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George Harrison/I
first met George Harrison in 1970 in L.A.
He was putting horns on songs that he was going to release to raise money for his friends
in Bangladesh, one of whom was Ravi Shankar, an Indian musician. He called Leon Russell
and asked "Who can I get to put the horns on this?" and Leon recommended me. I
went down to the studio and we worked on three or four songs. I walked in and I knew I was
going to meet one of the Beatles. At that time I was more or less jaded because I had
worked with so many people in the business. George is an interesting guy, very gracious
and business-like. He asked me if I was aware of what was going on in Bangladesh. It was a
turning point for me because we were doing something for a cause through one of the
Beatles. He released the single and then he called me later and asked me to do a concert
for Bangladesh at Madison Square Gardens. Phil Spector recorded the two shows live. Billy
Preston, Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Carl Radle, Ringo, Jim Keltner, and myself and the
Hollywood Horns performed with George. I worked on "Cloud Nine" which was a
ressurgence for him, and later I worked on two of The Traveling Wilburys' records with
George, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison. They called Jim Keltner and me The
Sideburys.
Ringo Starr/Ringo's
jovial, he's funny. They're all witty, but Ringo doesn't worry about anything--he has that kind of positive attitude. I first met him
through Richard Perry who was in the process of producing one of Ringo's records and I put
the horns on the album. Occassionally, I would run into him at different live concerts. He
helped me out with my video bio for Warner Bros. when I was in England. I worked on his
last album which Jeff Lynne produced. They had Ringo's drums set up in the kitchen of
Rumba Studios(because they found they liked the natural reverb) so,I went in there and
played sax on Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go.
Paul McCartney/In
1987, Duane Eddy and I flew to Sussex, England to work on Duanes' album for Capitol. There was a song called Rockestra Theme that Paul
had written, and Duane and I went to Paul's recording studio to do a cover of it. Paul's
studio is called "The Mill" which overlooks the English Channel and the
mountains of France. Paul walked in and said, "Well, you've worked with everyone else
now. It's time to work with me."He sent the entire band out of the studio and worked
with each one of us individually, then we all came back and in two takes we had the song.
Paul is a great musician, very polished, with a good sense of humor. He has so much going
on musically as far as writing, singing, and all the instruments he plays. He's pretty
well-established in his own mind and he knows what he wants to do.
John Lennon/John
Lennon and I first met in Los Angeles. He'd
come in to the studio (after I had been at several other studios during the day for other
sessions)and along with Steve Cropper,Russ Kunkel,Danny Kortchmar and Harry Nilsson, we'd
play all night. Unfortunately, he didn't want us to record any of it. This was back in '73
or'74 when he was on hiatus having a wild time with Harry Nilsson. I worked on Pussycats
with them. It was like one big party. John was a very warm gentleman, very nice. I felt
very sad when we lost him...
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