You guys need to get into LEON RUSSELL. The man was prolific until he died, he was everywhere including behind Joe Cocker running his band and a has a ton of incredible solo stuff. Try Delta Lady, A Song For you, or a Little Hideaway. He was Eltons favorite player, the guy he wanted to be. I promise you won't regret it, ask around about him, people know the deal.
So glad you’re reacting to this. I got to meet Tommy’s son when he showing the movie around So. CA and trying to get funding for distribution. Loved that Glen and Leon were part of this crew!
I met Tommy Tedesco while working at a hotel and...long story short- told him I played guitar, he mailed me a piece of gear to use with a nice letter attached, I contacted his son years later after viewing this fantastic film and showed him the letter!
The Wrecking Crew were really in the business of making hit singles for Top 40 Radio. It was a very particular time that is gone now. All the music was a little different but you heard it four times an hour. It’s really interesting to go back and look at the charts in the 60’s. The main thing was its ability to have a wide appeal.
I really enjoy watching the two of you explore music like this. Times are challenging right now and you guys never fail to put a smile on my face. I had the good fortune to work as a disc jockey back in the 70's and 80's, it made me feel good then and seeing your reviews brings it all back home again.
Tommy Tedesco was one of (if not the) most recorded guitarists of all time for quite some time. He and my brother (Anthony "Rick" Fiori) were posthumously inducted into the inaugural class of the Niagara Falls Music Hall of Fame.
I went to Niagra falls a few years ago and saw a mural with Tommy's name on it. I don't think I knew he was from Niagra falls. I used to read his column in Guitar Player magazine and even met him once while working at a hotel. But I confess I didn't know how incredible he was until watching this fantastic movie!!
I’d really LOVE for you to check out 20 Feet from Stardom! It’s an unbelievable doc about backup singers, and it includes the story of Merry Clayton doing the unforgettable backing vocals on the Rolling Stones’ Gimme Shelter. Fantastic! Also, the QuestLove produced Summer of Soul doc about what amounted to a black music version of the Woodstock concert set in Harlem. The names and performances will BLOW your mind!
Mid to early 60’s. Wrecking crew played all the Jackson Five albums. Louie Shelton played on Diana Ross presents the Jackson Five. I Want You Back . He took over after Tedesco and Glen Campbell. He played on the Monkees , J5, Glen Campbell, Lionel Ritche. He goes largely unrecognized in this doc. Great guitarist. More in the 70’s were this more 60’s.
Yes, yes, yes! I love these documentaries about these producers and musicians. Yesterday, I watched the Netflix documentary about David Geffen. That one's very worthwhile, too!!
These musicians were established studio players who played whatever they were called on to play. When Rock and Roll came out they adapted to play it well. My dad was a musician of the era just before the wrecking crew and as the gentleman in the movie said, some guys didn’t want to play the new stuff because they felt like it was too simple. How silly were they? I always wanted my dad to play our music but he couldn’t transition to it, although he still played from the 1930’s to the 1980’s…
Great one again, Gents. Here's a stat - I'm assuming that most of them were on all of these, but for sure drummer Hal Blaine played on the songs that won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year for SIX consecutive years! How insane is that?
You mentioned she played the bass like a guitar, Ed King when he joined Lynyrd Skynyrd he played bass like a guitarist because he was a guitarist but they needed a bass player so he played bass on the album (Pronounced) except the song Tuesdays Gone, Al Kooper played bass on that song for whatever reason
What's amazing is that these real musicians probably don't believe that the ability to raise and drop a record-player's tone arm is a musical skill at all-!! Wow - that must be a shattering realization (discovery?!!) for so many reactors.
So I'm about a minute and a half into your video and what I'll tell ya is that I've seen this documentary many times. It's a doc that needed to happen. And I'm excited to see yalls reaction to it
Some of these white artists (Ricky Nelson etc) watered down early Black rock n roll artists like Chuck Berry, Chubby Checker, Little Richard etc from the 50s and made this "safer' kind of soft rock stuff. It's all relative for different people who were used to listening to Lawrence Welk and his orchestra on tv, watching Leave it to Beaver, so even the whitewashed stuff was considered rock n roll to them. Of course we also had Elvis in the 50s who really brought Black rock to white people, but there were still people resistant to rock going into the 60s. But even in 1965 to 66 there was also some harder rock going on already. Jimi Hendrix broke out huge in 1966 and the Rolling Stones, Clapton & others were already doing harder stuff, all the psychedelic music etc and the Beatles evolved pretty quickly from 1964 on the Ed Sullivan show to 1965-6, getting harder & more psychedelic.
What was so unique about them; they could come up with a familiar sound for each group and maintain that recognizable sound for each group. Not so easy. Most of them were conservatory trained. Hal Blaine the drummer came out of Count Basie.
Most of the session players were classically trained and of Jazz influenced. Its the older session players that didn’t want to try and change, these were the young hungry musicians that became The Wrecking Crew ☮️
Carol Kaye's basslines - we've all hummed a few of them, because they were the hook to many of the songs. Add Jamerson, and that's most of it right there, down to two players.
AND THAT'S WHYYYYY I TOLD YOU GUYS ABOUT ( GLEN CAMPBELL ) BEING THE BEST LA & CHE!😊CHE'S THINKING ABOUT BLACK SABBATH, I'M THINKING ABOUT BLACK SABBATH!👍 I LUVVVVV THAT LA! AND YOU WERE SPOT ON CHE WITH THE WHOLE TV THING💯 GLEN HAD HIS GREAT SHOW WEEKLY ( THE GLEN CAMPBELL GOODTIME HOUR ) SAD WHEN HE WAS LOST TO ( ALZHEIMERS )☹JUST ANOTHERRRR HORRIBLE MUSICAL LOSS😮 A FEW VIDEOS TO LOOK AT FROM GLEN: WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE, GENTLE ON MY MIND, GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY YOU GUYS TAKE GREAT CARE, KEEP ENJOYING, PEACE!
Excellent documentary. Hard to understand why the musicians did not get the proper recognition. They definitely were the unsung heroes. I do believe though that the Funk Brothers were treated so horribly that their treatment will forever be the terrible part of Berry Gordy’s legacy. To pick up and leave town without notification to the musicians is unfathomable on the part of Motown. Berry really did them wrong.
You need to check out the documentary Tom Dowd The language and the music. He was THE producer from the 50s - the 80s. The drifters to lynard skynard. He did it all
I agree that the music generally credited to the Wrecking Crew was not rock and roll, nor was most of it particularly funky or soulful, or as Aretha said about the Swampers..."Greasy." I would be proud to have played bass on Aretha's "Respect;" I would not want anyone to know if I had played on Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." No disrespect intended, but Muscle Shoals gets my vote for making the greater serious contribution. This documentary reminds me that along with the great music of the 60s and 70s, there was an awful lot of junk too. For every "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf, there was "In the Year 2525." Just sayin...
The Beach Boys were stone cold stealing Chuck Berry's rock 'n roll licks. It might not be hard rock, but we're talking early to mid-60's surf rock here.
Carol Kaye deserves as much love as we can give her.
Carol Kaye was revolutionary. Inspiring to me. 💜💜💜
The first I ever heard of Carol Kaye was from this doc. Then I realized she created some of the most iconic bass lines in history!
You guys need to get into LEON RUSSELL. The man was prolific until he died, he was everywhere including behind Joe Cocker running his band and a has a ton of incredible solo stuff. Try Delta Lady, A Song For you, or a Little Hideaway. He was Eltons favorite player, the guy he wanted to be. I promise you won't regret it, ask around about him, people know the deal.
So glad you’re reacting to this. I got to meet Tommy’s son when he showing the movie around So. CA and trying to get funding for distribution. Loved that Glen and Leon were part of this crew!
I met Tommy Tedesco while working at a hotel and...long story short- told him I played guitar, he mailed me a piece of gear to use with a nice letter attached, I contacted his son years later after viewing this fantastic film and showed him the letter!
@judynorman9497 same here. I met him twice and I helped Kickstart the project. It’s one of my favorite movie documentaries of all time.
You guys are going on a great musical journey! I love these documentaries.
I love this doc. Such an eye opener to those who just listen and don't delve into the nuts and bolts. Such amazing musicians
The Wrecking Crew were really in the business of making hit singles for Top 40 Radio. It was a very particular time that is gone now. All the music was a little different but you heard it four times an hour. It’s really interesting to go back and look at the charts in the 60’s. The main thing was its ability to have a wide appeal.
Thanks for sharing this documentary. I have seen this many times, each time I learn something new. What an amazing time in US rock/pop history.
I really enjoy watching the two of you explore music like this. Times are challenging right now and you guys never fail to put a smile on my face. I had the good fortune to work as a disc jockey back in the 70's and 80's, it made me feel good then and seeing your reviews brings it all back home again.
Tommy Tedesco was one of (if not the) most recorded guitarists of all time for quite some time. He and my brother (Anthony "Rick" Fiori) were posthumously inducted into the inaugural class of the Niagara Falls Music Hall of Fame.
I went to Niagra falls a few years ago and saw a mural with Tommy's name on it. I don't think I knew he was from Niagra falls. I used to read his column in Guitar Player magazine and even met him once while working at a hotel. But I confess I didn't know how incredible he was until watching this fantastic movie!!
I’d really LOVE for you to check out 20 Feet from Stardom! It’s an unbelievable doc about backup singers, and it includes the story of Merry Clayton doing the unforgettable backing vocals on the Rolling Stones’ Gimme Shelter. Fantastic!
Also, the QuestLove produced Summer of Soul doc about what amounted to a black music version of the Woodstock concert set in Harlem. The names and performances will BLOW your mind!
It’s a fantastic documentary. The wall of sound 🤘🤘
Mid to early 60’s. Wrecking crew played all the Jackson Five albums. Louie Shelton played on Diana Ross presents the Jackson Five. I Want You Back . He took over after Tedesco and Glen Campbell. He played on the Monkees , J5, Glen Campbell, Lionel Ritche. He goes largely unrecognized in this doc. Great guitarist. More in the 70’s were this more 60’s.
Louis is great!
I’m so happy you are reacting to this!
Yes, yes, yes! I love these documentaries about these producers and musicians. Yesterday, I watched the Netflix documentary about David Geffen. That one's very worthwhile, too!!
I think the music would be categorized as radio oriented pop music.
These musicians were established studio players who played whatever they were called on to play. When Rock and Roll came out they adapted to play it well. My dad was a musician of the era just before the wrecking crew and as the gentleman in the movie said, some guys didn’t want to play the new stuff because they felt like it was too simple. How silly were they? I always wanted my dad to play our music but he couldn’t transition to it, although he still played from the 1930’s to the 1980’s…
Great one again, Gents. Here's a stat - I'm assuming that most of them were on all of these, but for sure drummer Hal Blaine played on the songs that won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year for SIX consecutive years! How insane is that?
You mentioned she played the bass like a guitar, Ed King when he joined Lynyrd Skynyrd he played bass like a guitarist because he was a guitarist but they needed a bass player so he played bass on the album (Pronounced) except the song Tuesdays Gone, Al Kooper played bass on that song for whatever reason
Popular ,adult contemporary, standards take your pick.
Man……this shits therapy bros 😌
It’s good isn’t it?
This is SO INTERESTING! I'd heard of the Wrecking Crew of course, but never knew what they were all about. Thank you 😊
What's amazing is that these real musicians probably don't believe that the ability to raise and drop a record-player's tone arm is a musical skill at all-!! Wow - that must be a shattering realization (discovery?!!) for so many reactors.
I’m running behind the times, but glad that you guys decided to feature this documentary. Looking forward to the remaining posts.
Respected and admired around the world. The mighty Carol Kaye.
Thanks guys this was great! ❤🔥
They played every single genre in popular music to perfection!
Darn. I didn't want it to end!
😂😂😂😅😊
I love you gentlemen , loving the music, and the history of music. The Family Tree of Rock N Roll has deep roots, and many branches! . ❤
YAAAAAAYYY!! what a happy day!! ❤😂..
So I'm about a minute and a half into your video and what I'll tell ya is that I've seen this documentary many times. It's a doc that needed to happen. And I'm excited to see yalls reaction to it
Some of these white artists (Ricky Nelson etc) watered down early Black rock n roll artists like Chuck Berry, Chubby Checker, Little Richard etc from the 50s and made this "safer' kind of soft rock stuff. It's all relative for different people who were used to listening to Lawrence Welk and his orchestra on tv, watching Leave it to Beaver, so even the whitewashed stuff was considered rock n roll to them. Of course we also had Elvis in the 50s who really brought Black rock to white people, but there were still people resistant to rock going into the 60s. But even in 1965 to 66 there was also some harder rock going on already. Jimi Hendrix broke out huge in 1966 and the Rolling Stones, Clapton & others were already doing harder stuff, all the psychedelic music etc and the Beatles evolved pretty quickly from 1964 on the Ed Sullivan show to 1965-6, getting harder & more psychedelic.
Although they are in the musicians hall of fame they should also be in the rock and roll hall of fame as a single group.
Thanks for this, just saw it!! Awesome to get into another behind the scenes of music.
What was so unique about them; they could come up with a familiar sound for each group and maintain that recognizable sound for each group. Not so easy. Most of them were conservatory trained. Hal Blaine the drummer came out of Count Basie.
Very cool - drummer Hal Blain and bassist Carol Kaye were just amazing .
laying the foundation for countless hit records
ive watched this documentary at least five times now. So damn good telling the true story
Screening this was a big undertaking. It has been years since I last saw it. I hope you both enjoyed it too. Thank you.
All the music documentaries you are doing are really interesting.
Thanks for taking on this important movie.
Glad you got yo this. It's really required viewing.
This is a great Doc! You will enjoy!
This is a great documentary I saw it years ago and loved it.
So excited for this! Love this docu!
Wow this is great! Thanks for doing this.
What they played before rock was Top 40 or Pop music. That covered a lot of ground musicwise.
Very important in Rock History
Yes!!!
One of my two all time favorite documentaries. The other is The Language of Music - Tom Dowd
Most of the session players were classically trained and of Jazz influenced. Its the older session players that didn’t want to try and change, these were the young hungry musicians that became The Wrecking Crew ☮️
There's record producer Lou Adler at 10:03 who can still be seen sitting next to Jack Nicholson court-side at Laker home games.
Carol Kaye's basslines - we've all hummed a few of them, because they were the hook to many of the songs. Add Jamerson, and that's most of it right there, down to two players.
AND THAT'S WHYYYYY I TOLD YOU GUYS ABOUT ( GLEN CAMPBELL ) BEING THE BEST LA & CHE!😊CHE'S THINKING ABOUT BLACK SABBATH, I'M THINKING ABOUT BLACK SABBATH!👍 I LUVVVVV THAT LA! AND YOU WERE SPOT ON CHE WITH THE WHOLE TV THING💯 GLEN HAD HIS GREAT SHOW WEEKLY ( THE GLEN CAMPBELL GOODTIME HOUR ) SAD WHEN HE WAS LOST TO ( ALZHEIMERS )☹JUST ANOTHERRRR HORRIBLE MUSICAL LOSS😮 A FEW VIDEOS TO LOOK AT FROM GLEN: WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE, GENTLE ON MY MIND, GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY YOU GUYS TAKE GREAT CARE, KEEP ENJOYING, PEACE!
Excellent documentary. Hard to understand why the musicians did not get the proper recognition. They definitely were the unsung heroes. I do believe though that the Funk Brothers were treated so horribly that their treatment will forever be the terrible part of Berry Gordy’s legacy. To pick up and leave town without notification to the musicians is unfathomable on the part of Motown. Berry really did them wrong.
Carol , should be an inspiration to any girl, young lady, Woman, from then , now , eternity. ❤
The Wrecking Crew INVENTED rock n roll. Do questloves summer of soul next please. You homies kick ass btw.
I always suggest this for reactors.
The Beatles also revolutionized everything.
You need to check out the documentary Tom Dowd The language and the music. He was THE producer from the 50s - the 80s. The drifters to lynard skynard. He did it all
Amazing American story
Such a good doc !!
Mid-60’s Magic !
🙏👏❤😊
Carol Kaye the GOAT.
hired guns is a great music documentary
I recommend you guys check out the music documentary _ Atlantic Records: The House that Ahmet Built
Six years in a row The Wrecking Crew won Grammy’s.
Hal Blane the drummer claims he played on more than 100 number one songs.
There will never be another group of musicians like that because we don't value talent like this anymore. Music is slapdash thrown together tripe now.
I agree that the music generally credited to the Wrecking Crew was not rock and roll, nor was most of it particularly funky or soulful, or as Aretha said about the Swampers..."Greasy." I would be proud to have played bass on Aretha's "Respect;" I would not want anyone to know if I had played on Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." No disrespect intended, but Muscle Shoals gets my vote for making the greater serious contribution. This documentary reminds me that along with the great music of the 60s and 70s, there was an awful lot of junk too. For every "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf, there was "In the Year 2525." Just sayin...
The Beach Boys were stone cold stealing Chuck Berry's rock 'n roll licks. It might not be hard rock, but we're talking early to mid-60's surf rock here.
Dick Clark. Denied taking Payola. Freed admitted it. Clark had a good life after he lied. Freed died broke because he was truthful.
the wrecking crew played white bread music !
Come on guys ...JAZZ
Keep in mind...Frank could've gotten ANYBODY.
this is what AI will destroy
Swing
Heavy metal came later
Would be great without the subtitles, surely you can understand the accents?