Peter Asher

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359 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 7 Jul

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Fresh Air · Legendary record producer & manager Peter Asher · 7 Jul 2026 podcast

Because when I came out to L.A.,

I wanted to put together a little band to play on the whole track, because I wanted to keep it much simpler than the preceding album had been, and to make sure that every song was based entirely around the arrangement that was self-contained in his guitar playing and his singing.

And I found a drummer called Russ Kunkel.

And Danny Couchmore himself was going to play guitar, obviously.

And then I was trying to choose a piano player.

And by this time, I'd heard some of Carole King's demos.

I already was a huge fan of hers.

Goffin and King wrote so many of my favorite songs.

Of course, you know, Willie said Love Me Tomorrow being the first one.

When she was 18, that was number one all over the place.

And that went on to, you know, Natural Woman and I'm Into Something Good and Up on the Roof.

And I loved Carole King's piano playing specifically because it was very much an accompanist's kind of piano playing.

Not flashy, not complicated, but just right, sort of singer-songwriter piano.

So I got to meet Carole through Danny Korchmarth.

I then asked Carol if she would consider playing on this James Taylor album that we were about to make.

I said, I would need you for about five days.

I love your playing.

I think you and James would sound great together.

And she said, maybe.

And she didn't know who James was.

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