We were working musicians, playing great music. Boom-boo-boom-BANG!’ – exactly the same, only much softer.“Everybody loved it. And here’s the really mind-blowing part: the basic track was cut in one take!”“The recording was pretty simple. 13 on the US charts. By Blaine's own estimate, he performed on 35,000 recorded tracks over in a quarter century's worth of work. "A lot of drummers I knew wouldn't touch rock," he says.

To chronicle the career of Hal Blaine is an almost awesome task. More than 300 were certified gold and at least 40 of them hit the #1 position. . The digital remastering by Bill Inglot and Dan Hersh sounds great. © Dean loved my playing here. I just read through the reviews here, and I noticed something missing that If you try to outdo a song like this, you’re just going to ruin it.”“Jimmy Webb wrote the number and produced it. with a hint of dick dale. Back from Hal Blaine's better days of drumming, this is pure drumming excellence. Some of the artists Blaine has worked with include The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Simon & Garfunkel, Jan & Dean, The Carpenters and Herb Alpert. This track encompasses so much of what made Blaine stand out all the time.

Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. I just played what felt right.“Working with Paul and Artie was great. You go in, hear what the song needs, and give it that punch. There was me and Tommy Tedesco and a lot of the guys from The Tonight Show band. Most of Phil Spector's lush productions for The Ronettes, The Crystals, Darlene Love and others featured the drumming of Hal Blaine, as did many orchestral pieces by arrangers such as Jimmie Haskell and Nelson Riddle. .

Everything he played worked like a charm.”“A lot of drummers ask me, ‘How in the world did you get through that song? His smooth backbeat anchored many of the greatest hits of the '60s and '70s, including the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," the Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man" and Simon & …

BA1 1UA. I helped him tell the story.”“A straight-8 with a firm backbeat. Not many.”Don't miss the latest deals, news, reviews, features and tutorialsThank you for signing up to Musicradar. Over 3,000 of these made it onto the Billboard Hot 100. "They thought it was dirty and disgusting. We went into Sound Recorders - myself, Joe Osborn, Larry Knechtel – and got crackin’ on it. Another Record Of The Year.“Jimmy brought the song in to Johnny Rivers and Marc Gordon, who were producing The 5th Dimension at the time. Having impaired vision since birth, he devoted himself to indoor activities. He only spoke up if he didn’t like something. I can’t imagine what he’d think about the song becoming a smash again several years ago [remixed by Junkie XL]. Hal plays great fills using lots of toms that were so musical and tasty for the song. But Blaine, characteristic of a sticksman, chalks up his good fortune to "having the right timing at the right place.
We always tried to have a good time when we played. Hal Blaine. On the more "adult" side of the pop ledger, Blaine played drums on recordings by Frank Sinatra and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.
Put on your red shoes and get ready to shake out that dusty rug. The sound of his drums on the track had great definition in the mix. It’s such a complex arrangement.’ I didn't think it was, really. The album was the first after the break-up of the original five-piece Steely Dan; most of the original members had left during a rift over touring and recording schedules. Blaine’s great time and feel shines throughout. I played on things like The Boxer and so many of their fabulous songs. What a talent!“Once I listened to the track, I knew what to do. Back from Hal Blaine's better days of drumming, this is pure drumming excellence. After 50 years in the music business, he has played on over 4,000 records. When you think about it, though, we all had good ears… good feel, timing.

37. Those wishing to hear Blaine at his best, though, can pick up Phil Spector's "Back to Mono" box set or nearly anything recorded on the West Coast in the 1960s. Doing a TV show in the morning, a Beach Boys track or a Phil Spector session in the afternoon, then working with Frank Sinatra or Simon & Garfunkel after that – that was normal to us. The song wouldn’t be the same without that piano intro.“We did the basic track in a few hours. Of course, we had some pretty good songs to play on, too.”In the case of Hal Blaine, that playlist would number in the thousands.

"Drums! Bones Howe was workin’ the knobs – we had knobs before faders. ‘Sliiiide-BANG!-sliiiide-BANG!’ I was kneeling the entire time I did this. And we had a blast playing this cut.”“They started out as folk artists but gradually more instrumentation came into their sound. Very sweet girl with a beautiful voice. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. He’d probably be tickled pink. . She was marvelous, though. I really did.

It was a lot of fun.