Like the Funk Brothers being the backbone of the Motown Sound, the Wrecking Crew were the backbone of the L.A. Sound. This group of musicians played on and created hundreds of hits that
became the soundtrack to our lives in the 60s and 70s and are still on radio today.
I would recommend this DVD to anyone who likes music and who doesn't? It's an historical peek and inside look at the backbone of American hit parade music that rocked the world.
- Randy Bachman
Guess Who, Bachman Turner Overdrive
For more information about "The Wrecking Crew" film and The Wrecking Crew musicians, please visit www.wreckingcrewfilm.com or the
The Wrecking Crew Facebook Page.
The Wrecking Crew is eligible for funding through the International Documentary Foundation, a California non-profit, tax-exempt corporation. IDA's Fiscal Sponsorship Program has provided the 501(c)(3) nonprofit umbrella to more than 300 film/video projects, many of which have gone on to success at festivals and markets, getting distribution and/or broadcast, or even garnering prestigious awards from the film community.
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They were the studio musicians behind some of the biggest hits in the 1960s and '70s.
From "Be My Baby" to "California Girls;" "Strangers in the Night" to "Mrs. Robinson;"
"You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'" to "Up, Up and Away;" and from "Viva Las Vegas" to "Mr. Tambourine Man," the group dubbed The Wrecking Crew played on them all. Six years in a row in the late
1960s and early 1970s, the Grammy for "Record of the Year" went to Wrecking Crew member recordings.
"The Wrecking Crew," a documentary film produced and directed by Denny Tedesco, son of legendary late Wrecking Crew guitarist Tommy Tedesco, has played around the world in the festival
circuit with over a dozen awards and rave reviews and other accolades. The film was released into the Festival Circuit in 2008 and garnered a dozen awards in over 50 festivals around the
world but never found a distributor.
The film includes wonderful interviews with Brian Wilson, Cher, Nancy Sinatra, Herb Alpert, Glen Campbell, Roger McGuinn, Gary Lewis, as well as many of the Crew members themselves.
Why the film hasn't reached a wider audience, even though it is championed by all who see it, is becoming a bit of lore itself. A labor of love by director Tedesco, the film is also ultimately a
love letter to the legacy of his late father and musician friends in the Crew. Documenting the work of musicians on such iconic songs, however, can be cost -- and distribution --
prohibitive. According to the American Federation of Musicians, the film may one of the largest soundtracks of any film in history, with 131 music cues. With songs by
Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, The Monkees, The Byrds, Mamas and Papas, Sonny and Cher, The Beach Boys and dozens of others, the cost of licensing the music for the film is estimated at more than $300,000.
May 4th - 7PM Sharp
Location: Woodlake Avenue Elementary
23231 Hatteras St.
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Price: $20 per ticket (plus $2.09 service charge for EventBrite)
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