The Steven Gaines Thread
Surfer Joe:
I'll start it, since no one else did. Mr. Gaines, it seems you're willing to answer some questions and interact a little bit. If this is too much, it can just slide down the board and disappear.
Anyway, I think we're all very pleasantly surprised to find you in our midst and appreciate anything you're willing to share about the writing of your book and (of course) the book itself. For me, Heroes & Villains was the first Beach Boys book I ever got my hands on; I picked it up at the mall in a small college town in Georgia right when it came out. My copy is sitting here by my computer now. This was my first substantial window into the band beyond the records themselves; my first good look at the Rovells, Murry, Hite Morgan, Landy, and the other guy on the covers, David Marks.
Oddly enough, at the time, I was even more interested in finding a definitive Jan and Dean biography (a book we're still waiting for). I had thought they'd be more interesting. After all, they'd had a TV movie.
The other Beach Boys books I fished out of used shops over the next few years were written by super-fans, and worked a different side of the street.
I have a list of questions, and I'm sure a lot of folks will, and (although it's remained with me pretty well), I'm going to re-read your book for the first time since the Fall of 1986. I'll start simple:
Why is Carl such a rare interview?
Thanks in advance for your participation here.
Mark A. Moore:
Quote from: Surfer Joe on August 22, 2008, 06:54:36 PM
Oddly enough, at the time, I was even more interested in finding a definitive Jan and Dean biography (a book we're still waiting for). I had thought they'd be more interesting. After all, they'd had a TV movie.
Hey, don't rush me . . . I work for a living. :-D
Surfer Joe:
When I was a teenager, a guy at my church- I can't remember who now- had filled me in, in great detail, about Jan and Dean, right after I had seen the movie. No memory now of what he had told me, or whether ANY of it was accurate- "information" that was out there back then was a mess- but he had the passion, and he transferred it to me. Hell, it was hard enough then for me to even collect the albums.
When I first laid eyes on Heroes & Villains at B. Dalton's in 1986, it was an exciting moment- but the first thing I did was look up all the Jan and Dean stuff, before I even took it to the counter.
One of you guys get to work- there's an equally amazing personal story there and I want to read it.
Beach Boy Author:
Quote from: Surfer Joe on August 22, 2008, 06:54:36 PM
I'll start it, since no one else did. Mr. Gaines, it seems you're willing to answer some questions and interact a little bit. If this is too much, it can just slide down the board and disappear.
Anyway, I think we're all very pleasantly surprised to find you in our midst and appreciate anything you're willing to share about the writing of your book and (of course) the book itself. For me, Heroes & Villains was the first Beach Boys book I ever got my hands on; I picked it up at the mall in a small college town in Georgia right when it came out. My copy is sitting here by my computer now. This was my first substantial window into the band beyond the records themselves; my first good look at the Rovells, Murry, Hite Morgan, Landy, and the other guy on the covers, David Marks.
Oddly enough, at the time, I was even more interested in finding a definitive Jan and Dean biography (a book we're still waiting for). I had thought they'd be more interesting. After all, they'd had a TV movie.
The other Beach Boys books I fished out of used shops over the next few years were written by super-fans, and worked a different side of the street.
I have a list of questions, and I'm sure a lot of folks will, and (although it's remained with me pretty well), I'm going to re-read your book for the first time since the Fall of 1986. I'll start simple:
Why is Carl such a rare interview?
Thanks in advance for your participation here.
I don't really know the answer to why Carl didn't give many interviews but he didn't seem to be very verbal and didn't really enjoy speaking to the press.
endofposts:
When I've seen filmed interviews of either Carl or Dennis, it's always struck me how much they shared characteristics of and talked similarly to Brian. Which is probably not surprising for brothers, but things about Brian that might be interpreted as his "daftness" are things that might just be part of the Wilson family personality. Brian has never been much of a talker, and maybe Carl shared that trait.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page