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Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar: “Playing for the Song,” Part 2
Here’s the second half of my January 25, 1983, interview with Danny Kortchmar. (If you haven’t already read it, here’s Part 1.)
How do you write songs?
Usually I work on a Portastudio. Right now I have a Fostex 8-track set up in the...
Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar: “Playing for the Song,” Part 1
At the time of this 1983 interview, 36-year-old Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar was the go-to guitarist for a galaxy of stars. He’d toured extensively and played guitar on ten albums issued by his boyhood pal James Taylor. Carole King likewise lov...
B.B. King’s Star-Studded “Deuces Wild” Album
For B.B. King, the 1997 release of his star-studded Deuces Wild album was a dream come true. “This is a project that I’ve wanted to do since I been recording,” he reported during our interview shortly before its release. “That is, record wi...
Curtis Mayfield’s 1994 “All Men Are Brothers” Interview
Curtis Mayfield’s soulful, sanctified music was equally suited to the street corner, prison yard, and church. Like Bob Marley and Pops Staples, the author of “People Get Ready,” “It’s All Right,” and “Keep on Pushing” often dedicated his ta...
The Wit and Wisdom of Jeff Beck
On the evening of August 12, 1985, Jeff Beck knocked on the door of my room in West Hollywood’s Sunset Marquis. He’d flown over from his Riverhall estate in England a few days earlier to do publicity for his just-released Flash album. Our m...
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