tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post8728316931143111684..comments2024-03-27T23:24:02.731-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Larry Knechtel 1940 - 2009NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-33409500593871153532010-05-24T21:25:36.519-04:002010-05-24T21:25:36.519-04:00I saw Larry Knechtel accompany Simon and Garfunkel...I saw Larry Knechtel accompany Simon and Garfunkel at Forest Hills on Bridge Over Troubled Waters in the summer of 1970, the piano and Garfunkel's gorgeous tenor raising each other high above the Queens skyline . . .<br /><br />and speaking of the birth of folk rock, here is Larry K. (don't blink or you'll miss him), on keys in Barry McGuire's backup band on Shindig (the band is The Grass Roots, pre-Live for Today):<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM6p4Fz0mZQ<br /><br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-74344956356014120322009-09-04T00:02:18.759-04:002009-09-04T00:02:18.759-04:00Knechtel also performed, in the studio and in the ...Knechtel also performed, in the studio and in the touring band, with Elvis Costello in the 80s and 90s.dave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-28369754780072399892009-09-01T09:08:52.868-04:002009-09-01T09:08:52.868-04:00Danny -- I knew him, and actually interviewed him ...Danny -- I knew him, and actually interviewed him when his first album on Atlantic came out.<br /><br />Get me drunk some time and I'll tell you the story -- it was one of the most horrifying moments of my young life.<br /><br />Nice guy, but he had some serious problems is all I'll say.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-7505673602172699232009-09-01T06:03:14.940-04:002009-09-01T06:03:14.940-04:00Steve, I wondered if you had also noticed that Wil...Steve, I wondered if you had also noticed that Willie DeVille died as well a few weeks ago? Did you know him? You were roughly contemporaries on the NY scene, right?danny1959https://www.blogger.com/profile/18215075133064151133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-66263253965477811202009-08-31T22:29:50.643-04:002009-08-31T22:29:50.643-04:00Although I have great issues with Paul Simon (such...Although I have great issues with Paul Simon (such as totally ripping off Los Lobos on his Graceland record - see: http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/teenage-kicks/los-lobos-on-paul-simon-do-you-1/), that is a great song. Hard to imagine that when it was cut, reggae was this totally exotic music.Kid Charlemagnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12109953353900729258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-55610947587314499892009-08-31T22:18:31.260-04:002009-08-31T22:18:31.260-04:00Great post (and great examples)... thanks, Steve!Great post (and great examples)... thanks, Steve!Alexhttp://clicksandpops.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-79347406124582597232009-08-31T13:28:08.568-04:002009-08-31T13:28:08.568-04:00Thanks for sharing, Steve. Sad that I get to know ...Thanks for sharing, Steve. Sad that I get to know the name under such circumstances but nonetheless...what a talent!ms. rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07428672537206412958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-19491647036202069092009-08-31T13:03:05.097-04:002009-08-31T13:03:05.097-04:00Wow, I had never noticed that fill by Knechtel bef...Wow, I had never noticed that fill by Knechtel before. I had always been paying attention to the drum fills on that song.<br /><br />And, if nothing else, Knechtel's death taught me that his last name had the accent on the first syllable. I had always gotten that wrong.Dave Liftonhttp://www.wingsforwheels.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-82075311803331586082009-08-31T08:29:53.021-04:002009-08-31T08:29:53.021-04:00Great post, Steve.
When I lived in the city in th...Great post, Steve.<br /><br />When I lived in the city in the '80's, a good friend of mine was best pals with Rob Mounsey. Rob produced a bunch of Donald Fagen stuff among others and I remember him saying that Larry Knechtel was one of the nicest guys he ever knew in the bidness.<br /><br />R.I.P. Larry.Cleveland Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514937281212775227noreply@blogger.com