ullalume
Well-Known Member
Hey all,
Just realized that with the deaparture of producer Jack Daugherty in '72, Karen takes sole drumming charges of Now and Then (with the exception of Jambalaya (drum tracked in '72).
Now could this just be coincidence, perhaps Hal Blaine wasn't avaliable, or was this Karen flexing her producer role on the new album.
In A SONG 4 U, her drumming had been relegated to a single instrumental. I reckon she was hungry to drum in the studio, you know, one last album drumming hurrah, and took the opportunity in '73. Maybe she recalled Alpert etc in '70 replacing her on drums on Close to You because she lacked the force of a man and therefore it wouldn't be strident enough to make it a hit. She kind of proved a point then, with her drumming on "sing" and "yesterday once more". Similarly after an absence totally from A Kind Of Hush and Passage, and her solo effort, she was again back in the studio for Those Good Old Dreams and When it's Gone in '80. Just couldn't keep away, could she.
This could all be total rubbish and they needed a drummer fast for the sessions, but what do you lot think?
Get back,
Neil
Just realized that with the deaparture of producer Jack Daugherty in '72, Karen takes sole drumming charges of Now and Then (with the exception of Jambalaya (drum tracked in '72).
Now could this just be coincidence, perhaps Hal Blaine wasn't avaliable, or was this Karen flexing her producer role on the new album.
In A SONG 4 U, her drumming had been relegated to a single instrumental. I reckon she was hungry to drum in the studio, you know, one last album drumming hurrah, and took the opportunity in '73. Maybe she recalled Alpert etc in '70 replacing her on drums on Close to You because she lacked the force of a man and therefore it wouldn't be strident enough to make it a hit. She kind of proved a point then, with her drumming on "sing" and "yesterday once more". Similarly after an absence totally from A Kind Of Hush and Passage, and her solo effort, she was again back in the studio for Those Good Old Dreams and When it's Gone in '80. Just couldn't keep away, could she.
This could all be total rubbish and they needed a drummer fast for the sessions, but what do you lot think?
Get back,
Neil