Joe Osborn, Wrecking Crew Bassist, Dies at 81
Bassist Joe Osborn, a member of Los Angeles’ famed Wrecking Crew group of studio musicians, died Friday (Dec. 14) at age 81. The cause and place of death were not disclosed.
Osborn’s work can be heard on hundreds of recordings beginning in the early 1960s, including hits by Rick Nelson (“Travelin’ Man,” “Hello Mary Lou”), Johnny Rivers (“Seventh Son,” “Memphis”), the Fifth Dimension (“Up, Up and Away,” “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In”), Simon and Garfunkel (“Bridge Over Troubled Water”), the Mamas and the Papas (“California Dreamin’,” “I Saw Her Again”), the Association (“Windy”), Richard Harris (“MacArthur Park”), the Carpenters (“Close to You,” “For All We Know”), the Grass Roots (“Midnight Confessions”), Neil Diamond (“Holly Holy”), Scott McKenzie (“San Francisco”), Gary Lewis and the Playboys (“This Diamond Ring,” “Count Me In”), the Monkees (“Valleri”), Nancy Sinatra, Kenny Rogers, Helen Reddy, Barbra Streisand, Tommy Roe, America, Bobby Sherman, the Partridge Family, Spanky and Our Gang, the Turtles and others.
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