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Wrecking is the practice of dousing the signal fire in lighthouses and starting up new signal fires on rocky shores in order to lure ships into the reefs.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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An original member of famed studio session men known as the Wrecking Crew and a touring member of the Beach Boys when Brian Wilson couldn't make it, Mr. Campbell hosted his own variety show, sold 45 million records, acted alongside John Wayne and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005.
Troubadours, Technicians and Dixie Chickens Andy Beta 2012
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First up-a breezy and highly entertaining music biz documentary called The Wrecking Crew not to be confused with the 1969 “Matt Helm” caper.
Hullabaloo 2008
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Despite being unable to read music, he joined a crack team of session players known as The Wrecking Crew.
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Despite being unable to read music, he joined a crack team of session players known as The Wrecking Crew.
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Despite being unable to read music, he joined a crack team of session players known as The Wrecking Crew.
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Despite being unable to read music, he joined a crack team of session players known as The Wrecking Crew.
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The backing band, made up of some of the crack LA studio musicians known as the Wrecking Crew, is led by Phil Spector's right hand-man Jack Nitzsche, who gives the performers a pared down Wall of Sound grandeur.
PopMatters Michael Buening 2010
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The backing band, made up of some of the crack LA studio musicians known as the Wrecking Crew, is led by Phil Spector's right hand-man Jack Nitzsche, who gives the performers a pared down Wall of Sound grandeur.
PopMatters Michael Buening 2010
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In the 1960s, as a session musician in Los Angeles, he was a member of the so-called Wrecking Crew, playing on hits produced by Phil Spector, the Beach Boys and sundry others, before going on to record his own albums and compose such standards as Delta Lady, Superstar, A Song for You and This
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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