The Wrecking Crew

[Sailor Steve]

This is my "must-see" movie of the year.


I have always been in awe of these guys, at least since I first found out how many well-know performers didn't record their own music. Of course that's not always true. Though many played their own stuff and played it well, it was usually faster for a trained session player to learn the parts and record them.

The woman who has the bit on 'The beat goes on' at 1:35 is Carol Kaye. Though most people have never heard of her she is credited with more than 10,000 (yes, ten thousand) recording sessions, including a multitude of famous hits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Kaye

Though Kaye and some others have insisted that the group never had an official name and never called themselves 'The Wrecking Crew', that name has become associated with them and now probably always will be.

Anyway, I'll be in the theater opening day.