Danny Kortchmar

Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar is a guitarist and recording artist. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as Carole King and James Taylor, helped defined the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Kortchmar is credited as Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar, Danny Kortchmar, Dan Kortchmar and even Danny Kootch on different recordings.

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Guitar - Singer-songwriter - Carole King - James Taylor - 1970s

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Kortchmar first came to prominence in the mid-1960s playing with bands in his native New York City, such as The Kingbees and the Flying Machine, fronted by then-unknown Taylor. In 1967 Kortchmar joined The Fugs, appearing on their 1968 Tenderness Junction album before following bassist Charles Larkey to California, where they joined Carole King in forming a trio named The City. The group produced an album in 1969, Now That Everything's Been Said, which was not a success. The group subsequently broke up, but Kortchmar continued backing King on her more successful solo career, including the groundbreaking Tapestry. In 1970, Kortchmar reunited with Taylor on his breakthrough album Sweet Baby James. Kortchmar's work with Taylor and King made him one of the top session guitarists in the 1970s.

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1960s - New York City - The Kingbees - 1967 - The Fugs - 1968 - Charles Larkey - California - The City - 1969 - Tapestry - 1970 - Sweet Baby James

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Kortchmar worked on his own, reuniting with Larkey in the band Jo Mama in 1970 and 1971 and recording solo albums Kootch (1973) and Innuendo (1980), but he experienced his greatest success backing other artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Warren Zevon, Harry Nilsson and Jackson Browne. He has also produced recordings by Neil Young, Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, and others.

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Jo Mama - 1971 - 1973 - 1980 - Linda Ronstadt - Warren Zevon - Harry Nilsson - Jackson Browne - Neil Young - Jon Bon Jovi - Billy Joel

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