Bass players: Kim Gordon, D’arcy Wretzky, Gail Ann Dorsey, Kim Deal, Carol Kaye, Kathy Valentine, Sean Yseult, Tal Wilkenfeld and Rhonda Smith.

Carol Kaye  *March 24, 1935

Happy 87th birthday to the one and only Carol Kaye.

electric bassist and studio musician - Carol Kaye (photo by Marilyn Cross)

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Two people you should all google: Carol Kaye and Earl Palmer.

Monday, March 25, 2024, 12pm ET: Feature Artist: Carol Kaye

Carol Kaye (born March 24, 1935) is an American musician. She is one of the most prolific recorded bass guitarists in rock and pop music, playing on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 65 years. Kaye began playing guitar in her early teens and after some time as a guitar teacher, began to perform regularly on the Los Angeles jazz and big band circuit. She started session…

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Carol Kaye  *March 24, 1935

Electric Bass Lines No.1 by Carol Kaye 1969 Sheet Music Book || AUtradingpost - ebay

The 60's are not that clear-cut at all. I mean, Love – the band, not the real thing – are probably the group that dealt with the complexities of the period thanks to them being not as successful as they should've ben and also thanks to them having a different perspective. Forever Changes, their masterpiece, serves as a warning, since Arthur Lee, their frontman, felt something was off with the flower power movement. Thus, the platter resembles a chronicle of someone who noticed how all hopes slipped away, yet that person still cherishes the memory of the emotions, which were promised by these hopes. I could be cheeky here and call Forever Changes one of the early examples of the famous Mark Fisher term, though that would have been too much.

Today we look at the best of Carol Kaye. There were hundreds of songs to choose from, but these show a range of styes and genres.