session player

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Born in San Antonio, the son and grandson of accordionists became famous as the face of Tex-Mex music and as a favorite session player whenever rock and country gods needed some borderlands flair.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

He was also a prolific session player, working with artists like Seal, Maxwell and Raphael Saadiq.

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2023

It was very frustrating because I wasn’t there to just play on something like a metronome or a session player.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2020

And he ended up working with Paul McCartney — not only on Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album in 1982, but later as a session player in McCartney's 1984 film, "Give My Regards to Broad Street."

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2020

After paying his dues as a sideman and session player, Rebennack released his first solo recording, the guitar-and-sax instrumental “Storm Warning,” in 1959.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2019