Check out "The Wrecking Crew"

Timothy Smith
Timothy Smith Posts: 764
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Check out "The Wrecking Crew" a documentary on Netfix and elsewhere.

Fascinating story of the small group of west cost studio musicians that were the actual musicians playing on literally 100's of popular 60's and 70's songs (not the artists given credit).

They included Tommy Tedesco, Hal Blain, Carol Kaye, Glenn Campbell, Leon Russell.

Artist that they did the actual studio tracks for included:
The Beach Boys
Frank and Nancy Sinatra
The Monkees
Simon and Garfunkel
The Byrds
The Carpenters
Ricky Nelson
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana brass
Ike & Tina Turner
The Association
Sonny & Cher
Dam Cooke
The Partridge Family
The Mommas and the Poppas
Jan and Dean
The Grass Roots
The Ronnettes
The Righteous Brothers
The 5th Dimension
Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
Paul Revere & the Raiders
Richard Harris (McAurthur Park)
Mason Williams (Classical Gas)
Neil Diamond
Tommy Roe
Johnny Rivers
Babs Streisand (UGGGH)
The Captain and Tennile (UGGGH)
Gary Lewis and that Playboys

and on....and on....

TV theme songs line Batman and Hawaii Five-0
TV jingles

You just gotta see it!
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    I am gonna go watch it now it is in my cue. Check out the The Funk Brothers it is like the Mowtown version. It was on netflix or something at one time.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Standing in the Shadows of Motown
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,304
    I've had it on DVD, it's great!! Good ol' Glen Campbell...
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  • Timothy Smith
    Timothy Smith Posts: 764
    I didn't know that Glen was an ace guitarist.

    His singing / acting career was later.

    The interviews with the musicians are really interesting, Carol Kaye was a bassist and she remarked that she was making more money the President in those years.








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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    Yep, those are two parts of the trilogy, the other being "Muscle Shoals", where Aretha & Wilson Pickett among others made history. I've seen the first two and I agree, they're great. Planning to buy MS.

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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    Good show. I enjoyed it.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    I think those guys also played "behind curtains" at some live shows. Yesterday's paper anyhow.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    "The best ears in town" and "Sound City" are good
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    Great documentary! I really enjoyed it.
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