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Hal Blaine

The forums are back! Please stop in and say hello to your fellow Hal fans! Looking forward to seeing you there!

On Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 the group of some of "the greatest musicians in the world," in the words of drummer Hal Blaine, was inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk, the Sunset Boulevard music gallery that honors some of pop music's most notable musicians.

Wrecking Crew Movie is finally complete. Denny Tedesco, son of the late, legendary guitarist, Tommy Tedesco, (one of Hal's best friends) writes, "I always loved listening to my father and his friends bullshit about anything and everybody. And at the same time, musicians have a certain dark sense of humor. So I wanted to set this round table up and try not to interview them. I would ask questions but they would take it for ten minutes and go to all kinds of places. It was gold. I wanted to be a voyeur and wanted the audience to feel they were on the inside watching.

Hal Blaine is inducted into the new 'Musician's Hall Of Fame' in Nashville. Started by Joe Chambers, this place is an amazing tribute to musician's musicians!
Hal's discography is complete we are now just working with publisher's trying to put it together! It will be released along with a photo scrapbook filed with many cool memories. Stay tuned!

   


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Hal Blaine may well be the most prolific drummer in rock and roll history. He's certainly played on more hit records than any drummer in the rock era, including 40 ..1 singles and 150 that made the Top Ten. Eight of the records he played on won Grammys for Record of the Year.

He was the most in-demand session drummer in Los Angeles during the Sixties and early Seventies, and a list of musicians he played with reads like a who's who of popular music. In 1961, Blaine drummed on "Can't Help Falling in Love With You," one of Elvis Presley's most memorable sides, and he would play on Presley's film soundtracks throughout the Sixties. However, Blaine's best-known affiliation is with producer Phil Spector, where he served as the percussive backbone of the "Wrecking Crew" the nickname that younger studio hands on the L.A. scene bestowed on themselves after the rock-hating old-timers complained they were "wrecking the business."

Wrecking Crew Movie Premieres to Rave Reviews! New!

Denny Tedesco's movie "The Wrecking Crew" premiered in Los Angeles at the Grand Performances outdoor venue to standing ovations and rave reviews. "This is the must see, feel good movie of the year!" say Michelle Blaine, Hal's daughter and biggest fan. "I was on my feet with tears in my eyes when the credits began to roll, Den didn't miss a trick!" she gushed. If you missed it there is still a chance for you to see it in LA.

After playing to great response at SXSW, Buffalo, Nashville and Seattle Film Festivals (see reviews), we are very excited that "The Wrecking Crew" documentary will screen as part of the "Don't Knock The Rock" Film Festival at the Silent Movie Theatre on Fairfax in Los Angeles. Read More...

Hal Inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN)
They played with Frank Sinatra, the Beach Boys, the Mamas and the Papas, the Monkees, and countless others on chart-topping and Grammy-winning hits. But for all their success, the Wrecking Crew may have well been the invisible people.

Until now. Read More...

Soundtracks Of My Life

Hal is, finally, doing a sample CD library with A. Guy. The sample library will be released by Happy Drums Publishing in association with Tattooed Pig Media. They will be recording this fall and look forward to a spring 2009 release. We are very excited by this report. We'll let you know as soon as "Soundtracks of My Life" is pre-releasing.

A. Guy gives good bass! Hey there members, friends and fans - Hal's number one son in-law is now a member of the Local 47! So if you are looking to make a hit record, need a good rhythm section fill out give him a buzz! Check out his reel here!
Hal on Jan Berry
LA Weekly's John Payne interviews Hal