Carol Kaye

He had every part in his mind mapped out, regardless of what instrument you played.

And the bass guitarist, Carol, oh boy, Carol Kane or something.

So she, you could hear...

Or even on the recordings, you can hear her say something like, wait, you want me to play a G there? And he says, yeah, just trust me.

And Paul Beaver, a Scientologist, right-wing Republican, unmarried and bisexual proponent of sexual liberation, who helped build Keith Emerson's custom polyphonic Moog modulator synthesizer, did the sound effects for The Magnetic Monster and composed the score for the final program, is on it.

Garson wrote the music, words by Chuck Wilson, and narration by folk musician and Fireside Theater producer Cyrus Fayar, all with instruments played by members of their Wrecking Crew Studio Collective, such as Emo Richards, Carol Kay, Hal Blaine, Bud Shank, and Mike Malovin.

Six medals for six heroes.

They followed Scorpio's command through the frozen bloodstone sands of Mars.

Yeah.

All of those, all of those people, Carol Kay.

I mean, it's, it was, you know, he was saying that those guys were all kind of like professional and older and then his, his crew was kind of younger and wilder, but learned how to, how to be session people working with all of those old guys.

I mean, it used to be a whole thing, right? I mean, I'm sure there's still people out there that are session musicians.

But musical excellence right now seems to be for producers, songwriters, session musicians.

That's where they put in Carole Kane.

Lawyers?

Where do they put the lawyers?

It actually was, it was kind of a, uh, poking fun at that a little bit, a bit of satire or parody there.

In the original recording, LA studio pros, uh, Al Blaine and Carol Kaye played on the track.

Carol Kaye noted that, uh, Brian Wilson usually wrote her bass parts out completely, and the California Girls was the rare exception where she got to add a lick she, she'd actually written herself.

Uh, she also described the bassline as reminiscent of the country song Tumbling Tumbleweeds.

Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds.

And I need you more than want you.

Since the song didn't have a proper middle section, Glen, who was an amazing guitarist, stepped in with an iconic, captivating guitar solo.

Studio bassist Carol Kaye, a member of the Wrecking Crew that we mentioned earlier, she helped complete the arrangement by improvising the song's famous soaring opening bassline.

And it's just fascinating.

And particularly their wonderful female bass player, Carol Kay.

So if you're listening this morning, and everybody, by the way, if you love your music, and I wasn't sure how old it was, but yes, it does.

It goes back to 2008.

Right.

Carol Kane on the bass, you know.

Yeah.

Yeah, Carol Kane.

Yeah.

I don't even know why.