The Wrecking Crew (40 page)

ARTICLES: Booe, “Bang the Drum Slowly: The Tragedy of Jim Gordon, Percussionist, Songwriter, Paranoid Schizophrenic, Murderer,”
Washington Post,
1994. Elder, “So, Let's Get Started … Gonna Make You Feel Good,”
Distinctly Oklahoma,
2009. Fricke, “Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time Returns,”
Rolling Stone,
2010. Manno, “Joe Osborn: A Few Hundred Hits,”
Vintage Guitar,
2006. “100 Greatest Guitar Solos,”
Guitar World,
2008. Rehfeld, “When the Voices Took Over,”
Rolling Stone,
1985. Speed, “At One with Leon Russell,” souvenir program from the Bare Bones International Film Festival, 2006.

WEB SITES:
www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/bobby_whitlock
;
www.richardandkarencarpenter.com
;
www.grammy.com
;
www.louieshelton.com
.

OTHER: “(They Long to Be) Close to You” AFM session date contract (March 24, 1970).

19. Love Will Keep Us Together

AUTHOR INTERVIEWS with Richard Bennett (10/23/09), Hal Blaine (2/21/09), Mike Botts (11/17/02), Glen Campbell (12/9/05; 3/25/10), Gary Coleman (12/6/10; 1/17/10), Carol Kaye (11/16/05), Larry Knechtel (7/13/97; 11/17/02), Mike Melvoin (7/23/09), Michael Omartian (3/12/10), Don Peake (11/21/09), Bill Pitman (2/20/09), Johnny Rivers (12/13/05), Lyle Ritz (11/23/05), Michel Rubini (3/4/10), and Billy Strange (11/21/05).

BOOKS: Blaine with Mr. Bonzai,
Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew: The Story of the World's Most Recorded Musician;
Brokaw,
Boom!: Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today;
Bronson,
The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits;
Brooks and Marsh,
The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable Shows: 1946–Present;
Brown,
Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector;
Campbell with Carter,
Rhinestone Cowboy;
Eliot,
To the Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles;
Fleetwood with Davis,
Fleetwood: My Life and Adventures in Fleetwood Mac;
Kranow,
Vietnam: A History;
Lewisohn,
The Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Abbey Road Studio Session Notes 1962–1970;
Miles,
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now;
Negron,
Three Dog Night: The Continuing Chuck Negron Story;
Pang and Edwards,
Loving John: The Untold Story;
Ribowsky,
He's a Rebel: Phil Spector: Rock 'n' Roll's Legendary Producer;
Scherman,
Backbeat: Earl Palmer's Story;
Whitburn,
Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies;
Whitburn,
Billboard's Top Pop Albums 1955–2001;
Wood,
How Apollo Flew to the Moon
.

ARTICLE: Eden, “The Mike Deasy Story,”
Mojo,
2001 (unpublished).

WEB SITES:
www.billystrangemusic.com
;
www.grammy.com
;
www.rockchurchse.com
.

OTHER: “Love Will Keep Us Together” AFM session date contract (January 25, 1975). Phil Spector AFM session date contract (December 7, 1992).

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