The Wrecking Crew
A celebration of the musical work of 'The Wrecking Crew', a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such legendary recording artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys and Bing Crosby.
27 June 1942, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 March 1935, Everett, Washington, USA
4 June 1944, Long Beach, California, USA
August 10, 1943 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
9 June 1921, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
18 March 1933, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
31 July 1945, Newark, New Jersey, USA
15 December 1928, Brooklyn, New York, USA
28 August 1937, Mound, Louisiana, USA
2 April 1942, Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
October 17, 1923 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
August 30, 1935 in Parris Island, South Carolina, USA
August 4, 1940 in Bell, California, USA
3 January 1945, Dallas, Texas, USA
11 February 1919, Budapest, Hungary
26 October 1936, Long Beach, California, USA
8 March 1945, Los Angeles, California, USA
1927, USA
22 July 1943, Santa Monica, California, USA
22 October 1942, Utica, New York, USA
10 August 1940, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA
5 July 1938, Dallas, Texas, USA
13 February 1942, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
18 September 1939, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
21 July 1931, Donaldsonville, Georgia, USA
December 4, 1944 in Hawthorne, California, USA
19 September 1928, Walla Walla, Washington, USA
January 01, 2016
Danny Tedesco's joyous documentary The Wrecking Crew is a personal, heartfelt tribute to those unsung heroes.
December 18, 2015
Did you love all those mid-60s American rock and roll bands? Turns out the Byrds, the Association, even the Beach Boys weren't playing their own instruments.
December 07, 2015
Patchy but endearing, The Wrecking Crew is both a sonorous scrapbook and a loquacious love letter.
May 24, 2016
Worth the wait, it delivers a lot of laughter and generous helpings of dearly licensed grooviness.
March 26, 2015
"The Wrecking Crew" succeeds as important cultural history. But it's also deeply personal for Tedesco ...
June 06, 2016
Putting a star rating on this kind of movie is a little pointless: If you grew up on fizzy baby-boom pop music, you're going to want to see it.
March 24, 2015
It can be uncomfortable to pull back the curtain on some of the most beloved rock songs of all time. Yet, it's worth it in order to meet The Wrecking Crew.
April 16, 2015
A must-see for liner-note readers.
February 15, 2016
... it's satisfying to learn the stories behind the songs that defined a decade and the musicians who never got their due credit for providing the soundtrack of a generation.
April 02, 2015
Good-natured look at the virtuoso workhorses of classic rock and pop.
March 13, 2015
Mostly, it's hagiography, with stars like Cher and Brian Wilson used as character witnesses to the players' greatness.
June 22, 2015
It all feels more like an ambitious home video than a 'proper' film.
