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Robert "Waddy" Wachtel (born May 24, 1947) is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work. Wachtel has worked as session musician for other artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Beth Hart, Stevie Nicks, Kim Carnes, Randy Newman, Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones (lead guitar on "Saint of Me"), Jon Bon Jovi, James Taylor, Iggy Pop, Warren Zevon, Bryan Ferry ...
Waddy Wachtel (Robert Wachtel) was born on 24 May, 1947 in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York, USA, is a Soundtrack, Composer, Music Department. Discover Waddy Wachtel's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates.
- 76 years old
- Robert Wachtel
- soundtrack,composer,music_department
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It’s an easy answer: Peter Asher. Ronstadt’s touring band in 1977, with Wachtel (at C) and Gold (2nd from L) “Peter [managed and produced] Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor, the two best singers in the country. His concept was, ‘Now that you’ve played on this album and it’s so good, you should tour with the artist so it sounds the same.
Guitarist Waddy Wachtel has been a first-call Los Angeles-based session and touring musician for many of the biggest artists of the era, including such stars as Linda Ronstadt and Stevie Nicks. His name often gets mentioned along with fellow session aces Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar, Leland Sklar and Russ Kunkel, and for good reason: they’ve ...
- “That’ll Be the Day” by Linda Ronstadt from ‘Hasten Down the Wind’ (1976) “When I started doing sessions, producers always told me, ‘Don’t play lead when we’re cutting basics.
- “Werewolves of London” by Warren Zevon from ‘Excitable Boy’ (1978) “I’m very proud of this song – I co-wrote and co-produced it. Everybody knew it was a terrific song, but for some reason it was one of the hardest rhythm tracks to lay down.
- “Edge of Seventeen” by Stevie Nicks from ‘Bella Donna’ (1981) “Stevie wrote the song after hearing the Police’s ‘Bring On the Night.’ She was very inspired by the echo-driven guitar track that Andy Summers played, that rolling and repeating kind of sound.
- “Oh Sherrie” by Steve Perry from ‘Street Talk’ (1984) “My dear friend Niko Bolas was engineering the song. He thought it needed a really cool and nasty eighth-note rhythm, so he called me to play on it.
Look carefully and you’ll see that Waddy Wachtel produced Excitable Boy with Jackson Browne and co-wrote “Werewolves of London”. You performed in the Everly Brothers’ band with Warren Zevon in the early ’70s. And in 1977, you produced his Excitable Boy album with Jackson Browne. Tell us how you wrote the opening lyrics to ...
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Apr 15, 2021 · Guitarist/producer Waddy Wachtel was a friend of Billy Cowsill and was workign with the band. “The atmosphere in their home was a tinder box waiting to erupt, volatile,” he said. “Great kids. Mom was a wderful lady.but they were all walkign on eggshells in that house because al you’d do is look at him the wrong way.”
