Jerry Scheff
Biography
Jerry Scheff is an American bassist who built a career as a session and touring musician. Born in 1941 and raised in Vallejo, California, he returned to California after serving in the U.S. Navy and became a Los Angeles session player. His first hit came on The Association's Along Comes Mary in 1966, which led to sessions with artists such as Neil Diamond, Nancy Sinatra, The Monkees, and The Everly Brothers. In 1971 he played on the Doors' L.A. Woman. His best-known work was with Elvis Presley: he joined the TCB Band in 1969 and played bass for Presley from 1969 to 1973 and again from 1975 to 1977. He appears in Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970) and Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite (1973), and played acoustic bass in Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988). Later he worked with Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, and Roy Orbison, and published a 2012 autobiography.
85years old
Turns 86 on January 31in 82 days
- Born United States
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Jerry Obern Scheff
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 18 years1970 to 1988
Every film, newest first
- 1988Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White NightIMDb rating 8.8
- 1973Elvis - Aloha from HawaiiIMDb rating 8.5
- 1970Elvis - That's the Way It IsIMDb rating 8.0
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First role
Scheff's first hit record was The Association's "Along Comes Mary" in 1966, which he played on after working at the Sands nightclub with Billy Preston, Merry Clayton, and Don "Sugarcane" Harris.
Jerry Scheff movies on Netflix
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Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Glen D. Hardin's page
James Burton's page
Ronnie Tutt3 films together, 1970 to 1988
Ronnie Tutt's page
Elvis Presley's page
Charlie Hodge's page
John Wilkinson's page
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Official profiles and reference pages.