"We drove from club to club, three a night, auditioned for everybody until we finally got a job and got rolling again. And then on Saturday nights, after hours, musicians from all over the city would meet at a place called the Crossbow, in the Valley. It was at the Crossbow that I met guys like Steve Douglas, Glen Campbell, James Burton, Leon Russell, Chuck Blackwell, Jerry Cole. Slowly they were getting into recordings, mostly demo sessions, some union jobs. By jamming with these people, I got more work. All of a sudden, I was being asked to play on demo sessions and then on recordings." - David Gates
Linking here to David Gates - In His Own
(I liked Johnny Crawford's hit "Sandy" that David arranged.)
A session player who became a composer, singer-songwriter, arranger, and music producer, before he became an entertainer, DAVID GATES is certainly an underrated talent. His work appears on many record labels. We chose this YouTube video because he's credited in every role he played. GWENN STACY from 1964:
I've earned 8 Gold Records in my career, my first as the performer, the rest as a songwriter. I've been the writer or co-writer of over 800 songs. I've had an uncommon life and now I'm writing about it.
WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC is a labor of love rooted in our excitement about our subject.
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