The T-Bones were actually the group of L.A. studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew. They played on the majority of Rock ’n’ Roll recordings made in L.A. in the 1960’s. Wrecking crew members included Leon Russell, Glen Campbell, Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer, Carol Kaye, Joe Osborn, Steve Douglas, Larry Knechtel, Tommy Tedesco, and Barney Kessel---all now well-known musicians, plus another dozen or so guys. For more info, watch the documentary made about them by Tedesco’s son.
They are heard on the recordings of The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, Sonny & Cher, The Monkees, The Association, The 5th Dimension, Mason Williams, Neil Diamond, Tommy Roe, all the Phil Spector productions (including The Righteous Brothers and Ike & Tina Turner), The Mamas & The Papas, Sonny & Cher, The Carpenters, both Nancy and Frank Sinatra, lots of soundtracks, thousands of others.
