Aeolian Harp

06/20/2023

Juneteenth’s bloomin on HOW Hill.
Lavenders, Daphne, Roses, lilies, mimulus/monkey flower, Klamath w**d, coreopsis, speedwell, euphorbias, purple oregano, potato vine, garlic, tomatoes, comfrey, lychnis, Cotinus/smoke tree, gaillardia, cascara, gaura, bleeding 💕s, Nandina, tiger lilies, hypericum, feverfew, oak leaf hydrangea, last of the salmon aloes, last of the clovers, and lots of w**ds & grasses…

04/02/2023

Busiest Bassist
Carol Kaye 🎶

She is probably one of the most famous women a lot of you have never heard of, but we’re pretty sure you have heard her. She’s been called the greatest bassist in the world. She is Carol Kaye, and today is her 88th birthday.

Carol was a studio musician in LA during the 60's and 70's. Although she is not fond of the term, she is often referred to today as an important member of “The Wrecking Crew”.

Carol played guitar and bass guitar on some TV show themes and a couple of hit songs you have probably heard. The TV show themes that she played on included Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, Mission: Impossible, M*A*S*H, Kojak, Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes, The Love Boat, McCloud, Mannix, It Takes a Thief, Peyton Place and the Cosby Show. She is credited with performing on the soundtracks of Hawaii Five-O, The Addams Family and The Brady Bunch along with Ironside, Room 222, Bonanza, Wonder Woman, Alias Smith & Jones, Run for Your Life and Barnaby Jones.

Carol has written books, the first of many was "How To Play The Electric Bass". She gave lessons to thousands of students, including John Clayton, Mike Porcaro, Alf Clausen, David Hughes, Tony Sales, Karl E. H. Seigfried, Roy Vogt and David Hungate. Kaye retired from studio work during the 1970s because of arthritis.

Kaye played 12-string guitar on Frank Zappa's album Freak Out!. She also played on a few songs for his next album but declined to continue, saying she found some of the lyrics offensive. Kaye later said Zappa was good-natured and understanding about her qualms and they remained on friendly terms.

Here is a partial list of the songs and albums that Carol has played on. As we said before, you might know one or two of them.

"Soul Reggae" (Charles Kynard)
"Andmoreagain" (Love)
"Homeward Bound" (Simon and Garfunkel)
"California Girls", "Sloop John B", "Help Me, Rhonda", "Heroes and Villains" (The Beach Boys)
"Natural Man" (Lou Rawls)
"Come Together" (Count Basie)
"Feelin' Alright" (Joe Cocker)
"I Think He's Hiding" (Randy Newman)
"Games People Play" (Mel Tormé)
"Cantaro" (Gene Ammons)
"Wait 'Til My Bobby Gets Home" (Darlene Love)
"Goin' Out Of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (The Lettermen)
"Little Honda" (The Hondells)
"Hikky Burr" (Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby & TV theme)
"I'm a Believer" (The Monkees)
"Indian Reservation" (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
"In the Heat of the Night", "I Don't Need No Doctor", "America The Beautiful", "Understanding" (Ray Charles)
"It Must Be Him" (Vikki Carr)
"Little Green Apples" (O.C. Smith)
"Midnight Confessions" (The Grass Roots)
"Mission: Impossible Theme" (Lalo Schifrin)
"Mannix Theme" (Lalo Schifrin)
"Out of This World" (Nancy Wilson)
"Wichita Lineman" "Galveston" "Rhinestone Cowboy" (Glen Campbell)
"River Deep - Mountain High" (Ike & Tina Turner)
"Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (Simon and Garfunkel)
"Sixteen Tons" (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
"Somethin' Stupid" (Frank and Nancy Sinatra)
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (Nancy Sinatra)
"This Diamond Ring" (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)
"The Twelfth of Never" (Johnny Mathis)
"The Way We Were" (Barbra Streisand)
"Soul & Inspiration" bass, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" guitar (The Righteous Brothers)
"Carry On" (JJ Cale) - JJ Cale Styles Book
Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys, 1966)
Neil Young (album) (Neil Young)
Light My Fire (Gábor Szabó and Bob Thiele)
Music from Mission: Impossible (Lalo Schifrin, 1967)
Song of Innocence (David Axelrod, 1968)
Songs of Experience (David Axelrod, 1969)
Release of an Oath (The Electric Prunes, 1968)
There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On (Lalo Schifrin, 1968)
More Mission: Impossible (Lalo Schifrin, 1968)
Mannix (Lalo Schifrin, 1968)
Bullitt (soundtrack) (Lalo Schifrin, 1968)
The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground (Don Ellis, 1969)
Dirty Harry (score by Lalo Schifrin, 1971)
Northern Windows (Hampton Hawes)
Big Man (Cannonball Adderley)
Reelin' with the Feelin' (Charles Kynard)
Charles Kynard (Charles Kynard, Mainstream, 1971)
Cameo (Dusty Springfield, 1972)
Joe Williams Live (Joe Williams, 1973)
Hugo In Wonderland (Hugo Montenegro)
Your Good Thing (Lou Rawls)
You've Made Me So Very Happy (Lou Rawls)
The Funky Organization of Henry Cain (Henry Cain)
The Zodiac : Cosmic Sounds
Pride (Pride) (1970)
Thumbs up (Ray Pizzi, Carol Kaye, Mitch Holder)(1999)
Picking Up On The E-String (Carol Kaye) (1995)
Freak Out! (Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention)1965
Absolutely Free (Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention) 1966
Cosmic Brotherhood (Bill Plummer, 1968)
"Then He Kissed Me" (The Crystals)
"Danke Schoen" (Wayne Newton)
"Johnny Angel" (Shelley Fabares)
"La Bamba" (Ritchie Valens)
"Let's Dance" (Chris Montez)
"Needles and Pins" (Jackie DeShannon)
"The Beat Goes On" (Sonny & Cher)
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" (The Righteous Brothers)
"The Birds and the Bees" (Jewel Akens), with a Leslie speaker effect
"Mannix Theme" (Lalo Schifrin)

Happy Birthday Carol!!!

UPDATE: Due to the feedback we received, our research department did some additional digging and came up with this link to Carol’s NAMM Oral History video from 2002. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did here at CRRK! https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/carol-kaye

Photo: Carol Kaye plays bass guitar in a Los Angeles recording studio in the mid 1960’s (GAB Archive/Redferns/Getty Images)

04/02/2023

The red river in Cusco, Peru,

flows crimson because of the iron oxide run offs from the local mountains in the rainy season

Read more: http://bit.ly/3ZwQXbE

04/01/2023

What Wild exotic beauty.

Kaniska canace, the blue admiral, is a nymphalid butterfly, the only species of the genus Kaniska. It is found in south and southeast Asia.

📷:@ rajesh_kumar_photography

04/01/2023

This is my
family’s beautiful homeland

Did you know that you can walk the hiking trail Lauterbrunnen - Stechelberg in winter and in summer?😀 Here you can find information about the hiking trail: https://jungfrauregion.swiss/en/winter/tracks/lauterbrunnen-stechelberg/

Lauterbrunnen Switzerland | Made in Bern | Switzerland.

04/01/2023

😂🙃😂

04/01/2023

Big, big hearted brother ♥️

The heart of a blue whale, which can weigh in excess of 1,300 lbs and is the size of a small car.
The gigantic heart beats 8 to 10 times per minute and each heartbeat can be heard from over 2 miles away

08/30/2022

This was not in Florida it was outside of New Orleans but still… look how beautiful she is🐊❤️

08/30/2022

Catch ‘em first if you can.

It can be practically hard to see a wild animal on the road before it's too late when traveling at night. Finland estimates that over 4,000 reindeer are killed in traffic accidents each year. The tragic occurrence is extremely expensive; the damages are projected to exceed €15 million (almost $18 ...

08/30/2022

One World Street & Art🥰

08/30/2022

Deer naps. 🌸

08/29/2022

I’ve planted two, of a different variety ~
And they’ll take a couple years to bloom. But oh, I’m really looking forward in anticipation.
Meantime, they’re a nice looking plant

Echium wildpretii, also known as Tower of jewels 😮