By 1971, he had met Warren Zevon when auditioning for a gig with the Everly Brothers. Warren and Waddy formed an immediate friendship that was to blossom over the years both musically and personally.

Warren wasn't the only one to recognize Waddy's talents. By 1973 Waddy was in demand as a session musician in Los Angeles, and the wave kept building as more and more people demanded to have "the guy who gets that incredible guitar sound" on their albums.

Over the years, Waddy has not only played guitar and other instruments on a wide variety of albums, but has also produced, arranged and written songs with some very well-known artists. Eventually he moved into the movie arena, writing and producing scores for movies.

As you browse through Waddy's credits on these pages, you can click on any entry to see which other musicians, producers, etc. he was involved with on those projects. Waddy has so many credits that I've separated them into decades. If you prefer, you can look up an individual artist he performed with in the alphabetical lists.

You can also listen to some of the tunes Waddy has worked on and watch him performing with various artists by going to the pages listed in the Discography that have these words:
Audio - Click on the link to listen to tunes. (Some pages include videos created by fans)
Video - Click on the link to watch Waddy Wachtel performing live.

Don't be surprised if you find a few albums in your own collection he's played on that you weren't aware of.