Cinema at the State presents The Wrecking Crew
Sponsored by Edward Jones - Keali’I Wolfgang Forsberg
Thursday, February 29, 2024 – 7:00 PM
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.
The son of guitarist Tommy Tedesco pays tribute to his late father and a core group of studio musicians who played on some of the biggest hits of the 1960s and '70s, including "California Girls", "Mrs. Robinson," "Be My Baby","California Girls," "Strangers in the Night," "You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'," "Up, Up and Away," "Viva Las Vegas," "Mr. Tambourine Man." The group dubbed The Wrecking Crew played on them all. Six years in a row in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Grammy for "Record of the Year" went to Wrecking Crew member recordings.
The film includes wonderful interviews with Brian Wilson, Cher, Nancy Sinatra, Herb Alpert, Glen Campbell, Micky Dolenz, Roger McGuinn, Gary Lewis, as well as Crew members themselves.