The Wrecking Crew! Director Responds To Carol Kaye’s Complaints About The Documentary And Band Name

Bassist Carol Kaye was part of a crack team of session musicians who played on hundreds of pop hits in the 1960s and ’70s by the likes of the Beach Boys, the Byrds, the Monkees, Sonny & Cher, the Mamas And The Papas, and many more. Somewhere along the way, drummer Hal Blaine started referring to this unit as the Wrecking Crew, a reference to concerns among older session musicians that this rock-oriented group was going to wreck the music industry. Kaye has never liked this band name; she th...

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