New Lee Sklar Interview

[Dr. Cheese]

This is a nice interview sponsored by Dingwall.

 

[Big Fat O]

I’ll have to check it out. I love Lee

 

[Snibborwocky]

I haven't had a chance watch this one yet but it's on my list for this weekend. I just got done with Rick Beato's Flea interview and was absolutely mind blowing to me. I'm starting to realize I'm on a huge musician interview kick at the moment because these sit down interviews really fascinate me on how much more these guys know and feel about music technically and historically. The stories throughout their careers they tell are just amazing.

 

[Wood and Wire]

Wow! I was not expecting to be greeted by "Whispering" Bob Harris .

 

[Michedelic]

Wow! I was not expecting to be greeted by "Whispering" Bob Harris .

He is now the “old grey”.

 

[Wood and Wire]

He is now the “old grey”.

Old Grey Whistle Teeth.

 

[Michedelic]

Old Grey Whistle Teeth.

I certainly respect Lee’s accomplishments and career longevity, however…I had absolutely no use for that entire musical milieu that they’re discussing as it was going on when I was a young teen, still don’t. “Soft Rock”? A contradiction in terms. As JT sang in his cover of Jimmy Jones’ ‘Handy Man’, “…coma coma coma come come”. I considered it anti-rock; I’m a younger boomer, and that crowd had a few years on me, but they were like old hippies trying too hard to mellow out when I wanted to kick out the jams, so it was almost like a mini-generation gap. They might have been experiencing their post-Woodstock hangover, but I hadn’t had my party yet. OK, rant over.

Now, I had no idea who this guy was, just vaguely knew about OGWT, but always heard/saw Brits joking about him, primarily in print. Then when YT came along, I saw some clips, heard him dissing certain bands, and I finally got it.

This is one of my favorite Sklar sessions, with the tragic Jim Gordon on drums…

 

[bassbrad]

I’m a younger boomer, and that crowd had a few years on me, but they were like old hippies trying too hard to mellow out when I wanted to kick out the jams, so it was almost like a mini-generation gap. They might have been experiencing their post-Woodstock hangover, but I hadn’t had my party yet. OK, rant over.

That is the curse of Generation Jones not a boomer or gen x we got the best and worst of both experiences a blessing and a curse.
That doldrum age between Flower Power and Disco Doom, in between AM radio, FM Stereo, 8trak and Cassette.

 

[Hawk620]

The mid to late '60 and the '70s were a great time for any of us who were growing up as musicians simply because we had recordings with guys like Lee Sklar to listen to and through them help to develop our own styles of playing. As much as R&B bassist like Jamerson, Duck Dunn, Jeremy Jemott, etc were to me for developing my abilities in that genre Leland Sklar was a key to developing country rock and acoustic style playing behind a sing songwriter type of gig. We had no YouTube but we had records and we had ears.

Thanks for posting that. It was a great interview with a bassist whose been an inspiration for me for years.

 

[Wood and Wire]

Now, I had no idea who this guy was, just vaguely knew about OGWT, but always heard/saw Brits joking about him, primarily in print. Then when YT came along, I saw some clips, heard him dissing certain bands, and I finally got it.

I've always had a certain fondness for Bob, in part because of watching Whistle Test religiously as a little kid (and associating him with that), but also at this time of year, because as a little kid I genuinely thought he was the singer in this video :