A chat with Leland Sklar - Legendary Bassist and Musician




The Entertainment Engine show

Summary: <p>This week we welcome legendary bassist and musician Leland Sklar on the podcast show. He is a member of the Los Angeles-based instrumental group The Section, who served as the <em>de facto house band</em> of Asylum Records and were one of the progenitors of the soft rock sound prevalent on top-40 radio in the 1970s and 1980s.</p> <p>Leland Sklar is one of the greatest bassists in modern music and has contributed to over 2,000 albums as a session musician, including records by Olivia Newton-John, Bette Midler, Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, Steven Curtis Chapman, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, The Doors, Clint Black, Art Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, Carole King, Bee Gees, Crosby, Stills &amp; Nash, James Taylor, Dolly Parton and Barbra Streisand, just to name a very few. Leland has also played on film soundtracks including Forrest Gump, Ghost, My Best Friends Wedding and TV shows Hill Street Blues and Knight Rider.</p> <p>To Listen and learn more you can visit <a href="//www.seamlessentertainment.co.uk" target="_blank"><strong>www.seamlessentertainment.co.uk</strong></a> - or search '<a href="https://anchor.fm/entertainmentengine" target="_blank"><strong>The Entertainment Engine</strong></a>' podcast on all streaming/download podcast platforms - Apple podcast, Spotify, Amazon podcast, Google podcast, Cast Box, plus much more. </p> <p>Plus check out Leland Sklar YouTube page - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5yDeiOgkyRZGZGphlSbIw" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5yDeiOgkyRZGZGphlSbIw</strong></a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Follow &amp; subscribe to ''The Entertainment Engine'' for weekly news &amp; updates.</p> <p>(Podcast created by hosts Peter Moore &amp; BeX Gregory at Seamless Entertainment)</p> <p>Twitter  -  <a href="https://twitter.com/EntEngine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@entengine</a></p> <p>Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheEntertainmentEngine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/TheEntertainmentEngine</a></p> <p>Instagram -  <a href="https://www.instagram.com/seamless_entertainment/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@seamless_entertainment</a></p> <p>Sign up here for the  <a href="https://sendfox.com/theentertainmentengine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Weekly Newsletter</a></p> <p>The Entertainment Engine  - <a href="https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/the-entertainment-engine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website </a></p> <p>Seamless Entertainment - <a href="https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website</a></p> <p>The Entertainment Engine - <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/en-gb/t-shirt/13250254-the-entertainment-engine?ref_id=13814&amp;store_id=471309" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merch Store</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Music Industry mentoring and Online courses - <a href="https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/mentoring-and-consultancy" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/mentoring-and-consultancy</a></p> <p>Email the team:  podcast@seamlessentertainment.co.uk</p> <p>Send us a voice message for a chance to be featured on the show via - <a href="https://anchor.fm/entertainmentengine/message" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/entertainmentengine/message </a></p> <p>The background music was written &amp; produced by<a href="https://push.fm/fl/b05hvryf" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> BeX </a>&amp; Alan Glass. (<a href="https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/music-solutions" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seamless Music productions</a>)</p> <p>Podcast engineered &amp; mixed by BeX Gregory.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/entertainmentengine/message