Kent Hartman

Kent Hartman is a Portland, Oregon based author. His book The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret won the Frances Fuller Victor Oregon Book Award in 2013[1] was a Los Angeles Times bestseller.[2]

Hartman spent decades in Los Angeles, and worked with a variety of famous recording artists. He produced a nationally syndicated radio program, The Classic Comedy Break. As of 2012 he teaches marketing at Portland State University.[3]

The Wrecking Crew book was inspired by a conversation between the author and Larry Knechtel, a member of the band Bread, and previously a member of the Wrecking Crew, an informal group of studio musicians who played anonymously on many 1960s music hits.[4]

References

  1. Roy, Jyoti (April 9, 2013). "Portland State Alum Kent Hartman Wins Oregon Book Award". Portland State University News.
  2. "The Wrecking Crew - Kent Hartman". Macmillan. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
  3. D'Antoni, Tom (April 18, 2012). "Q&A: Kent Hartman's book 'The Wrecking Crew' and what you never knew about the songs you loved". Oregon Music News.
  4. Hallman, Tom (May 1, 2014). "The Wrecking Crew and a Portland connection". The Oregonian.

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