walterphil
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there's a great documentary called "the wrecking crew" made in 2008 that still remains unreleased because the royalties are too expensive for the dozens of 60's songs that are used in the soundtrack.
my friend was presented with several copies of it because he sells documentaries, but couldn't sell it. i bring this up here because herb is featured a bit in it. not only him, but larry levine, lou adler, and the late julius wechter, and others.
the wrecking crew was a group of studio musicians (hal blaine, carol kayne, (the late) tommy tedesco (his son is who made the film, as a sort of tribute to his father), glen campbell, and many more) that played on all of herb's records, as well as the beach boys, sonny and cher, the association, the mamas and the papas, the fifth dimension and about a zillion others.
herb tells a great story about how hal blaine came up with that bass drum part in a taste of honey (just to let the musicians know when to come in). larry levine said to keep it on the record. herb says julius' original title for "spanish flea" was "spanish fly." he tells about his early days opening for the dave brubeck quartet. one of the musicians (bill pitman) tells about how herb originally recorded "the lonely bull" on the sly, herb paying the musicians about $15, and once it became a huge hit, confessed to the union, payed the fines for not paying the players scale, and then promptly went around and paid all the musicians what they should have been paid.
wish you guys could see this sometime, it is fascinating. to hear carole kayne talk about how she came up for the bass part in "the beat goes on." nancy sinatra describing how they played on her and her dad's "something stupid." the bass part for "boots". endlessly fascinating.
i've watched it about 8 times.
my friend was presented with several copies of it because he sells documentaries, but couldn't sell it. i bring this up here because herb is featured a bit in it. not only him, but larry levine, lou adler, and the late julius wechter, and others.
the wrecking crew was a group of studio musicians (hal blaine, carol kayne, (the late) tommy tedesco (his son is who made the film, as a sort of tribute to his father), glen campbell, and many more) that played on all of herb's records, as well as the beach boys, sonny and cher, the association, the mamas and the papas, the fifth dimension and about a zillion others.
herb tells a great story about how hal blaine came up with that bass drum part in a taste of honey (just to let the musicians know when to come in). larry levine said to keep it on the record. herb says julius' original title for "spanish flea" was "spanish fly." he tells about his early days opening for the dave brubeck quartet. one of the musicians (bill pitman) tells about how herb originally recorded "the lonely bull" on the sly, herb paying the musicians about $15, and once it became a huge hit, confessed to the union, payed the fines for not paying the players scale, and then promptly went around and paid all the musicians what they should have been paid.
wish you guys could see this sometime, it is fascinating. to hear carole kayne talk about how she came up for the bass part in "the beat goes on." nancy sinatra describing how they played on her and her dad's "something stupid." the bass part for "boots". endlessly fascinating.
i've watched it about 8 times.
