Tom Adamson Yes sir!!! 🤘

Tom Adamson. I posted exactly the same comment. It's hard to think of anyone more deserving of a place.

Amen to that!

Inducted this year

Was thinking the same thing. She's earned it.

Carol lives in Rosamond.

She gave me the same lists of songs she’d recorded, dates she’d played on, and tons of articles and interviews.

Gerry Hernandez What a great story! Thank you for sharing!

it's one of the biggest crimes of all time - she should be in the hall about 30 years ago!!!!

Sounds like a genuine real lady, ran into a genuine real cat, I'm glad your son had that experience, that's pretty dope, you rub elbows with the legendary G, and a beautiful talented awesome person, she will be I truly believe she'll be in the Rock Hall of Fame, American people don't understand the people behind the scene drives what's in front of the scene that they see, they don't know any better than that

She also does the solo on Glen Campbell's Wichita Lineman.

WOAAAH

She played that fuckin bassline? Amazing

Wait are you talking about the Sunny and Cher song or The Whispers song?

@@NasByTheWay24 She didn’t just play that bass line, she created it. Watch The Wrecking Crew documentary.

Let's see a guy do that. Oh wait.

Its called having a job. One Job. Calm down.

She considered herself a jazz player. The rock and roll studio sessions were used to pay the bills.

Her parents raised them. She even admitted that in retrospect she wishes that she spent more time with her kids.

And made a better living than the acts on the road... imagine having the privilege of working with Brian Wilson ... wow

Same af

Fuckin' A.

You can see a lot of Carol in the doc film, "The Wrecking Crew." Playing on either Netflix or HULU now.

Unsung ? No.

He's not the only one to spotlight her nor is he the first

The odds are pretty good that Hal Blaine played drums on half your favorite songs, too. Those two together were magical.

@@MyMotherTheCar True. The two of them, Blaine and Kaye, didn’t get along that well, on a personal level, but you’re right. Those two could play.

And as she says the base is the bottom, the foundation for the whole song. If a great basest was not playing most of these songs they would not have been that good.

Carol Kay played on over 10,000 songs. WAY more than half

@@tonys4396 I tell you what, I'll leave it to you to do the research on how many of her 10,000 songs made it into the top 20, or so. I don't doubt that she played over 10,000 songs, but just because she played bass on 10,000 songs is not enough to make all of them hits. Some songs are just duds, even if they have a great bass line. And there were plenty of record labels that produced tunes I love that never used her. For instance, the songs recorded in England made up a large percentage of the hits recorded in the 60s and 70s. But there were also American labels that didn't use her. If you do the numbers and can list the songs she played on and show that she was on more than half of the top 20 hits from 1960 to 1980, then I'll bow to your hard work.

Actually, she's NOT there according to their inductees list. I THOUGHT I remember them inducting The Wrecking Crew as a group, but if so I can't find them listed or which individuals they included.

bryan macneil Well, she was just playing the lines Brian wrote out for her, and her playing never even made it to the final recording.

bryan macneil She didn't actually play on the final single that was released. "Kaye is often credited for playing on the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" single,[13] but a session list compiled by Craig Slowinski for The Smile Sessions box-set liner notes states that, although she played on several sessions for the song, none of those recordings made the final edit as released on the single." That was Ray Pohlman on the record.

In an interview with her (also on KZfaq), she talked about playing for hours with Brian on that song, trying different ideas and not just following his direction. He apparently respected her greatly.

Most definately agree there. They're the one's that bring the chills up your spine!.

Jimmy Page and JPJ played on Donovan tracks before LZ.

@@jeffwalker6815 Many such examples over the decades. Toto is probably the best known example - started by a group of long-time studio musician, and most if not all of them STILL did some studio work on the side while the band was in existence.

Kylie McInnes Gene was in awe of her and gave her total respect. It's a great piece of video. I love seeing Gene acknowledge that Carol was the alpha dog--and he's a very competent bass player, all other BS aside.

Eddie van Halen asked for guitar lessons from Glen Campbell...who was a session player with Carol Kaye.

He has always admired her and says so . She is it !

Glen Campbell asked Jimmy for guitar lessons who also jammed with Carol Kaye😜

@Shock Actually, you're way off. There are plenty of guitarists who are better technical players than EVH. But none of those folks innovated the way EVH did. He literally changed rock music in many ways (both technically on the guitar, but also with pedals and amp technology). Carol Kaye was a similar player. She helped develop the rich rhythmic lines of the 60's and 70's--not in a vacuum, but anyone who knows bass and rock/pop from her era knows she was a driving force. Also, and this is a bit of an aside, this internet obsession with equating skill level with grade level and age is PLAYED OUT. Gene Simmons is a good bass player, and his bass playing did exactly what Kiss needed it to do. That is all that matters. On the spectrum of bass players, you simply cannot claim Gene Simmons is shitty. Not to your taste? Sure, of course. But he got the job done, and that is not shitty.

Jammin' with Jambo, Amen!

I miss Santa Cruz so Much!!!!!!!

You would like "Hired Guns" then: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ncyJla-JqK7OcoE.html

I watch a lot of music documentaries and in my opinion the one on the Wrecking Crew ranks near the top.

Just watched it, thanks!

Roberto, Yes Sir!

Can you guys recommend your favorite music documentaries on Netflix?

+ Sebastian Tinajero - check out Muscle Shoals as well. Definitely one of the best.

Well, that's about as big an overstatement as I've ever heard.

Jesus. People really go overboard with the praise when it’s a woman don’t they? Almost feels patronising.

You're absolutely correct, Ignore the chauvinist hogs who just can't admit it. I'm a MALE musician by the way

Tim Sheneman ...Barney Miller...

I thought that was Glen on bass. But he was playing Carol's bass.

You know someone is world class when an an incredible virtuoso like Glen Campbell demands you for his sessions.

Campbell was also a Wrecking Crew member...before going on his own..also a Beach Boy...just saying. The entire Wrecking Crew should be in the Rock Hall of Fame.

Joshua Freedman Chuck Berghofer played bass on the Barney Miller theme.

I agree my friend,the bass on Good Vibrations is nothing short of genius

@@williammclauchlan2610 As noted in other comments, she isn't on the final recording of Good Vibrations.

@@williammclauchlan2610 "Good Vibrations" was not actually released on "Pet Sounds".

Correct (below} ..but Brian , being such a huge fan of her sound bumped up her levels on pet Sounds. This woman (through listening to all her amazing work with a lot of their stuff}, taught me bass when I was an amoeba listening to the Monkees. And the whole time, I thought this was another great, African American dude.. Lol.. ~ Before I was a session player myself, I Hated them not being listed on the HUGE hits of the day back then. I still cant quite believe they didn't openly credit Not only her, but So many greats.. . WhattheCrap Capitol!!

@@remotexpolde Where is Jaco on your list? Pop music is such a sliver of music and not even the best stuff. And these days, anything written now worth listening to won't be heard on the radio that's for damn sure.

She certainly deserves it!!!!

ME TOO❤️

Don't forget Tommy Cogbill, Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley's Bassist!

@Shock both "playing for the song" in different genres - apples & oranges

Funny thing, she got James Jamerson started on the west coast gigs. She helped a lot of musicians get their foot in the door. She had some incredible stories, Ray Charles, Motown sound in L.A. Four Tops, Glen Cambell, sat next to her when the crew was together. Glen couldn't read music, so she would tell him how the tunes went, but he was quick to pick it up (great ear). The list goes on and on. Working with Phil Spector, being in the studio with John Lennon in the booth. She has a book out on her site.

She is that and then some.

Anyone who has ANY interest in music should watch "The Wrecking Crew" and watch it over and over again!

Me to as that what Legends do to you they keep you coming back for more.

Finally! Prolific session musicians get recognition! The Wrecking Crew and The Funk Brothers were the genius architects of the sound of the 60s. Kaye deserves all her plaudits though still can’t decide if she is better than the great James Jamerson.

According to Carol, there wasn't the type of sexism you describe with the studio musicians back then. There were many, many top-tier female musicians. Everyone got along, had super-tight schedules and no time for nonsense. These were all jazz musicians. You're thinking rock and roll mentality, which is when Carol quit the studio business.

Bingo. That bass is insane on that song.

@@jacobsmith9117 My God I just listened to it... Its such exquisite playing, SO totally clean --not one note sounds uncertain or imperfect--even in tone and very, very precisely in time and inventive.

@@theminotaurs You described it better than I ever could have!

Agreed. Another killer Carol Kaye baseline is the original theme for the movie "Bullitt"

OMG that bass intro always blew me away, that was Carol Kaye?!!

Yep, it was a one chord song and the bass line that she created, made the song. That's what she brings. It's a good example of how music is sort of defined by the other stuff it's played over. A simple melody sounds different over chord changes. Sonny sounded like a singer over that bass line, that she made up. She might not write the song but she can make it work. Touring bands promoting hit records, owe it to people like her. I say "hall of fame, yes!"

Between her and James Jamerson, they cover EVERY song you've ever loved. Pretty much.

Carol states in "The Wrecking Crew" movie that she came up with the bass line but that fellow Wrecking Crew member Bob West played her line for the radio release version of the song.

Today it's unwed mothers wno don't know who their "baby daddy" is, laying around in the projects doing drugs, eating like pigs, with a BMW in the parking lot

She's awesome. And you don't have to go back to the 60s to hear her, she was still rocking in the 90s. Check out Matthew Sweet's 1999 album In Reverse for some of her work.

Sebastian Elytron that's what polyphonic is for lol

I knew her from Pet Sounds but didn't know anything else she did.

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not really ashamed. its pretty understandable not to know who the session musicians are, especially if their not credited. also the whole point of this video was that 'you probably don't know who she is, but you know her music'.

Very ashamed indeed

I always count how many people post comments claiming that they met the famous person in the videos, ALL baloney

@tonys4396 You always count them? Always? Baloney! Haha. What in the world is so special about meeting famous people? Cheer up. You might meet someone famous. It will be just like meeting the cashier at a local music store. Living life via KZfaq and Wik wok must be horrible for you. Thanks for sharing such a cheerful, and useful comment.

@@charlesmcgehee3227 I've lived in NYC all my life. There isn't a day I don't see famous people. Only losers who live in the sticks mention if they met a famous person and it's usually BS. Now go milk your cow

It's true, while Brian hired her for her style of playing and execution, he wrote all the basslines that she recorded.

Brian Wilson wrote ALL of the parts and orchestrated all his music. He and Carol are still friends. Read her book.

I love Janis Ian's songs. I saw her some years back. What an incredible guitar player, song writer and performer. I took my kids to see her. They were just blown away by her talent.

happy to be affiliated with the making of that wonderful doc.

luckily she was shown in the brian wilson biopic (Love and Mercy)

Chuck Berghoffer - what a tremendous bassist! I have loved his work since hearing him on a somewhat obscure Howard Roberts jazz guitar recording called "H.R.is a Dirty Guitar Player!" - from 1964 or so. Berkley Kendrix on organ (spelling?) and I can't recall the drummer...

Where did you read this liner note? The bass playing in "I Was Made To Love Her" was credited to James Jamerson. Carol Kaye claimed that she was the one recording the bass on that tune. Mr Alan Slutsky did a research on this issue. That include some interviews with people involved in the recording of this particular tune (the producer, recording engineer, etc). And Mr Slutsky's evidence was in favor of Mr Jamerson. This liner note thing never came up in the discussion. As for me, based on what I heard in the recording itself, and comparing the sound to Carol Kaye's work on her recordings, I think it was Mr Jamerson who played on that tune. But I don't know. I might be wrong.

You mean Brian's Bass line?

Hal is an incredibly nice guy. I knew him for nearly 35yrs b4 he passed.

Littlewill 098 even better: how rock affected the Vietnam war

J. Page Good idea

J. Page Or better yet, how they both had a symbiotic relationship.

That could be a whole series

Or even Rock and the Cold War in its entirety!

Arf