sidenote: Hal Blaine is the greatest session drummer of all time, right?
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… @johnlingan.bsky.social?
aug 31, 2025, 4:50 pm • 1 0 • view
“Best” is always a tricky call but that’s tough to argue with. He played on 7 consecutive Record of the Year winners and for a period in 1968 he was on the #1 and #2 songs on the Billboard 200. And those aren’t even his best known credits.
aug 31, 2025, 7:31 pm • 4 2 • view
For the record the others in the convo imo are Earl Palmer, Jim Keltner, Buddy Harman, Pretty Purdie, Al Jackson Jr, Roger Hawkins, and Matt Chamberlain.
aug 31, 2025, 7:44 pm • 1 0 • view
Wrecking Crew forever
aug 31, 2025, 4:47 pm • 1 0 • view
Correct
aug 31, 2025, 4:48 pm • 2 0 • view
his drumming has so much character, but it's also clean and never threatens to become the star of the show
aug 31, 2025, 4:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Jeff Porcaro is the drummer on every track on “Katy Lied” except the last one… where it’s Hal Blaine youtu.be/fDWV-570oXo
aug 31, 2025, 4:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Best song on the album IMHO
aug 31, 2025, 5:13 pm • 0 0 • view
did not realize the Dan got Blaine on a track. they also had Steve Gad on Aja.
aug 31, 2025, 5:02 pm • 1 0 • view
Dude - Gad’s solo on Aja is Take One
aug 31, 2025, 5:03 pm • 2 0 • view
Blaine drum fills and Michael McDonald in the chorus, what more do you want
aug 31, 2025, 5:01 pm • 3 0 • view