The March 16 edition of Greasy Tracks focused on Carol Kaye, one of the most recorded bassists in history and a legend when it comes to studio work.
Here’s the archive, while a playlist is here.
In addition to featuring music from across her illustrious career, there was an interview with Kaye who provided insight to a fascinating era when 1960s metro-Los Angeles became ground zero for a massive boom in the recording industry.
Working with some of the most innovative producers — including Phil Spector, Brian Wilson and Quincy Jones — and skilled musicians in the business, she logged nearly 10,000 sessions in a career she started as a teen, playing and teaching guitar in the 1950s.
Kaye recorded with hundreds of different artists. Many of those sessions would end up being some of the most famous rock or pop songs, television or movie soundtracks ever captured on tape.