Carol Kaye - Queen of Bass
We have to give a shout out to one awesome lady who’s been a huge influence on rock n’ roll history - and you probably don’t even know what a huge fan you are! Good Vibrations, These Boots Are Made For Walking, Light My Fire, the theme to Mission Impossible - hooooo boy, that doesn’t even begin to give you an idea of all the bass lines she’s recorded in the 60s and 70s. She’s been playing and teaching professionally (first on jazz guitar) since she was 14 and was the number one call for bass in most big recording, movie and TV studios. ALL while raising three kids.
She’s Carol Kaye and we finally got to meet her recently when Jamie got lessons for Cris for her birthday. What an awesome (and nice!) lady, bass player AND teacher.
She’s been publishing books about learning bass since 1968 and you can actually buy them over her website! If you play bass at all, you gotta check this out - she’s the shizzle:
(And if you’re in Southern California, she offers lessons out of her home in Valencia. Freakin highly recommended!)
peace and love, the modeens
