Let's Talk and Rock with Leland Sklar!

<p><strong>Leland Sklar</strong> is an American <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassist">bassist</a> and <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_musician">session musician</a>. He rose to prominence as a member of <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Taylor">James Taylor</a>'s backing band, which coaleced into a group in its own right, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Section_(band)">The Section</a>. This group of musicians so frequently supported many of the artists on <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylum_Records">Asylum Records</a>, both on stage and in the studio, that they became known as Asylum's <em>de facto</em> <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_band">house band</a>. Those artists would become the standard bearers of the singer-songwriter era in the 1970s. Since then, Leland has recorded and toured with artists such as <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Taylor">James Taylor</a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Browne">Jackson Browne</a>, <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_King">Carole King</a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt">Linda Ronstadt</a>, <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Collins">Phil Collins</a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toto_(band)">Toto</a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Lovett">Lyle Lovett</a> and many, many more. As a group member, session player, or touring musician, he has lent his talents to well over 2,000 albums. In addition, he has contributed to many motion picture and <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_show">television show</a> <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundtrack">soundtracks</a>. His backing band (Section), along with the addition of Steve Postell, has become a band that is now doing it for themselves - The Immediate Family.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>