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Finally Here! Watch The New Film in Theaters or On Demand.

December 12th 2023

/Dear Friends, I hope everyone is well. I just wanted to let everyone know my 2nd film is coming out this week. If you wouldn't mind sharing with friends and family, I'd greatly appreciate it. Rentals for the 1st week are really important. Then we hope it goes to streaming. Thanks again. If you have a social media presence, OMG, please...don't hold back. The following are blasting tomorrow; Carole King, Jackson Browne, Herb Alpert, James Taylor, Keith Richards, and more. B ...Continue Reading

The Immediate Family film - Coming Soon Dec 12

October 28th 2023

Dear Wrecking Crew Friends and Family, They are calling it the followup to the Wrecking Crew Documentary which is kinda true. I started this project in Fall of 2019 with the idea of telling the story of the legendary players; Waddy Wachtel, Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel who currently have a band called Immediate Family with guitarist Steve Postel. I'm very proud to say... */It's official now/*. Here is the trailer for the Immediate Family Film below. Please share. Magnolia Films is rele ...Continue Reading

The Immediate Family film - Screenings in LA and Maui

June 17th 2023

Dear Wrecking Crew Family and Friends, I know you don't receive many emails from us, but wanted to share with you the follow-up to the Wrecking Crew Film that I finished this year. Its called, "Immediate Family". At the moment, we are playing the Festival Circuit and have earned seven Audience Awards as of today. It tells the story of the next generation of players that followed the Wrecking Crew into the 70s: Waddy Wachtel, Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, and Russ Kunkel. It ...Continue Reading

Wrecking Crew Followup: The Immediate Family

September 18th 2022

Dear Wrecking Crew Friends and Family, It's been some time since I sent you a notice. Some of you already know that we recently lost famed guitarist, Bill Pitman at age 102 and pianist Mike Lang at age 81. We send our love and condolences to their family and friends. They will never be forgotten. And now some news on a much happier note; I have finished editing my latest documentary called "Immediate Family" as a followup to "The Wrecking Crew". "Immediate Family" is th ...Continue Reading

Father's Day and Graduation Special

May 26th 2022

Dear Wrecking Crew Friends and Family, As you know, I haven't reached out in a while. Even though the world is changing, we still have music to get us through our day. Recently I was asked to bring back a few of the Wrecking Crew Merch favorites. We just got a shipment of the official Wrecking Crew Baseball caps in for Father's day. If you go to our Wrecking Crew Shop, you can *use discount code: 'Fathersday'* for anything on the site. If you see something, please order now. As we know, mail has gotte ...Continue Reading

Introducing "The Immediate Family" and Father's Day Gift Ideas

June 8th 2021

Dear Friends, Family and Fans of the Wrecking Crew, I'm hoping that everyone is safe and healthy. Summer is here and like so many others I'm looking forward to seeing friends and family. Over the last couple of years, we have lost so many WC members which has made it really hard and painful when we hear of someone's passing. I continue to search out old interviews and find new gems. But recently I did an interview for my latest film, "The Immediate Family" with Leland Sklar. If you k ...Continue Reading

Hello Holidays, Goodbye 2020

December 15th 2020

Hey Wrecking Crew friends and family, Just a quick note to say, "Goodbye 2020!" I hope you and your families are well. Recently I was listening to the classic "Christmas Gift For You" album. This is still considered one of the greatest Christmas albums of all time. But some of you might not know, when it came out in the United States, it was on November 22, 1963, The same day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and was a relative failure at the time. Who knew th ...Continue Reading

Traveling Man Is Here

July 9th 2020

Dear Wreckie friends and family, I want to thank all of you that have shopped at the Wrecking Crew Store recently. Because of the times we're living in, it has pushed me into finding re-discovering old interviews that I'm able to release. *Last Week's Trivia Question* Before I give you the answer to last weeks trivia question, I wanted to apologize for my sloppy writing and grammar. I'm moving way too fast between my mind and the keyboard. So last week when I said, "...Artie Butler who ...Continue Reading

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