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pepperbear

(5,648 posts) Wed Sep 16, 2020, 12:29 AM Sep 2020

ALAS! I just found out that one of my all time favorite musicians is a Staunch Conservative [View all]

I love, love, LOVE this lady's work and I'm certainly not going to boycott the Beach Boys, but this breaks my heart.

One of all my time favorite bassists, the legendary Carol Kaye is BoogalooWakaWakaMumboJumbo CrayCray, and to make matters worse, her rant is a poorly written mess filled with half truths, false assumptions, and out and out lies.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=796930257710243&id=100021798276932&sfnsn=mo&extid=GpcDu2vHKrSA206F

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ALAS! I just found out that one of my all time favorite musicians is a Staunch Conservative [View all] pepperbear Sep 2020 OP

I wished I'd never read this but thanks for the reality check. nt yankeepants Sep 2020 #1

+1 Gives another meaning to the name "Wrecking Crew." lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #26

Word salad. Codeine Sep 2020 #2

some interesting interview with her youtube. she has a bit of a shoulder chip nt msongs Sep 2020 #3

I agree. As a musician, I greatly appreciate her contribution, but she is a snowflake. Patterson Sep 2020 #8

probably wrong word stopdiggin Sep 2020 #10

Artists tend to be... zipplewrath Sep 2020 #4

Not really, artists and intellectuals are the ones dictators target for jailing... brush Sep 2020 #7

hmmm. think I'd put that one up for a vote. stopdiggin Sep 2020 #13

Reminds of, Mo Tucker is a teabagger/trumphumper... GReedDiamond Sep 2020 #5

I know that about Moe Tucker and that really breaks my heart. Withywindle Sep 2020 #14

Scuze me while I go delete her material from my YouTube channel. ooky Sep 2020 #6

That'll be difficult; she played on just about everything. Ron Green Sep 2020 #16

I'm not talking about the bands. ooky Sep 2020 #25

That's really sad. Midnight Writer Sep 2020 #9

Sad to read. nt Progressive Jones Sep 2020 #11

I have never heard of her Skittles Sep 2020 #12

She doesn't like when people have never heard of her. Patterson Sep 2020 #17

I imagine that is true of most, er, "legends" Skittles Sep 2020 #18

You've never heard of her, but you've definitely heard her. Mister Ed Sep 2020 #19

She's on half the music recorded in the 60s. Codeine Sep 2020 #27

I hate to even ask this, but...does she have dementia? Withywindle Sep 2020 #15

As a fellow female bass player.. luvs2sing Sep 2020 #20

Do you Follow Mohini Dey ? She is a phenom .. Le Roi de Pot Sep 2020 #22

I haven't, but I will now. luvs2sing Sep 2020 #23

Wow! PCIntern Sep 2020 #24

You don't have to look very far to find immensely talented people who are also horrible individuals pecosbob Sep 2020 #21

Michelle Shocked really shocked me with her racist rant a few years ago. I loved her music but OregonBlue Sep 2020 #28

SAD edhopper Sep 2020 #29

Wow, she sounds nuts. cwydro Sep 2020 #30

I listen to Neal Morse, and a lot of his music is downright religious. Initech Sep 2020 #31

That is sad, and I offer an explanation, NOT an excuse Brother Buzz Sep 2020 #32

Actually you're right.... pepperbear Sep 2020 #35

Actually, Hal Blaine had the huge ego, and there WERE songs he couldn't keep time to Brother Buzz Sep 2020 #37

I'm a huge earl fan. Hal was great but he was too pepperbear Sep 2020 #38

KISS was Earl's philosophy; he could finesse as much out of his simple drum kit as.... Brother Buzz Sep 2020 #39

I felt sadness when I learned the same about Maureen Tucker maxsolomon Sep 2020 #33

I was going to say the same thing. Norbert Sep 2020 #34

I feel ya. Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2020 #36