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“Immediate Family” (2024, Magnolia Pictures) * As with director Denny Tedesco’s previous documentary film “The Wrecking Crew” (about the eponymous and ubiquitous group ’60s studio musicians, which included his dad, guitarist Tommy Tedesco), “Immediate Family’ seeks to shine a light on hard-working sidemen who contributed key elements to some of the biggest rock and pop songs of the 20th century. The focus here is on a quartet of players – guitarists Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, and Steve Postell, bassist Leland Sklar, and drummer Russ Kunkel, all of whom are currently on tour as The Immediate Family – who backed the likes of James Taylor, Carole King, Don Henley, Linda Ronstadt and others during the 1970s and 1980s. Much of the film focuses on anecdotes from the quartet about their work on hits and praise from the major players, though the most intriguing elements come when they discuss the almost Zen quality required for studio/sidemen to blend into the artist’s particular vision (though Kortchmar suggests that he was less willing to simply play along), and in scenes where they recreate their contributions to some of the era’s biggest hits, proving that they were far more than hired guns.