Mike's the leader

Not on the C50 he wasn't. Very much a shared deal with Brian.

And Stamos never showed up again on that tour, either ...

Beacon Theater C50 was early May and Stamos did the Jones Beach intro around the 22nd of June a month later.  

He did more than handle the "intro" at Jones Beach, and as I noted earlier, Nelson seemed more than a little peeved at John that night when he had some issues with the drums on "I Get Around".

Here's I Get Around from that show, by the way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8b4Bh9q40w

Anyone read John Cowsill's responses?

According to someone who would know, Al is officially joining for the Modesto gig.

It was just officially posted on Brian's FB page that Al would be there.

At that moment in the song he jumps. It's awesome.

It ain't "awesome" at all.  He looks like an idiot.  On another 'I Get Around' clip he jumps right up to Mike's face then does a quick 180 back to the keyboard when it looks like Mike's ready to belt him.

I need to see this. Link?

Fun, Fun, Fun in York with Roy Wood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdGHKu_fAms

They also apparently covered The Move's "Fire Brigade".

On the Fridays TV show w/ Brian, I haven't seen this myself before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAS1sRMi-yk

It's on Spotify, probably the easiest way to access it.

Haven't they sometimes been doing the C50 version singing along to Dennis? It's possible in some cases the presence of Stamos literally preempts the Dennis tribute.

Have they?

I think they soundchecked it, I don't believe they've actually done it in a show.

Forever w/ Stamos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgQeMeC7a6E

God Only Knows from Hop Farm, nice performance, but there's a woman singing along from the audience: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJeMeRGofmw&list=UUMydtP75ORffzrtNmV8lu7A

Don't Worry Baby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBCtl1jXHUQ&index=3&list=UUMydtP75ORffzrtNmV8lu7A

Fun Fun Fun w/ solo by David: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CD_87ISHZ8

Speaking of Bruce, whoever put this together, thank you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg9qb05ra7I

Videos I found from Hop Farm today since there isn't a thread for that show:

Sloop John B: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM8g-AU74v0

Do You Wanna Dance?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk-EyIcao5E

California Girls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AAE8-LaYug

So what does Dave get lead on besides Getcha Back? Summertime Blues maybe?

Brian Live on QVC in 2000:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7LG75glWN0

Snippet of GOK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSwtfb9dB-o

Sounds an awful lot like Wouldn't It Be Nice.

Sorry, the original YouTube poster has it labelled as GOK in the description, and I posted it before I gave it a listen.

Snippet of WIBN:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSwtfb9dB-o

Couple of brief videos from Instagram/Twitter:

Snippet of Barbara Ann: http://instagram.com/p/qCwIrondnY/

Snippet of Then I Kissed Her: http://instagram.com/p/qCplgdndo6/

Here's the link to the webcast, brief interview at about 2:05:20 and performance at 2:15:00:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPLKhUXEXcE

Mike namechecking Pet Sounds before "Wouldn't It Be Nice" is a nice touch. I recorded the audio from the stream. I'll put it up on YouTube if anyone is interested.

Not sure what time they're on:
http://boston.cbslocal.com/video-boston-pops-fireworks-spectacular/

Brian on Letterman in 2002, sitting in with the band and performing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFpAkXZLa0A

Please Let Me Wonder

Al only got to do three or four songs during his Jeff Beck tour with Brian, and only that many during the reunion shows, so I'm sure he would get the same amount for his single Beach Boys gig with Mike, had it come to pass.  As for his own solo career, it seems to be all over the place and poorly publicized. He's doing a free show in a tiny town in Idaho on June 28, with Dean Torrence. He's doing "Aquapalooza," a show that's only open to boaters in the Chicago area. He didn't really do much advance public notice for his Atlantic City show. He really needs to get his act together in terms of publicity for his solo shows and planning tours.

While Al has never had a ton of leads in Brian’s shows either, the Beck tour sets he played were shorter than a typical Mike/Bruce show. In other words, would Mike have Al singing anything that isn’t already in the setlist? We’d get Rhonda, Sloop, maybe something else.

Looking at the typical M&B setlist, Al would probably get "Rhonda", "Sloop", "Then I Kissed Her", "California Dreamin'" and maybe "Wouldn't It Be Nice" but probably not because he's stopped singing it since C50.