Calgary & Edmonton shows: Meeting Brian

[LostArt]

So yeah, Kayla.  Congratulations for getting to see the shows and meet Brian and the guys.  What an experience that must have been!  I had my chance at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee a couple of years ago, but it didn't work out.  Had my concert ticket, had a back stage/meet and greet pass waiting for me in BeerTown, and it all looked good to go.  Unfortunately, I was called in to work at the last minute, and I couldn't get to the show.  I'm going to head down to the Surf Ballroom in Iowa at the end of the month, but I don't have a backstage pass this time.

Also, your recordings are really fantastic.  I'm an old guitarist from way-back, and still play in a covers band, and we feature our three-part harmonies.  I love singing harmonies.  I have a soon-to-be 15 year old daughter who wants to be a singer, too.  Sings all the time, and she's pretty good.  She's got a good ear, as you obviously do.  I showed her a couple of your Beach Boys covers on YouTube, and she liked them.  So, keep up the good work.  It's a pleasure listening to songs done with passion and soul. 

Peace. 

[Alex]

Taylor WAS on Smile...I Wanna Be Around...

[Andrew G. Doe]

Taylor WAS on Smile...I Wanna Be Around...

Don't think so. 

[brucejohnstonfan]

Taylor WAS on Smile...I Wanna Be Around...

Don't think so. 

Well, she WAS on BW Presents Smile, so technically she kind of was on Smile, just not The Beach Boys Smile Sessions.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Taylor WAS on Smile...I Wanna Be Around...

Don't think so. 

Well, she WAS on BW Presents Smile, so technically she kind of was on Smile, just not The Beach Boys Smile Sessions.

Nope - she was on Brian Wilson Presents Smile, not Smile.  Bit like saying Darian was on Odessey & Oracle (and yes, I know he was... the 40th anniversary live shows).

[brucejohnstonfan]

Taylor WAS on Smile...I Wanna Be Around...

Don't think so. 

Well, she WAS on BW Presents Smile, so technically she kind of was on Smile, just not The Beach Boys Smile Sessions.

Nope - she was on Brian Wilson Presents Smile, not Smile.  Bit like saying Darian was on Odessey & Oracle (and yes, I know he was... the 40th anniversary live shows).

Well considering that for the time being, BWPS is the only OFFICIAL version of Smile ever released, yeah, she was on Smile.

Plus, upon talking with members of Brian's band, a couple have mentioned to me that they like to think of BWPS as "Smile 2004" because they think that that's really what it is, and had it been released in even 2005, it could have been a much different album, it's just what Brian was feeling at the time.

So unlike Darian being on the Odyssey & Oracle 40th Anniversary live shows, which were more or less a recreation of the original album, Taylor sang on a completely different version of Smile that's entirely different to the Beach Boys unreleased 1967 album, and while it might not be The Beach Boys Smile, it still is Brian Wilson's Smile - at least the version of Smile that he felt and wanted to release at the time, and despite the Smile Sessions album that's coming out later this year, BWPS Smile is the only official version of Smile that's been completed by Brian Wilson that will ever truly be released.

[bgas]

so far.

[brucejohnstonfan]

so far.

No, unless some weird sh*t goes down, BWPS is the only version of smile to ever be completed by Brian Wilson. Last I heard,  the upcoming Smile Sessions release is being put together and completed by Mark Linett and Alan Boyd.

[drbeachboy]

The last I heard, Brian Wilson composed, arranged, sang and produced every thing that Linett & Boyd have put together. Except for the track sequence, I see what these two gentlemen are doing is not any different than what Chuck Britz did helping Brian with the mono mixes and doing stereo mixes for other Beach Boys albums. This Smile Sessions will be all Brian.

[bgas]

so far.

No, unless some weird feces goes down, BWPS is the only version of smile to ever be completed by Brian Wilson. Last I heard,  the upcoming Smile Sessions release is being put together and completed by Mark Linett and Alan Boyd.

BWPS is the only version completed SO FAR. the only way your statement becomes definitive: when Brian passes if he hasn't released another.
Correct or not,  Arguments can be made( such as below) that this years' release will be a completed Brian work.  I'm not going there.

The last I heard, Brian Wilson composed, arranged, sang and produced every thing that Linett & Boyd have put together. Except for the track sequence, I see what these two gentlemen are doing is not any different than what Chuck Britz did helping Brian with the mono mixes and doing stereo mixes for other Beach Boys albums. This Smile Sessions will be all Brian.