# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-knechtel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:19:29.778Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-knechtel"
name: "Larry Knechtel"
slug: "larry-knechtel"
description: "Lawrence William Knechtel was an American keyboard player and bassist who was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles–based session musicians who worked with such renowned artists as Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, the Beach Boys, the Mamas & the Papas, the Monkees, the Partridge Family, Billy Joel, the Doors, the Byrds, the Grass Roots, Jerry Garcia, and Elvis Presley. He also was a member of the 1970s band Bread."
tagline: "American session musician (1940–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larry_Knechtel_1972_press_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-08-04"
deathDate: "2009-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.75
  momentum:             6.672239006853353
  historical:           12.77191066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2711696/"
    handle:    "nm2711696"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "لارى كنيتشتيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Knechtel"
    title: "Larry Knechtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Knechtel"
    title: "Larry Knechtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Knechtel"
    title: "Larry Knechtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Knechtel"
    title: "Larry Knechtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Knechtel"
    title: "Larry Knechtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Knechtel"
    title: "Larry Knechtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Knechtel"
    title: "Larry Knechtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8D%E3%82%AF%E3%83%86%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ラリー・ネクテル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Knechtel"
    title: "Larry Knechtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Knechtel"
    title: "Larry Knechtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Knechtel"
    title: "Larry Knechtel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9B%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Нечтел, Лэрри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5bdf4fa0-0c8c-4216-a4d9-97092c107a64"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1446674"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump