Some viewers might have assumed that Carol Kaye, the legendary studio bassist who was part of the so-called Wrecking Crew in the 1960s, would be flattered by having a character loosely modeled on h…
Well, no. Anyone who knows Kaye’s history of taking issue with documentaries that involve her knew that she probably wouldn’t suffer a fictional portrayal any more lightly. And indeed that has turned out to be the case, as Kaye has vented about “Mrs. Maisel” in an“A lot of people are saying, ‘That must be you. I love it!’ But I am not a cartoon — and my life is not a joke,” Kaye told the newspaper. “Nobody contacted me. I didn’t know a thing about it.
“It’s a Hollywood, silly fluff piece [that has] nothing to do with me or my history. They took a few things out of my book and created a character that’s not even me at all,” Kaye told the Post. Kaye is one of the most recognized studio musicians of all time, partly by virtue of having been a pioneering woman in an exclusively boys’ club, but mostly because she played unforgettable parts on an inordinate amount of the greatest records of all time.
offers Skype lessons, albeit only to already experienced bassists. She wrote an autobiography and was the subject of her own documentary, “First Lady of Bass,” Fans continue to lobby for her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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