Danny Kortchmar: The Standup Rocker
Dave Zimmer, Record, The, March 1983
"I HATE folk music, I always have," snaps Danny Kortchmar. Such a revelation is surprising, in view of the fact that Kortchmar (aka "Kootch") has created countless textural guitar passages that grace albums by the likes of James Taylor, Carole King and Linda Ronstadt.
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