Danny Kortchmar
| Danny Kortchmar | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Danny Kootch |
| Born |
April 6, 1946 New York City, New York, United States |
| Genres | Rock, Pop, Blues, Rhythm and blues |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Electric guitar, acoustic guitar |
| Years active | 1960s–present |
| Labels |
Warner Bros. Asylum RCA |
| Associated acts |
Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor Don Henley Steve Perry Jo Mama The Section The City Ivan Neville Carole King Harry Nilsson |
| Website | dannykortchmar |
Daniel Kortchmar (born April 6, 1946) is an American guitarist, session musician, producer and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, David Crosby, Carole King, David Cassidy, Graham Nash, Neil Young, and Carly Simon helped define the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Jackson Browne and Don Henley have recorded many songs written or co-written by Kortchmar, and Kortchmar was Henley's songwriting and producing partner in the 1980s.
Kortchmar is the son of manufacturer Emil Kortchmar and author Lucy Cores. Kortchmar first came to prominence in the mid-1960s playing with bands in his native New York City, such as King Bees and The Flying Machine, which included the then-unknown James Taylor (Kortchmar having been a long-time friend of Taylor's; both of them summered in Martha's Vineyard in their teens); in Taylor's autobiographical composition "Fire and Rain", the line "sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground" is a reference to the breakup of that band. During 1966, Kortchmar traveled to England, where he spent time as a session musician.
In 1967 Kortchmar joined The Fugs, appearing on their 1968 Tenderness Junction album before following bassist Charles Larkey to California, where they joined Carole King in forming a trio named The City. The group produced an album in 1968, Now That Everything's Been Said, which received scattered good reviews but was not a commercial success. The group subsequently broke up, but Kortchmar continued backing King on her more successful solo career, including the groundbreaking 1971 album Tapestry. In 1970, Kortchmar reunited with Taylor on his breakthrough album Sweet Baby James. Kortchmar's work with Taylor and King made him one of the top LA session guitarists in the 1970s and 1980s. He toured and recorded extensively with Linda Ronstadt during this time, even appearing in several of her classic 'Get Closer' era music videos. In 1983, he played Linda's love interest in the music video for "What's New?".
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