Hal Blaine Talks Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, Elvis & More!

[GReedDiamond]

[Leghorn21]

1. Oh, this is pure GOLD, GR!! The name seemed familiar, but ??? so I looked him up...

Well sure, the WRECKIN CREW!! You know, I saw that like ten years ago, need to take another look —- all the marvelous inside stories are so interesting and - real!!

Thanks, I will watch this tomorrow first thing!!

[GReedDiamond]

2. I unconsciously knew how to play drums by listening to...

...the literally thousands of songs that Hal Blaine played on, which I heard between the late 1950s to the early 70s - or so - and beyond a little too.

But I did not know at the time that most of the "Artists" were "fake" - with Hal and many other studio musicians, aka "The Wrecking Crew" - playing on all of the various records released by The Byrds, The Mamas & Papas, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Fifth Dimension, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Express, The Beach Boys, etc.

Turns out, that's the way it was-is-always has been done.

Below is a link to my band Green Sparkle Frog's (Grammy Entry Ballot 1) song "Moment Of Silence (Duet)"

I hired several studio musicians, including Lonnie Park, Paul Hilton and Ilona Dorinda - to make this song.

[Leghorn21]

4. Hey thanks, GR, this is really wild and haunting and very very unique - it's as if you invented

your own musical genre??!

——I got up sooo late, now I’m going to go watch Mr. Blaine’s interview!!

[GReedDiamond]

5. Thanks Leghorn21!

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3. too bad there is no link to part 2 on the video itself nt