Carol Kaye turns down Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction
No, thank you! Carol Kaye reveals why she won't be attending the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Some of the music industry's most prominent musicians are set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but one inductee will be noticeably absent.
Bassist Carol Kaye has announced that she won't attend the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony.
In April, the organisation named Kaye, Nicky Hopkins, and Thom Bell as the Musical Excellence award recipients.
Salt-N-Pepa received the Music Influence Award.
Cyndi Lauper, Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Outkast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes were inducted into the main performer category.
Mariah Carey, who was nominated for a second year in a row, was not named in the class of 2025.
This year's inductees will be honoured in a ceremony held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on November 8.
Kaye, however, won't be there.
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In a Facebook post, she says, " I turned it down because it wasn’t something that reflects the work that Studio Musicians do and did in the golden era of the 1960s Recording Hits."
The recording bassist, now 90, has recorded sessions with music legends such as the Beach Boys.
She says she is boycotting the ceremony because of the "Wrecking Crew" label.
According to Mixdown magazine, "a group of musicians known as The Wrecking Crew were the first port of call for producers".
Synthesisers eventually replaced them, and some artists started recording their own instruments.
Kaye says she hates the use of the label, calling it an insult. "You are always part of a TEAM, not a solo artist at all,” she wrote.
"There were always 350-400 Studio Musicians (AFM Local 47 Hollywood) working in the busy 1960s, and called that ONLY. Since 1930s, I was never a ‘wrecker’ at all… that’s a terrible insulting name," she added.
The post appears to have been deleted.
In 2022, Dolly Parton withdrew her name from the running when the Hall of Fame nominees were announced.
"Even though I'm extremely flattered and grateful to be nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I don't feel that I have earned that right," she said.
The organisation rejected her withdrawal as voting had already begun.
"With her trailblazing songwriting career, distinctive voice, campy glamour, business savvy and humanitarian work, Dolly Parton is a beloved icon who transcends the genre she transformed forever," the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame said at the time.
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