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California Dreaming: You Know I’ve Found A Way
After the minor success of My World Fell Down, Gary Usher wanted to repeat the formula, and recorded a song titled Hotel Indiscreet which had much the same feel. Hotel Indiscreet featured another musique concrete section, much like that of … Continue reading
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California Dreaming: My World Fell Down
Gary Usher was looking for a creative outlet. Since the surf and hot-rod fad had died down, Usher had been working as a staff producer for Columbia Records, where he had worked on Simon & Garfunkel’s Bookends (uncredited), had produced … Continue reading
California Dreaming: So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star?
But is it about the Monkees or not? With Gene Clark gone from the band, the Byrds’ star was fading. Without their lead singer and most commercial songwriter, their last two singles had only reached numbers 44 and 36 in … Continue reading
California Dreaming: Little Honda
By late 1963 Gary Usher’s writing partnership with Brian Wilson was more or less at an end. He had been manoeuvred aside by Murry Wilson, who always wanted to keep as much of the Beach Boys’ success in the family … Continue reading
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California Dreaming: 409
The Beach Boys didn’t really capitalise on their initial success. Surfin’ was released in November, and they did two shows in December (one of them a two-song set in the intermission of a Dick Dale show which apparently went badly) … Continue reading
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