Featured Artist:
Leland Sklar, Session
Bassist
Lee Sklar has has over 2000 albums to
his credit,. His very recognizable bass playing style
has been heard on hits by Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor,
Hall & Oates, Jackson Browne, Phil Collins, Clint
Black, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Willie Nelson, Steven
Curtis Chapman, Nils Lofgren, Lisa Loeb, among may many
others.
His television and motion picture credits are also extensive and include playing
for such shows as Hill Street Blues, Knight Rider, Simon
and Simon, and also on many motion pictures, including
Forrest Gump, Ghost, Kindergarten Cop, and My Best Friend's
Wedding.
In the late '60s, after completing his education at California State University
- Northridge, Sklar met James Taylor and they started
playing together. When Taylor's "Fire and Rain"
became a huge hit record, Sklar's career began to gain
steam.
Over the years Sklar has worked with nearly all of the top session players,
but joining with drummer Russ Kunkel , guitarist Dan Kortchmar,
and keyboardist Craig Doerge, the quartet would come to
be known as the Section. The Section recorded three of
their own albums between 1972 and 1977.
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