Recent content by Lonnie Knechtel

That would be a 'No'... unless Joe was referring to some cover of the tune by a different artist, which I wouldn't know. Matthew Fisher played Hammond organ on the Procul Harum song. He later successfully sued for a portion of the writer's credit on the song since the organ arrangement was a...

K&K Market in Bell, CA. Grampa was a butcher, had an old-fashioned butcher shop, sawdust floor and all. His partner handled the produce.

David Gates sued Kenny Rogers over this (Lost Without Your Love)... and won. 'She Believes in Me' had the exact same chord changes and melody in the chorus.

I think I'd say Dad liked Music... as a professional he played what he was hired to play, and did his best to make it work for the client. His biggest initial influence was black R&B and Hard Bop music, he had a big collection of 45's and LP's and used to listen to them a lot. He loved Jimmy...

Yes... When Dad did the work on The Doors, it didn't register with him that there was anything remarkable going on... was just 'another day at the office'... nobody knew who The Doors were at that point, and he didn't play with the band, he was just brought in to overdub doubling part's for Ray...

Thanks to all for the warm responses! I didn't really say anything about Dad's later years in Nashville, recording and touring with Elvis Costello, etc... since this is a bass forum I tried to keep the focus on his bass playing years and my relationship with him as a bassist. I'll post a...

No, I didn't know him... depending on how old he is he might have been too young for me to be aware of... I didn't really go in Joe's house much when I was over there. Details are fuzzy, I just remember the studio and back yard mostly. Would welcome contact from David though.

I just posted my thoughts on Dad's career on this thread: Larry Knechtel, Bassist

There was interest expressed in hearing from me about my father, Larry Knechtel, in his role as a session bassist with The Wrecking Crew. So, here we go, from my own perspective as a child and as a bassist... Dad was primarily known for his work on piano/keyboards, which was his primary...

I'd be happy to... Pretty busy at the moment, need the weekend to craft a decent response. Probably just make it's own thread. Maybe another just on his bass which is now in the MHOF museum in Nashville.

Yes, i'm Larry's son, Lonnie. For some reason I opened this account using my real name, apparently I can't change it and hide now :) I checked, doesn't seem like the right answer, sorry... The vocals on the tune in question were male, mid-range... delivered forcefully but with a sunny tone...

Hello -- Back in probably the mid-90's, there was a song by some happy-punky sounding Japanese band that was getting some US airplay... And I saw a full transcription of the bass part published in Bass Player magazine, pretty sure it was between 1995 and 1997. The vocals were completely in...