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] and 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 and 1970s 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. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014.
  4. Hallman, Tom (May 1, 2014). "The Wrecking Crew and a Portland connection". The Oregonian.

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