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126  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Elvis Presley on: May 30, 2022, 08:55:18 AM
The reviews are interesting and they point out, I think, correctly that ultimately it is hard to get at the interior Elvis-hard to know what he was thinking. That book Listening to Elvis talks about that, for example, even though we know Elvis allegedly hated recording many of his movie songs in the 1964-68 period especially-the session tapes seldom reveal that frustration (at most Elvis occasionally makes a joke about the turkey of a song he has to sing) so his inner frustration was buried-so that is hard to show in a film
127  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Elvis Presley on: May 21, 2022, 04:30:57 PM
It’s too bad he doesn’t really look like Elvis-Kurt Russell physically looked more like him than Butler’ in my opinion
128  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: So Tough/ Holland (Box?) Set on: May 12, 2022, 05:35:10 PM
Interesting info-I don’t have my book in front of me but that might be a show that I didn’t have a review of. I know it’s a thousand years ago but do you happen to recall if they said why Dennis was absent (it was long after his hand accident and he was at most shows in that period-though mainly just singing harmony rather than drumming
129  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Carl's relationship with Brian before his death on: May 10, 2022, 05:57:58 PM
Also has to be said that the Wilson dynamic was complicated-as it is in many families. Multiple people have stated that they had trouble expressing their feelings and could not really deal with emotional scenes -Brian and Dennis were both MIA at Murry’s funeral. Certainly modern Brian seems to have trouble dealing with those kinds of things.
130  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Carl and MSIA on: May 10, 2022, 05:50:45 PM
There was that one very revealing Carl interview from, I think, the late 80s where he went into some detail about a number of controversial topics-like his 70s substance issues-he was super honest in that interview-which stands out in my mind because he was usually pretty diplomatic/cagey in interviews after 1982 or so.
131  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Paul McCartney's RAM - the most 'beach boys' Beatle album? on: April 26, 2022, 08:01:18 PM
Not to derail the thread but I am torn in my opinions about this LP and basically all of Paul’s 1970s albums. They don’t grab me as much as I would like them to. Clearly Ram is a lot slicker and more polished than Love You but somehow I am always ready to listen to Love You and seldom feel inspired to listen to Ram. It’s also interesting that as bad as some BB lyrics can be, I usually prefer them to Paul’s 70s lyrics, which are often as inane as sumuhama. by the way I am a huge Beatles fan and I own many of the Wings canon but seldom feel like playing those LPs-maybe it is my loss.
132  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: 25th Anniversary Special 03/1987 on: April 26, 2022, 07:51:47 PM
As I’ve said before it is atrocious but almost all the BBs tv appearances in that period were heavy on the cheese factor-like that horrible version of Little old Lady From Pasadena or their endless summer TV series from 1989 (only redeemed by the great campfire segments). Opinions vary on the Full House appearances but I am not a fan
133  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: 1969 on my site on: March 30, 2022, 03:57:58 AM
I think the prison/hospital gigs were all related to Carl’s draft case as Brian stated in an interview but they did not end in 1969. They did some more in 71, 72 and made their final prison appearances in early 73. they played the Women’s prison on Terminal Island in 71, a prison in Maryland in 72 and a few more California prisons in March 73
134  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: 1969 on my site on: March 27, 2022, 05:39:11 PM
Yeah well they all booked rock acts for the ratings....Lennon did an interview where he really regretted that appearance on Carson-first of all Joe Garagiola was not exactly the guy to talk to the Beatles! And then Tahlullah Bankhead was on the show and was constantly making comments...Lennon was apparently not amused and McCartney griped about Garagiola when he returned to do Carson in 1984 to promote his movie. Yeah-Neil commented on that Tom Jones appearance and said it was a mistake to appear with him-but hey I agree with you-that stuff is fun to look at-and it did not harm their careers at all-Neil can be a little precious about things-it's all in good fun.  It is funny though how unhip the host and his guests often were in those days...Did you see when the BBs appeared on Douglas in Dec 1980-he was happy to see the BBs but he was far more impressed to see the guy who wrote "I Write the Songs"!  That kind of show business doesn't exist anymore.  It was such a strange scene-the old Mel Torme/Robert Goulet fans forced to interview and have on people like the Stones (Douglas had them on in 1964 in Cleveland) and Beach Boys.
135  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: 1969 on my site on: March 27, 2022, 04:44:34 PM
And I agree that TV was a mixed bag in those days...Neil Young refused to appear with Buffalo Springfield on the Johnny Carson Tonight Show because he viewed it as not their audience at all-obviously the rest of the Springfield felt that any publicity is good and were apparently very miffed that as a result they had to pass on the appearance.  It is true though that I don't think Carson ever was as popular with the teenage rock crowd as Letterman was in the 1980s-he was more of a jazz buff-though he had many rock acts on over the years. Certainly Mike Douglas and Merv Griffin were extremely square shows-both of those guys were more into Robert Goulet or later Barry Manilow than anything remotely "hip".  I Guess Ed Sullivan, another total square, was the show to be on-and the BBs appeared twice.  David Frost and Cavett were more intelligent but even Cavett seemed kind of square when it came to rock-though again he welcomed people like Lennon and CSN on his show.
136  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: 1969 on my site on: March 27, 2022, 04:37:32 PM
Yes....I goofed I meant Joe Hicks-that is who you see not sadly Joe Tex
137  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: 1969 on my site on: March 27, 2022, 10:23:49 AM
Yeah note that in one shot at the hospital you can see opener Joe Tex, who toured a lot with the BBs in 1969. He even played the Hawthorne Prom with them. I think maybe they were going to do more with him on their label but as we know they ultimately were too concerned with their own flagging career to do much to build Brother Records. Ultimately he never recorded for them.
138  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: 1969 on my site on: March 27, 2022, 09:19:58 AM
I agree that the BBs were on TV a lot in 1968 but the TV did start to kind of dry up in 1969. In January-February 1969 they made a big push to promote I Can Hear Music including the Joey Bishop Show and the Kraft Music Hall. But by the time they promoted Breakaway it was mainly daytime shows like Mike Douglas. They did appear on the David Frost Show distributed by Westinghouse in the summer of 69 and reappeared on the Happening Show hosted by Paul revere. But then things kind of petered out…they did an episode of Something Else and Get It Together in early 1970 but none of the big late night chat shows and in 1971 the only appearances were with David Frost. Even if they got on a few TV shows it didn’t really translate to sales-neither 20/20 or Sunflower were big sellers. Fred Vail told me that in 1970 he had a lot of trouble booking them-promoters were not offering good money. That Australian tour ended with a residency at a small supper club in Sydney and he really had to talk them into it-they viewed it as a real come down-playing to like 200 people eating and dancing at each show.
139  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: 1969 on my site on: March 25, 2022, 04:00:28 PM
Yeah they were still a big draw in Europe especially the UK.
140  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: 1969 on my site on: March 25, 2022, 12:39:58 PM
Ok so-I finished 1970 as well-if you click on the link from the home page (Go to Gigs and than 1970)

https://www.beachboysgigs.com
141  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / 1969 on my site on: March 23, 2022, 07:28:38 AM
So, I had a little time and completed 1969 on my site www.beachboysgigs.com .  If you go to the home page, click on gigs and then 1969.  I have reviews, photos, info, etc.  As I've said before, when I wrote the book with Jon we did not have the ability to display ads/photos for all shows-so I can do more of that here and also update inaccurate info or add a review I've found since 2013. You can view 1962-1969 now.  I should add that if you looked at those previous years before, I have added more photos/shows as I have found them.  I also have an additions blog you can click on from the home page-that just lists changes (additions/corrections) since the book came out. I have worked on this up through 1970.
142  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Feel Flows box set on: February 11, 2022, 03:15:49 PM
Yeah that chestnut was put to rest a while ago. Brian was not totally in control but he was still a part of the team up to 1972 and everyone still wanted his input. The flame still burned but I think he was a bit lost without that control and leadership
143  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Elvis Presley on: February 10, 2022, 07:35:14 PM
That being said in the 60s Elvis was not well served by his label or the people selecting material . Today we have the benefit of many lovingly curated albums separating the gems from the crap. I can picture Brian Jones or John Lennon in 1966 saying maybe we should give Elvis another chance and buying the album available Spinout and saying forget it! A lot of his better 60s stuff did not come out (like the 1963 Lost album or was released in dribs and drabs as bonus songs on bad soundtrack lps or b-sides in the 60s).
144  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Elvis Presley on: February 10, 2022, 07:24:38 PM
Yes I agree that I never liked Ronnie milsap’s voice (I think he was also involved in some dubbing for THis is Elvis. But I did like Kurt Russell as Elvis. It is definitely hard to do a good version of Elvis’s life and even harder if you are not a fan of his whole career. I think you and I agree that Elvis put out a lot of good material throughout his life (as well as some very bad music on some of the soundtracks) but as we’ve discussed a lot of people in the rock world who worshipped 50s Elvis were very dismissive of post army Elvis, as they felt his rawness had been muted and he’d become a Dean Martin type crooner. I am thinking of Dylan, the Beatles, the Stones, etc. It’s clear that their view of his career hurt his post army music’s appreciation, though this has slowly been rectified. It also seems clear that most of those artists could not really comment on Elvis’s post army career as I don’t think they really listened to the albums. But I question whether filmmakers can make 1970 feel as special as 1956, so I usually expect that a movie will be clued into Elvis 50s oeuvre but not have a clue about great hidden 60s gems like love letters, I need somebody to lean on, suspicion or his latest flame.
145  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Elvis Presley on: February 09, 2022, 06:24:58 PM
By the way I noticed that in the picture that seems to represent Elvis in the studio 1956, the actor has no sideburns, which is an odd stylistic choice because that was clearly one of his 50s trademarks.
146  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Elvis Presley on: February 09, 2022, 06:21:27 PM
Yeah it’s hard to know how this film will come out. The 1979 Kurt Russell one is dated and has a few silly scenes but parts of it are strong. I haven’t seen it in a while but I remember that carpenter did a very effective summary of Elvis in the 1960s with just a few scenes, which is necessary when making a film…otherwise it just becomes this happened and then this happened, etc. the 79 film had a great scene where they are making clambake and the director gets mad about them wasting time and Elvis lets him have it and another strong scene where Elvis is alone playing unchained melody at the piano and you see how ultimately isolated he is and kind of sad despite all the adulation. That’s the thing about an Elvis movie vs Freddie Mercury. I feel like mercury had a great life and was quite content  till he got sick, whereas Elvis seems to in some Ways to have been a more isolated, inward story.  Thus showing what made him tick in a movie is a lot harder because it is not enough to just find a good looking guy who can sing, he also has to show that internal life.
147  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: THIS WEEK IN BB HISTORY January 15-28 on: January 17, 2022, 05:56:22 AM
Yeah-the 1963 tours were horribly planned..They had to drive like 500 miles in a day and then back 400 miles in the other direction and they were not flying.
148  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: THIS WEEK IN BB HISTORY January 15-28 on: January 16, 2022, 07:33:45 PM
Yeah...the BBs landed in a lot of cheesy TV in the mid-late 80s. Starting with the horrendously bad 25th Anniversary show in Hawaii, this Super Bowl Show and the lousy 89 summer show (only redeemed by the great campfire segments). Their appearances on the two John Stamos shows (You Again and Full House) were also cheesy, but have aged slightly better. 
149  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / THIS WEEK IN BB HISTORY January 15-28 on: January 16, 2022, 06:42:40 AM
Jan 16 1963-The BBs recorded an acetate of Lana and Farmers Daughter at Radio Recorders in Hollywood.  There is a copy that was made in NY the “Johnny Dew” record, that led some writers to erroneously suggest that the BBs were in NY on “an east coast tour” at the time (unfortunately including the recent book on Murry by Stephen McParland) but the BBs did not make it to NYC for the first time till the end of August 1963 and the only place they played outside California in Jan 1963 was in Arizona! Two days later Brian recorded the track for the Bob and Sheri tune “Ride Away”, also at Radio Recorders.

Jan 13, 1964-The BBs landed in Sydney Australia to begin their first overseas tour with Roy Orbison, who’d recently toured in the UK with the Beatles, The Surfaris, a mainly instrumental surf band, famous for their hit recording “Wipe Out,” Paul and Paula, a duo from Texas that had hit it big with “Hey Paula” and “Young Lovers” and the Joy Boys, an Australian surf music group who had scored on the local charts with “Murphie the Surfie”.  They played the Festival Hall in Brisbane on Jan 15. The Brisbane Courier Mail reported that, “Festival Hall last night nearly lost its roof...after what was the wildest show it has ever had.”  The BBs returned to Sydney to play two nights at the Sydney Stadium on Jan 17 and 18. The local radio station recorded three songs, “Papa Oom Mow Mow”, “Little Deuce Coupe” and “What’d I Say”.  The BBs version of “What’d I Say” was released in 1981 on the Australian Rarities album. The BBs than played at the Centennial Hall in Adelaide on Jan 20 and then two nights at the Festival Hall, Melbourne on Jan 21 and 22. The Melbourne Herald reported that “the Surfies were in full swing as the top American guitar and vocal groups, the Surfaris and the Beach Boys, followed suit.  The Surfaris, surprisingly un-bronzed under the bright lights, tested our eardrums with their guitars and cymbals: the Beach Boys, looking less beachy than even the Surfaris, presented surf songs that reached top notch on the American charts.
 
On January 23, 1964 the BBs appeared at the Town Hall in Hobart and then returned to Sydney the next day to tape the Surf Sound TV Show, where they mimed to Surfer Girl (Aired Feb 1) and Little Deuce Coupe (Aired Feb Cool- The they flew to Wellington, NZ and the following morning on to Invercargill, NZ where they had a meet and greet at the airport at 1130 AM on Jan 25 before playing the Civic Theatre that night.  The Southland Daily News reviewer reported that “The Beach Boys were quite an entertaining group and their surfin’ numbers went across well.  Even though they were an almost identical combination to ‘The Surfaris’ they overshadowed them somewhat.  The group’s saxophonist was humorous and during his version of ‘The Monster Mash’ he had the audience rollicking.” The next day the tour flew to Christchurch, where they played two nights.  The Christchurch Press suggested that of the acts on the bill only Roy Orbison had real stage presence.  However, it threw faint praise at Mike, noting, “He danced and jigged in stocking feet, and achieved some strange contortions in an offbeat number called ‘Monster Mash.’ No doubt the audience wondered what the submerged words were, because the guitars drowned out everyone.  It may have been just as well, because the group hit a high proportion of wrong notes when they tried to harmonize a slow song about Graduation Day.”

Jan 15 1965- The BBs were at Western to work on the vocals for Kiss Me Baby. Three days later work was done on the track for I’m So Young. On Jan 19 1965 the band worked on vocals for Good to My Baby, Help Me Rhonda (LP Version), In the Back of My Mind, I’m so Young and Please Let Me Wonder. On Jan 27 1965 the BBs appeared at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, OR with Dan and the Goodtimes and the Sonics.  Glen Campbell was unable to play this show and Brian, making his first appearance since his Houston breakdown, took his place.  The BBs performed dressed in yellow radio station KISN sweatshirts.  Fan David Higginbotham recalled, “They had even more hits than the last time I saw them (in May 1964) so the show was even bigger…They also had bigger and nicer amps… They had brand new Showman amps and JBL speakers.  …Carl had the 12-string guitar, which was kind of impressive.  We didn’t know quite what to make of that, because we’d never seen one before… The show was more intense and fever pitched (than previous Portland shows), with lots of girls screaming…  It was kind of like the TAMI Show scene.”

One bizarre incident occurred when it was time for Dennis to sing “The Wanderer.”  Brian usually played drums for this song, while Al played bass.  Higginbotham recalled, “When Brian removed the bass strap to go and play drums, he decided to hand the bass to Mike, so he could hand it to Al.  Mike was holding a microphone and Brian was holding the bass with his hands on the strings.  There was a ground problem between the PA and the amplifiers and when Mike grabbed the bass, they got shocked.  Brian and Mike both jumped out of their pants practically and they dropped the bass.  When it fell to the stage floor it just made this horrible super loud crashing sound. They did their best to just kind of laugh it off.” In the June 1965 fanzine, Beach Boys Scene, Earl Leaf exaggerated the story to include Mike falling to the ground and nearly being killed! 

Jan 1966-The BBs were in Japan without Brian. Dennis was not that impressed with Japan. He commented in Hit Parader that, “Tokyo is like Las Vegas. Expensive and cold.”  The set list for these concerts apparently did not vary and consisted of: “Fun, Fun, Fun”, “Hawaii”, “Surfin’ USA”, “Surfer Girl”, “Little Honda”, “Papa Oom-Mow-Mow”, “Monster Mash”, “Instrumental”, “Little Deuce Coupe”, “Barbara Ann”, “California Girls”, “I Get Around”, “Johnny B. Goode”, and “Do You Wanna Dance.” They allegedly played at the Otemachi Sankei Hall, Tokyo on Jan 15, the Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo on Jan 16, the Miyagi Kenmin Kaikan in Sendai on Jan 18, Sumpu Kaikan in Shizuoka on Jan 20, Yokohama Bunka Taikukan in Yokohama on January 21, Shinjuku Kousei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo on Jan 22. On the last day of the tour the BBs added a show at the Ota-Taikukan (Ota Gymnasium), which was near the airport and only attracted about twenty people due to bad promotion. The last show was at Nenkin Hall, Tokyo that night.

Following these shows, the group split up for five days of relaxation.  Carl, Al and Dennis headed to Hawaii.  Bruce, Mike and Dick Duryea, however, spent time in Hong Kong.  During their stay in the city, they went to see the Searchers, who were performing there.  Bruce told a reporter, “When we walked into the club the announcer recognized us and we had to stand up and take a bow.” To appease the media, they held a press conference at the Mandarin Hotel on January 25.  Mike and Bruce told a reporter from the China Mail that they loved Hong Kong and hoped to play there one day.  When asked why they were not playing there on this trip, they replied that they had been unable to book a hall big enough to accommodate all their fans.  Duryea noted that they “had passed through three new years and boy that was something.  We had an American style New Year in the United States, then a Japanese style one in Tokyo. In Hong Kong, we had the tail-end of the Chinese New Year and we liked it.”

Jan 20 1967- The BBs worked on Heroes and Villains at Columbia Studios but apparently this Tape is lost or was recorded over. The tape for the Jan 23 1967 Surfs Up overdub session is also missing.  On Jan 25 1967-Brian recorded Jasper Daily’s bizarre “Teeter Totter Love”, I assume as a joke.  On Jan 27 1967-the BBs had a productive day at Columbia working on Heroes and Villains “In the Cantina” portion and the “Children Were Raised”, as well as the “All Day” section and the Smile version of “Whistle In”

Late Jan 1968-The BBs were in NYC with Brian to meet Maharishi, who was in the States from Jan 19 till Jan 23 when he left for India with Mia Farrow. They were photographed with him at a hotel by Linda Eastman. Maharishi visited the UN on Jan 20 and gave a TM lecture in Madison Sq Garden (The Felt Forum) on Jan 21-which was attended by the BBs. He visited Boston on Jan 22-and Mike and possibly other BBs saw this lecture as well.  Jan 25-Dennis’ Untitled #1 track was recorded (released on the 1968 I Can Hear Music set).
Jan 16 1969-the BBs started a short tour with Joe Hicks and Tommy James and the Shondells at the Memorial Arena in Victoria, Canada (a local band called The Tunnel was also on the bill), The next night they played the Seattle Center Arena. Susan Schwartz of the Seattle Times, noted, “The Beach Boys really sing-they don’t shout or scream... Their beat and their harmony is precise.  Their music is melodic.  They don’t go in for feedback or fancy instrumental solos.  Whatever it is they’ve got, ‘Help Me Rhonda,’ and ‘I Get Around,’ and ‘Barbara Ann,’ not to mention ‘Good Vibrations’ are still catchy songs…Nine years from now, maybe the Beach Boys will be working on their 40th record album as they’re on their 20th now.”  On Jan 18 1969 they were at the Agrodome in Vancouver (local band the Winters Green also was on the bill). The tour ended at Eastern Montana College, in Billings, MT on Jan 19. Three days later the BBs were at Valentine Studios to overdub San Miguel. More sessions were held for the song at Sunset Studios on Jan 24 and 27

Jan 17 1970-the BBs worked on Take a Load Off your Feet Pete. The following two days were devoted to a new version of Back Home. On Jan 26 1970 they worked on Tears in the Morning (Overdubs on Nov 18 1969 recording), Our Sweet Love (String Overdubs on Nov 1969 recording), Lady (Overdubs on Dec 1969 recording) and take a load off Your Feet (violins). On Jan 27, 28 1970-The BBs (or at least some of them) were at Capitol Records for a mixing session for the Live in London LP. Jan 28 also found Bruce at Valentine Studios to add piano to Tears in the Morning.

Jan and Feb 1972-Al and Mike were in Majorca, Spain studying TM so not much was happening.  However, on Jan 21, 1972 Brian recorded Spark in the Dark, which may be made available this year.  Jan 1973-Another quiet period for the group but Brian traveled to Fort Dodge, Iowa with David Sandler and Spring to record tracks around this time including ‘Shyin Away’.

Jan 15, 1977 the BBs played the Olympia Stadium in Detroit with Brian, followed by two shows at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on Jan 16. They played the Montreal Forum on Jan 17. David Freeston of the Montreal Star praised their performance as “superb” and noted that as they “harmonized their way through a perfectly paced show of 30 songs, the excitement and enthusiasm gradually turned to rapture, so that by the time the group was into its second or third encore the Forum was filled with the kind of awesome din not witnessed since…the last Beach Boys’ concert here, five months ago.” They were at the Philadelphia Spectrum on Jan 18 where reviewers noted that Brian “seemed totally relaxed at his normal perch behind the grand piano- for one number he went back to playing bass-pranced around showing new energy and also a trimmed down waistline”) The tour ended with shows at the Civic Arena, Pittsburgh on Jan 19 and the Capitol Center, Largo, MD on Jan 20 and 21. The latter twos shows were some of the first filmed for Jumbotron, so that fans in the nosebleed sections could see the band up close and this footage is on Youtube. 

Jan 18, 1978-Dennis worked on Love Surrounds Me and Baby Blue, which were initially part of Bambu.  However, from Jan 20-24 1979 Love Surrounds Me was being given overdubs so it could be added to LA Light.

Jan 15-20 1980-The BBs were at the Sahara in Lake Tahoe, NV With Brian. Dennis was out of the band at this point but reportedly played part of the Jan 16 show.  Two days later the BBs were at Rumbo to work on Keepin the Summer Alive including: Goin On, Sunshine and Oh Darlin (horn overdubs) and School Day (guitar overdubs). More overdubs on those tunes followed on Jan 23, 25 and 26. On Jan 28 1980-vocal work was done on Keepin the Summer Alive and Some of Your Love.

Jan 16, 1981-The BBs played the Sports Arena in San Diego. American Spring, featuring Brian’s ex-wife and sister-in-law, opened the show and Dean Torrence joined the band for encores of "Barbara Ann" and "Fun, Fun, Fun."  Bob Laurence, of the San Diego Union, noted that Dennis was “quite disoriented, carrying on with inappropriate clowning, and in 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' bashing the drums with considerably more abandon than the song called for.”  Dennis was replaced midway through the show by Bobby Figueroa.  The next night the BBs played at UC Davis again with American Spring. Duncan Strauss, of the Davis Enterprise was unimpressed and noted, “The group played mostly early hits like “Surfer Girl,” “Help Me Rhonda,” 'Surfin,'” ''Wouldn't It Be Nice,' and 'Surfin' USA.'  The strong sense of nostalgia and the infectious rhythms of most of these classics-and the large number of people onstage contributing vocals-helped to obscure the fact that many voices in the band, most noticeably Love's and Brian Wilson's, have seriously deteriorated."

On Jan 18, 1981 the BBs were at Selland Arena in Fresno, CA The following day they were in Washington DC at DAR Constitution Hall to take part in the inaugural festivities for President Reagan.  3,000 young Republicans, including two of Vice President Bush’s sons, attended the group’s “concert for youth.”  The month ended on a down note when Dennis received a severe beating from Stan and Rocky on Super Bowl Sunday January 25. He later took them to court and got a restraining order.

Jan 15-18 1982 the BBs played at Harrah’s in Lake Tahoe with Stoddard and Cole-2 shows a night. Carl was happily absent (as he specifically expressed his distaste at the time for the Vegas/Tahoe shows) and at work on his second solo album at Cherokee Studios. Sessions were held for Time, What More Can I Say and Opus II during this period.

Jan 19, 1985- The BBs again took part in the festivities for Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration in DC-footage makes the rounds of them singing “Our Hearts Were Full of Spring” with a slimmed down Brian but this was only part of a longer set.  By this time, the BBs were beginning to slip into predicable patterns. Often, they played in Tahoe or Vegas in January. Hence from Jan 27-29, 1986-they were again at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe.

Jan 15, 1987-The BBs played a corporate show for the Sheraton World Conference in Honolulu. Brian, beginning to embark on a tentative solo career apart from the BBs was in Anaheim at the Marriot Hotel to attend the Yamaha Awards.  The following day the BBs hold a corporate meeting and decided to have Terry Melcher produce future BB sessions rather than Brian (possibly to avoid Landy’s involvement). On Jan 22, 1987-Brian attended the second annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC-He inducted the Drifters and performed a solo “On Broadway”. Seymour Stein was impressed and offered Brian a contract with Sire Records.  Brian can be seen singing along on the Jam session at the end of the night (footage is on Youtube). While Brian was there-the BBs practiced for the Super Bowl Pre-Game Show at Orange Coast College. They played the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, AZ on Jan 23 and then Brian joined them for the truly lame “Super Night at the Super Bowl” CBS TV show-hosted by Patrick Duffy on January 24 1987. The BBs performed “The Little Old Lady from Pasadena”, with SNL’s Mary Gross playing “the little old lady.” The following day the BBs, again joined by Brian, played live at the pre-super Bowl show in Pasadena. Brian also accompanied them for a corporate show for Ford Motors on Jan 26 1987 at the Universal-Sheraton.

Jan 16 1988-The BBs played the Hula Bowl at Aloha Stadium in Oahu and then left for California that night, so they could perform at the Scopus Awards Dinner, at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles the next night. On Jan 20 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with the Beatles, the Supremes and Bob Dylan. Mike made a fairly embarrassing speech (even he has recognized that he went overboard). When the BBs and Brian received an award at the American Music Awards on January 25 Mike wore a hardhat, just in case anyone felt any hard feelings towards him (they attended the rehearsal for this on Jan 24).  Jan 18 1989-The BBs took part in George Bush Sr’s Inauguration in Washington.  They’d campaigned for him a bit and seemed particularly fond of him as a person.

Jan 24, 1989-The BBs played the Spectrum in Philadelphia. This was the first of three warm up “Beachago” shows with the band Chicago to gear up for their big reunion tour.  All three shows featured special appearance by Brian-he played “Surfer Girl” with the Beach Boys, then performed solo sets with Andy Paley and Michael Bernard.  They played “Love and Mercy,” “Melt Away” and “Walking the Line.”  Brian returned for the Beachago encore-on keyboards.  Both bands played “Kokomo,” “In the Midnight Hour,” “Dancing in the Streets,” “Feeling Stronger Every day,” and “Fun, Fun, Fun.” More Beachago/Brian shows took place at the Worcester Centrum the next day and the Nassau Coliseum on Jan 27.  At the latter show, the Daily News reporter was pleased by the Beach Boys.  He noted, “Now I’m no expert but I have seen this band enough to know that they were ‘on’. The overall sound was good (a big plus), their vocals were strong (even way up high) and whoever was drumming was doing the best Dennis Wilson crash and double stomp since Dennis himself…They played some of their newer songs (Kokomo, Wipe Out) but in the end, it was the hits that proved the everlasting examples of how to mix almost perfect pop songwriting and singing.” The reviewer was less impressed by Chicago. From reviews I have seen, it appears that reviewers had their biases-if you were a Chicago fan than they were great and the BBs were only ok and vice versa. Still together it was a good show.

Jan 18, 1991-The BBs played a private show for the Scott Paper Corporation at the Princess Scottsdale Hotel in Scottsdale, AZ.  Ten days later, Brian played a rare (at the time) solo gig at The China Club in LA. He performed an 11-song set with Don Was, who he was hanging out with a lot for the next couple of years (culminating in the 1995 I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times film).

Jan 18 1995-The BBs played at the Folsom Auto Mall in Folsom, CA. Three days later Carl played the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Caring Program for Children Benefit-at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City with Billy Hinsche, Bobby Figueroa, Ed Carter, John Stamos, Gerry Beckley and Robert Lamm with emcee Rickie Martin. The reviewer noted that “Lamm, Wilson and Beckley had such a good time working together that they plan to form a new band.”  Three days later Carl rejoined the BBs at the Convention Center in San Diego for a private event.

January 26, 1996: The BBs played at a private NFL pre–Super Bowl party at the Phoenix Convention Center.  They then headed to London, where they joined Brian to do promotion for their Fun, Fun, Fun collaboration with Status Quo. On January 28 they made a guest appearance at the Brixton Academy at Status Quo’s Fan Club concert.  Jan 24, 1998-The BBs performed at the NBC Tent, Four Seasons Aviara Resort in Carlsbad, CA. Carl was of course absent and if Al participated then this was one of his last appearances as a Beach Boy.  By this time, Mike had made the decision to continue performing without Carl or Al Jardine. This new incarnation of the BBs had not yet won the right to use that name, so Mike Love and The California Beach Band performed at the Mission Ballroom, Town and Country Hotel in San Diego, CA that same day. The following day Mike, Bruce, Dave M, Glen Campbell, John Stamos and Dean Torrence performed under the awkward moniker “A Tribute to the Beach Boys”-at the Super Bowl Pre-Game Show at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA on NBC TV.  This was when things got a little ugly. Al was apparently at home watching on TV and surprised/upset to not be included.  Brian was visiting Carl for the last time before his death on February 6 and they watched on TV together.  On Jan 28, 1998-Brian was down at Shrimp Boat Sound in Key West, FL to record vocals for “South American”-with Jimmy Buffet. Some footage of this is in the Imagination video.  Think I’ll stop here…..
150  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Billy Hinsche 1951-2021 on: November 21, 2021, 08:41:58 AM
I echo what Craig said-as I said elsewhere-he was very generous with me-I talked with him many times. A great guy!
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