Brian Wilson Songwriter DVD

[bgas]

Just finished Lloyd's book. The only good thing I can say about it is that there are some great, previously unpublished photos of the guys in it.

The rest, well there are lots of self-repetition, at least one factual error (regarding where the BBs were when MLK was shot), and plenty of sleaze that doesn't add anything worthwhile to the story.

Where does the author "think" the BBs were when MLK was shot?

[Emdeeh]

Memphis, about go onstage for their show that night, which was actually scheduled for April 17th at the time of the shooting. According to AGD's site, they were in Nashville instead.

I was living in Memphis at the time. The BBs wound up playing there a week later than originally scheduled, on April 24th.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Given that MLK was shot on the 4th, not the 17th, well... makes you wonder about some of the other stuff. At best, that's lousy research/checking. On the 4th, the band were en route to the first stop of the tour, Nashville on the 5th.

[bgas]

Given that MLK was shot on the 4th, not the 17th, well... makes you wonder about some of the other stuff. At best, that's lousy research/checking. On the 4th, the band were en route to the first stop of the tour, Nashville on the 5th.

Haven't even seen the book yet, but from the accounts here, I'd say the author( or whomever actually wrote/co-wrote it. Maybe they got some help from Todd Gold?) didn't bother with research or checking what they had against real world details. They took this guy's "diary" and published it. cut and dried. 
 I know I traded emails with this guy's ( Jack Lloyd)  daughter in the last couple of years; just wish I had thought to keep copies. Pretty sure they were selling some BBs stuff on Ebay. ( not that it matters)

[metal flake paint]

Got back a couple of responses from people mentioned in the publicity blurb, and I'm feeling somewhat better about it now. Not back flips good, but... better. 

Not much to go by but here's a short preview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGjRMhzlKe4

[Andrew G. Doe]

Looks good, looks like a quality project (even though it's a tad odd to see a piano sound coming out of a Baldwin !).

[Ian]

while the book has many errors and there is a lot of stuff that may be exploitive in it.  There is a lot of factual info in there.  It's clear that he intermixes tours in his memory.  For example he is talking about the Aug 68 tour and then suddenly veers off into the August 66 tour.  But he clearly had notes about certain tours-notably the Oct 68 tour-that no one else has volunteered.  I was unaware of the Oct 18 1968 Knoxville show but sure enough I confirmed it from the local newspaper-his info for that tour is far more correct than Keith Badman's.  Probably because he was on that tour without Duryea and had to keep accurate box office notes.  He also provides important info on the May 69 tour (again there is a problem with his memory-he says he quit in April 69 but he was on the May 2-4 1969 tour).  Indeed in NME Mike discussed how he missed a show because he was in India and sure enough Lloyd supplies the show-May 2 1969 in Norman.  That Lloyd was indeed on that tour is confirmed by an article I have from Omaha for May 4-in which he is interviewed backstage.  So-when he was actually road manager-without Duryea he has accurate notes-but clearly in April 68 he was not keeping them.

[bgas]

Looks good, looks like a quality project (even though it's a tad odd to see a piano sound coming out of a Baldwin !).

Got any idea who were the first two narrators pictured?  David was easy

[Christian]

The first one is Russ Titleman, I think.

[Roger Ryan]

Well, the first one is Bruce Johnston!

Second is indeed Russ Titleman.

The third is Anthony DeCurtis (a writer for Rolling Stone among other publications).

The fourth is David Marks.

[bgas]

Well, the first one is Bruce Johnston!

Second is indeed Russ Titleman.

The third is Anthony DeCurtis (a writer for Rolling Stone among other publications).

The fourth is David Marks.

Oops, yeah, I meant 2 and 3.