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The Life and Times of A Second Call Studio Musician Part 2

November 7, 2016Marty Walsh

Here is the second installment of my blog “The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician”. So we last left off where I was cutting my teeth in the music biz playing casuals in Los Angeles. I did this for a number of years and when I hit…

The Life And Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 3

November 14, 2016Marty Walsh

Here is the latest installment of my blog “The Life and Times of A Second Call Studio Musician”. A few months ago I was in Boston thinking about when I was 23 years old and playing with Eddie Kendricks at a club on Boylston St. called “Paul’s Mall”. I searched…

The Life And Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 4

November 21, 2016Marty Walsh

So after the first stint with Seals and Crofts we had a bit of a break and they were gearing up for the next summer tour. I got the call and was told that the rest of the guys were not up for going back on the road so we…

The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 5

November 28, 2016Marty Walsh

The last Seals and Crofts live dates were in the first week of November 1977 in Lake Tahoe CA. Here is a backstage pass from Medford Oregon a week prior. Jesse Colin Young opened up the show. A few years ago I taught his son Tristan at Berklee. Excellent bass…

The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 6

December 5, 2016Marty Walsh

We left off in the year 1978, when I was still doing quite a few demos for various songwriters. As I previously mentioned I was doing work for arranger/producer Don Costa. Don had a small studio in Hollywood where we recorded lots of demos for a songwriting team that he…

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The Life and Times of A Second Call Studio Musician Part 2

The Life And Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 3

The Life And Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 4

The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 5

The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 6