And thus it is with session musicians, or hired guns who join a famous musician or music group. As Vincent Damon Furnier explained, "I only hire A-list musicians, I don't have time for the B-listers." (That is Alice Cooper, for anyone who doesn't know his birth name.)
This documentary is a series of interviews with the musicians, interspersed with film clips of the times, snippets of performances. It is a 2016 documentary so it was put together somewhat before that. It features the late 1970s and the 1980s, so those interviewed were mostly in their 50s and 60s. It mostly features drummers and guitarists, and man can they still play!
They are the guys and ladies most of us never heard about but they in fact are responsible for the sound we love. Their common trait is their love of making music. But not being a headliner their employment is always tenuous. One mentioned making $400 a week in the 1980s, that is about $20,000 if you work 50 weeks a year. With the inflation rate since then it would be equivalent to about $60,000 yearly now. Hardly a way to get wealthy.
I thoroughly enjoyed this film which I found streaming on Amazon Prime. I am a musician, definitely a B-lister, I am in awe of how accomplished these A-list musicians are.
This documentary is a series of interviews with the musicians, interspersed with film clips of the times, snippets of performances. It is a 2016 documentary so it was put together somewhat before that. It features the late 1970s and the 1980s, so those interviewed were mostly in their 50s and 60s. It mostly features drummers and guitarists, and man can they still play!
They are the guys and ladies most of us never heard about but they in fact are responsible for the sound we love. Their common trait is their love of making music. But not being a headliner their employment is always tenuous. One mentioned making $400 a week in the 1980s, that is about $20,000 if you work 50 weeks a year. With the inflation rate since then it would be equivalent to about $60,000 yearly now. Hardly a way to get wealthy.
I thoroughly enjoyed this film which I found streaming on Amazon Prime. I am a musician, definitely a B-lister, I am in awe of how accomplished these A-list musicians are.