The Carrie Marks Thread
NHC:
As I recall, David at some point said he was asked to come back and play bass, which he didn't want to do. Don't remember if it was that time frame or not. Might make sense if Bruce was leaving, if he was still playing bass on stage, that is. Could have been a whole different situation for all I remember about what I read. Glad he's back in action in any event and getting some of the credit and publicity he's due. BTW, Carrie mentioned he played a classical Bach piece for his D&B audition. On guitar? Wow! Now THAT is impressive. Would sure like to hear some of his recorded music.
Carrie Marks:
Quote from: Surfer Joe on April 02, 2006, 11:55:50 AM
Maybe we should start an e-mail campaign with Sundazed to get the Marksmen CD released- or maybe someone here knows how to get a petition page going.
Not a bad idea. A little pressure couldn't hurt, I guess.
Carrie Marks:
Quote from: Rocker on April 02, 2006, 01:02:18 PM
I'm just listening to his songs on myspace.com and I think he would've been a great songwriting addition to the BBs, if he had stayed with them in Brian's "lost" years. In fact I heard Mike asked him to return in the early 70s during "Surf's Up" (album). Wonder if Bruce must have gone if David came back.
Songwriting was one of the (many) reasons David left the band...he wasn't too thrilled with the fact Murry wouldn't let the Beach Boys record his original songs. Hindsight reveals that not allowing David to contribute songs was a great way of getting him to quit.
Not only would he have been a great addition to the band in the 70's as both a songwriter and as a guitar player with some b@lls, but he could have really helped take some of the pressure off Brian in the mid 60's, too. David's Marksmen era tunes had their own style, but it's easy to imagine how the Beach Boys vocals could have taken David's original music to whole new level.
Carrie Marks:
Quote from: NHC on April 02, 2006, 06:32:24 PM
As I recall, David at some point said he was asked to come back and play bass, which he didn't want to do. Don't remember if it was that time frame or not. Might make sense if Bruce was leaving, if he was still playing bass on stage, that is. Could have been a whole different situation for all I remember about what I read. Glad he's back in action in any event and getting some of the credit and publicity he's due. BTW, Carrie mentioned he played a classical Bach piece for his D&B audition. On guitar? Wow! Now THAT is impressive. Would sure like to hear some of his recorded music.
David studied classical composition at the New England Conservatory and Jazz guitar at Berklee in the early 70's...he also studied with Vincente Gomez prior to that - in the late 60's. His classical chops are very good - even today. He does a version of Villa Lobos' Etude #1 in E minor which is amazing....it's by far my favorite piece that he does. I think his classical influence is most evident in the song 1969, which is available on his MySpace site...which makes sense since 1969 was the year he decided to take his guitar playing seriously.
It was while he was studing in Boston that he ran into the Beach Boys...I'll save the details for the book, but that is when Mike asked him to rejoin....during the recording of the Surf's UP album. Carl wanted David to play bass but after a year and a half of intense studying, the last thing David wanted to do was play bass on Beach Boy songs.
Surfer Joe:
I can really hear that "1969" song on Sunflower or Surf's Up- layered with backing vocals and the Desper touch. Maybe the title suggests that period, but it's also the mood...
Listen again and throw Carl and Al and Mike and Bruce in their behind Dave...you can't miss it.
I can also hear Dave writing with Dennis. A shame that never happened.
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