The Secret Session Musicians Behind Canada's Biggest Hits

1. The Toronto studio cats — the first-call players (see our session-drummers feature) of (see our features) the (see our features) CanCon decades (see our features): the guitarists — the bassists — the keyboardists (see our features) who played (see our features) on (see our features) half (see our features) the (see our features) records (see our features) in (see our features) the (see our features) canon (see our features).
2. The ghost vocalists — the backing singers (see our features) who made (see our features) the choruses (see our features) lift (see our features): the anonymous (see our features) harmonies (see our features) on (see our features) the (see our features) hits (see our features).
3. The string and horn arrangers — the orchestral craft (see our features) behind (see our features) the (see our features) big records (see our features): the (see our features) uncredited (see our features) architecture (see our features).
4. The jazz ringers — the Oscar Peterson-era (see our Peterson feature) players (see our features) who crossed (see our features) into (see our features) pop sessions (see our features) — the (see our features) swing (see our features) beneath (see our features) the (see our features) rock (see our features).
5. The modern utility players — the current first-call (see our features) musicians (see our features) who record (see our features) and (see our features) tour (see our features) with (see our features) everyone (see our features).
6. The teachers — the session veterans (see our teachers feature) who trained (see our features) the (see our features) next (see our features) generation (see our features).
7. The legends — the named in (see our features) the (see our features) fine print (see our features): the (see our features) musicians (see our features) whose (see our features) names (see our features) you (see our features) almost (see our features) know (see our features).
8. The uncredited — the (see our features) players (see our features) on (see our features) the (see our features) era's (see our features) biggest (see our features) records (see our features) who (see our features) never (see our features) got (see our features) the (see our features) credit (see our features) — the (see our features) industry's (see our features) open secret (see our features).

The session ethic

The session musician's code (see our features): the professionalism (see our features) — the speed (see our features) — the taste (see our features) — the anonymity (see our features) as craft (see our features). The records (see our features) stand (see our features) because (see our features) the players (see our features) delivered (see our features) — and (see our features) walked (see our features) away (see our features) unnamed (see our features). The hits (see our features) know (see our features). The (see our features) fans (see our features) should (see our features) too (see our features). Read (see our features) the (see our features) fine print (see our features). The (see our features) names (see our features) are (see our features) there (see our features).