From “Be My Baby” to “California Girls;” “Strangers in the Night” to “Mrs. Robinson;” “You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feelin'” to “Up, Up and Away;” and from “Viva Las Vegas” to “Mr. Tambourine Man,” the group dubbed The Wrecking Crew played on all of them. 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 Wrecking Crew,” a documentary film produced and directed by Denny Tedesco, son of legendary late Wrecking Crew guitarist Tommy Tedesco, has played around the world in the festival circuit with over a dozen awards and rave reviews and other accolades.
The film includes wonderful interviews with Brian Wilson, Cher, Nancy Sinatra, Herb Alpert, Glen Campbell, Roger McGuinn, Gary Lewis, Dick Clark, Al Jardine, Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz as well as many of the Crew members themselves.
A labor of love by director Tedesco, the film is also ultimately a love letter to the legacy of his late father and musician friends in the Crew. Documenting the work of musicians on such iconic songs, however, can be cost — and distribution — prohibitive. According to the American Federation of Musicians, the film may one of the largest soundtracks of any film in history, with 131 music cues. With songs by Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, The Monkees, The Byrds, Mamas and Papas, Sonny and Cher, The Beach Boys and dozens of others, the cost of licensing the music for the film is estimated at more than $300,000.
With the help of social media and donations, the film has made great progress making the release a reality where other films of this nature never make it to the public.
Please come and join us for this special screening of “The Wrecking Crew”
March 1, 2013 7:00PM
STATE THEATRE OF MODESTO
1307 J Street
Modesto, CA 95354
General Admission – $20.00
Buy Tickets Online
or call Box Office 209/527-4697
This is a very special screening to us. 50% of the proceeds will help ROYAL FAMILY KID’S CAMP. RFKC is a summer camp program for abused or abandoned children. A national organization, RFKC
The first camp for the STANISLAUS COUNTY area was held in 2006 and served 17 children and has grown in each succeeding year. In June of 2012 we served 32 kids at our camp in the Sierras. They have a 100% volunteer staff and donations go towards providing a fun-filled week at camp for these children.
The 2013 camp is scheduled for late June and they hope to have 30 campers this year.
