I know that Barbara Charren Wilson is quoted as pinpointing Dennis's and Brian's further declines to the death of their father in 1973.
I would have thought that, with the amount of abuse they endured from him, they would have found peace when he finally died. Does anyone know or undertsnad why they went the opposite way?
Why did Dennis still seek to bond with his Dad over watching the fights etc, after they way his dad had treated him? Why didn't they all just abandon Murry after Sea of Tunes was sold (allegedly without permission)?

Does anyone else think that Dennis got away with far too much crap just because he was good-looking and charming??

When was his last contact with Brian?

Has he ever expressed remorse for contributing to Brian's mental decline through LSD?

He'd know. Lennon was a wanker! Imagine no possessions? Sure, after you John!

I never met him. But he aged really well and seemed to be a bit of a Renaissance man with his painting, music and acting. Very suave.

Thank you Carrie. That is an excellent description of how it all works. I read that David has been able to live off his artist royalties from the Beach Boys. So, accordingly,that would be based on volume of sales of the albums he played on plus repackaged compilations like Sounds of Summer that include songs he played on?

Who bought Sea of Tunes after it passed into Murry's possession, Jon?

Can anyone tell me how royalties work? I know that the songwriter has money collected for him and disbursed to him each year for each time a song is played or the rigts to use it in a movie or commercial are sold. But how do performance rights work? Is it correct that everyone who performed on a track that is played on the radio etc gets so many cents per play as well? For instance, how does Al Jardine derive annual income from Beach Boys records if he doesn't have many songwriting credits? (I mean, for argument's sake, I don't know how many credits he has.)
This has puzzeld me for some time. Is it correct that there are only mechanical rights and one other type of right that produce income?