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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsJoe Osborn, Wrecking Crew Bassist, Dies at 81
Bassist Joe Osborn, a member of Los Angeles famed Wrecking Crew group of studio musicians, died Friday (Dec. 14) at age 81. The cause and place of death were not disclosed.
Osborns work can be heard on hundreds of recordings beginning in the early 1960s, including hits by Rick Nelson (Travelin Man, Hello Mary Lou), Johnny Rivers (Seventh Son, Memphis), the Fifth Dimension (Up, Up and Away, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In), Simon and Garfunkel (Bridge Over Troubled Water), the Mamas and the Papas (California Dreamin, I Saw Her Again), the Association (Windy), Richard Harris (MacArthur Park), the Carpenters (Close to You, For All We Know), the Grass Roots (Midnight Confessions), Neil Diamond (Holly Holy), Scott McKenzie (San Francisco), Gary Lewis and the Playboys (This Diamond Ring, Count Me In), the Monkees (Valleri), Nancy Sinatra, Kenny Rogers, Helen Reddy, Barbra Streisand, Tommy Roe, America, Bobby Sherman, the Partridge Family, Spanky and Our Gang, the Turtles and others.
more at link:
https://bestclassicbands.com/joe-osborn-obituary-12-16-18/
Aristus
(66,467 posts)is magical to listen to...
RIP, sir...
Brother Buzz
(36,469 posts)Only after Joe Osborn learned to read music did he land a seat with the storied Wrecking Crew.
If Carol Kaye wasn't playing the bass on that billboard top forty hit you listened to as a kid, even money Joe Osborn was
IcyPeas
(21,910 posts)I was watching and recording the Joni Mitchell Isle of Man Concert which came on at 7:00 and this movie came on right after it.
Looks like it will be repeated a few times.
https://www.kcet.org/shows/the-wrecking-crew