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The Wrecking Crew (2008)The Wrecking Crew (2008)

The Wrecking Crew (2008)

A comprehensive tribute to a group of session musicians that humbly held the music industry together

Documentary, Family, Music

7.7

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United States of America
English
Inspiring, Instructive, Sunday
2008
Denny Tedesco
Cher, Dick Clark, Frank Zappa
101 min

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A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew." a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such legendary recording artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, and Bing Crosby.

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7.7
The Staff

Similar in spirit and in subject matter to the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom, The Wrecking Crew pulls back the curtain on the recording of many of the greatest American songs of the 1960s and ’70s: that a single group of unassuming session musicians were responsible for bringing out the sound in these tracks. The film is a treasure trove for musicians and music fans, making you hear certain instrumental nuances in a different light and deepening your perception of music between what was written and what was recorded. Then inevitably and tragically, the realization sets in that few—if any—of these musicians have received the recognition they truly deserve, as essential but unfairly small parts of a music industry ecosystem that often cares more about image and entertainment than musicianship.

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