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- Опубликовано: 30 авг 2010
- Bruce Gary of The Knack once said he was disappointed to find out that 10 of his favorite drummers were Hal Blaine. The credits are amazing. The Beach Boys, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, The Byrds, The Mamas & The Papas, The Carpenters, The Monkees, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., to name a few. This 60's Ludwig drum kit is referred to by Hal Blaine as "his babies".
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Very well put. Hal is such a important part of the sound of the Sixties. The right guy at the right time. Thank you for your comment.
R.I.P Hal, the BEST of them all.
Hal Blaine was the first drummer whose sound I could identify. When we were kids, my best friend had an album by the Fifth Dimension and I had to know who the drummer was. I never forgot his name after seeing the musician credits on that album (I believe he played on all their hits). From then on, I listened to many of the artists in this video's description and said to myself, "Yeah, that's Hal Blaine." I even bet my friend that it was Hal playing drums on America's "Ventura Highway" and he ended up paying for the next album I bought. What A legacy this man left! He even played on Steely Dan's "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)".
Well said, Bobby! I've told anyone who would listen for decades now that Hal Blaine's dynamic drumming on the outro to 1975's "Any World" makes it the most exhilarating finish to any Steely Dan recording. It's always been a guessing game whether Hal played that one session on the "Katy Lied" album because drummer Jeff Porcaro overslept.
Could be, but Steely Dan were really perfectionists so I bet they wanted Hal Blaine for that specific track. I don’t think any other band has had so many legendary drummers appear on their records.
The 5th Dimension were fortunate in being able to rely on Hal Blaine and Joe Osborn for all rhythms tracks throughout the 10 years of the "original" group. Some of the 5th Dimension recordings I recommend people listen to for great Blaine/Osborn performances are: "Lovin' Stew", "Dimension 5", "Winds of Heaven", and "The Hideaway".
Best drummer in the world R.I.P
Best drummer ever!
Hal Blaine ... … … a giant, the like of which we will never see again. Such an influence. Rest in peace.
he is the Mel Blanc of drumming-- he did everything. much love and respect to Hal Blaine. fantastic drummer, wonderful person.
"the Mel Blanc of drumming" is a brilliant description of Hal Blaine. I've always thought Mel Blanc was the finest actor who ever lived because of all the memorable characters he voiced.
@@andyinoregon cheers Andy. thanks for getting my stream of reference. stay safe.
Yes no doubt he also mentored Jim Keltner and Jim Gordon 2 of the greatest drummers of all time.
I tend to enjoy studio drummers the most because of their tastefulness. Benny Benjamin, Uriel Jones, and “Pistol” Allen of Motown Records, Roger Hawkins of The Swampers/Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Al Jackson, Jr of the house band for Stax Records, Booker T and the MG’s, Hal Blaine, Jim Keltner, and Jim Gordon, and Earl Palmer of The Wrecking Crew. Then there’s Sam Lay and Fred Below of Chess Records, Bernard Purdie, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Gadd, Earl Young of ARCTIC records and PIR, Josh Freese, and many more I am forgetting.
30,000 recordings including 6,000 singles. Invented the octa-plus concept. Put Blaemire on the map. Unequalled. RIP Hal, your contributions to music will echo through eternity.
LOL😂
Hal Blaine at one end of the spectrum and John Bonham holding the other....different techniques, both genius with their timing, lead and fill. RIP Hal
Your opinions are old, what the hell do you know about drumming anyways?
I was at the drum show in Los Angeles about 10 years ago and guess who the special guest was?
RIP Hal Blaine
When reviewing Hal's immense portfolio, it's easy to not know/miss some of his wonderful creativity with fills to fit the music outside of his mega-hits. Listen to some of the Gary Pucket & The Union Gap's songs, and you will hear fills and drum exchanges that will bring tears to your eyes. So fluid in/out of the breaks. RIP Hal. You left size 42 shoes.
What a legend! That fiberglass kit always sticks in my out in my memory.
My drum teacher, Keith John, was a pal of Hal’s. HB gifted Keith a set of his Blaemire drums and the DW commemorative snare that was made for him. I have pictures!
Wonderful details on this king of session drummer. Blaine influenced a generation of drummers who never even knew his name!
The incredible Hal Blaine RIP
My family had a successful interior design business in LA during the 60's and 70's. We designed and installed Hal's home including framing many of his gold records (and he added many more since then). I noted Hal's hobby of restoring Rolls Royces to unwind from all the session work. An amazing artist.
+clarkewi : Drums and cars now that is awesome!
The one, the only, Hal Blaine! Thanks, Joe!💫
Thanks Larry...Joe
The greatest rock drummer of all time didn't belong to a band, but instead was a studio musician the great Hal Blaine. He was a legend in an era when you actually had to play and not rely on a computerized drum overdub.
Hal was a jazz drummer 🙂
Hal is my hero. no drummer more "in the pocket" than Blaine.
what a band they were
Was listening to Sirius XM Sixties on Six the other week and they played five songs in a row from five different artists where Blaine was the drummer. They apparently didn't do it on purpose, as the jock never noted anything about it being so. But those of us who know, knew exactly what we were listening to.
Happens to me all the time too…..Hal was everywhere….. Joe
Hands down best session drummer.
Hal Blaine is the best drummer when want the best...I know this to be fact...he is a friend of mine
Fantastic video. Thanks.
Up Up and Away in My Beautiful Balloon. I think Hal won drummer of the year on that one.
It wasn't until actually a few years ago I realized how all the 60's hits were done by mostly studio musicians, like Hal Blaine, Tommy Tedesco, Carol Kaye, and others. All those years I was trying so damn hard to sound as good as the records (I was 16-20 during that time).....I didn't realize the pressure I was putting myself under, competing with grown people, who had a lot more musical experience.
Michael McClish it was Tommy to Desco and not Denny. Denny is his son.
@@philomelodia Thanks, corrected!
Excellent post!
amazing musician ! truly a legend of popular music. Mr. Blaine's signature is one of my favourite drum sticks !
Wow Mr Blaine was Amazing RIP
Hal was a really good friend.. I’ve never met anyone else like him not to mention his musicianship!!!! Thanks for watching... Joe
awsome.rest in peace .
Pretty cool! Brought back lots of memories. That kit: my first kit I was 10 in '73, a little blue sparkle Stewart kit from Sears. My first Ludwig kit was a 2x24" blue sparkle Ludwig kit. Sold it to my buddy years later and he gave it to his son. I'm still trying to buy it back haha!
Huge loss for the music industry when Joe Chambers passed away. I miss his videos, so educational. RIP Joe.
Steviedepaoli2717, thank you so.
My dad, Joe, really enjoyed sharing with his friends here on YT & would have really appreciated your kind comments & continued support for the channel.
Hope you can visit the museum sometime too, I know you will love it.
All the best,
Britt
I now call most records from the sixties Hal Blaine records. He may not want to admit this, but his style is unmistakable. I just listened to Summer Rain by Johnny Rivers and the opening drum fills shout IT'S ME! HAL!
Nate, that Johnny Rivers album from 1967 I believe was and is still incredible !!! "Summer Rain" - Yes !!! This man just had the best voice, music, and lyrics for that time in history!!! And it is no surprise that Hal Blaine had something to do with it too !
Oh wow, this is an older video from MHOF. I’m gonna reverse my order and start watching some of the older ones now. I love this format too. So cool to hear this background with some stories. MHOF Rocks.
R.I.P. Hal Blaine...
That's awesome that even Dennis Wilson hired Hal, haha
So did Buddy Rich.
@@mattkaustickomments that's kinda hard to believe. Do you have a source?
@@demonicsweaters It’s 100% true. The source is Hal himself in interviews found on YT - I think from Joe’s channel here as a matter of fact. Buddy’s daughter Cathy is a singer and producer. Buddy hired Hal to play on at least one of her records - probably her debut album. Hal claims that when friends asked Buddy why he didn’t play on the record and hired Hal instead, Buddy said “Because I wanted the best!” Though that may be true, I think he knew Hal would be better at matching whatever style of music she was doing, and he probably didn’t want her record to be a “Buddy Rich record” that featured his “lead drumming” and overshadowed her. Buddy knew Hal was “the best” session man to nail it right off the rip. EDIT. I found an article on line from Modern Drummer Magazine from 1981 where Hal explains what Buddy meant as being “the best” and it’s right in line with what I said.
Dennis, by his own admission, was not a good drummer. He did, however, have an enormous presence on stage with Beach Boys fans along the inimitable sex appeal which made Beach Boys concerts unforgettable. Dennis' own statement on his ability was 'I'm not an artist, I'm a clubber'.
Awesome!
So cool.
Thanks
I was upset in 3rd grade when I found out Chris Partridge was not playing the drums on the Partridge family, it was Hal Blaine.
Hal Blaine strikes again!
I’m shocked what I learn everyday. A Ronettes song came on (Be My Baby) and for some reason the drums just grabbed me, so I GOOGLED and dam if that iconic drum beat was Hal.
Francis,
Hal says that his first recording session was with a disc jockey called "Bill The Bellman". The first "big time" session was at Capitol Records with Tommy Sands. When Phil Spector put together the "Wall of Sound", the success he had caused his superstitions to set in and he continued to hire the same musicians for all of his sessions. "The Wrecking Crew" was made up of those musicians and others who came and went through the years. You get a different opinion of who exactly was in "the crew" depending on who you talk to. Since The Wrecking Crew was made up of such a large group of musicians, it was only the Phil Spector or Brian Wilson sessions that utilized a large group of them. Hal explains that there were so many sessions going on every day. They couldn't play all of them. Earl Palmer would cover three of them, Hal would cover three of them and Jim Gordon would have three as well. Joe Osborn, Lyle Ritz, Bill Pitman, Larry Knechtel and later, Carol Kaye would play bass. Hal is always quick to point out that it wasn't just him playing the drums on everything.
Tom Floor you are correct. Jim played on many hit records. We should say that Hal played on many if not most of the hit singles from the Carpenters , Mamas & The Papas and The Beach Boys records.
Thanks for a great interview! Does anyone please remember what song Hal used to tune his toms? Thanks.
rip Hal...
I listen to a lot of drum stuff on YT. There's a lot of debate over whether this drummer or that drummer is the best of all time and I generally stay out of it since it is such a subjective thing. Like everyone else, I have my favorites. But I have to say that if your criteria is who played in the widest variety of musical situations and not just played the part but created significant original musical contributions while doing so, many of them truly iconic then it's an easy choice. It has to be Hal Blaine.
Great Joe 👍👍
BlackBeltRick321, my dad, Joe, passed September 28th- I know he would have appreciated your comment and support for the channel.
If you haven’t been to the museum, I hope you can make a visit.
Best,
Britt
The best drummer!
There are many drummers that are more well known, but none as successful as Hal Blaine.
Hal= Come a Little Bit Closer
Hi good post . But I need to correct you on one thing . It was Jan Berry of Jan & Dean The "Wrecking Crew" together. H B Earl Palmer double drumed on J&D records Tom Tedesco Glen Campbell Leon Russel Larry Knecthel Carol K Joe Osborn......... In the frist sesion that Jan and Brian did togther Jan's vesion of Surfin, They are waiting on Larry or Leon and Brain' s like Hey Jan why dont we just play it we both play key boards and Jan said But for $200 we can get the best keyboard player.
Joe . whats the story on how you aquired Hals Drums and just wondering if you may be able to get DJ Fontanas original kit for the museum? And as always....this is really cool.
David.... the kit I got from Hal was as he called them “his babies”. It was the kit he kept. He told me he’d planned on them going to the Smithsonian one day but I bought them. I’d tried for 15 years to buy D.I’s original kit. He kept them in his home.... not safe... I filmed them during his interview. It’s a long story but the ending was he sold them a couple years ago to Keith Richards. Best, Joe
@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum I did see the interview with DJ and it was a thrill to see them and I thought the same thing about them being unsafe in his home. Well Kieths a friend of yours so maybe you'll end up with them someday. Maybe you could get Ronnie Tutts to lol. Thanks for the kind reply Joe. Wishing you the very best. Dave
David ..... you’re very smart:).... yes when we hosted the Stones exhibitionism Exhibit 2 summers ago I talked to Charlie’s drum tech and told him that D.J promised me for 15 years he’d let me know when he was ready to sell them... I’d checked every year.. sometimes twice a year to see if he wasn’t ready... about 4 months before the Stones exhibit opened at our museum I called D.J once again and
he told me he’d sold them to Keith. It seems Charlie and Keith are going to open a musical exhibit of sorts in England for a couple of years. I’m not sure where they are with it but Charlie told his tech when they were finished with their project he felt that D.J’s drums should be placed back on our museum in Nashville.... We’ll see... best, Joe
The Partridge Family!
I want to see someone do covers of all 35,000 songs on youtube. oh yah....
where is the blaemire kit made of spun fiberglass?
Hi Greg.... I think it’s at the NAMM museum in Orange Co. Ca.
Thanks for watching... Joe
Just one question, it was mentioned that Hal and the Wrecking Crew had their 1st hit doing the backing on "He`s a Rebel", but does anyone know the 1st record that Hal/Wrecking Crew played on ? even if. it wasn`t a hit.
And... all the while we thought...
Did Hal use Supras ,or other snares..
Thanks for watching...I can’t answer that truthfully. Maybe different snares at different periods of Hal’s career as he was DW the latter years but his kit we have in the museum is all Ludwig. Thanks for watching...
Joe
"Musical stool" Lmao
1:00 The drummer from the knack said 10 of his favorite drummers was Hal Blaine 🤣
One of my favorite statements about Hal.... best, Joe
@@MusiciansHallofFameMuseum Please tell me the list of those 10 drummers . I guarantee they would not include Keith Moon, Ginger Baker, John Bonham , etc.
who is the man in this video
I guess you mean me? Joe Chambers... about 11 years ago. It was me giving the last tour in our first museum location before we moved. Best...Joe
The Byrd drummers could come pretty close to sounding just like Hal Blaine when they played live. Is anyone going to say the Hal Blaine was a better drummer then Keith Moon, Ginger Baker . etc?
Who cares