Carol Kaye Review of the Wrecking Crew

tkozal · #1 09-02-2012, 08:51 AM

Found this on the gearpage, posted without comment:

from an amazon review:

1.0 out of 5 stars Please don't buy this book, skewered, mis-quoted, phony title., July 16, 2012

By Carol Kaye (Valencia, CA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret (Hardcover)
I was totally mis-quoted in this wrong skewered and silly book. Quotes from me are totally wrong and un-true, and I'm sure with others also. Our group of 350-400 1960s-70s studio musicians were never known by this Hal Blaine 1990-invented term, invented by someone who wanted to be famous - this book is full of slander also. The person who invented that clownish term never was good enough to be a movie film musician, so the fine movie-TV-film studio musicians are slandered...they never said that, they complimented us.....I know, I was there doing 100s of movie scores 1,000s of record date with them. No-one ever said "wrecking" at all, that's all invented by a jealous musician...

Please don't buy this phony book by a "writer" who made false promises of the "truth" (for a magazine article, never a book!) he changed my words, and others' words too, to fit his own needs for $$$ -- he wanted to be in "our studio business" etc. This is another bad poorly written wrong phony book, please don't buy.
CAROL KAYE 1st Call Bassist All Hollywood Studios, 1960s-1970s, author & leading educator, over 30 courses and tutors.

bassie12 · #2 09-02-2012, 09:07 AM

At first she can be abrasive, but after a while, you feel sorry for her. I guess she will not go quietly into the night. So it will go from sad to comical, which is even sadder.

Stevewd · #3 09-02-2012, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by bassie12

At first she can be abrasive, but after a while, you feel sorry for her. I guess she will not go quietly into the night. So it will go from sad to comical, which is even sadder.

So what's with all the Carol Kaye bashing on TB?

Seriously I want to know. I've read some of the post about the controversy over who played on Motown hits. All I know is she's a great teacher and a great bassist.

SoCal1 · #4 09-02-2012, 10:19 AM

Everybody else is wrong...ONLY Carol is right. I actually live very near her. If she weren't such a miserable person, I might have tried to take the opportunity to visit and meet her at the Senior Citizens complex she resides in. I'm sure she's got some great stories. Only problem is I wouldn't know what to believe.

Stevewd · #5 09-02-2012, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SoCal1

Everybody else is wrong...ONLY Carol is right. I actually live very near her. If she weren't such a miserable person, I might have tried to take the opportunity to visit and meet her at the Senior Citizens complex she resides in. I'm sure she's got some great stories. Only problem is I wouldn't know what to believe.

Whoa! "If she weren't such a miserable person" That's a strong statement. What did she do? Come on man! Dish it out! I'm in the dark here.

Pet Sounds · #6 09-02-2012, 10:48 AM

For one thing, she takes credit for songs usually attributed to James Jamerson, including Bernadette. She has a very high opinion of herself and a low opinion of just about everyone else.

THE SAW · #7 09-02-2012, 10:55 AM

DFWC. You figure out what that means.
There's a reason some people came out of the 60's studio scene as revered artists and teachers, while others.....

Stevewd · #8 09-02-2012, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by THE SAW

DFWC.

Yikes! Ok. There's got to be more out there. Let me hear your personal Carol Kaye stories. Preferably from people who actually have known her or had contact with her. I'm fascinated by this and I'm not sure why.

iammr2 · #9 09-02-2012, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Pet Sounds

For one thing, she takes credit for songs usually attributed to James Jamerson, including Bernadette. She has a very high opinion of herself and a low opinion of just about everyone else.

Songs? Bernadette is the only one I've heard of. What are the others?

Stevewd · #10 09-02-2012, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Stevewd

Yikes! Ok. There's got to be more out there. Let me hear your personal Carol Kaye stories. Preferably from people who actually have known her or had contact with her. I'm fascinated by this and I'm not sure why.

Oops. I gess this comes under the category of thread hijacking. I'll start me own thread. Sorry about that OP.

Edward G. · #11 09-02-2012, 11:23 AM

I guess this means she won't be on the book tour.

king_biscuit · #12 09-02-2012, 11:27 AM

Ignore SoCal1, please. He is just trolling and hasn't slept or left this subforum in about three days...

SoCal1 · #13 09-02-2012, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by iammr2

Songs? Bernadette is the only one I've heard of. What are the others?

Fair question. Instead of listening to totally uninformed CK fanboy fools...here's the real story.

http://www.webring.org/l/rd?ring=mot...amerson%2Ehtml

BTW...I've had quite a productive weekend and answer these ridiculous claims like swatting the occassional fly...

SoCal1 · #14 09-02-2012, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Stevewd

Whoa! "If she weren't such a miserable person" That's a strong statement. What did she do? Come on man! Dish it out! I'm in the dark here.

Please see the above post and read the attached link. It'll give you the facts, then please make up your own mind.

king_biscuit · #15 09-02-2012, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCal1

Fair question. Instead of listening to totally uninformed CK fanboy fools...here's the real story.

http://www.webring.org/l/rd?ring=mot...amerson%2Ehtml

BTW...I've had quite a productive weekend and answer these ridiculous claims like swatting the occassional fly...

I hope you are not referring to me as a CK fanboy? My problem with all of this is you taking credit for having independent knowledge of any of this. You have based your conclusion on public information, but have tried to act like a personal witness with direct knowledge of anything that happened. You are no more than a self-styled poser "internet expert."

hdracer · #16 09-02-2012, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by king_biscuit

I hope you are not referring to me as a CK fanboy? My problem with all of this is you taking credit for having independent knowledge of any of this. You have based your conclusion on public information, but have tried to act like a personal witness with direct knowledge of anything that happened. You are no more than a self-styled poser "internet expert."

+1
Who are you anyway???

TNCreature · #17 09-02-2012, 12:53 PM

Oh thank god SoCal is trashing and slandering CK in (at least) two threads now. Dude needs a new hobby.
He is so "personally" offended. Oh wait, no he's not, he just wants to be, so he hijacks other's threads.

Stevewd · #18 09-02-2012, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCal1

Please see the above post and read the attached link. It'll give you the facts, then please make up your own mind.

I've read that in the other thread. I guess it's hard for me to believe that's the only thing behind the heated debate I've seen on TB. I can understand how it would create bad feelings but some of the negativity seems extreme to me. Maybe I'm just too laid back for it to bother me. I love Jamerson's playing of course but it seems I'm not emotionally invested in the argument enough to feel strongly about it.

**TinIndian** · #19 09-02-2012, 01:10 PM

This is ridiculous. Anytime a CK thread comes up a certain poster has to jump on it. Give it a rest man. Most of us agree with you about the tracks, but to keep blasting CK is petty.

Not yet · #20 09-02-2012, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by hdracer

+1
Who are you anyway???

funny, I was feelin off for jumpin into the dirt yesterday, thought I was just takin out a bad week on others. Good to see not alone w these thoughts. And back out....