The Jon Stebbins Thread
♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇:
Good deal, as I thought your book was excellent!
One quick question; is any there any mention in the DM book about his contact with Brian during the Landy years? I know absolutely nothing about it, besides seeing a picture of them together in ghost-written "autobiography".
Jon Stebbins:
One quick question; is any there any mention in the DM book about his contact with Brian during the Landy years? I know absolutely nothing about it, besides seeing a picture of them together in ghost-written "autobiography".
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Yes...that event is recounted in great detail. And I think it's one of the funniest parts of the book.
Mark A. Moore:
The David Marks book will provide some fresh new perspective. I'd also like to see an expanded version of the DW bio.
Dennis is the real enigma. His talent was maligned at first . . . and then he blossomed into one of the group's best writers . . . all while hurtling down a path of self destruction. Dennis is worthy of a major, in-depth psychological evaluation.
We know the mechanics of destruction . . . but what (as with any addict) were the underlying causes? Murry's a given . . . but the range of other factors would be very revealing. That, when tied to the music and relationships within the Beach Boys, would be a powerful study.
It seems Dennis just gave up . . . and if it hadn't been for the drowning . . . it probably would have been something else . . . and probably around the same time period.
c-man:
I think the Manson thing weighed on him heavily, as it probably would for any of us in the same situation.
But I think you're right about Murry...I think Murry's death, especially, had a deeply proufound effect on both Dennis and Brian. You see them both taking a drastic turn for the worse in the couple of years after that. Their "binging" (Dennis: cigarettes, booze, dope, sex; Brian: cigarettes, booze, dope, food) grew to mamouth proportions and it clearly had a negative impact on their health. Prior to Murry's passing, B & D still seemed like "Boys" if you will; after that, they seemed like damaged men.
C-Man
c-man:
And, might I add, if it hadn't been for Landy's brutal approach to therapy, we likely would've lost Brian as well. Sad but true. Maybe another psych could've also done the trick, but the point is Brian could not have pulled himself out of it....he needed major help. As Jon and others have pointed out though, the notion of someone doing "a Landy" on Dennis was not exactly practical, given his utterly rebellious nature.
C-Man
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