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KNETCHEL, LARRY

"I met Larry when my dad was doing arrangements for artists like the Mamas & the Papas and Johnny Rivers," recounts David. "People probably know Larry best for his piano on 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters.' He really invented that rolling, world-music-influenced, anything-goes style, and he was playing that way back when most rock players still sounded like Fats Domino. Larry also influenced me in jumping from drums to piano." (Yamaha interview, 2001)
Dave sat in on a lot of Larry's sessions. He says, "I used to sit down next to him and watch him make records for the Mamas and Papas, Johnny Rivers." "He turned my whole thinking around." "Real good session guys play very little - a lot of very simple parts worked together."
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