This is really good stuff. I always kinda liked this song, and it's nice to hear someone cover it.

A mandolin is tuned quite like a fiddle. Think of the 1st four strings of a guitar, inverted, where the low E on the guitar is now your highest string, followed by the A, the D, and the G string being your low note. If you are any good at all at playing guitar chords backwards, you will get a kick out of the mandolin right away...Paul

 

This is a collection celebrating the music of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. Not so much their hits, but some of the deeper album tracks that slowly worked their way into my brain and became some of my favorites.  All instruments, vocals, mixing and post-production mastering by Paul McClelland.

1) Meant For You (B. Wilson-M. Love)
2) Honkin Down the Highway (B. Wilson)
3) With Me Tonight (B. Wilson)
4) Roller Skating Child (B. Wilson)
5) I'm Broke (B. Wilson)
6) It's OK (B. Wilson-M. Love)
7) Shortenin Bread (trad)
That Same Song (B. Wilson)
9) God Please Let Us Go On This Way (B. Wilson-M. Love)
10) Back Home (B. Wilson)
11) Little Pad (B. Wilson)
12) Airplane (B. Wilson)
13) Wind Chimes (B. Wilson)
14) Well, You're Welcome (B. Wilson)

http://mcclellandmusic.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html

Fantastic...How did it feel getting that far into Brian Wilson's brain?

I'll bet he's nice' ...excellent.."South Carolina" could be an outtake from Friends..Coldest Summer' ..great concept.. wish I'd thought of it and written it first..You must be very pleased with the sound you get from your recordings. i know i am....Paul McC

Airplane!!!

Really great DIY music. I like all of the cuts, and they have a great feel...

I Hope you do. It's still up, and there's a lot of my music on there.

Excellent job on that track...you should be very proud of that...Paul

Best of the Beach Boys, Vol 1. That is when the snowball started rolling downhill.

Hello all,

   I would like to invite everyone over to my blog filled with original music and cover songs to preview and download at your pleasure. All music was put together in my home studio, and I would love to hear what you think, so please leave a comment, if possible, and visit often.
http://mcclellandmusic.blogspot.com
    Thanks. See you there..Paul

I like the Beach Boys for many reasons. Among the top: It is a band with a sound dripping with positive energy. The songs make me feel real good, and start any day in an upbeat mood. The harmonies are uplifting, the arrangements imaginative, and the songwriting creative.
   A Big reason I like the Boys is because their songs can be listened too on many different levels. I can take in the whole sound, or I can listen to harmonic arrangements and be amazed, or I can listen to the musicianship and be amazed, and always hear something new everytime I listen, because so much is in there. That's part of what makes the music and the sound timeless.

http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=6124482&q=hi


    I'm now on this "Love You" kick. Please enjoy, and leave a comment on the site if it so moves you. Thanks..Paul

It is outstanding, creative, haunting , imaginative...Stephen, welcome back. I heard a few cuts off of this cd a couple of years ago. Last I heard you were getting a recording deal (that must have been the one that fell thru). I am hoping your life is in a better place at this writing, and would love to see that reflected in some music. A tad more 'positive energy' and  feel would send future songs over the top into the stratosphere. Continued success, and I can't pull away from your music non-stop just yet. Give me a few more days.

It's Natural. and I don't think that was the 'trick' Buffett was refering to.

Grenade, site's lookin' good. Thanks..and welcome.

"The environment that Brian creates has a lot to do with the fact that he carries with him a childlike innocence and spontaneity. That is one facet to his brilliance, and yet he is like a savant. You have to care for and nurture that quality because he brings out a protective nature in those around him."
 

    Those are 3 of the best sentences I have seen about Brian Wilson in a long long time. A concise and accurate observation of what makes up the soul of this particular artist.

I'm betting it will....

If he hadn't been a Beach Boy he would never have stood out. ...................................


                          Now THERE'S an interesting little comment you don't hear every day about Brian.

On the new Super Furry Animals cd, it's impossible to listen to 'the gift that keeps giving' and not think of circa 1969 BB's. The majority of the album has that vibe.  "Hey, Venus!' should be found, and listened to, especially by the folks on this board, who would appeciate what they are doing in these songs more than most others, I believe.

Brian's understated and totally gorgeous falsetto lead in the early song, "Lana"....in 2nd place, Mike's 'I got the pink slip daddy' (not really that obscure)  ..3rd place, the original Dennis vocal on "You are my sunshine"

Starbucks should handle the distribution of TLOS, if possible. They are putting out Joni Mitchells new music soon,  took care of Sir Pauls new one, why not Brian's?

....and some voice correction if he needs it. I can live with that.

I caught a little of that trial shortly after Labor Day on Court TV, and the prosecution was giving its summation, closing arguments, and to my ears and eyes, they (he) appeared a bit cocky, like this was going to be an open and shut case..wham bam guilty, off to jail. But no one should treat a murder case as if it is already won. Not in LA anyway. If you ever find yourself on trial for murder, you better pray you are in Los Angeles. You'll be home in time for dinner.