{"id":36533,"date":"2025-06-18T23:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T23:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/carol-kaye-declines-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-induction\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T23:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T23:08:08","slug":"carol-kaye-declines-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-induction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/carol-kaye-declines-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-induction\/","title":{"rendered":"Carol Kaye Declines Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tCarol Kaye, one of the most recorded bassists of all time, has declined the invitation to attend\u00a0this year\u2019s\u00a0Rock & Roll Hall of Fame<\/a>\u00a0induction ceremony. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPeople have been asking: NO I won\u2019t be there,\u201d wrote Kaye in a Facebook post<\/a> shared on Wednesday. \u201cI am declining the rrhof awards show (and denny tedesco process)\u2026..turning it down because it wasn\u2019t something that reflects the work that Studio Musicians do and did in the golden era of the 1960s Recording Hits.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tDuring the Sixties and Seventies, Kaye became part of a group of session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew, a collective often called upon by the Beach Boys, Phil Spector, the Monkees, and more. However, in her post, the 90-year-old musician criticized the group\u2019s name, while emphasizing the collaborative nature of studio musicians. \u201c[Y]ou are always part of a TEAM, not a solo artist at all\u2026.there were always 350-400 Studio Musicians (AFM Local 47 Hollywood) working in the busy 1960s, and called that ONLY \u2026.since 1930s, I was never a \u2018wrecker\u2019 at all\u2026.that\u2019s a terrible insulting name,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile Kaye featured in Denny Tedesco\u2019s 2008 documentary, The Wrecking Crew<\/em>, she has long objected to the name, stating that the collective didn\u2019t use it and that drummer Hal Blaine was the one who dubbed the group.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJust so you know, as a working Jazz musician (soloing jazz guitar work) in the 1950s working since 1949, I was accidentally asked to record records by producer Bumps Blackwell in 1957, got into recording good music, w\/Sam Cooke, other artists and then accidentally placed on Fender Precision Bass mid 1963 when someone didn\u2019t show,\u201d Kaye continued. \u201cI never played bass in my life but being an experienced recording guitarist, it was plain to see that 3 bass players hired to play \u2018dum-de-dum\u2019 on record dates, wasn\u2019t getting it\u2026..it was easy for me to invent good bass lines\u2026..as a Jazz musician, you invent every note you play\u2026\u2026and they used a lot of Jazz musicians (and former big-band experienced musicians on all those rock and pop dates too).\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe famed bassist ended her note by declaring, \u201cI refuse to be part of a process that is something else rather than what I believe in, for others\u2019 benefit and not reflecting on the truth \u2013 we all enjoyed working with EACH OTHER.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tKaye was set to receive the Musical Excellence Award at the 2025 \u00a0Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Nov. 8 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Other inductees this year include Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker,\u00a0Cyndi Lauper<\/a>,\u00a0OutKast<\/a>,\u00a0Soundgarden<\/a>, and\u00a0the White Stripes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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