The Ubiquitous HIred Gun Session Veteran Shout-Out Thread

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Jon Faddis!

scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Steve Cropper - "PLay it, Steve!" - Sam (or Dave)

jake b. (cerybut), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Jesse Ed Davis!

Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Luther Vandross! (I must have 50 records with Luther singing back-up)

scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Paul Franklin!

scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:24 (twenty-one years ago)

WHEN YOU ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY NEED A TUBA:

Dave Bargeron!

Howard Johnson!

scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:29 (twenty-one years ago)

what's-her-name-the-lady-bassplayer!

hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Carol Kaye!

Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:37 (twenty-one years ago)

(anytime, stence)

Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:37 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, I remembered right after I posted! We need to get some more lady session veterans on this thread.

hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:40 (twenty-one years ago)

The Pointer Sisters!

scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Martha Wash!

Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Roy Bittan!

scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Will Lee!

Hiram Bullock!

scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Jimmy Page!

Johnny Pate!

Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Keith Le Blanc!

Doug Wimbish!

Skip McDonald!

Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Rob Mounsey!

Toots Thielemans!

Hugh McCracken!

scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Billy Preston!

Barry Manilow!

Delaney Bramlett!

Leon Russell!

jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 6 January 2005 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie in da house!

Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:02 (twenty-one years ago)

EARL PALMER!

Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Grady Tate on the triz-zaps!

Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:03 (twenty-one years ago)

VINNIE COLIUITA

cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Tony Mottola!

scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:06 (twenty-one years ago)

DAVE WECKL

cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Jay Graydon!

Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Wah-Wah Ragin!

Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:09 (twenty-one years ago)

this thread is the most fame these guys will ever see.

cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:10 (twenty-one years ago)

George Duke!

Steve Porcaro!

scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Wah-Wah Watson!
[xpost, although I have no idea why I feel the need to acknowledge the fact...]

Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Omigod, I'm the first to get to:
Steve Lukather!

Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Wilton Felder!

Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Omigod, I'm the first to get to:

well this thread is mostly just scott.

cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Ray Parker Jr!

Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Doc Severenson!

Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:15 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.keithcronin.com/fromhell.html

cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:19 (twenty-one years ago)

well this thread is mostly just scott.

Yeah, but Scott's threads are the best on ILM! we're all privileged to be here shouting things like:

Billy Strange!

Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Jane Scarpantoni!
Sheryl Crow! (backup singer for Jacko and Peter Gabriel)
Crystal Taliaferro!

Earl Nash (earlnash), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I know someone said Steve Cropper, but what about

Booker T. Jones!
Donald "Duck" Dunn!
Al Jackson!

Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Al Caiola!

Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Airto Moreira!!!

Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't wait for the random googlers.

Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Phil Kraus!

Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Kenny Buttrey!

C0l1n B--KETT, Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Pete Sears!

Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:28 (twenty-one years ago)

John Paul Jones!
Big Jim Sullivan!
Scott Thurston!
Rabbit Brundrick!
Richard Lloyd!
Robert Quine!
Ken Stringfellow!
Joey Waronker!
Bill Rieflin!
Josh Freese!
Steve Smith!

Earl Nash (earlnash), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:28 (twenty-one years ago)

The troubled but talented

Jim Gordon!

Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:31 (twenty-one years ago)

John Robinson! (i.e., the doofy white dude who played drums on Off the Wall!)

Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Matt Chamberlain!

JIM KELTNER!

Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm going to bed, but before I do:

Marcus Miller!

Bud Shank!

Tom Scott!

Mike Barone!

Eric Gale!

scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Tommy Cogbill!

Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 6 January 2005 04:35 (twenty-one years ago)

In 2011, Daryl Sanders gets the word from "all but one" of the surviving local A-listees who played on Blonde On Blonde---& made Galileo look like a Boy Scout, too much man, let it all hang out:

https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/looking-back-on-bob-dylans-i-blonde-on-blonde-i-the-record-that-changed-nashville/article_c17cc27e-b6e4-5794-901c-e2e7ce4c5cb9.html

dow, Monday, 21 August 2023 00:59 (two years ago)

two months pass...

Maybe not the perfect thread for this, but today I learned about Barry Miles, who released a record as a 14 year old drum prodigy on Charlie Parker's record label (!), featuring his original bebop tunes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEqgfqTy-Mw

Then he switched to piano, and made fusion records with his *14 year old littler brother on drums* playing like Tony Williams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIZ_mEdhBs8

Then he was Roberta Flack's music director during the '80s/'90s, with his brother on drums sometimes I think. And apparently his brother Terry Silverlight is a very successful tv composer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Silverlight

Look at them go...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzaMjBfUvec

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 16:01 (two years ago)

two months pass...

https://immediatefamilyfilm.com/

“I had been hesitant to make a follow up to "The Wrecking Crew". But when I was approached with the idea of "The Immediate Family", I didn't think twice. The Immediate Family consists of Danny 'Kootch' Kortchmar Guitar/Vocal, Leland Sklar Bass, Russ Kunkel on Drums, Waddy Wachtel Guitar/Vocal and Steve Postell Guitar/Vocal.”

brimstead, Friday, 19 January 2024 23:04 (two years ago)

Oh right.

Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 January 2024 23:06 (two years ago)

A friend showed me this, which is pretty interesting, though the interviewer looks like a distracting cross between Paul Williams and George Lucas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zpTY20TL44

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 January 2024 23:15 (two years ago)

Kunkel is okay but not revelatory. Wachtel is a legend just for his hairdo.

But Lee Muthaflippin Sklar? That dude gives me a frisson of gratitude every time I reflect on our collective good fortune that we get to co-exist with him. This story alone solidifies his place among the GOATs, where he put a non-functioning "shimmer" switch on his bass.

Wine not? (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 19 January 2024 23:39 (two years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6lEX0guChs

Wine not? (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 19 January 2024 23:39 (two years ago)

Yes, Lee Sklar seems like a great guy.

Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Saturday, 20 January 2024 09:59 (two years ago)

I am not a Beato fanboi but that Tommy Tedesco anecdote is golden.

Wine not? (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 20 January 2024 11:32 (two years ago)

two months pass...

Bill Jennings!

Sometimes It POLLS in April (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 4 April 2024 12:25 (two years ago)

one month passes...

Pete Wingfield!

His wiki page is well worth a look.

Poets Win Prizes (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 May 2024 09:13 (two years ago)

three months pass...

Dave Richmond!

The Zing from Another URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 8 September 2024 19:42 (one year ago)

one month passes...

Waddy Wachtel performed with Stevie Nicks on SNL last weekend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwEmIxn1ME4

bbq, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 16:47 (one year ago)

don't think he actually plays on either, but the new album by bilal and the tiny desk by maxwell compels me to shout out the one and only chris dave

hott ogo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 15 October 2024 17:01 (one year ago)

Cornell Dupree! was known as Mr 2500 for all the sessions he did -- mostly R&B, pop and jazz

https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/forgotten-heroes-cornell-dupree

that's not my post, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 18:38 (one year ago)

Waddy Wachtel performed with Stevie Nicks on SNL last weekend

waddy's been playing w/stevie forever

fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 22:45 (one year ago)

Was wondering

Litso Mystic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 October 2024 22:55 (one year ago)

I’ve always wondered if Cornell Dupree wrote the main riff on Bernard Purdie’s “Aretha”

Heez, Wednesday, 16 October 2024 00:08 (one year ago)

Dupree and Purdie played together backing King Curtis in the late 60s so maybe ?

that's not my post, Wednesday, 16 October 2024 01:43 (one year ago)

not yet mentioned anywhere on this thread:

matt sweeney!

fact checking cuz, Thursday, 17 October 2024 05:04 (one year ago)

(the waddy wachtel of indie rock!)

fact checking cuz, Thursday, 17 October 2024 05:05 (one year ago)

then Paz Lenchantin must be the Donald Duck Dunn

Theracane Gratifaction (bendy), Thursday, 17 October 2024 14:06 (one year ago)

fair!

fact checking cuz, Thursday, 17 October 2024 19:08 (one year ago)

two months pass...

Bobby Shew!

James Carr Thief (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 21 December 2024 08:11 (one year ago)

one month passes...

Barry Beckett! Was looking for who did the tasty fender rhodes on “still crazy after all these years” Beckett has the credit. He got his start in Muscle Shoals and ended up with 100s of credits backing all sorts of artists

that's not my post, Friday, 24 January 2025 04:13 (one year ago)

nine months pass...

Linda November!

Nicholas Raybeat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 October 2025 02:00 (seven months ago)

six months pass...

Smokey Hormel!

brimstead, Friday, 1 May 2026 01:43 (one month ago)

Hadn't thought about him before in the context of this thread but good choice.

Galactic Poetaster (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 May 2026 03:54 (one month ago)


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