Denny Tedesco: Documentary Producer of "The Wrecking Crew"

The End Anxiety Podcast: with James Meade and Friends

As legendary figures in American music go, few are as significant or as prolific as the Wrecking Crew; a loose collection of Los Angeles based studio musicians who initially merged together as session players for producer Phil Spector. They went on to define the sound of rock music laying down tracks for the Beach Boys, the Byrds, the Monkees, the Mommas and the Poppas, Jan and Dean, and too many others to count. Though at the time they worked in relative anonymity, a few of them did achieve fame as solo acts, most notably Glenn Campbell and Leon Russell. Others, such as Carol Kaye, Hal Blaine, and Tommy Tedesco, have finally received some name recognition among the general public, thanks in no small part to the documentary film “The Wrecking Crew” produced by Denny Tedesco as a loving tribute to his father’s legacy. The creation of such a monumental testament is clearly no easy task, and in Denny’s case it was a labor of nineteen years which strained his family life and left him bankrupt, anxious, and suffering from an extremely protracted case of insomnia. Today, Jim and Denny will talk about how his tireless work on creating this film impacted his life, and how the Transcendental Meditation program helped him to get himself back on track on The End Anxiety Podcast: with James Meade and Friends.