Bryan J. Howard Newsblog

Bass Video of the Week Hello All,This is the second installment of my "Bass Video of the Week" and this week I am featuring one of my all-time favorites, Ms. Carol Kaye! You may not have heard of her but you certainly have heard her. As part of the session players in LA that some have referred to as the "Wrecking Crew", Ms. Kaye has played on TONS of hits as well as TV show & Movie themes/soundtracks. I was excited to find this video of her playing with Brian Wilson. Here is some information about the video directly from Ms. Kaye including specifics about the gear used:

"David Leaf had called me up a few years ago saying that Brian was a little nervous about going on his up-coming (now-famous) Smile tour to England, would I come down as a favor to help Brian on this film interview etc. The interview and music cut was filmed at Western Studio 3, the studio mainly used by Brian for his productions with us studio musicians for the Beach Boys hits.I'm using a newer-built Fender Precision Lite bass with a Seymour Duncan pickup, Thomastik Jazz Flats strings, and Polytone MiniBrute Bass amp at that time but I only use the Ibanez SRX700 bass and GK amps now."

Truly one of the greatest ever, Ms. Kaye is still playing and teaching in the LA area. She has written a series of bass Tutors that I have found to be fantastic! Please visit her website http://www.carolkaye.com/