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Top 5 Carol Kaye Bass Lines | Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, Joe Cocker | Thomann


Julia picked her favourite bass lines from studio bass legend Carol Kaye! As a member of the session musician collective “Wrecking Crew” she recorded countless hits with The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, Joe Cocker, Sonny & Cher and many many more… Which is your favourite Carol Kaye bass line? Let us know in the comments!

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Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Intro
0:03 Intro Song | Nancy Sinatra – These Boots are Made for Walkin’
0:42 Song 1 | Joe Cocker – Feelin’ Alright
1:54 Song 2 | Simon & Garfunkel – Scarborough Fair
2:56 Song 3 | Motherlode – Playing When I Die
4:06 Song 4 | Sonny and Cher – And the Beat Goes On
5:06 Song 5 | The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
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27 thoughts on “Top 5 Carol Kaye Bass Lines | Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, Joe Cocker | Thomann

  • It's not an overstatement to say that John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin took note from her. Maybe he didn't know who she was or know it was actually her in the beginning but I bet he took influence in a lot of her style, you can hear it in much of his iconic bass lines.

    In fact I'd be willing to bet Carole herself could play the bassline of one of Jones' showcases, The Lemmon Song.

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  • Beatles cite Good Vibrations as their inspiration. It’s a network of coconuts, contextual metas.

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  • Reminds me of Rick Beato – but with direct awesome playing to inform. Hope you do more.

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  • This video answered my search directly. Thank you. So many secrets for the patriarchy that are now at the YouTube-search level. Thx.

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  • Wichita Lineman- Glen Campbell because this was the first song where I heard the bass guitar so prominent, as a young child! So smooth, reminds me of 8 track tapes!

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  • I grew up in the 60's, this was my music. Good Vibrations blew my mind! Just recently found out Carol did that incredible bass line that I think she came up with, and then she did Cher and Motown! She's awesome!

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  • Carol is great!!! I "discovered" her reading about The Wrecking Crew" (there's many videos on YouTube and you can read "The Wrecking Crew" a book by Kent Hartman). From this video I went to my L.P.'s (OK, I'm a n old man) and I notice for the first time that she IS identified as bass player on "Feeling alright", but NOT on "Good vibrations". It is supposed The Beach Boys played is own instruments (but they didn't, I feel kind of cheated). I knew Simon and Garfunkel (like "The Mamas and the Papas") didn't played their instruments (they never pretended so), but to discover The Beach Boys belonged to the same category as "The Monkeys" kind of heart me.

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  • I love all of her work, in particular the stuff she did with Lalo Schifrin. Those colorful, funky grooves are my personal favorite. She's a super nice and encouraging person.

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  • Carol Kaye did NOT…write the bass line for Good Vibrations. Brian Wilson, who was a bassist himself, wrote it AND Ray Pohlman is the bassist who played on the final version you hear on the record. Carol played the song during some earlier sessions but was NOT the bassist you hear on the record, Ray Pohlman is! So don't go buying any 'Good Vibrations guitar pics' from Carol, as they're all bogus! *Yes, she has sold NUMEROUS bass pics she claimed were "The One" she used on the recording that she never played on, over the years. Nice person. A real peach. ????

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