That parrot of Joe Lala's was NOT a parrot, but an amazing Scarlet Macaw named Bongo! Joe used to leave Bongo at my house while gigging. One day my mother and step-father were visiting me in Van Nuys from Las Vegas. I walked into my house not knowing that they had not yet arrived. Their little dog was hiding in a bedroom and Bongo was nowhere to be found. The dog was covered around its mouth with hundreds of bird feathers! I was afraid that the dog ATE Bongo! Well.......The upshot to this whole story is that Joey had taken Bongo to gig at a Bee Gee's concert and Bongo had his own chrome bird stand for on stage! I love you Lee Sklar and enjoy all of your videos and your playing!

How can you not love Leland??? This guy is funny as hell... got stories about everything and what a hellava memory

One of the most killer rhythm sections in history!

Leland Sklar started a KZfaq channel recently. Dont miss it. Great content from one of the masters.

I could listen to Lee talk for days! His stories are so interesting!

Reason why a lot of us drummers play drums and bass players play bass...thank you!!! Artists of all generations.

The year was 1989 and I was a young pup working in a lumber yard in Denton, Tx. and this guy pulls into the yard for some lumber in a U- haul truck. When he opened the door, there were drum cases with the name Russell Kunkel on them! Another guy came in later and he owned half the square in Denton. His name was Clint Ballard, jr... He wrote , "You're No Good" for Linda Rondstadt!. I was so lucky!

This "interview" is platinum/diamond!

I'll never forget the first time I met Lee and Russell. A bit teary that day.

Russ and Lee Brothers for Life!!!!!

Just the same magic guys who backed James Taylor and Carole King at the Troubadour in those legendary concerts I watch every other night on KZfaq. Will keep watching until the end🤗🤗🤗

Long time friends. Very cool to see in a weary world.

Oh my God! I can’t believe that you two are together again, from the old James Taylor days. I’m stunned that you two are back together and hanging out. I seriously freaking can’t believe I’m seeing this. Two of the masters of music and player’s from my youth, I just can’t believe it! No shit, Leland is just like Ronnie Wood, in that he is just as competent in another medium than music. I absolutely loved this segment.

Russ Kunkel: "Hey Lee, I have a question for you". Lee Skyler : "Sure, what's up?" Russ Kunkel: "Do you have any hair I can borrow?"

that was so fun. I have admired both of you guys my whole life. thanks.

This is great! What chemistry!

These guys are the real thing ... I am glad they can still make videos like this.

Love it! I’ve been listening to these guys for decades and finally saw them live with Lyle Lovett from the front row. What a great experience that was.

Both masters and funny to boot!

2 Legends

Would love to hang out with these guys. The stories they could tell...

😂 Producer switch...that’s great!

This guy has been one of my favorite drummers for a long time I seen him in 70s 80s with several bands on and off great drummer huge inspiration to me love you Russ glad you're still around God bless

Great to hear these Absolute legends bounce off each other...still great players just as they were in the 70s when they owned the studio and touring scene. Lucky to hear these gurus.

that is so cool guys,.Mr. sklar is one great man, a true master and decent human being, just like neil peart was, cool.

Didn't know all this stuff about LaLa, but remember him vividly in Manassas when they came to town and his amazing percussion s on that amazing album. Great stories Lee , keep em coming.

Marvelous! Thanks for doing it and especially for all the music you both did together! I knew an album was worth my "listen", when you two were on it.

Amazing these two are allowed out unsupervised !!

The pic of "Tommy Tedesco" is actually Howard Roberts.

I just saw this for the first time. FANTASTIC! I loved it. Great stuff! 👍👍👍👍

That was fun! Thanks, guys!

Two great names I used to see on the back of record albums, quite a lot.

Man this was classic stuff. And those stories. How cool. Thanks for sharing guys. I love all your history in music.

Amazing. I lover everything about this!

Great guys.Heart and soul of a band.

Mr Sklar, please document your tales of the road in some kind of way. It would be criminal if you kept all of these wonderful experiences untold! If you write a book , it will be about 3volumes long I'll bet ! The anticipation is growing and building ! Fast!!

Oh, thank you for the highly detailed parrot story... rolling on the floor!

Lee my favourite nostalgia interviewee.

Heart of a lot of my favorite tunes in the 70s.

He also played with Stevie nicks.

loved it!

Even Lees house looks like him!!!

Just want to say that when I was in high school 1000yrs ago and taking Science, I was rubbish at it because when I was doing science, and I heard the word ‘Chemistry’, I wasn’t thinking H2O or NaCl, I was thinking about a tight rhythm section - like this (on and off the stage)!❤

Thx so much for taking your time to share your amazing lives with us

Del Shannon and Bryan Hyland Wow! 2 names Ive not heard in a long time

wow - love it

Great stuff! Just a small correction though, the picture @ 4:46 that says 'Tommy Tedesco' is actually Howard Roberts.

I love the way that guy with long hair never did drugs...what's his name...?

Are you kidding me? That was at least an hour too short. Reminded me of Seinfeld's Comedians Getting Coffee or whatever its called except much shorter. Where's my cigarette lighter ..... MORE MORE

Awesome!!!

Lee is such a nice guy.....so humble and kind. The Tim Mcgraw song is about him!!

i support their marriage and wish them the best

2 friends cruising and playing

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As if it weren't awesome enough just hearing these two giants reminisce , Russ chose Beck for the incidental music. I've noticed Beck's Dad is in the JT album cover jacket pics working with these guys.

i love the fake switch anecdote..over the last 30 years i've played bass at a lot of gigs and ironically once i was asked to do something with my sound by someone i suspected of being a blow hard sound guy so i thought i'd do a little experiment and PRETENDED to move my knob and looked up with a how's that?..when i got the thumbs up i realized that i learned a new trick..it hasn't come up often but when it does i know what to do..lol.

I heard Russ Marched 27th Lancers. That to me is much more impressive than any albums he did and the main reason why.

This dude Sklar can play any genre. He can go from James Taylor to Metallica. And play it flawlessly.

Did you play with the great Mike Landau?

WAY better than Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee...and the budget was under $100k...go figure!

My boy Scott van pelt

Did Russ do more of these?

What did they play at the end? "Running On Empty"?

Russ was also married to the beautiful Nicolette Larson.

Russ... you still have those Roger North drums that were on the cover of “Running on Empty”? Roger’s from right here in Portland, OR where I live and like myself and all the other local drummers, we’d walk into a local club when he was developing the design and the first thing out of our mouths would be “... what the fuck?!?!” Seems they were mainly designed to project into the room at small, local clubs.

Leland give some of your beard so Russ can get his old hair back...these two are the American Watts Wyman seriously

Isn't that a picture of Howard Roberts and not Tommy Tedesco?

leland sklar gets drunk: heads straight for the womens restroom..😆 lol!

1:42 “why would I be with you if I didn’t have my equipment? 1:52 camera pans, shows them sitting oh so close with Lee’s arm around Him Me: is nothing sacred?! Get Lee out of WeHo now!

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Lee....as a former fabricator.....please don't run the plasma torch without safety equipment....

Not a huge fan of Lee's political rants because he IS a master bassists. Not a politician. Let's stay on the good side of the force. Music!!

Much respect to Leyland Sklar, truly a total musician. Your discography and live gigs speak volumes. Russ Kunkle not so much. An extremely generic and boring player. Can't figure out how you got all those session dates...bless your heart.