Back in the day, all of us wannabe players thought we were pretty good because we could cover all of the mostly simple guitar and keyboard licks in all those 60's tunes. I know when I was 21 or so I thought I was pretty good because I could do the intro to Light My Fire, play the solo on Runaway on organ, do some Floyd Cramer and Pink Panther on piano and it was the same for lots of guitar buddies who could do Satisfaction, Chuck Berry, some decent country picking, etc. What took me years to find out was producers in the big studios could care less about us guys being "good enough" to do that stuff. Why take a chance on hiring someone like that for a studio session when they had Glen Campbell on call? A monster player who can do anything, do it perfectly, add a little genius to his part and do it all in one take.

That's the real music biz for a wannabe session player and is the reason I decided to give it up as a full time career in 1976.

Bob

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