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Rob Dean
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Re: After the members, who was the most important person to the band?
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June 23, 2012, 10:39:44 AM »
While there are many who have been instrumental to the Band ( Murry,Chuck etc ) ,
I really do believe a special mention should be given to us ( the fans ) , with long standing fans / geeks always giving the BB's a market/audience for new recordings / shows etc.
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June 23, 2012, 12:16:05 PM »
1. Chuck Britz
2. Stephen Desper
3. Andrew G. Doe
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Quote from: Sound of Free on June 23, 2012, 10:14:56 AM
Murry for all the reasons already stated, and Audree for insisting Brian add Dennis to the band.
That's right - hadn't thought about that last part.
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Re: After the members, who was the most important person to the band?
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Marilyn.
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Carol Kaye, she played every instrument on all of their albums.
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Re: After the members, who was the most important person to the band?
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June 24, 2012, 06:51:37 AM »
I'll say:
Murry.
Britz.
Reiley.
Melcher/Desper.
In that order.
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Lowbacca
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June 24, 2012, 07:03:38 AM »
Quote from: lance on June 24, 2012, 06:51:37 AM
I'll say:
Murry.
Britz.
Reiley.
Melcher/Desper.
In that order.
Why is Melcher so important in your eyes?
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J.G. Dev
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Mr. T
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Quote from: Lowbacca on June 24, 2012, 07:03:38 AM
Quote from: lance on June 24, 2012, 06:51:37 AM
I'll say:
Murry.
Britz.
Reiley.
Melcher/Desper.
In that order.
Why is Melcher so important in your eyes?
he cowrote nearly every song on Summer in Paradise, and most of the originals on Still Cruisin'. the manson murders happened in his house.
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Quote from: Aegir on June 24, 2012, 12:44:05 PM
Quote from: Lowbacca on June 24, 2012, 07:03:38 AM
Quote from: lance on June 24, 2012, 06:51:37 AM
I'll say:
Murry.
Britz.
Reiley.
Melcher/Desper.
In that order.
Why is Melcher so important in your eyes?
he cowrote nearly every song on Summer in Paradise, and most of the originals on Still Cruisin'. the manson murders happened in his house.
Yeah, I know. (?) And he produced
Summer in Paradise
. And was partially responsible for getting the BBs signed for the Monterey Pop Festival. And so forth..
My spider-sense tells me I missed a sprout of sarcasm here somewhere...
Terry Melcher really isn't all that important to the musical legacy of the BBs, one way or another.
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June 24, 2012, 01:42:09 PM »
This is important.
JAN BERRY ( who taught Brian a great deal about production)
I know that seems rather self-serving *hehehe*... so I'm also recommending Gary Usher.
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Terry Melcher was important to The Beach Boys' legacy, just for the fact that he produced "Kokomo", the group's largest selling single.
Good or bad - and that's a debate that would take several pages on this message board - Terry Melcher was around as the group's producer for a substantial period of time. He produced a couple of songs that we fans like, "Rock And Roll To The Rescue" and "California Dreamin", and he co-wrote and produced another good song, "Somewhere Near Japan". That work is not too shabby.
Yeah, he'll be forever linked with the Still Cruisin album and, of course, Summer In Paradise, so he'll get consistently hammered. I didn't think his production was THAT bad. He didn't have the material to work with. Granted he wrote some of it, but Brian had disappeared by then, and contributed almost nothing to those two albums. When Terry did have the material, like the songs noted above, look at the results.
Does anybody think that the production of That's Why God Made The Radio isn't too far off from the Still Cruisin' and Summer In Paradise albums?
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June 24, 2012, 04:25:20 PM »
Marylin and her sisters. They inspired loads of amazing Brian songs.
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June 25, 2012, 04:37:27 AM »
Other names to chuck into the discussion: Tom Nolan and Nick Kent.
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June 26, 2012, 10:58:44 AM »
I just stumbled across this musical tribute to Murry Wilson by his side project, the Rick Henn (Soulful Old Man Sunshine)-led Sunrays "Our Leader". It certainly seems like, at the time of this recording, they had a true respect, and maybe even love, for Murry.
http://www.mediafire.com/?si5eizy7tryrepd
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Quote from: RangeRoverA1 on June 24, 2012, 06:38:17 PM
Quote from: FatherOfTheMan on June 24, 2012, 04:25:20 PM
Marylin and her sisters. They inspired loads of amazing Brian songs.
Even Barbara? Also, the song called "My Diane" doesn't amaze me that much. But about Marilyn being an inspiration I don't have any objections.
Of course - without Marilyn, who would have baked the "special" brownies?
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June 26, 2012, 11:06:21 AM »
Quote from: Sheriff John Stone on June 24, 2012, 04:06:32 PM
Terry Melcher was important to The Beach Boys' legacy, just for the fact that he produced "Kokomo", the group's largest selling single.
Good or bad - and that's a debate that would take several pages on this message board - Terry Melcher was around as the group's producer for a substantial period of time. He produced a couple of songs that we fans like, "Rock And Roll To The Rescue" and "California Dreamin", and he co-wrote and produced another good song, "Somewhere Near Japan". That work is not too shabby.
Yeah, he'll be forever linked with the Still Cruisin album and, of course, Summer In Paradise, so he'll get consistently hammered. I didn't think his production was THAT bad. He didn't have the material to work with. Granted he wrote some of it, but Brian had disappeared by then, and contributed almost nothing to those two albums. When Terry did have the material, like the songs noted above, look at the results.
Does anybody think that the production of That's Why God Made The Radio isn't too far off from the Still Cruisin' and Summer In Paradise albums?
Sure. Sure. Sure. I didn't mean to say that Melcher has
no
important role in the BBs legacy, just that there's a bunch of more important guys and more influential people than Melcher. He does not belong in the top5, I think.
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July 26, 2012, 06:01:37 PM »
Dick Rising from Capitol Records was definitely the most important.
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July 26, 2012, 06:06:34 PM »
Russ Regan.
Because with a name like the Pendletones....
(Incidentally, Russ shows up in a few of the photos taken backstage at the Bowl last month.)
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