The Steven Gaines Thread
Surfer Joe:
Thanks for responding- did Carl talk to you at all?
I'll be starting a re-read of your book tonight so I can come up with some good questions.
Jonas:
Thats weird, I've heard radio interviews of Carl and he seemed really comfortable and quite chatty.
Surfer Joe:
He was the most opaque of the Beach Boys- outside of the music, we mostly only get glimpses of him through public things like his conscientious objector battle, and little anecdotes, like blasting the freshly mixed "Good Vibrations" through his neighborhood after hours. I also think of the prostitute story from the book under discussion here- "She didn't even care".
A friend of mine caught him on the way to the stage in Atlanta before an eighties Beach Boys/Chicago show and got him to sign something. He said "thank you" to Carl's back, as Carl walked away, and Carl turned to reply, with emphasis, "No, thank YOU." That's become my capsule image of him.
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Another thing about Carl -- he wasn't Brian, and he wasn't Mike. So maybe he didn't get asked as much to be interviewed.
GLarson432:
A friend of mine caught him on the way to the stage in Atlanta before an eighties Beach Boys/Chicago show and got him to sign something. He said "thank you" to Carl's back, as Carl walked away, and Carl turned to reply, with emphasis, "No, thank YOU." That's become my capsule image of him.
Surfer Joe -- Your capsule image of Carl is totally correct. I'm only sorry for your sake you don't have a memory or two of Carl of your own.
The last time I talked with Carl was on March 29th, 1996 at the Riviera in Las Vegas. Through a friend's connections I was lucky enough to be there. He had just been through what I thought would be a soundcheck but turned into a full-blown rehearsal due to two new members in the backing band (Chris Farmer who'd played with them before and Tim Bonhomme). It lasted 160 mins from start to finish. They had two shows to do that night but Carl still took the time to talk with me and my friend for about ten mins. Carl remembered my name from me having spoken with him on the "Big Red Boat Cruise" in May of 1995. The bulk of that conversation was about pictures of the house that Audree was born in in South Minneapolis. I gave him copies of those pics I'd taken (the info courtesy of Timothy White's book...page 62 I think) . Obviously, I lived in the Minneapolis area at the time.
How many "Rock Stars" would remember the name of just another fan from ten months earlier?
I've said this before about Carl Dean Wilson. He was both a gentleman and a gentle man! I miss him tremendously and will until the day I die.
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