re: Don Felder & Bernie Leadon vs Don Felder & Joe Walsh

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On the other hand, studio guys are the ones who get the shaft on this type of thing. A good example would be Pete Carr's guitar intro on Bob Segar's "Main Street." That guitar intro is a HUGE part of that song and yet he's not credited with any of the writing credit. He basically made "scale" to help write one of the more iconic rock tracks of all time.


That is the life of a session player, particular players are often hired because their ability to create great unique riffs. Considering the number of songs that a studio musician plays on, and the very very small percentage that ever become classics, and real money makers, it is doubtful that any session player would trade their hourly scale to play for possible future royalties.

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I guess that depends on who you are and where you work. I know guys like Waddy Watchel, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunckle and other L A session greats played on tons of hits. Sklar tells the story of Phil Collins bringing in his first solo album with nothing but block chords on it, almost like a demo. Sklar wrote all the bass parts including several hooks that were used.

I do understand what you're saying though and agree that most won't ever have that type of success.