[FLNittany]

Why aren't Carol and Glen in the RRHOF? They played all the music. Sheesh.

[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

Wrecking crew definitely should be in the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame

[Gay State Conservative]

The best thing The Wrecking Crew ever did was Mr Tambourine Man by The Byrds. The Byrds were just starting out and the record label didn't trust the musicians to perform well so they called in the Crew for everything but lead guitar. Roger McGuinn played his 12 string. The session tapes are on youtube.

Magical!

[SkyDancer]

Actually Papa Doo Run Run band does the Beach Boys better than the Beach boys.

[irishjuggler]

Well, at least Leon Russell is in the Hall. His glowing comments about Brian in that video are indicative of Wilson’s unique stature in the pantheon of the greats of popular music. To hear Russell, who is a musical genius in his own right, point to Brian and say it doesn’t get better than him means something.

BTW, “crew” guitarist Bill Pitman is now 102. He too was an incredible talent — an absolute ace on guitar. Yet he’s also famous for downplaying the music that the WC played on, saying that all of it was junk including the likes of Pet Sounds. It was just a job to him, and he never cared for any of the music. And that’s fine. A contrary voice is a healthy thing.

[Huskrrrr]

“Why aren’t Carol and Glen in the RRHOF?”

Definitely!!!

[dfwgator]

Also realize that on a lot of the popular Hair Metal band songs from the 80s, most of the solos were played by studio artists, and not the band members. You could always tell because their live solos tended to suck versus the studio versions.