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[[File:The T Bones 1966.jpg|thumb|The "public" T-Bones in 1966.]]
[[File:The T Bones 1966.jpg|thumb|The "public" T-Bones in 1966.]]
'''The T-Bones''' were a [[Liberty Records]] recording group from 1963 - 1966. The studio recordings of all of their albums but the last were done by [[United States|American]] session musicians, [[The_Wrecking_Crew_(music)|The Wrecking Crew]].
'''The T-Bones''' were an American, [[Liberty Records]] recording group, existing from 1963 to 1966.<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|pages=2457/8}}</ref> The studio recordings of all of their albums but the last were done by [[United States|American]] session musicians, [[The Wrecking Crew (music)|The Wrecking Crew]].


They should not be confused with the [[United Kingdom|British]] mid-1960s [[band (music)|band]] of the same name. In Britain, the name "U.S. T-Bones" was used for the Liberty Records group.<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p130113|pure_url=yes}} The T-Bones (UK)] at Allmusic.com</ref>
They should not be confused with [[Gary Farr]]'s [[United Kingdom|British]] mid-1960s [[band (music)|band]] of the same name.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> In Britain, the name "U.S. T-Bones" was used for the Liberty Records group.<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p130113|pure_url=yes}} The T-Bones (UK)], ''[[AllMusic]]''</ref>


When the T-Bones had a hit in 1966 with the single [[No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)]], Liberty Records quickly recorded an album of the same name using session musicians, but those musicians weren't willing to go on tour to promote the album. They were making too much money doing sessions in Los Angeles. So Liberty created a different "public"
When the T-Bones had a hit in 1966 with the single "[[No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)]]", Liberty Records quickly recorded an album of the same name using session musicians from [[The Wrecking Crew (music)|The Wrecking Crew]], but those musicians were not willing to go on tour to promote the album. They were making sufficient money doing sessions in Los Angeles. So Liberty created a different "public" T-Bones group to appear on record covers, TV, and in concert. The "public" T-Bones were [[Judd Hamilton]], [[Dan Hamilton (musician)|Dan Hamilton]], [[Joe Frank Carollo]], Tommy Reynolds, and Gene Pello.<ref name=AFM63>{{cite web |url=http://www.wreckingcrewfilm.com/afmcontracts/TBones,The_BossDrag_LP.pdf |title=American Federation of Musicians contract, #306 Boss Drag, December 22, 1963 |website=WreckingCrewFilm.com |access-date=11 August 2015}}</ref> None of them played on the hit record, nor did they play on the next album, ''Sippin' and Chippin{{'}}''. However, the "public" T-Bones did record the T-Bones' final album, ''Everyone's Gone To The Moon (And Other Trips)''. Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carollo, and Tommy Reynolds later formed the 1970s soft rock trio [[Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds]].<ref name=TWC>{{cite AV media |people=Tedesco, Denny (Director) |title-link=The Wrecking Crew (2008 film) |title=The Wrecking Crew (DVD extras) |medium=DVD }}</ref><ref name=SF>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2239 |title=NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE (YOUR STOMACH'S IN) by THE T-BONES |website=SongFacts.com |access-date=11 August 2015}}</ref>
T-Bones group to appear on record covers, TV, and in concert. The "public" T-Bones were Judd Hamilton, Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carollo, Tommy Reynolds, and Gene Pello. None of them played on the hit record, nor did they play on the next album, "Sippin' and Chippin." However the "public" T-Bones did record the T-Bones' final album, "Everyone's Gone To The Moon (And Other Trips)." Dan Hamilton, Carollo, and Reynolds would later form the 1970s soft rock trio [[Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds]]. <ref name=TWC>{{cite AV media |people=Tedesco, Denny (Director) |date= |year= |titlelink=The Wrecking Crew (2008 film) |title=The Wrecking Crew (DVD extras) |medium=DVD |language= |url= |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= |ref= }}</ref><ref name=SF>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2239 |title=NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE (YOUR STOMACH'S IN) by THE T-BONES |website=SongFacts.com |access-date=11 August 2015}}</ref>


"[[No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)]]", was based on the [[melody]] from a [[Advertising|commercial]] for [[Alka-Seltzer]]. The tune reached #3, and its follow-up, "Sippin N Chippin", peaked at #62;<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p365785/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Billboard Singles], Allmusic.com</ref> the accompanying album hit #75 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p365785/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Billboard], Allmusic.com</ref>
"No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" was based on the [[melody]] from a [[Advertising|commercial]] for [[Alka-Seltzer]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/> The tune reached No. 3 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref name="LarkinGE"/> and its follow-up, "Sippin N Chippin", peaked at No. 62;<ref name="LarkinGE"/> the accompanying album hit No. 75 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].


==Members, December 26, 1963==
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==Members, December 26, 1963<ref name=AFM63>{{cite web |url=http://www.wreckingcrewfilm.com/afmcontracts/TBones,The_BossDrag_LP.pdf |title=American Federation of Musicians contract, #306 Boss Drag, December 22, 1963 |website=WreckingCrewFilm.com |access-date=11 August 2015}}</ref>==
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Tracks: "Draggin{{'"}}, "Shut Down", "Boss Drag", "Revv' Buggy", "Hey Little Cobra", "Six Banger"

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Songs: Draggin', Shut Down, Boss Drag, Revv' Buggy, Hey Little Cobra, Six Banger
*[[Dave Pell]] - leader
*[[Dave Pell]] - leader
*[[Steve Douglas (saxophonist)|Steve Douglas]] -
*[[Steve Douglas (saxophonist)|Steve Douglas]] - saxophone
*[[Ervan_Coleman]] -
*[[Ervan Coleman]] - guitar
*[[Tommy Tedesco]] - guitar
*[[Tommy Tedesco]] - guitar
*[[Glen Campbell]] - guitar
*[[Glen Campbell]] - guitar
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*[[Plas Johnson]] - saxophone
*[[Plas Johnson]] - saxophone
*[[Hal Blaine]] - drums
*[[Hal Blaine]] - drums
*[[Perry_Botkin,_Jr.|Perry Botkin Jr.]] -
*[[Perry Botkin, Jr.]] -
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*[[Frank Capp]] - <ref name=AFM63>{{cite web |url=http://www.wreckingcrewfilm.com/afmcontracts/TBones,The_BossDrag_LP.pdf |title=American Federation of Musicians contract, #306 Boss Drag, December 22, 1963 |website=WreckingCrewFilm.com |access-date=11 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[Frank Capp]] -


==Members, December 09, 1965==
==Members, December 9, 1965==
Songs: No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In); Chiquita Banana; Fever; What's In the Bag, Goose; Let's Hang On
Tracks: "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)"; "Chiquita Banana"; "Fever"; "What's In the Bag, Goose"; "Let's Hang On"
*[[Dave Pell]], leader<ref name=AFM>{{cite web |url=http://www.wreckingcrewfilm.com/afmcontracts/TBones,The_NoMatterWhatShape.pdf |title=American Federation of Musicians contract, #536, The T-Bones, December 15, 1965 |website=The Wrecking Crew |access-date=11 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[Dave Pell]], leader<ref name=AFM>{{cite web |url=http://www.wreckingcrewfilm.com/afmcontracts/TBones,The_NoMatterWhatShape.pdf |title=American Federation of Musicians contract, #536, The T-Bones, December 15, 1965 |website=The Wrecking Crew |access-date=11 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[Perry_Botkin,_Jr.|Perry Botkin Jr.]], OM, arranger<ref name=AFM/>
*[[Perry Botkin, Jr.]], OM, arranger<ref name=AFM/>
*[[Tommy Tedesco]], guitar<ref name=SF>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2239 |title=NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE (YOUR STOMACH'S IN) by THE T-BONES |website=SongFacts.com |access-date=11 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[Tommy Tedesco]], guitar<ref name=SF>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2239 |title=NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE (YOUR STOMACH'S IN) by THE T-BONES |website=SongFacts.com |access-date=11 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[Victor Feldman]]<ref name=AFM/>
*[[Victor Feldman]]<ref name=AFM/>
*[[Hal Blaine]], drums<ref name=SF/>
*[[Hal Blaine]], drums<ref name=SF/>
*[[Julius Wechter]], percussion<ref name=AFM/>
*[[Julius Wechter]], percussion<ref name=AFM/>
*[[Ervan Coleman]],<ref name=AFM/>
*[[Ervan Coleman]], guitar<ref name=AFM/>
*Buddy Clark<ref name=AFM/>
*Buddy Clark<ref name=AFM/>
*[[Carol Kaye]], electric bass guitar<ref name=SF/>
*[[Carol Kaye]], electric bass guitar<ref name=SF/>
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==Members, 1966==
==Members, 1966==
* George Dee
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Album: Everyone's Gone To The Moon (And Other Trips)
*Judd Hamilton — guitar
*[[Dan Hamilton (musician)|Danny Hamilton]] - Lead guitar
*Danny Hamilton — guitar
*[[Judd Hamilton]] - Rhythm guitar
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* [[Gene Pello]] - Drums
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*Joe Frank Carollo — bass
* Richard Torres - Organ
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*Tommy Reynolds — keyboards / vibraphone / percussion

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*Gene Pello — drums
<ref>''Song Hits Magazine'', May 1966 - [https://archive.org/details/song-hits-may-1966/page/20/mode/2up?q=%22Judd+Hamilton%22 Page 20 '''T-BONES''' are in good shape, JUDD HAMILTON]</ref><ref>''KRLA Beat'', Volume 1 No. 48 February 12, 1966 - [http://krlabeat.sakionline.net/issue/12feb66.pdf Page 15 From Commercials T-Bones to Success]</ref>

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Album: ''Everyone's Gone To The Moon (And Other Trips)''
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*[[Joe Frank Carollo]] — Bass
*Danny Hamilton — Guitar
*Judd Hamilton — Guitar
*Gene Pello — Drums
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*Tommy Reynolds — Keyboards / vibraphone / percussion


==Albums==
==Albums==
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*''Sippin' and Chippin''' (1966) - Liberty LRP-3446/LST-7446
*''Sippin' and Chippin''' (1966) - Liberty LRP-3446/LST-7446
*''Everyone's Gone To The Moon (And Other Trips)'' (1966) - Liberty LRP-3471/LST-7471
*''Everyone's Gone To The Moon (And Other Trips)'' (1966) - Liberty LRP-3471/LST-7471
*''Shapin' Things Up'' (1965) - Sunset SUM-1119/SUS-5119
*''Shapin' Things Up'' (1965) - Sunset SUM-1119/SUS-5119<ref name="LarkinGE"/>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 00:26, 27 April 2024

The "public" T-Bones in 1966.

The T-Bones were an American, Liberty Records recording group, existing from 1963 to 1966.[1] The studio recordings of all of their albums but the last were done by American session musicians, The Wrecking Crew.

They should not be confused with Gary Farr's British mid-1960s band of the same name.[1] In Britain, the name "U.S. T-Bones" was used for the Liberty Records group.[2]

When the T-Bones had a hit in 1966 with the single "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)", Liberty Records quickly recorded an album of the same name using session musicians from The Wrecking Crew, but those musicians were not willing to go on tour to promote the album. They were making sufficient money doing sessions in Los Angeles. So Liberty created a different "public" T-Bones group to appear on record covers, TV, and in concert. The "public" T-Bones were Judd Hamilton, Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carollo, Tommy Reynolds, and Gene Pello.[3] None of them played on the hit record, nor did they play on the next album, Sippin' and Chippin'. However, the "public" T-Bones did record the T-Bones' final album, Everyone's Gone To The Moon (And Other Trips). Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carollo, and Tommy Reynolds later formed the 1970s soft rock trio Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds.[4][5]

"No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" was based on the melody from a commercial for Alka-Seltzer.[1] The tune reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100,[1] and its follow-up, "Sippin N Chippin", peaked at No. 62;[1] the accompanying album hit No. 75 on the Billboard 200.

Members, December 26, 1963

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Tracks: "Draggin'", "Shut Down", "Boss Drag", "Revv' Buggy", "Hey Little Cobra", "Six Banger"

Members, December 9, 1965

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Tracks: "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)"; "Chiquita Banana"; "Fever"; "What's In the Bag, Goose"; "Let's Hang On"

Members, 1966

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[7][8]

Album: Everyone's Gone To The Moon (And Other Trips)

  • Joe Frank Carollo — Bass
  • Danny Hamilton — Guitar
  • Judd Hamilton — Guitar
  • Gene Pello — Drums
  • Tommy Reynolds — Keyboards / vibraphone / percussion

Albums

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  • Boss Drag (1964) - Liberty LRP-3346/LST-7346
  • Boss Drag at the Beach (1964) - Liberty LRP-3363/LST-7363
  • Doin' the Jerk (1965) - Liberty LRP-3404/LST-7404
  • No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) (1966) - Liberty LRP-3439/LST-7439
  • Sippin' and Chippin' (1966) - Liberty LRP-3446/LST-7446
  • Everyone's Gone To The Moon (And Other Trips) (1966) - Liberty LRP-3471/LST-7471
  • Shapin' Things Up (1965) - Sunset SUM-1119/SUS-5119[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 2457/8. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ^ The T-Bones (UK), AllMusic
  3. ^ a b "American Federation of Musicians contract, #306 Boss Drag, December 22, 1963" (PDF). WreckingCrewFilm.com. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  4. ^ Tedesco, Denny (Director). The Wrecking Crew (DVD extras) (DVD).
  5. ^ a b c d e f "NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE (YOUR STOMACH'S IN) by THE T-BONES". SongFacts.com. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "American Federation of Musicians contract, #536, The T-Bones, December 15, 1965" (PDF). The Wrecking Crew. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  7. ^ Song Hits Magazine, May 1966 - Page 20 T-BONES are in good shape, JUDD HAMILTON
  8. ^ KRLA Beat, Volume 1 No. 48 February 12, 1966 - Page 15 From Commercials T-Bones to Success
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