Backatepisode110ofSeeHear,Tim,KerryandIhadaroundtablediscussion(BroadwayDannyRosestyle)aboutDennyTedesco's2015documentary,TheWreckingCrew.Thatfilmwasaboutthesessionmusiciansofthe1960sLAscenethatmadethe“name”performerssoundgreat.Thesesessionmusicianswerenotknownbynameoutsideofthatcommunityuntiltheirachievementswerelaudeddecadeslater.Whathappensinthe1970swhenthenextgenerationofLAmusicianswanttohavetheabilitytoplaywithlotofdifferentartistsANDhavethejoyofbeingpartofaBANDratherthanjustbeingpartofapool?YougetDannyKortchmar,LelandSklar,WaddyWachtelandRussKunkelrewritingtherules.

Welcometoepisode113ofSeeHearPodcast.

UnlikethemembersoftheWreckingCrewwhowereoriginallytrainedasjazzmusicians,andfellintorockandrolltoearnaliving,thenewgenerationofmusicianshadgrownwithrockandroll,lovedTheBeatles,andwantedtoplaywithsongwritersthattheyadmired–aswellascontributetotheirarrangements.Theyhadthebestofbothworlds–freedomtoplaywithdifferentpeople,butstillfeelpartofagang.

DirectorDennyTedescohascreatedawonderfulfollow-uptohisWreckingCrewfilmwiththenewdoc,ImmediateFamily.Forthelastfewyears,they'vebeenplayingasabandunderthatname,butforyears,theywereplaying(togetherandseparately)forhundredsofsongwriters/performersincludingJamesTaylor,JohnPrine,CaroleKing,BobDylan,BrianWilson,LindaRonstadt,GeneClark,JacksonBrowne,WarrenZevon,PhilCollins,andmanymanymore.Their“employers”werealsotheirfriendswhovaluedthesegents'creativeinput,notjusttheabilitytoknockoffasongundertightrecordcompanyandstudiorequirements.

Onceagain,Dennyhasproducedanabsorbingfilmaboutasideofrockhistorynotusuallydiscussedoutsideofmusiciancircles.AswellaschattingaboutImmediateFamily,weofcoursegobacktoTheWreckingCrewdocumentary,andDenny'srelationshipwithhisdad,legendaryguitarist,TommyTedesco.

Ifyouwanttofindoutdetailsofwheretostreamthefilmorseeatheatricalscreening,gotohttps://immediatefamilyfilm.com/Sadly,itwouldappearthatit'sonlystreamingintheUSatthemoment,butcheckforupdatesonthewebsiteorhttps://www.facebook.com/immediatefamilyfilm.

DidImentionthatthisepisodemarksSeeHear's10yearanniversary?FromGGAllintoImmediateFamily,wecoveritallforyourauralpleasure.

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