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The Wrecking Crew Left Me With Two Issues Concerning The Villain

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"The superhero team up I didn't know I needed": Prime Video's new action movie gets a full trailer

The Wrecking Crew is nearly here

“I had to learn to play electric guitar when I formed the Beach Boys with the guys. I had togo electric. It was like Dylan”: These two Beach Boys classics might have been misunderstood, but with Al Jardine’s guitar work, they stand the test of time

Surf’s Up and Holland confused some listeners when they were released in the early ’70s but they capture a band being a real functioning band. Jardine shares the stories – and the gear – behind them

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"We had no idea that what we were doing was groundbreaking or revolutionary": Read our classic interview with Wrecking Crew legend Hal Blaine

"We got the job done, and we made a hell of a lot of money doing it"

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“Once the show became a hit, people started going down the rabbit hole – ‘Oh my God! He really was in the Grass Roots!’” The life and times of Creed Bratton, from AM rock stardom to taking an Office job

From living it up in the Summer of Love to starring inNBC’s The Office, the former Grass Roots guitarist has had a career like no other

Guitar World

The man Neil Peart called his "six favourite drummers": Wrecking Crew legend Hal Blaine

"We got the job done, and we made a hell of a lot of money doing it"

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The song Bob Dylan called the greatest ever written: “I just held two notes down… it’s shivery, icy, almost like outer space kind of sound. Glen went crazy and said ‘We have to get that, we gotta put that on the fade’” - The story of Wichita Lineman

Best of 2024: “When I heard it I cried”

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Don't miss these 4 movies leaving Hulu in June 2024 with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes

Hulu is about to remove another wave of titles in June 2024, but you should catch these four movies with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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"We got the job done, and we made a hell of a lot of money doing it": Words of wisdom from Wrecking Crew legend Hal Blaine, Neil Peart's "six favourite drummers"

Drum Heroes: "Doing a TV show in the morning, a Beach Boys track or a Phil Spector session in the afternoon, then working with Frank Sinatra or Simon & Garfunkel after that – that was normal to us"

MusicRadar

‘We were working like crazy’: the studio players behind music’s A-list

Documentary Immediate Family follows the unsung heroes who worked alongside Stevie Nicks, Carole King, James Taylor and others

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“Other guitar players could hear what he was doing and go, ‘Oh my gosh, this guy's amazing’”: Alice Cooper says Eddie Van Halen asked him to set up a guitar lesson with Glen Campbell

The guitar hero was keen to learn from the Wrecking Crew regular and six-string ace

Guitar World

“We didn’t have musical training. Brian and I took music classes, but I think he dropped out, and I got an F”: The Beach Boys guitarist Al Jardine on the genius of Brian Wilson, working with the Wrecking Crew and touring with Jeff Beck

In this 2015 interview, Beach Boys guitarist Al Jardine recounts some of the pivotal moments as a key member of one of America’s greatest musical treasures

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