Danny Kortchmar has built a musical career on bolstering the catalogs and performances of other artists. Carole King, James Taylor, Don Henley, Jackson Browne, Harry Nilsson — Kortchmar has worked ...

Guitarist Danny Kortchmar played on some of the most beloved albums from the 1970s — Carole King’s Tapestry, James Taylor’s Sweet Baby James and Jackson Browne’s Running on Empty — to name the most ...

About 50 years ago, a quartet of L.A. session musicians became so synonymous with the era-defining soft-rock scene — headlined by James Taylor, Carole King, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Crosby, ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Bassist Leland Sklar says there was no hesitation when drummer Russ Kunkel, guitarists Danny Kortchmar and Waddy Wachtel and himself were approached to do a documentary about their ...

The Immediate Family is a supergroup in the truest sense. Each of the players— guitarists Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel and Steve Postell, bassist Leland Sklara— have decades of experience backing ...

Jackson Browne’s “Running On Empty” is widely regarded as one of the greatest-ever live albums, and given its origin story – brand-new songs instead of greatest hits, and recorded not only on stage ...

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Kortchmar performed at Long’s Park Sunday in a show billed as “Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel and Friends.” Kunkel currently is on tour with Lyle Lovett, which is why the gig isn’t labeled as an ...