Here are the latest upcoming screenings of the Wrecking Crew film:
BARBADOS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
December 3-7, 2008
ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
December 5-13, 2008
CHILE IN EDIT MUSIC FILM FESTIVAL
December 12-21, 2008
PASO ROBLES DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL
November 20-25, 2008
SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
February 5-15, 2009
NORTHERN LIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
November 30 - December 6, 2008
The Wrecking Crew is recognized.
On Wednesday, the group of some of "the greatest musicians in the world," in the words of drummer Hal Blaine, was inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk, the Sunset Boulevard music gallery that honors some of pop music's most notable musicians.
Among those attending were Blaine, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer on songs including "Da Doo Ron Ron," "Strangers in the Night," "Good Vibrations" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water"; guitarist Glen Campbell; Danny Tedesco, son of the late guitarist Tommy Tedesco; bassist Jimmy Bond; and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas.
"It's like one big birthday party," Blaine told CNN upon seeing many of his old colleagues.
Jerry Cole of the Wrecking Crew has passed away.
Our dear friend JERRY COLE died Wednesday night at his home in Corona, California. Funeral services are still pending but a public memorial is also being planned for the near future. Jerry's wife Gale was with him when he suffered a massive heart attack. Jerry was 68 years old and is survived by Gale and their daughters, Monique and Katrina, and son, Cane. Jerry's other son, Keith, died just a year earlier at the age of 28.
In what may be a truly fitting final tribute, Jerry and some of the original Wrecking Crew have been recording with Brian Wilson, for the first time since "Pet Sounds".
A treasure trove of witness-at-creation anecdotes and enduringly potent '60s pop classics, "The Wrecking Crew" is a well-nigh irresistible treat for aficionados of music from the era when acts like the Beach Boys, the Association and the Monkees were topping the charts. Pic celebrates a loose-knit group of largely unknown (except by industry insiders) session musicians, many of whom supplied the defining licks and backbeats -- and in some cases, actually played instruments for band members -- on legendary recordings. Nostalgia-drenched rockumentary should score impressively as cable fare, homevid product and public television fund-raiser.
A documentary on the legendary Wrecking Crew has been announced on the Smiley Smile message board.
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