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Doug Thompson: DON’T MESS WITH THE WRECKING CREW!

Posted in Opinion with tags Al Casey, Al De Lory, Al Vescovo, America, Barney Kessel, Bill Aken, Bill Pitman, Billy Strange, Bobby Vee, Brian Wilson, Buffalo Springfield, Buffy Sainte Marie, Carol Kaye, Chuck Berghofer, Crazy Horse, Darlene Love, David Goggin, DBAWIS, Dean Martin, Denny Tedesco, Don Peake, Don Randi, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Bartenfeld, Doug Thompson, Duane Eddy, Earl Palmer, Elvis Presley, First Edition, Frank Capp, Frank Sinatra, Gary Coleman, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Gene Cipriano, Gene Estes, George Harrison, Glen Campbell, Hal Blaine, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Howard Roberts, Irv Rubins, Jack Nitzsche, Jackie DeShannon, James Burton, Jan & Dean, Jay Migliori, Jeff Porcaro, Jennifer Warnes, Jerry Cole, Jim Gordon, Jim Horn, Jim Keltner, Jimmy Bond, Jimmy Page, Joe Cocker, Joe Osborn, Joe Porcaro, Joe Saraceno, John Denver, John Goldthwaite, John Lennon, Johnny Rivers, Julius Wechter, Kenny Rogers, Kent Hartman., Kickstarter, Larry Knechtel, Larry Levine, Leon Russell, Leonard Cohen, Louis Shelton, Lyle Ritz, Mac Rebennack (Dr. John), Max Bennett, Mike Deasy, Mike Melvoin, Mike Porcaro, Mike Rubini, Movies, music, music videos, Nancy Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, Nilsson, Nino Tempo, P.F. Sloan, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Petula Clark, Phil Spector, Plas Johnson, radio, Ray Pohlman, Records, Red Callender, Rene Hall, segarini, Simon & Garfunkel, Sonny & Cher, Sonny Bono, Steve Douglas, Steve Porcaro, The 5th Dimension, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Captain & Tennille, The Carpenters, The Crystals, The Funk Brothers, The Grassroots, The Mamas & The Papas, The Marketts, The Monkees, The Partridge Family, The Righteous Brothers, The Rolling Stones, The Ronettes, The Routers, The Searchers, The T-Bones, The Wrecking Crew, Tommy Roe, Tommy Tedesco, Toto, Will Jennings on January 26, 2015 by segarini

So, what project in your life has taken you the longest to complete? Has anything you’ve really wanted to do ever taken you 18 years? Most likely not, but that’s how long it took director Denny Tedesco to complete his documentary on a small group of musicians in Los Angeles who, from the late 1950’s through to the 1970’s, supplied the rhythm section (drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, saxophone) for hundreds, if not thousands of hit records.

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Roxanne Tellier: MonkeeMania!

Posted in Opinion with tags Bert Schneider, Bob Rafelson, Bobby Hart, Carol Kaye, Charles Manson, Circus Boy, Danny Hutton, David Gates, Davy Jones, DBAWIS, Don Kirschner, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ed Sullivan, Glen Campbell, Hal Blaine, Harry Nilsson, James Burton, Jim Gordon, John Sebastian, Leon Russell, Marx Brothers, Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, music, Oliver!, Paul Williams, Peter Tork, Records, Rodney Bingenheimer, Roxanne Tellier, Stephen Stills, Steve Stills, Television, The Beatles, The Monkees, Three Stooges, Tommy Boyce, Van Dyke Parks on February 2, 2014 by segarini

Ramping up to the 50^th anniversary of The Beatles February 9, 1964 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, it’s easy to forget that one of the other acts on that same show, on that same evening, featured a slight, young “Artful Dodger” – one David Jones, aged 19, belting out a song from the hit Broadway play Oliver! During that performance Jones sang “I’d Do Anything” with the entire cast.