Ran across these Karen Carpenter tidbits on the web:
Commenter 1:
“British guitarist analyses Karen Carpenter – the drummer who sang!!!”
Includes Karen’s solo jazz drumming for a TV show
He’s also done a few videos of Karen’s pitch-perfect voice using software
Commenter 2:
I love her crazy drumming skills, that’s how she got her start (w/big brothers band, as a stand in…little did they know she would knock their socks off, with her singing) …. I play it EVERY year, on her birthday.
Commenter 1:
The video host also talks about her start incl playing drums w/Joe Osborne (Wrecking Crew) in the studio and then, by accident, her voice was “discovered”.
She had huge respect from the late, great Hal Blaine, “Wrecking Crew” drummer.
Very interesting discussion of very early Carpenters evolving to signing with A&M records. (Herb Alpert was the “A” in A&M and his trumpet was the label’s logo.
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After John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) died, Karen could have been a good replacement for him she was that good.
Confession? Bought all her/their records. She had voice harmonics beyond compare and was one of the few female singers I wanted to hear. – to this day. Wonderful compositions. Her brother was the harmony brain.
After John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) died, Karen could have been a good replacement for him she was that good.
Confession? Bought all her/their records. She had voice harmonics beyond compare and was one of the few female singers I wanted to hear. – to this day. Wonderful compositions. Her brother was the harmony brain.
Some say the only singer comparable to her is Celine Dione. 😂
What a joke.
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But My Chemical Romance is the best.