![]() He ramped up the fundraising, with Kickstarter and International Documentary Association campaigns. He got the message: his audience was aging fast. He traveled with the film to 30 cities, four-walling theaters for special screenings, with sponsors ranging from local music stores to estate planners and hearing aid companies. So in 2010, Tedesco turned to fundraising. The film had over a dozen Audience awards from the festivals where it screened, but until the licensing was paid it couldn’t be released in theaters. Union negotiations were complicated by Tedesco’s own conflicted interests: as a filmmaker he needed to keep costs down as a son whose mother was the beneficiary of his late father’s royalty earnings, he wanted the musicians to receive as much as possible. Tedesco with Wrecking Crew pianist and Leon Russell (Photo: Denny Tedesco Archives used with permission)
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