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Rock a Little is the third solo studio album by American singer and songwriter Stevie Nicks, released on November 18, 1985, by Modern Records. Released in late 1985 while Fleetwood Mac were still on a lengthy hiatus following their album Mirage (1982), Rock a Little hit the top 20 in its second week.
Robert " Waddy " Wachtel (born May 24, 1947) is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work.
- “That’ll Be the Day” by Linda Ronstadt from ‘Hasten Down the Wind’ (1976) “When I started doing sessions, producers always told me, ‘Don’t play lead when we’re cutting basics.
- “Werewolves of London” by Warren Zevon from ‘Excitable Boy’ (1978) “I’m very proud of this song – I co-wrote and co-produced it. Everybody knew it was a terrific song, but for some reason it was one of the hardest rhythm tracks to lay down.
- “Edge of Seventeen” by Stevie Nicks from ‘Bella Donna’ (1981) “Stevie wrote the song after hearing the Police’s ‘Bring On the Night.’ She was very inspired by the echo-driven guitar track that Andy Summers played, that rolling and repeating kind of sound.
- “Oh Sherrie” by Steve Perry from ‘Street Talk’ (1984) “My dear friend Niko Bolas was engineering the song. He thought it needed a really cool and nasty eighth-note rhythm, so he called me to play on it.
Aug 26, 2013 · Wachtel, who would hook up with Keith Richards and become one of the rock legend's X-Pensve Winos, still records and tours with artists regularly, but he regards the glory days of the '70s with a hindsight view.
Wachtel reached something of a peak as a session musician in 1997 by playing on the Rolling Stones' Bridges to Babylon, the same year appearing on Sandler's What's Your Name, George Thorogood's Rockin' My Life Away, the Bee Gees' Still Waters, and the self-titled album by the Wilsons.
Guitarist Waddy Wachtel has been a first-call Los Angeles session player for many of the biggest artists in classic rock, recording and touring with such stars as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor and Stevie Nicks, to name a few.
Aug 22, 2021 · Guitarist Waddy Wachtel shares memories of working with the Rolling Stones, Ringo Starr and Steve Perry during an August 2021 interview.
