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15th March 2008
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Thread Starter | The Wrecking Crew Hello all, Damon Tedesco, the son of the late, great session guitarist Tommy Tedesco has informed me of a a new documentary film his brother Denny made that's been ten years in the making about "The Wrecking Crew", a group of monstrously talented session musicians who played on hits by, among others: The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Sonny and Cher, Jan & Dean, The Monkees, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Mamas and Papas, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Rivers and were the bricks in Phil Spector’s "Wall of Sound". I highly recommend that you cats and kittens check this film out. Click on this for more info: The Wrecking Crew | Movie It's about time..... 
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16th March 2008
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| Gear nut Join Date: May 2006 Location: Australia
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| Thanks for this. The most telented bunch of musicians in the history of Rock n Roll - make no mistake. Don't forget Lee Hazelwood's 60's stuff and the fact that they saved a decent portion of "Forever Changes" by Love. Liam. |
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16th March 2008
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16th March 2008
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| HA!!!! Fantastic. Looking forward to seeing that. I went to the site immediately and was greeted by seeing my old friend Don Randi sitting at the piano. Don was one of the first guys to give me a start in the biz. I owe a lot to him. For those of you who don't know him by name, he's played on a gazillion records and owns the Baked Potato (Jazz club in LA). Don Randi's Official Website Man.....memories. The documentary looks to be a must see for anyone involved in pop/rock music. THANKS! Bill
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16th March 2008
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| Thanks, looking forward to it. Looks similar to the The Funk Brothers documentary, Standing in the Shadows of Motown.
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16th March 2008
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18th March 2008
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Thread Starter | Bump for those who may have missed this. And for those who really shouldn't miss this.... |
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18th March 2008
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I got an email back from Denny Tedesco. It's not showing yet, but he's going to let me know when it's in LA. My guess is that they are still looking for distribution. bp | |
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18th March 2008
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| Way cool ..can't wait to see the movie. Love the pic of Hal's kit, and how its mic'd. |
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18th March 2008
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Thread Starter | Yeah, Damon said that it was to be premiered at SXSW. Let's just bring this back when it's at a "THEATER NEAR YOU" or available at your local TowerVirginBorderBuster's... Looking forward to it! |
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18th March 2008
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| Just a couple of teasers.......   |
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18th March 2008
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When I was first getting started, I did many sessions with him back in the day (kind of after the WC's heyday) and I remember doing one session where he had a small TV on top of his trap cases right behind his music stands. The world series was on and he had the TV earphone on one ear glued to the game, and the other 1/2 headphone on the other ear listening to the session. He was playing drums (great BTW) and watching the series at the same time.  Now THAT's multitasking!!!bp | |
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18th March 2008
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| holy crap do i ever want to see this. if anyone gets release info on the movie, please,please update thread and i'm going to subscribe to this thread as a matter of fact. i love the props these cats (and kitties) are getting from the artists in the trailer. they were unsung no doubt. it's a lost era. there's no longer the same mystique in music that that level of humanity and congruency could, and would create, in our new era of "high tech" music. it kind of bums me out a bit if i pounder it enough :(.. thanks for the link and heads up! |
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18th March 2008
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19th March 2008
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Putting two and two together with some things friends from both Atlantic Records and Gold Star had told me, it had become clear by the end of our conversation that Lee must have played an immense role in putting the wrecking crew together. At one point I told him "You really ought to write a book." He replied with a shrug and a "naaaa." I'm really looking forward to this.
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19th March 2008
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| Wow - thank you so much for posting this. Truly inspiring  |
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19th March 2008
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Bob, Gold Star was a funny little place. Just by lookiing at it you never would have guessed the history in those walls. I got to record there a couple of times before they tore it down. I have a feeling that those pics above were taken there, but it's been so long that I'm not sure anymore. bp | |
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19th March 2008
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| hope this comes to the UK! Carol Kaye is sooooo cool. KD |
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19th March 2008
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| bass players should definitely check out carol kaye's books. i heard she was out at charlie o's in the valley in l.a. last week. in the audience. |
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19th March 2008
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| where can you wacth the whole movie |
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19th March 2008
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| It's not available yet. |
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19th March 2008
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| Thank You For Bringing This To Our Attention! Huge fan of the wrecking crew here, you know, like when music was music! Tommy Tedesco was one of my childhood heroes and I thank you for notifying us of this great project. I can't wait to see it. One of the things I learned from reading Tommy Tedesco's old GP interview - the producers would ask Tommy if he could play Bouzouki or some other foreign instrument and he would always say "sure!" then tune it to E,A,D,G etc. like a guitar, and know every key, chord, and scale on the instrument du jour. Genius! |
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19th March 2008
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| The Wrecking Crew makes me think of Byrds Mr Tambourine Man. |
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7th April 2008
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|  More Wrecking Crew Docu info! Howdy! My name is Jon and I am one of the producers of The Wrecking Crew documentary. I am also a gear slut...7 guitars, 3 amps, PA system, and waayyyy too many efx pedals. But it sure is fun! To all our LA friends, we have great news: the film will be shown at the LA Film Festival in June of this year. As of today, we have info on one screening, which will be at The California Plaza (outdoor venue, downtown Los Angeles) on Saturday, June 28, at 8pm. There will be an indoor screening as well, date and time TBD. We learned last week that the film won The Audience Award at The Buffalo, NY, film festival. Their local newspaper also wrote a pair of glowing reviews of the film (4 out of 4 stars). You can see these reviews via links on the Wrecking Crew web site. The Wrecking Crew web site will be updated on new info as soon as it becomes available. If you live in or near Nashville, TN., that is the film's next stop, closing the film fest on April 24. Here's the info from NFF's web site: CLOSING NIGHT FILM, The Wrecking Crew, AND PARTY Sponsored by The Recording Academy and Southwest Airlines Film: THE WRECKING CREW – You heard them playing on the Beach Boys hits, on the Mamas and the Papas' recordings, on Frank Sinatra records, on Monkees' singles, they WERE Phil Spector's Wall of Sound. In fact, you heard them everywhere. This film looks (with great period footage) at the famed group of session musicians who backed nearly all the hits made in L.A. in the sixties. Featuring interviews with the Crew (including Glen Campbell, who was one of them before going “out in front”), as well as Nancy Sinatra, Herb Alpert, Brian Wilson, Mickey Dolenz and others…plus all that great music! In Attendance: Director Denny Tedesco and members of the Wrecking Crew The Closing Night is a celebration of the 2008 Festival and feature s live music by The Wrecking Crew with some very special guests! 9:00pm-Midnight/ Cannery Ballroom, 1 Cannery Row, 37203 Tickets are $45 for Closing Night Film and Party, $40 member; $11 film only, $35 party only. Rock on! Jonny O  |
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7th April 2008
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Thread Starter | Great news! Congrats, Jon! Wish I could get over there.... |
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7th April 2008
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Can't wait to see the documentary! | |
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8th April 2008
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| Thanks Jonny! Looking forward to the LA screenings!!! Will be there. bp |
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30th May 2008
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| When will this be open for the public to see? |
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