malone! :(

https://i.imgur.com/vwp9iNq.jpg

This is a good interview with 'cousin' Kenny Vaughn, pretty wide array of musicians referenced in the low key long talk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb4JKW4bs7M

Hah, came here to mention the cocaine & rhinestones episode about the Nashville A-Team and see FCC gave ‘‘em all a shout out last year. Seconded.

Yeah, that's a good one. He's so tendentious and cranky sometimes, yet deeply knowledgeable. Fun.

Hugh McCracken!

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:58 (seventeen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Scott beat me to it, 17 years ago. Still, on this side of the Atlantic we have...

Hugh Burns!