The great Hal Blaine, drummer extraordinaire, led the various incarnations of The Wrecking Crew that included Carol Kaye (Bass), Glenn Campbell (Geetar) and other notables. They played the instruments on all the Beach Boy albums from the very first.
Re: the Funk Bros, they were legendary in their own right. A few years ago the surviving members got together and played a concert with guest vocalists including Joan Osbourne’s definitive version of the GREAT song “What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted” - absolutely amazing!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA0GcXV2njY
Have you seen the movie that was taken from?
I liked it a lot.
well, there’s another 4 minutes well spent — I can’t watch that enough, and Joan Osborne just knocks a great song right out of the park.
Check out Kent Hartmans book ‘The Wrecking Crew’, it’s an excellent read. Now only were they great performers, but each was an ad-hoc arranger and producer as well. The book tells many stories of how some of the most recognizable hooks and riffs were the result of impromptu suggestions from The Wrecking Crew.
When Hal Blaine says “hey, I have an idea....” - you’d better listen!