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Anyone know his middle name ? Begins with B.

Bowman?

Bowman seems to be the correct answer according to the "Catalog of Copyright Entries 1942 1 Music New Series Vol 37 Pt 3".

Ah - most excellent. That fits with my researches exactly.

Thanks guys.

Has anyone ever seen a photo of Hite or Dorinda?

Yes

Then post it, if possible - young-old comparison images.

Love to see that. Never ever seen a pic of either of them: Hite died in 1974, Dorinda in 1986, both in Las Vegas.

Since it ain't no secret, can you show the picture to us, without going all VIP PM?

So, no one wants to share the picture? Maybe Mr. Mayo has it? Mr. Machine? Mikie? Ian? c-man? Rocker? Mr. Dempsey? Somebody, post it already. It ain't difficult, you know, considering how long you were scanning all those treasure magazine pages (thanks for them, btw). We want to see the 1st folks (excepting Murry & Audree) who helped te BBs go on the wider musical road, so to say.

No-one said they have a photo ( or even that they had seen one) .... ;)

So this affirmative reply was a joke? I don't get anything, then.

I don't think I've ever seen a picture of Hite or Dorinda or Bruce Morgan.  Bgas seems to think he or someone else has seen one. I've seen a picture of the house where they did their first recordings in Hite's living room - it's probably still on the same website as other Beach Boys haunts/tourist places.

http://albumlinernotes.com/Lost___Found___61-_62_.html

I'm guessing this is the (in)famous Bgas sense of humor in action... y'know, like when you ask someone if they know the time and they just answer "yes".

Yep. Typical smart-ass Bgas.  ::)

Kinda surprised there isn't a picture of Hite or Dorinda though. Maybe their son Bruce has one laying around. Is there one of Bill Canaday or the Dix brothers of Candix/X Records fame?

Bill Silva.  :old

Yeah, William Canaday Silva, part owner of Candix.

Can = Canaday, dix = Richard and Robert Dix.

Ahh.....   the (in)famous jokester Bgas......   I'm certain that someone, probably, at the least, Bruce, has seen a photo of his parents.  If I had his ## I'd call and ask...

I'm betting that if anyone has photos of everyone that's been mentioned, it's JIM MURPHY, and he's got them in his soon to be published BBs book.
So if you need to shake any trees, shake his. 

Chris, not to be rude but this kind of thing is why a lot of folk here think you're a bit of an ass. They may very well be right. BTW, Bruce Morgan is 82.

Bgas isn't an ass, he is a hard working guy.

You may be wrong for all I know,  But you may be right....   have to take the good with the bad sometimes( where's that ignore button when you want it, eh?)

Does it matter, in this context, Bruce Morgan's age? 

here's a picture of William C. "Bill" Silva : 

    (http://i59.tinypic.com/24gn0yg.jpg)

Anyone here a member of Ancestry.com? There may be a picture there:

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gsfn=Hite%20B&gsln=Morgan&gss=seo&ghc=20 (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gsfn=Hite%20B&gsln=Morgan&gss=seo&ghc=20)

So you're in good terms with Mr. Murphy - will you ask him to confirm if he's got any pic of Hite & Dorinda? It feels weird to have seen all the people from the BBs circle (Nick Venet, Jack Rieley, Anderle, Michael Vosse...) & not those who basically introduced the young lads to the show business/got their 1st record deal.

2Mikie: Thanks for reminding me of that site, it is an amazing read!

2john: you might be right, can't tell for sure as I'm not registered there. If someone is, would they like to check Ancestry for the photo, please?

I am. There doesn't seem to be.

The pics will be available this summer

Alright then; let's just hope not on Aug. 31st. Jk.