| Page: "...I should say
that I was mainly called into sessions as insurance. It was usually myself
and a drummer, though they never mention the drummer these days; just
me. On the Them session, it was very embarrassing because you noticed
that as each number passed, another member of the band would be substituted
for by a session musician. It was really horrifying. Talk about daggers!
There'd be times you'd be sitting there—you didn't want to be there,
you'd only been booked—and wishing you weren't there. The group went
in thinking they were going to record and all of a sudden they find these
other people playing on their records. Okay, trouble with the guitarist...fair
enough...but with Them, the organist was replaced, then the bass player's
position was in jeopardy—it's a miracle they didn't replace Van Morrison!"
(Source VAN-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL) |
