Episode 195 – The Wrecking Crew vs music history

A listener letter sends the guys on the first of what could be many explorations into the backstories of some of the session musicians who made up the collective who would come to be known as “The Wrecking Crew.” Hear the story of the drummer who happened to be next door just in time to step into a powerful and historic musical moment.     SHOW NOTES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Palmer “I Hate My Generation” music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOsNsOhyG8I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosimo_Matassa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_Records Backbeat, the book: https://www.louisianamusicfactory.com/product/tony-scherman-backbeat-earl-palmers-story-book/ Modern Drummer feature: https://www.moderndrummer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/md352cs.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelly_Manne https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rock-hall-of-fame-drummer-earl-palmer-dead-at-84-254915/ https://www.adioslounge.com/sideman-spotlight-earl-palmer/ https://scottkfish.com/2016/01/23/earl-palmer-i-wasnt-quite-sure-what-i-wanted-to-do-with-my-life/ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-unlikely-story-of-a-change-is-gonna-come https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=100689&forumID=1&archive=0&pageID=1&r=954#bottom https://www.nytimes.com/1958/06/13/archives/musicians-strike-spreads-on-coast-independents-hit-by-afm-film.html Avelo’s “The Strike that Changed Disney Music”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBsGwNJ54-M https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boudreaux https://www.npr.org/2014/02/01/268995033/sam-cooke-and-the-song-that-almost-scared-him https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2021/02/on-the-recording-registry-a-change-is-gonna-come-1964/ https://pan-african-music.com/en/a-change-is-gonna-come-a-hymn-for-civil-rights/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFO_Records https://www.facebook.com/WreckingCrewFilm/posts/on-this-date-june-3-1967-the-instrumental-tracks-for-never-my-love-by-the-associ/10157450423118023/