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Three Books For Every (Beach) Boy…
You wait all your life for an autobiography by a member of a classic surf vocal group, and then three come along all at once. Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy by Mike Love with James S Hirsch … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Wilson, jan and dean, mike love, the Beach Boys
California Dreaming: Laurel & Hardy
Jan Berry was back from Dead Man’s Curve. At least, he was part of the way back. Jan was, if not an actual psychopath (a diagnosis it would be improper to give without knowing him personally, but which is not … Continue reading
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California Dreaming: Barbara Ann
Late 1965 was a time when everyone was jumping on the folk bandwagon, no matter how inappropriately. Brian Wilson had started writing songs for a new album, inspired by the Beatles’ Rubber Soul, that would be the Beach Boys’ big … Continue reading
California Dreaming: Dead Man’s Curve
Dead Man’s Curve was possibly Jan and Dean’s most prescient song. Jan and Dean were always ones to follow the trends, especially trends that the Beach Boys started, so when the Beach Boys put out the album Little Deuce Coupe, … Continue reading
California Dreaming: Heart And Soul
Jan Berry may not have been the most original musical force ever, but he definitely knew how to knock off someone else’s sound successfully. He’d been hanging around on the edge of the music business for years, first as a … Continue reading
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Monkee Music: The Birds, The Bees And The Monkees
A revised and improved version of this essay appears in my book Monkee Music, available as paperback, hardback, PDF, Kindle (US), Kindle (UK) and ePub (all DRM-free). For this album, unlike any of the others under discussion, I’m afraid I … Continue reading
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Tagged bobby hart, boyce and hart, carnival of sound, davy jones, daydream believer, dewey martin, harry nilsson, jan and dean, jan berry, michael nesmith, micky dolenz, mike nesmith, peter tork, roger christian, stephen stills, the birds the bees and the monkees, the monkees, tommy boyce, valleri
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The Beach Boys On CD: The Beach Boys Party!/Stack-O-Tracks
A revised version of this essay appears in my book The Beach Boys On CD. If you like this, please consider buying it. Hardback Paperback PDF Kindle (US) Kindle (UK) Kindle (DE) All other ebook formats This is going to … Continue reading
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Tagged al jardine, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, bruce johnston, carl wilson, dean torrence, dennis wilson, Hal Blaine, jan and dean, john lennon, mike love, party!, phil spector, the Beach Boys, the beatles
