silly question 4

[nowmedical]

OK, so we've explored the Olivia N-J and Carpenters connections.

What about David Gates, who seems to float in the same rarified atmosphere as Burt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiRFbx-xXhY

Why does my brain link these two? Does anyone know a connection between Burt and DG (apart from his similarity to Christopher Cross)?

[steveo_1965]

Well, I would say that Mr. Gates certainly has the experience in producing, writing, and arranging and was into the thick of it way before he was known to the general public. Being a "triple threat" as they call it....he certainly has the
proficiency to be in, as you say, the "strata" of a Bacharach...
He is more than just a songwriter, and that may be the common thread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gates

[steveo_1965]

I assume Gates is retired? Haven't heard a peep from him publicly,
mediawise for years...

[nowmedical]

not sure, I haven't heard of him for years. He was always fairly minor league here in the UK. He had some good complex songs - Never Let Her Go, Baby I'm A Want You etc.

[steveo_1965]

Dave gates 2 best songs are the ballads "If " and Baby I'm a Want You", both tremendous hits here in the U.S. with the group "Bread"

[Daddy Dom]

I recently read an interesting article on the Wrecking Crew that related how Larry Knechtel played the wah-wah solo in "Guitar Man".

It also contained an interesting statement to this effect. "Whether they realise it or not, most people's favourite band of the 1960s was the Wrecking Crew."
I just loved that, forget the often-pointless Beatles vs. Stones battlefield!

I think no-one will ever know for sure how much the Crew really played on.