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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 1

October 30, 2016December 31, 2019Marty Walsh

I am starting this blog instead of writing a book about my career as a studio musician, back in the heyday of LA based studio players. Before I get started on that, a bit of history. I grew up in Los Angeles, my father and two older brothers were all…

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The Life and Times of A Second Call Studio Musician Part 2

November 7, 2016December 31, 2019Marty Walsh
The Life and Times of A Second Call Studio Musician Part 2

Here is the second installment of my blog “The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician”. So we last left off where I was cutting my teeth in the music biz playing casuals in Los Angeles. I did this for a number of years and when I hit…

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The Life And Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 3

November 14, 2016December 31, 2019Marty Walsh
The Life And Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 3

Here is the latest installment of my blog “The Life and Times of A Second Call Studio Musician”. A few months ago I was in Boston thinking about when I was 23 years old and playing with Eddie Kendricks at a club on Boylston St. called “Paul’s Mall”. I searched…

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The Life And Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 4

November 21, 2016December 31, 2019Marty Walsh
The Life And Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 4

So after the first stint with Seals and Crofts we had a bit of a break and they were gearing up for the next summer tour. I got the call and was told that the rest of the guys were not up for going back on the road so we…

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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 5

November 28, 2016March 23, 2018Marty Walsh
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 5

The last Seals and Crofts live dates were in the first week of November 1977 in Lake Tahoe CA. Here is a backstage pass from Medford Oregon a week prior. Jesse Colin Young opened up the show. A few years ago I taught his son Tristan at Berklee. Excellent bass…

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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 6

December 5, 2016May 12, 2021Marty Walsh
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 6

We left off in the year 1978, when I was still doing quite a few demos for various songwriters. As I previously mentioned I was doing work for arranger/producer Don Costa. Don had a small studio in Hollywood where we recorded lots of demos for a songwriting team that he…

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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 7

December 12, 2016February 11, 2019Marty Walsh
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 7

So we are now entering the 80’s where I did the bulk of my session work. As I said in the last installment, when I did the Yvonne Elliman session for Steve Barri, my buddy Jay Graydon who was also on the recording date was essentially getting out of the…

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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 8

December 19, 2016May 22, 2019Marty Walsh
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 8

Before I get to more recording session news I have to tell you about the very fortuitous event that happened to me in 1979. There was a club in Toluca Lake CA called Jason’s that I started frequenting with friends of mine. Great bands played there. A fellow by the…

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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician part 9

January 2, 2017March 30, 2017Marty Walsh
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician part 9

First of all I want to say Happy New Year! 🙂 Here’s the ninth installment of my blog, “The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician”. Moving into 1981 my name started appearing on multiple albums, mostly produced by Michael Omartian and Steve Barri. Because of this I…

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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 10

January 9, 2017May 22, 2019Marty Walsh
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 10

Hi all! Well I must say thanks for reading, this thing seems to be really taking off……. So last Monday we left off in May of 1981. It was around this time that I left my cartage company R&R Express to join Andy Brauers cartage and rental company. The reason…

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  • The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 1 October 30, 2016
  • The Life and Times of A Second Call Studio Musician Part 2 November 7, 2016
  • The Life And Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 3 November 14, 2016
  • The Life And Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 4 November 21, 2016
  • The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 5 November 28, 2016
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