![]() ![]() Warren and I met playing for the Everly Brothers. “David had just produced Joni’s record,” he recalls. ![]() Wachtel arrived in Los Angeles from the East Coast right when Crosby, Stills and Nash were forming. Other times it was just one, two or three of them recording for such boldfaced names as Linda Ronstadt, Randy Newman, Warren Zevon and scores more. The four musicians subsequently did hundreds and hundreds of sessions together. That was the beginning of the Immediate Family. But that was the first date, at A&M Records, for Lou Adler. That was the first time the four of us played together. There was the basis of this band right there. “It was Russell and Leland and Danny and me. ![]() So I got there and that was the moment I met ‘Kootch.’ After a year of ‘Who is this fucking guy?,’ we loved each other right away. I want you to play slide, rhythm, lead.’ I did, and David told Lou and a few days later I got a call from Lou’s office saying they wanted me to play a session for a Tim Curry album. “David Foster was the hot, new piano player in town from Canada and Nik said, ‘I’m bringing this guy down to hear you so bring your electric stuff.
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