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Carol Kaye Declines Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction

Carol Kaye, one of the most recorded bassists of all time, declined the invitation to attend this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

“I am declining the rrhof awards show (and denny tedesco process)…..turning it down because it wasn’t something that reflects the work that Studio Musicians do and did in the golden era of the 1960s Recording Hits.” “[Y]ou are always part of a TEAM, not a solo artist at all….there were always 350-400 Studio Musicians (AFM Local 47 Hollywood) working in the busy 1960s, and called that ONLY ….since 1930s, I was never a ‘wrecker’ at all….that’s a terrible insulting name,” she wrote. While Kaye featured in Denny Tedesco’s 2008 documentary, The Wrecking Crew, she has long objected to the name, stating that the collective didn’t use it and that drummer Hal Blaine was the one who dubbed the group.

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