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Equipment. 2000 to present. Collaborations. Filmography (partial) Personal. References. External links. Waddy Wachtel. Robert " Waddy " Wachtel (born May 24, 1947) is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work.
- “That’ll Be the Day” by Linda Ronstadt from ‘Hasten Down the Wind’ (1976) “When I started doing sessions, producers always told me, ‘Don’t play lead when we’re cutting basics.
- “Werewolves of London” by Warren Zevon from ‘Excitable Boy’ (1978) “I’m very proud of this song – I co-wrote and co-produced it. Everybody knew it was a terrific song, but for some reason it was one of the hardest rhythm tracks to lay down.
- “Edge of Seventeen” by Stevie Nicks from ‘Bella Donna’ (1981) “Stevie wrote the song after hearing the Police’s ‘Bring On the Night.’ She was very inspired by the echo-driven guitar track that Andy Summers played, that rolling and repeating kind of sound.
- “Oh Sherrie” by Steve Perry from ‘Street Talk’ (1984) “My dear friend Niko Bolas was engineering the song. He thought it needed a really cool and nasty eighth-note rhythm, so he called me to play on it.
Aug 26, 2013 · Session giant Waddy Wachtel looks back on 11 career-defining records. “There was an incredible spirit in the air," says guitarist Waddy Wachtel, looking back on a golden period of time, during the '70s and early '80s, when he and an elite, close-knit group of Los Angeles-based musicians (including drummer Russ Kunkel, bassist Leland Sklar ...
Waddy Wachtel is a guitarist who has played on hundreds of albums and toured with artists like Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, and Stevie Nicks. He also formed the Immediate Family with other session legends like Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, and Russ Kunkel.
Waddy Wachtel is a legendary rock'n'roll session guitarist who has worked with many artists, including Warren Zevon, Jackson Browne, and Stevie Nicks. He was born in Queens, New York, in 1947 and moved to Los Angeles in 1970.
- May 24, 1947
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Robert " Waddy " Wachtel (born May 24, 1947) is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work. Wachtel has worked as session musician for other artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Beth Hart, Stevie Nicks, Kim Carnes, Randy Newman, Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones (lead guitar on "Saint of Me"), Jon Bon Jovi ...
Waddy Wachtel is a session legend who played with Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Stevie Nicks and more. Read his stories about Warren Zevon, Kim Carnes, Stevie Nicks and The Poseidon Adventure.
