Re: [Harp-L] Charlie McCoy - 12,000 sessions?

[Emile Damico <oatss_oatflakes@xxxxxxxxx>]

I heard an interview about 25 years ago and believe Charlie said he had done 3,000
sessions. A friend of mine was making six figures working as a studio musician
in LA at one time about 25 years ago. He said he did several sessions a day.
Tommy Tedesco gave him his start.

--- On Fri, 5/22/09, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Charlie McCoy - 12,000 sessions?
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 1:17 PM


When recording work was really cooking in the 1960s and '70s, he might have been doing 4 or 5 or even 7 or 8 a day - potentially in the same studio, with the same producer, but with different artists.

Not all of these might have been released to the public. Also, if you count each song as a "session" you could plump the numbers up a bit.

Winslow

Winslow Yerxa

Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5

--- On Thu, 5/21/09, Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Harp-L Digest, Vol 69, Issue 55
To: "hazcon" <hazcon@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009, 11:00 PM

I purposefully TRIPLED the figures to see if everyone was paying attention. 12,000 sessions would be 32.8767 YEARS at one per DAY. OR, 49.3 PLUS years at one every DAY & a HALF. Hah, that's a laugh. I believe it was little Jimmy Dickens who was the first to break the '300 shows a year' barrier.  Nope, I believe that the 'Theys that say' are wrong. I think we would be hard to pressed to find 12,ooo harmonica sessions PERIOD.  It isn't unusual for a fan to over emphasize their hero's accomplishments in an attempt to add to their esteem. I don't think it's necessary in this case. Charlie is a bad hombre.
BTW, did you see the 222 years?  (giggle). btw(2) My college training is automated business systems & accounting. (chortle).

Joe Press & the Tones



On May 22, 2009, at 1:41 AM, hazcon wrote:

> 
> Smokey wrote
> 
> 
>> I would dispute that. I'm not trying to be a wise guy here and I love Charlie to pieces BUT, if you extrapolate the numbers, IF you were to  * A V E R A G E * a session PER day, you can do 1,095 per year
> 
>                     A session per day would be 365 per year?
> 
>> NO time off, It would take nearly 11 years. Every other day and it  would be almost 222 years. Every 3 days and it's almost 33. Every 4 days..almost 44. Now he HAS been around that long, but still..every 4 days? Pretty hard to manage. For that many years, any-HO.
> 
>                        Now there is some odd math in there ;-0
> 
>> Ergo: The famous 'They that say' have struck again.
>> 
>> Joe Yuma & the Doors
> 
> Good job you can play Harmonica Smokey ........I wouldn't want you doin' my accounts ;-)
> Rick
> in NZ
> 
> 

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