The birth of a child is awesome. The Grand Canyon is awesome. Brian Wilson looking like he should be holding a sign which reads "Will Work For Clothes That Fit" --- not awesome.

Was (future) licensing of the brand anticipated in 1993? And, at least insofar as the licensing "agreement", I would imagine that agreeing to anything is not the same as getting outvoted.

Would it not make sense that the "estate" vote would go to whichever faction looked to have the best chance of bringing in the most money to the collective coffers? Do the people controlling the "estate" vote have any loyalties other than income? It would also be interesting to know if the so called "Love License" can be revoked at any time assuming the votes are there. My guess is that if BW really wanted to fire up a show and go touring as the Beachboys he would figure out a way to do so.

Honda 250/305 Scrambler.

Math?

Above AGD states that "Bruce handed his (share) back voluntarily." and indicates, it would seem, that there is a distinction between doing so and selling a share back to BRI as DW did. Yet, in a thread I bumped into (Why Did Al Jardine Leave the BB's? ), AGD writes that Bruce " --- used to be (a member of BRI) until he sold his share back --- ", which would seem to be contradictory. Which is it?

I wonder if this whole bit could get cleaned up some. And also --- has the question of who - Bruce or Al - was first admitted to the inner sanctum ever been satisfactorially answered?

Seems like he would have wanted to retain the vote he presumably had.

Anyone notice the shoes by the amps?

["Look at the dates -- 1971 is when he quit the band after Surf's Up. Presumably he didn't stay a co-owner of Brother once he'd left the band."]

"Look at the dates -- 1971 is when he quit the band after Surf's Up. Presumably he didn't stay a co-owner of Brother once he'd left the band."

That would make sense I suppose - although two other members "left" the band without losing membership - but it still begs the question of why/how he had a share that Jardine did not. Am I missing something here?

["Bruce handed his back voluntarily."]

"Bruce handed his back voluntarily."

Any indication or guess as to why? Was he asked to do so? Did he have a larger share than AJ and/or was it conferred earlier?

And --- at the risk of asking too many questions - was Johnston made a full or official member before Jardine?

So --- the Wiki piece is incorrect?

And --- what is the distinction, if any, between selling a share (DW) and trading a share (BS)? And further, why would Johnston not want to hang onto his share?

According to Wikipedia BRI was formed in "mid - 1966" in order to give the band "more control over their products" and "The shareholders were the 1966 members of the Beach Boys: Wilson brothers Brian, Carl, and Dennis, along with their first cousin Mike Love, their friend Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston, who traded his share in 1971. In 1983, shortly after the death of Dennis Wilson, his estate sold his share back to the corporation to repay loans. In 1998, following Carl Wilson's death, his share of the corporation passed to and is still controlled by his estate." Presumably Johnston had just come aboard but the rest could certainly be viewed as the originals.

There seems to be some conflicting information here and elsewhere in regard to the original "set-up" of BRI. I have read that at it's outset BRI consisted of the six BBs at that time (Wilsons, Love, Johnston, Jardine) each with an equal vote, etc. I've also read that Jardine was not "invited" to become an official member until 1973, which makes less sense to me. So, I'm curious --- what is BRI --- are there articles of incorporation in the public domain, etc.?