Music Night at Bogies | The Wrecking Crew's "Farewell to Glen Campbell" ($35 VIP / $25 GA)
August 2, 2018
THURSDAY | August 2, 2018 | 8pm | Music Night at Bogies | The Wrecking Crew's "Farewell to Glen Campbell" ($35 VIP / $25 GA)
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The Wrecking Crew's "Farewell to Glen Campbell"
Join original members of The Wrecking Crew and some of LA’s best singers for
a night of music that pays tribute to the late, great Glen Campbell.
THE BAND:
- Don Peake - guitar
- Don Randi - piano
- Chuck Berghofer - bass
- Eric Ekstrand - keys
- Paul Kreibich - drums
The Wrecking Crew was a loose collective of session musicians based in Los Angeles whose services were employed for thousands of studio recordings in the 1960s and early 1970s, including several hundred Top 40 hits. The musicians were viewed prestigiously among industry insiders and are now considered one of the most successful and prolific session recording units in music history. The Wrecking Crew were the "go to" session musicians in Los Angeles during this time. The Wrecking Crew worked with dozens of producers including Brian Wilson, Terry Melcher, Lou Adler, Bones Howe, Jimmy Bowen, and Mike Post. They were teamed with artists as diverse as Jan & Dean, Bobby Vee, Nancy Sinatra, the Grass Roots, Simon & Garfunkel, Glen Campbell, the Partridge Family, David Cassidy, the Carpenters, John Denver and Nat King Cole. Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys produced and co-wrote many of their most famous tracks, and used the Wrecking Crew's talents extensively in the mid-1960s, including on songs such as "Help Me, Rhonda", "California Girls", and "Good Vibrations" and several of their album projects of the period, including Pet Sounds (1966) and the original sessions for Smile.
From December 1964 to early March 1965, Glen Campbell was a touring member of the Beach Boys, filling in for Brian Wilson, playing bass guitar and singing falsetto harmonies. Campbell played guitar on the Beach Boys' album Pet Sounds, among other recordings. In 1968, Campbell released "Wichita Lineman", a song written by Jimmy Webb. It was recorded with backing from members of the Wrecking Crew and appeared on his 1968 album of the same name. It reached number 3 on the U.S. pop charts and remained in the Top 100 for 15 weeks. The song also topped the American country music chart for two weeks, and the adult contemporary chart for six weeks.
In 1975, Glen Campbell releasee his thirtienth album, Rhinestone Cowboy, and to song by the same name became Campbell's largest-selling single and one of his best-known recordings (initially with over 2 million copies sold). "Rhinestone Cowboy" continues to be used in TV shows and films, including Desperate Housewives, Daddy Day Care, and High School High and was the inspiration for the 1984 Dolly Parton/Sylvester Stallone movie Rhinestone.
