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Favoriting April 11, 2015: Guest: Denny Tedesco, director of "The Wrecking Crew"

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Partridge Family, The  Come on Get Happy   Favoriting
Beach Boys, The  Wouldn't It Be Nice (sessions)   Favoriting
Roy Rodgers  I'm An Old Cowhand   Favoriting
Rufus & Carla Thomas  Don't Mess Up A Good Thing   Favoriting
Louis Jordan  Chicken Back   Favoriting
Sam Elwitt Orchestra  In Another Land   Favoriting
Rip Chords, The  Bunny Hill   Favoriting
Dick Clark  Open Letter To An Older Generation   Favoriting
Mamas & The Papas  Glad To Be Unhappy   Favoriting
Bobby Vee  High Coin   Favoriting
Hal Blaine & the Young Cougars  Nashville Coupe   Favoriting
Monkees, The  For Pete's Sake (Master Backing Track)   Favoriting
Lee Hazlewood  These Boots Are Made For Walkin'   Favoriting
Crystals, The  Da Doo Ron Ron   Favoriting
T-Bones, The  No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)   Favoriting
Denny Tedesco  INTERVIEW   Favoriting
Sonny & Cher  The Beat Goes On   Favoriting
Denny Tedesco  INTERVIEW   Favoriting
Glen Campbell  Wichita Lineman   Favoriting
Cactus Blossoms, The  Stoplight Kisses   Favoriting
Dr. Horse  Jack That Cat Was Clean   Favoriting
English Beat, The  Ackee 1,2,3   Favoriting
Who, The  Love Is Like A Heatwave   Favoriting
Carl Smith  Rocky Top   Favoriting
Drifters, The  I Count The Tears   Favoriting
Jonathan Richman  Wait Wait   Favoriting
Chet Atkins  I Feel Fine   Favoriting
JD McPherson  It's All Over But the Shouting   Favoriting
Ray Charles  I Don't Need No Doctor   Favoriting
Babysitters, The  Smash Bang Boom   Favoriting
5th Dimension, The  Let The Sunshine (Reprise)   Favoriting
Lewis Pruitt  Crazy Bullfrog   Favoriting
Sly and the Family Stone  M'Lady   Favoriting
Mike Love  Greaterst Hits   Favoriting

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CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE to see Cory Branan's "You Make Me" (in 3-D if you have the red and blue glasses)

CLICK HERE for the Stereohysteria podcast episode featuring Deke Dickerson

CLICK HERE for a chart that shows musician deaths by genre

CLICK HERE for info on The Incredible Flamin' Groovies Movie Kickstarter Campaign

CLICK HERE if you have $1500 and are curious what's on these " CBS Demo Tapes from the 50's, 60's and 70's Nashville"

CLICK HERE to watch 12 parts of "Strong Enough to Break" a documentary film completed in 2004 about the making of Hanson's third studio album "Underneath" that chronicles the bands struggle to complete the album in an increasingly corporate music business.

CLICK HERE to read "Squelching Creativity - What the “Blurred Lines” team copied is either not original or not relevant

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "Neil Young's PonoPlayer: The Emperor Has No Clothes"

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to see some interesting uncut footage of Paul McCartney shot by Albert Maysles

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE to watch Mad Magazine's never aired 1974 tv special

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE for a behind the scenes piece about Linda Ronstadt's "You’re No Good"

CLICK HERE for a behind the scenes piece about T. Rex’s ‘Get It On

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for info on the Silverball Museum in Asbury Park

CLICK HERE for another piece about how the streaming music business model is doomed for eternity to be a disaster for musicians

CLICK HERE for forty photos of The Brown Sisters

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to watch a great piece on The Ramones!

CLICK HERE for Phil Baugh's "Country Guitar"

CLICK HERE to watch Lou Reed act like a total a-hole

CLICK HERE to watch the BBC Documentary "Squeeze - Take Me I'm Yours"

CLICK HERE for The K-Tel Story

CLICK HERE to hear The Odd Couple sing

CLICK HERE for the N.Y. Times story about the Brazilian bus magnate who’s buying up all the world’s vinyl records

CLICK HERE for a piece from a guy who played in a prison band with drummer Jim Gordon

CLICK HERE for a piece on the dynamic between Lennon & McCartney

CLICK HERE for a documentary about record collectors

CLICK HERE for a piece on The Angelettes

CLICK HERE for Ock TV

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for a a piece by bass player Ernie Brooks remembering his days in Jonathan Richman's Modern Lovers

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for "The Jarmels" "A Little Bit of Soap" - don't think this is the original lead singer - but he does a great job

CLICK HERE for the Abbey Road crossing cam

CLICK HERE to find out if we need to be touching

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to watch the famously hard to find MC5 documentary

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for Paul Lukas' excellent piece about cultural criticism

CLICK HERE to read "A Portrait of the Worst Guy Ever"

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a film excerpt "Session Men - Memphis"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Roz Chast's piece “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?”

CLICK HERE for a brief history of the baritone guitar"

CLICK HERE for "The Making of 96 Tears"

CLICK HERE for a Rolling Stone piece about The Jerky Boys

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Dues" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE if you want see a lady call for President Obama's execution. My mind keeps returning to his video and what it means about how screwed up our county is.

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE for my July 2007 interview with Mighty Hannibal

CLICK HERE for the website of the guy who shot Bigfoot

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for a weird Tonight Show episode where Jerry Lewis fills in for Johnny, with guest Bob Hope

CLICK HERE for the Jim Keltner Discography

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE Rolling Stone's 500 Worst Reviews of All Time, according to Schmidtt

CLICK HERE for the 1966 Esquire Magazine piece "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold"

CLICK HERE for a dumbly titled, but interesting piece on Tom Wilson

CLICK HERE to find out about folks buying old lps in the USA to sell in Europe

CLICK HERE for a grammar test

CLICK HERE for Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee

CLICK HERE to see Jerry Lewis and Al Goldstein show of gadgets in 1976 on "A.M. New York"

CLICK HERE for Nick Lowe's odd appearance on the Adam Carolla show.

CLICK HERE for a $400+ out of print book about Pub Rock that Nick Lowe recommends - OR - buy it HERE for for £20 (about $30), including postage, on Will Birch's website

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete gargbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE for a new interactive video from Bob Dylan

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for STAX at The White House

CLICK HERE to read the list of the best selling vinyl records of the last 20 years

CLICK HERE for photos of Nashville session cello player Byron Bach's ledger from Paul Lukas' excellent Permanent Record web site

CLICK HERE if you're a BEATLE fan!

CLICK HERE for ROCKPILE live

CLICK HERE for The Turtles "Happy Together" (vocals only)

CLICK HERE to read the story behind Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” bass line

CLICK HERE I think this hurts ants, but it looks cool - I want one

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for some videos from the BUCKY album 'Women, Ladies and Girls (Sing the Bucky Songbook).' (I especially like THIS ONE! {due to the great acting})

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE for a 1958 film "The Capitol Tower"

CLICK HERE to find out Popular Science is shutting off their comments

CLICK HERE for " The Weirdest Photos Of Mike Love You Can Find "

CLICK HERE for some Steve Allen bashing

CLICK HERE for Liverpool Scene's "Batpoem Live!

CLICK HERE for a "Step Inside Legendary New Jersey Radio Station WFMU!

CLICK HERE to watch The Beach Boys pretend to record "Good Vibrations"

CLICK HERE to watch the full "Beach Boys Live in Concert 50th Anniversary"

CLICK HERE for some live Magic and CLICK HERE for the proper chords.

CLICK HERE for Nick Martellaro version of Los Shakers' Always You

CLICK HERE for info on Fake Amps!

CLICK HERE to hear Gene Simmons say that Ace Frehley is a drugged racist with low self esteem who did nothing

CLICK HERE for a PDF of who plays what on Everly Brothers recordings.

CLICK HERE for How we made "You Really Got Me"!

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

I love THESE Beach Boy videos!

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for info on an amazing new drug: Unpretentiousil!

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version.


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Listener comments!

Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:05am
Baby:

Baby!
Avatar 11:08am
Michael Shelley:

Good morning Baby!
  11:15am
dave from toronto:

i hope the wc movie is better than the book.

what a disappointment that was...
Avatar 11:15am
Michael Shelley:

The 2 projects are not related - the movie is indeed better.
  11:17am
dave from toronto:

that's good to hear.

i missed your intro. the director is the son of one of the crew?
Avatar 11:19am
Michael Shelley:

Yes - Denny is the song of guitarist Tommy Tedesco
  11:27am
scott:

Of course there was a real group called the Rip Chords, they just didn't have much connection to the records that Terry Melcher and Bruce Johnston made in their name. Also, Dave, the Wrecking Crew movie is pretty great and has zero connection to that mediocre book that came out a few years ago.
  11:29am
JakeGould:

How many of these stupid “Open Letter from a White Guy” songs are there?
  11:29am
scott:

A lot, Jake.
Avatar 11:29am
Michael Shelley:

yes - The "Rip Chords" were created - they were not a real group
Avatar 11:30am
vietnam_veterinarian:

man that Dick Clark things was campy, pretty funny!
  11:31am
scott:

WRONG, Michael. They were a vocal group who recorded before they worked with Bruce and Terry, and they continued touring to promote the records that Bruce and Terry made after they started producing the records. Look it up.
  11:33am
dave from toronto:

hey michael - did you ever hear anyone confirm or deny carol kaye saying the name "the wrecking crew" was made up by hal blaine way after the fact? in the 90's i think she said.
Avatar 11:34am
Michael Shelley:

Ask Scott - he knows everything - in ALL CAPS no less
  11:34am
scott:

I don't know everything, but I know everything about the Rip Chords.
  11:35am
dave from toronto:

alright scott - what's the deal?
  11:46am
scott:

Not the guys who play on the record. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odRhTYdvZ24
  11:49am
Todd:

My fave Wrecking Crew tracks: Banana Splits and Jonny Quest theme
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
Mike Sin:

Great questions during this interview -- really interesting.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:17pm
Parq:

I will definitely want the DVD when it comes out, but if you can possibly see it in a theater, do so. I don't care how big your TV screen is -- seeing it projected onto a movie screen is a completely separate experience, especially if you think of it as cinema and not just as a big TV doc.
  12:17pm
Todd:

and then there is Wichita Lineman.....
  12:18pm
Miss Georgia Peach:

Never been so happy to hear "6 hours"!
  12:20pm
marc:

I agree with you Michael. Music made by Millennials do lack the human touch
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:21pm
Parq:

And as for Wichita Lineman, check out this astonishingly simple, pure version by some NYC locals
www.youtube.com...
Avatar 12:33pm
Michael Shelley:

On TODD's Show:
www.latimes.com...
  12:37pm
dave from toronto:

hey - that's from the grass roots song "live for today"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:44pm
Parq:

Dave, I found this on only one source, so I can't vouch for its accuracy, but according to the page posted below, Doc Pomus was encouraged to sue, but said the hell with it.
www.songfacts.com...
  12:52pm
stillblocked:

shelley is human ,,, are you havin a laff
  2:05pm
dave from toronto:

thanks parq!
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