I think you man “The Funk Brothers”.
Search them on Youtube and you’ll find many of their backing tracks without the vocals, so you can really appreciate their talent.
And soon, the documentary on “The Wrecking Crew” will be out, and everyone will know who REALLY played on all those hits by the Beach Boys, Monkees, Sonny and Cher, and many more.
Both groups of studio musicians were incredibly talented and it’s only right that they are finally getting their due.
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
Hell yes, my brain is all funked up. Marky Mark? I need a reboot.
All this talk about The Funk Brothers as well as Carole King, singer-songwriter that she was and is, led me to think of The Temptations and “How I Wish It Would Rain.”
I suspect most of the time, we just don’t grasp how very real the words and emotions expressed in song can be. After I learned of Roger Penzabene who wrote this song, I could never hear it quite the same way again, and actually stopped enjoying it for a number of years.
But, it’s quite literally a swan song, and it’s beautiful. So, I’ve gotten past that. May God rest his tormented soul, what a crazy thing to do over a cheating wife.