Episode 517 - Denny Tedesco

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2014

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Denny Tedesco has been on a quest to tell a story for 18 years. His father, Tommy Tedesco, was a member of The Wrecking Crew, a group of studio musicians who went unrecognized while recording some of the biggest records in history. Denny tells Marc the story of The Wrecking Crew as well as his own struggle to get the documentary made. Plus, Marc recounts the worst day of his life in a story he has never told before.

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0:00.0	Fuck the game!
0:01.0	Alright, let's do this.
0:10.6	How are you, what the fuckers, what the fuck buddies, what the fuck near, what the fuck next,
0:13.8	what the fuck and that looks, what the fuck's the bulls, what the fuck will bury fins,
0:16.5	what the fuck minister floors, what the fuck an ox.
0:18.9	This is Mark Maren, this is WTF, thank you.
0:20.9	Thank you for coming by.
0:22.2	Thank you for sticking me in your head.
0:23.9	I appreciate it.
0:26.8	So great show today, Denny Tedesco is here, Denny Tedesco, how can I explain Denny Tedesco?
0:34.5	Well he's the son of Tommy Tedesco, Tommy Tedesco was one of the greatest guitar players in
0:39.9	the world, one of the great studio musicians, one of the great Los Angeles studio musicians,
0:46.2	a master.
0:48.3	And most people don't know who he is or who the studio musicians he played with are.
0:52.7	They're known as the wrecking crew.
0:55.4	And Denny, Denny has been working on a film, a documentary about his father and those
1:01.4	session musicians, how blame the drummer genius, Glenn Campbell guitar player, one of dozens
1:07.8	it seems.
1:09.3	But he's been working on this film since July 1996.
1:13.3	Now this all, this, this crew of musicians, this was in the 60s, late 50s, almost up until
1:19.2	the 70s, maybe a little in the 70s, can't really remember.
1:22.4	But this, this film is one awards, it dozens of festivals, but the problem that Denny's
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