The Wrecking Crew - Fundraiser Screening 3/13/11 Brooklyn, New York

THE GREATEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY I AM LIKELY TO EVER SEE. I am completely at a loss for words, You Cannot rate this Documentary.



There was a Wine and Cheese tasting before the film began (Very Lots of Cheese, Reds and Whites) and everyone milled about keeping pretty much to their own little cliques but sly "This Is The Real Stuff/We Worship The Wrecking Crew" glances were made almost unbeknownst between certain individuals amongst the expectant crowd and We Were All Ready and almost Impatient to watch this rich musical tapestry unfold. Some background information and humble thanks were spoken by Director,Producer,Film maker Denny Tedesco (son of Tommy Tedesco) Twas' Then the rumored "Special Guest" entered the room and it was none other than Ronnie Spector, This was indeed a surprise and quite unexpected even so far as "Special Guests" are concerned!!!



THE Ronnie Spector



The Fabulous Ronnie Spector singing an impromptu unaccompanied segment of "Be My Baby" at the premiere screening of the amazing film "The Wrecking Crew" in Brooklyn, New York 3/13/11 - Youtube



with Jamie Moroni and Ronnie Spector



with Jamie and Denny Tedesco



with good company

The Joe FranklinS - Percussion Overdubs 11/1/10 HesDeadJimStudios Queens, New York

Whilst Abusing Sleep Deprivation Artistically as a tool of inspiration and just plain The Freakin' Reality Of My Situation!!! (3 hours sleep folks) I commuted down to the studio for an early morning overdub session (slated for 9:30-10 a.m.) and we (Tom & I) worked quickly and efficiently speaking the same language of "EngineerEase" that Thomas and myself were schooled in agreeing marvelously on colour choices in the percussion department for the tracks we felt were in need of them,..... We worked well together with the minutiae and knocked off the overdubs (one or two takes) vocals notwithstanding (fourth take) into submission and satisfied in under two hours.



See the Guiro, She's My Hero.

I overdubbed Guiro, Claves, Tambourine and Shaker onto various tracks and Thomas even got a vocal performance out of me (final chorus of "Empty Walls") which is easier said then done. WELL,...... by reminding me of Peter Criss' vocal prowess (like a friggin' cat) on the KISS debut LP track "Nothing to Lose" whilst Joe likens it to a Paul (starchild) vocal we still got some more BROOKLYN accent into the recording. My coffee was decent and the music was soothing, the man in the deli was very polite as well albeit he was on the telefono at the time.





My minds ear heard a powerful, cracking snare drum a la Hal Blaine pushing the solo of "Another Brooklyn" along so I brought down the new DW Snare Drum for its recording debut.