“For example, I’m not a good slapper at all, and I don’t play with a pick. It’s about whatever’s best for the project. I like to share, I’m not possessive about things. I remember when John Patitucci lived in LA, I’d say to people, ‘Call John. “There have been times where I’ve been called to play on things that I think another bassist would be better at, so I suggest that person instead. It’s not like being a one-trick pony who gets called to do one thing, and you get called to do something else and you’re really out of your league.”ĭo you ever find a session too technically challenging? Whatever sound and style I’ve created for myself over the years, it seems to fit with a lot of genres. “I’m really open: I’m not one of those people who shuts anything out. I’ve even been called in to put bass on hip-hop projects, and it’s not one of my favourite genres, but I’ve worked on some cool stuff within that genre. It doesn’t matter if I’m working with Il Divo or Veronique Sanson. How picky are you about the songs you’re asked to play on? That’s the sign of a working musician: it’s not just about the big, attention-getting hits.” “I’m really proud of those things, but I’m also really proud of having played on ‘It’s Raining Men’ by the Weather Girls and ‘I Am Woman’ by Helen Reddy. Plus I’ve done hundreds of country records with people like Reba McEntire. All the studio guys I know ask me to play something off Spectrum with Billy Cobham. Barbra Streisand is still going strong: I played on some of her early stuff too. “Probably one of the songs I played with James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt or Jackson Browne. Whatever sound and style I’ve created for myself over the years, it seems to fit with a lot of genres I’ll be in a supermarket and hear a song and think, ‘That’s really cool’ and then you sit for a second and you think ‘Wait a second, I know that tune!’ and it was you.” “The best time is when you hear something that you recorded as a basic track and you never heard as a finished song. Do you ever listen back to the stuff you’ve done? You’ve recorded thousands of sessions, Lee. Sessions: James Taylor, Barbra Streisand, Phil Collins, Billy Cobham, over 2,500 (!) others Lee Sklar

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